I met a traveller on a Hound busload
Who said: a hollow and boarded roadhouse
Stands on the highway. Near it on the road,
Half torn, a fake tanned visage lies, whose frown
And mustached lip and thund’rous chopper rode
Tell that its model well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp’d on these lifeless things,
The beer that quench’d them and jerky that fed.
And on the poster ad these words appear:
“My name is Ozymanliness, man of men:
Look on my works, ye girly, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains: round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level roads stretch far away.
A Bridgestone advertisement, chronicling a dog’s attempt to end his own life after witnessing his bitch’s infidelity, leads to an Ectomite brainstorming session, not regarding the sale of rubber radials, but intead selling the act itself:
I can see it now, The scene opens on a suburban housewife in a black and white kitchen, frantically chopping away at ( and missing) a tomato. The baritone male voice over begins over the scene. “Every day tasks are such a bother. Why not just kill yourself?” The woman turns to the camera, smiles, and then turns the knife quickly on herself.
I believe at some point in the past you and several other ectomites requested the Pope, a Gorilla and an explosion, I have done my best to make this so. So without further ado, if you take a look at the photobucket link above, I’m hoping you’ll be at least moderately amused.
Ironically, I keep hearing a newscast along the lines of “And in Vatican City today, Archbishop Bobo and the Pope celebrate the first successful test of the “Holy Hand Grenade” series of tactical nuclear weapons….”
Now that’s just over-the-top awesome. A lion in a sidecar in a wall-of-death act? That’d be like the Pope high-fiving a gorilla as explosions go off in the background.
One of my favorite things about Ectomo is the ability of its constituency (that’s you, you grabby little perverts) to self-regulate. Every time I’m tempted to rebuff one of you with a biting retort, I am one-upped:
Oh come on people, this is way longer and more repetitive than it had to be. Just because its popular on youtube at the moment does not make it worth mentioning.
Are you all just that nostalgic for a Disney movie? If so, maybe it would pay to remember that they can be rented and watched at will.
And why has noone brought up the Avalanches? Frontier Psychiatrist has a terrific video, and last I checked they were the obvious kings of [good] sampling.
Even Aphex Twin’s (under some other name I think) R2D2 is alot more fun than this.
SHAME
Comment by The angriest duncan in the world — July 11, 2008 @ 2:12 pm
I agree with the angry guy. Stop enjoying the video! It’s already mainstream (youtube) and it’s made from mainstream parts, therefore not cool!
And almost 3 minutes? Come on, nobody can sit still for that long!
Now excuse me while I drink my coffee and exercise my perfect musical taste.
I am surprised its taken you so long to come across this clip. Originally released here in Australia in 2006, its a song that has always stopped the world. I work as a professional baker, and when ever dig radio or JJJ played it, the world would stop. My dough making or hand moulding would slow to the rhythm of the music, the sound of the voice. The sounds of the bakery would mix with the sad but beautiful harmony, and I would feel the loss and the mess of the world and all the failed love in the world.
While a child of the 80s I was never much of a mix tape guy incidentally. My tastes being so broad that most of my muso and baking friends were basically scandalised that I could listen to everything from Bach to Gotye. the album is good to and the other clips, better put them on the site……
Comment by David Finnis — June 27, 2008
Your wish is my command, David. Coming so highly recommended from one of our own how could I not have procured Gotye’s album Like Drawing Blood? Having spent the last four years in call center Hell I found this track resonated with me particularly. Even with such a seemingly ridiculous topic, the song is an ear worm of the utmost tenacity.
In sheer defiance of the World Wide Web Consortium's will, Ectomo was designed using a non-web-standard font. Luckily, it is included in the excellent font pack released by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, which can be freely downloaded in Mac and PC formats here. Ectomo should still look fine without it, though.
A moustachioed road warrior and his trusty hawk provide inspiration for an epic poem:
