How to Tell If a Toy Is for Boys or for Girls. "Put a Bird on It": The aftermath - Portlandia. The other day I popped into an artsy boutique to pick up a birthday treat for a friend. Flipping through handmade wooden magnets designed by a hip collage artist, I found my finger resting on one featuring a pen and ink drawing of a bird. Nervous, I glanced left and right before dropping the item back into its display. The image was lovely, but was it cliché? In a post-”Portlandia” world, I couldn’t show up to a party of design-savvy women with a gift upon which someone had put a bird .
What would that say about my taste? “Put a bird on it, right?” In the sketch, two improbably named artists, Bryce Shivers and Lisa Eversman, visit a stylish Portland boutique to slap generic bird silhouettes on teapots and vintage suitcases and call it art. Brownstein first brought the idea for the sketch to Armisen when they were developing the “Portlandia” pilot. “Portlandia’s” audience already consider themselves in on the joke. But “Portlandia” doesn’t poke fun at Middle America. WELL, THIS IS KIND OF A WEIRD COVER OF LADY GAGA'S 'BAD ROMANCE'
Back in the olden days before the Internet, the only way a musician knew that they reached supreme popularity was by having their songs parodied by Weird Al Yankovic.
Now, however, anyone armed with a web camera and some personal time can make their own cover and upload it to YouTube for the amusement of the human race. Which is kinda sad if you think about it. I mean how is an overly wealthy pop musician supposed to know when they are on the cusp of super-stardom any more if just anyone can parody/cover their most famous hit? Well, I'm guessing that knowledge would come in the form of Chinese people choiring it up on a Communist television. When middle-aged people are pushed on stage in what looks like Barbie's dream house to sing your song, then you know you've truly made it. Rest well Lady GaGa, you are now ruler of the universe. Video after the break.
By the PowerPoint vested in me. Oregon man busted for attacking Toys R Us customers with light sabers. By David EdwardsFriday, December 16, 2011 14:54 EDT Portland police say they have arrested an Oregon man for using two light sabers to assault three people at a Hayden Island Toys R Us Wednesday.
Officers responded to the scene to find David Allen Canterbury, 33, in the store parking lot still holding one of the “Star Wars” toys, according to The Oregonian. The wannabe Jedi Knight reacted to attempts to arrest him by swinging the light saber at police and shouting incoherently. A first officer fired a taser, but it failed to bring him down. Canterbury then used the light saber to deflect the second officer’s taser wire. The officers finally succeeded at pinning the man to the ground. “To be clear, he didn’t break the wires as a real light saber might do, but he did knock the wires off of his body,” Portland police Sgt. Watch this video from KGW, broadcast Dec. 15, 2011. Video | News | Weather | Sports Thu Dec 15 06:28:51 PST 2011 David Edwards. Eddie Vedder, Joanna Newsom, St. Vincent, Johnny Marr and More to Guest Star on Season Two of 'Portlandia' - IFC Now - Blogs. The second season of 'Portlandia' just keeps getting better and better.
Lots of exciting news coming out of IFC HQ today about Fred Armisen’s and Carrie Brownstein’s hit comedy Portlandia. You already know that Saturday Night Live stars Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg will be appearing on season two of Portlandia, when the show returns on Friday, January 6 at 10pm ET/PT. Now comes word of even more jaw-droppingly amazing guest stars who will be lending their talent to the hit original series.
Drum roll please! In no particular order: Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse, Steve Jones from Sex Pistols, Johnny Marr of The Smiths, Joanna Newsom and Annie Clark a.k.a. Today’s announced guest stars join Kyle MacLachlan (Desperate Housewives, Twin Peaks), Penny Marshall (Laverne and Shirley), Jack McBrayer (30 Rock), Mary Lynn Rajskub (24), Tim Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption), and Amber Tamblyn (127 Hours, House). Recovered Shit Gays Say (Parody of Shit Girls Say - Episode 1) - Blue Canary in the Outlet by the Light Switch.
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