Gorilla: It is common knowledge that Star Wars is the greatest cinematographic achievement of all time. One key feature for the success of the saga is the powerful and stunning music birthed from John William's wonderous noggin. The astounding music was prevelant throughout the first three installments, but in the new additions, John Williams really stepped it up. Two of Williams' accomplishments in the newer trilogy are atop my list of the best Star Wars songs, however, I can't decide which is better. The first mindblowing tune roared during the battle between our Jedi heroes, Qui Gon Jin and Obi Wan Kenobi, and the double lightsaber wielding sith, Darth Maul. This song is, of course, Duel of the Fates from Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Duel of the Fates reigned supreme for six years until Revenge of the Sith was released in May of 2005. Revenge of the Sith concluded with the ever so epic battle between Obi Wan and Anakin. The song that sang the tragic and mournful tune during this fight was Battle of the Heroes. Battle of the Heroes amazingly croons the several emotions of the turmoil that is spilling throughout the galaxy.
Both of the songs (Duel of the Fates/ Battle of the Heroes) are tremendous accomplishments and are currently tied for the best Star Wars compositions. Please share your opinion on which should be number 1.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Summer of Stache T-Shirt
Gorilla: Hello good fans of the 3CI blog. As you may know, this upcoming summer will be the "Summer of Stache". In honor of this historic celebration, we are considering producing t-shirts of the design below. Please let us know if you are interested so we can get a good estimate of the number of shirts we should have our sweatshops produce. Thank you.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Funniest Blog On the Web....
Lion
...No, it's not us. We need to break our record of more than 6 people online at once before we claim that title.
But I've been a longtime reader of Stereogum, a great blog to check out if you are looking for new music. They have a sister site named Videogum, in which the writers post ridiculous videos from around the web that make you shit your pants.
One of the funniest things I have seen in the blog circuit in quite some time is Videogum's "Hunt for the Worst Movie Of All Time." They review some of the more recognizable movies from our lifetime, and basically rip them new assholes. Some of these movies you may love, some you may already hate, but undoubtedly the writer of these reviews will make any movie seem like a ludicrous idea to begin with. Take, for instance, Gabe's brief yet hilarious synopsis of Spielberg's "A.I." film...
"A.I. takes place in the near future, and is about a little boy robot who is programmed to love. His mom/owner is this lady whose real son is sick and so her husband buys her a robot son to keep her company because he's ALL HEART. At first she doesn't know if she likes this robot, but then she decides to like him for no reason, so she "imprints" him, which means that for all of eternity he will love her and she will be his sweet mommy bear. Then one day her real son gets better and comes home and he hates the robot. The husband also hates the robot even though he bought him. Eventually, they decide to send the robot back to CyberCorp to be destroyed, but the mom doesn't have the heart to do it so she takes the robot out into the woods and leaves him there, because of how thoughtful she is. Then the little boy robot meets a Jude Law sex robot, and they go looking for the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio because otherwise you might forget how heavy-handed this movie uses Pinocchio as a reference. Eventually, the little boy robot and the Jude Law robot visit the abandoned city of Man-hat-tan, which, despite being abandoned and almost completely underwater, also happens to be where the creator of the little boy robot is just hanging out in his oak-paneled office. Sweet! He tells the little boy robot that he's really special, but then the little boy robot sees other little boy robots and realizes he's just a robot and tries to commit robot suicide. Then he drives a policemobile into the ocean and gets trapped at Coney Island and 2000 years later future space alien robots save him from the ice and use some hair to bring his mommy back for one day because this whole thing is fucking ridiculous."
Pure genius...check out www.videogum.com to see other reviews of other ridiculous movies
...No, it's not us. We need to break our record of more than 6 people online at once before we claim that title.
But I've been a longtime reader of Stereogum, a great blog to check out if you are looking for new music. They have a sister site named Videogum, in which the writers post ridiculous videos from around the web that make you shit your pants.
One of the funniest things I have seen in the blog circuit in quite some time is Videogum's "Hunt for the Worst Movie Of All Time." They review some of the more recognizable movies from our lifetime, and basically rip them new assholes. Some of these movies you may love, some you may already hate, but undoubtedly the writer of these reviews will make any movie seem like a ludicrous idea to begin with. Take, for instance, Gabe's brief yet hilarious synopsis of Spielberg's "A.I." film...
"A.I. takes place in the near future, and is about a little boy robot who is programmed to love. His mom/owner is this lady whose real son is sick and so her husband buys her a robot son to keep her company because he's ALL HEART. At first she doesn't know if she likes this robot, but then she decides to like him for no reason, so she "imprints" him, which means that for all of eternity he will love her and she will be his sweet mommy bear. Then one day her real son gets better and comes home and he hates the robot. The husband also hates the robot even though he bought him. Eventually, they decide to send the robot back to CyberCorp to be destroyed, but the mom doesn't have the heart to do it so she takes the robot out into the woods and leaves him there, because of how thoughtful she is. Then the little boy robot meets a Jude Law sex robot, and they go looking for the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio because otherwise you might forget how heavy-handed this movie uses Pinocchio as a reference. Eventually, the little boy robot and the Jude Law robot visit the abandoned city of Man-hat-tan, which, despite being abandoned and almost completely underwater, also happens to be where the creator of the little boy robot is just hanging out in his oak-paneled office. Sweet! He tells the little boy robot that he's really special, but then the little boy robot sees other little boy robots and realizes he's just a robot and tries to commit robot suicide. Then he drives a policemobile into the ocean and gets trapped at Coney Island and 2000 years later future space alien robots save him from the ice and use some hair to bring his mommy back for one day because this whole thing is fucking ridiculous."
