Watch this before they take this one down too.

Everyone has to see this. It’s a plea to take back the movies from teen vampire flicks and Julia Robert’s movies.

the rest of the campaign after the jump…

For more awesomeness starring James Lipton’s beard check out: www.giveitaponder.com

I hope LG gives out fake beards as part of its marketing campaign, I really really want one.

Here’s the title track to their EP, “Looking for Heaven in the Barrio” (it’s up on iTunes, go and buy it)

This one is titled “Oceans Apart”

So who are the Bogmen?

In 1995, after playing every bar, club and retirement home in the Tri state area, the band from Long Island was signed to Arista records and released “Life Begins at 40 Million”. Not only was it an instant alt-rock classic, but to every high school and college kid from Long Island it said, “your local guys made it”.

Front man Bill Campion was never a disappointment.  I remember one night at Mulcahy’s in Wantagh, he came out dressed half in drag, a supposed reference to one of their more popular songs, “Suddenly”.

Now nearly 10 years later, he is still a surprise to watch. This past Friday at the Highline Ballroom in NYC he came out dressed as a kind of psychedelic vacuum cleaner salesman from the 60′s. Complete with swirly face paint and a flapper’s feather headress. And it reminded me how much I love bands with amazing lead singers. Talk about a showman, this guy puts on a show!

In 1999 their second album came out, Closed Caption Radio and … crickets…

Supposedly the band was unhappy with their label and broke up, but the Bogmen had left their mark. If you meet anyone who grew up on LI in the mid 90′s chances are they’ve been to a Bogmen show.

I found this video from a documentary called, “It Tastes Just Like It Smells: The Story of the Bogmen”. It’s a compilation of the guys performing “Englewood”

I MUST see this doc. If anyone knows how I can get a copy of this please post in the comments.

It seems as if the Bogmen are poised for a major return and if they are, you’re going to have to hear these songs, the new AND the old. In the wake of Friday night’s show, I’ve been listening to” Life Begins at 40 Million” all weekend and it truly is a classic album. Seriously it never gets old.

Where ya been guys? We missed you.

As a parting thought, here’s the video for another new song, “Supervision” They opened the show with this video and is much more like the show they put on. Enjoy

The video below isn’t so much a trailer for the film as it is just a video to promote the comedy team…I think. Honestly I don’t really know what this is besides funny. Yeah, I’ll be tracking down “Mystery Team” on DVD.

There are also these two Rubber “Extracts” to get you all hot and bothered

I give up, I’m not writing screenplays any more. To be clear, I’m not against this movie being made, in fact I’ll probably see this movie based on its sheer ridiculousness. I love movies like this. I object to this getting into Cannes AND finding a distributor.

In fact it seems rather pointedly specific. Combining songs that go really really well together, or matching situations that you find yourself in with music exactly right for that situation? Think I’m crazy? Check out what happened to me.

So there I am, taking the train into the city this morning, listening to my Morrissey/Smiths play list while reading Business Insider.com (Hey it’s what I do, leave me alone). The article was a particularly disturbing one about how the sudden drop by the Dow may have been intentional.

It claims that while the Dow was dropping, the politicians on the hill were deliberating new regulations to impose on Wall Street Firms.

Read it here. Then continue reading, I’ll wait.

Did you read it? Are you as scared as I am? Essentially, it states that the 1000 point drop was a shot across the bow, reminding politicians who is actually in charge here: The Wall Street Firms.

As the article is making this point, “Shoplifters of the World” comes on with these haunting lyrics:

Shoplifters of the world
Unite and take over
Shoplifters of the world
Hand it over
Hand it over
Hand it over

The lyrics seemed to make more sense as I was reading, but iTunes was trying to make the comparison that the big Wall Street firms were the ‘Shoplifters’ and they’re ‘Taking Over’.

Coincidence? Possibly. But then, as if on cue, what comes on next but ‘Panic’ the defacto anthem for social unrest. With lyrics such as:

Could life ever be sane again?

and

Burn down the disco
Hang the blessed DJ

The footage in this video is from the G-20 Summit protests in 2009. Then they were protesting (among other things) disquiet over economic policy, anger at the banking system and bankers’ remuneration and bonuses.

Ok, still a coincidence? What came on next completely blew my mind. It was a short little diddy from Viva Hate titled ‘Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together’ with these ominous lyrics:

I know they take
and that they take in turn
and they give you nothing real
for yourself in return
and when they’ve used you
and they’ve broken you
and wasted all your money
and cast your shell aside
and when they’ve bought you
and they’ve sold you
and they’ve billed you for the pleasure
and they’ve made your parents cry
I will be here
BELIEVE ME
I will be here

After that was ‘You’re the One For Me Fatty’, obviously the Oracle had finished telling me what it needed to.

Has anyone else had strange experiences with iTunes Shuffle? Please post them below.