Pure genius...check out www.videogum.com to see other reviews of other ridiculous movies
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Re: Re: Epic Silence Breaking Post
Lion
Forgive me, Wolf, I just wasn't sure if we had talked about the moustache plan for this summer season. Certainly your 'stache will the the most potent of all, as has been proven in the past.
And to preview what a dancing man of paradise will look like within a shopping mall, feast your eyes on this...
...except imagine a man instead of a bird
Re: Epic Silence Breaking Post
Wolf
frontnote 1. Does Wolf know of the venture?!?!?! What kind of question is that? That's like asking if Steven Seagal knows about protecting the environment from evildoers.
frontnote 2. You pretty much read my mind about the updates of stache summer, but I'd just like to throw some specific ideas out there: a video of sorts like the one that one dude did a while back where he like took a picture of himself every day for a year or something like that (see how specific i'm getting?) Possibly extreme stache closeups, possibly entire-face shots to capture the stache in its natural environment, (We'll see) with potential bi-weekly update photos to feed the readers' hunger. I don't know, just spit-balling here.
frontnote 3. Several unconfirmed reports of Asdrubal no longer wearing beads. This issue needs to be confronted.
sidenote 1 (clarification). I believe the summer will be termed: "Stache Summer" or "Summer of Stache", however it will be kicking off with "Mustache May".
sidenote 2. Dancing man of paradise inside a shopping mall?
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Moustache Summer 2009/Lion's Music Recommendations
Lion
Hello loyal readers (?), activity on the blog has been slow as of late...the three lads that proudly make up 3CI have been busy working in academia. But be assured...this summer the Three Conchords are going to truly show the height of their ambitions and curiosity. This upcoming holiday, dubbed "Moustache Summer 2009,"will see all sorts of ridiculous attempts at adventure and self-discovery. It will be marked by a growing of three dirty, stinky, catapillar-like flavor savors a la Dan Corrigan. (If I can handle looking like an adolescent Freddie Mercury whilst attending summer classes and trying to maintain a job.) (Sidenote 1: Does Wolf know about this plan??) (Sidenote 2: Whilst is a word.)
Several ventures have been discussed within the 3CI entity, and likely only a fraction of those discussed will actually take place (which usually happens). But, if things go to plan, you can be looking forward to another collaboration with FTM Films on a film project, a dancing man of paradise inside of a shopping mall, a trip to visit our NAFTA partners up North, several video shorts, and frequent updates of how Moustache Summer 2009 is progressing. (Day by day pictures of my adolescent 'stache?? maybe)
On a less-ambitious-but-still-fking-awesome note, I would like to recommend a few more music artists to check out.
If anyone caught SNL last week, you would've seen 3 performances by the French band Phoenix. I've heard of them whilst (used it twice!!) circling through my favorite music websites/blogs, but I had never really given them the time of day. But when I saw their performance, needless to say, I shat myself. It seriously sounded like a CD recording, and you can be assured it was no Britney lip-sync performance. I immediately used legal-bending software to download their upcoming album "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix"...but seriously you should consider buying some of this bands material. Check out the catchy "1901"...
Another band that I stumbled upon is White Rabbits. Reading about their upcoming album, I found out that one of their previous albums, "Fort Nightly," was good tune after good tune all the way through. I read this Pitchfork Review, and downloaded the album. God damn you Pitchfork...you are always right.
"The Plot"
Enjoy.
Hello loyal readers (?), activity on the blog has been slow as of late...the three lads that proudly make up 3CI have been busy working in academia. But be assured...this summer the Three Conchords are going to truly show the height of their ambitions and curiosity. This upcoming holiday, dubbed "Moustache Summer 2009,"will see all sorts of ridiculous attempts at adventure and self-discovery. It will be marked by a growing of three dirty, stinky, catapillar-like flavor savors a la Dan Corrigan. (If I can handle looking like an adolescent Freddie Mercury whilst attending summer classes and trying to maintain a job.) (Sidenote 1: Does Wolf know about this plan??) (Sidenote 2: Whilst is a word.)
Several ventures have been discussed within the 3CI entity, and likely only a fraction of those discussed will actually take place (which usually happens). But, if things go to plan, you can be looking forward to another collaboration with FTM Films on a film project, a dancing man of paradise inside of a shopping mall, a trip to visit our NAFTA partners up North, several video shorts, and frequent updates of how Moustache Summer 2009 is progressing. (Day by day pictures of my adolescent 'stache?? maybe)
On a less-ambitious-but-still-fking-awesome note, I would like to recommend a few more music artists to check out.
If anyone caught SNL last week, you would've seen 3 performances by the French band Phoenix. I've heard of them whilst (used it twice!!) circling through my favorite music websites/blogs, but I had never really given them the time of day. But when I saw their performance, needless to say, I shat myself. It seriously sounded like a CD recording, and you can be assured it was no Britney lip-sync performance. I immediately used legal-bending software to download their upcoming album "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix"...but seriously you should consider buying some of this bands material. Check out the catchy "1901"...
Another band that I stumbled upon is White Rabbits. Reading about their upcoming album, I found out that one of their previous albums, "Fort Nightly," was good tune after good tune all the way through. I read this Pitchfork Review, and downloaded the album. God damn you Pitchfork...you are always right.
"The Plot"
Enjoy.
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