If you follow me on Facebook / Twitter, you probably noticed how I totally freaked out last night when absentmindedly watching SNL with host Jude Law.
(This was after my earlier freak out in the evening when I saw actor (and celebrity blogger) Michael Kenneth Williams — aka “Omar Little” from The Wire — playing a would-be terrorist on Law & Order.)
The reason was Julian Casablancas induced — as soon as I heard the begining beats of “Boombox,” the song which Julian guested on for the Lonely Island album, Incredibad, I knew what was coming — hilarity and awesomeness.
Not only were all the scenes described in the song acted out, but Julian is sporting this hideously weird side rat tail hair with the multicolors — but staying on trend and totally making it work. I’m convinced, Julian Casablancas owns neo-80s style. But probably my favorite moment is at the end when Julian smashes a flower pot and declares that “a boombox is not a toy.” [UPDATE: Reader Melissa pointed out that there is actually a "Boombox" shirt being sold on the Lonely Island site. Rock it!]
So true.
Check out the video and you will not be disappointed:
Last night while watching Jimmy Fallon, I witnessed the single greatest moment of TV I’ve seen all month — Jimmy pretending to be Neil Young, covering the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” theme song. It’s so perfect, and dare I say beautiful.
If you’ve been anywhere near a TV in the last week, you probably are already aware that SNL’s Andy Samberg’s film/comedy group, The Lonely Island, have spawned a new full-length album called Incredibad which dropped today (Feb 10).
However, what you might not have realized is that a very familiar sounding voice is guesting on one song called “Boombox”–that’s right The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas.
Julian teamed up with Andy on the West Coast this summer to do this humorous send up describing the transformation of a stuffy country club, a drab and homeless NYC, and a nursing home into a bumpin’ dancefest at the arrival of a magical boombox.
The characters were singing “People Let me Tell you about my Best Friend” when the song suddenly stopped and the intro to “Never Gonna Give You Up” began to play. The door on the float opened and NONE OTHER THAN THE RICK ASTLEY came out and started singing the song!!!! At the end the character named Cheese turns to the camera and shouts, “I LIKE RICKROLLING!!”
Seriously, it was the most BRILLIANT thing ever! Made my Thanksgiving!
Gotta run off to see Twilight right now, but this press release just came in:
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Here’s the very campy infomercial video they put together for it:
Who knows if and when The Raconteurs will actually sell something on the site, but man, if this thing actually existed, I would definitely buy it!!!
Call 877-5-on-the-5 (that’s 877-566-8435) and leave a message for…Old to Gold. If you get put on hold, enjoy a selection of Raconteurs songs which will play until you are transferred to the voicemail. Continue reading ‘On Sale Now: The Raconteur Action Pack?’ »
Before I head off to sleepy land, I had to share this with the rest of the world. Methinks this video is just BEGGING for some kind of video remix action. Seriously… does Chris have ants in his pants? Taken at tonight’s Coldplay show at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, NJ:
Nothing Earth-shattering happened at the show… typical set list, although for some reason “Speed of Sound” really spoke to me today. The entire STADIUM was scary shaking during “Viva La Vida.” Seriously SHAKING because everyone was flipping out over the song. One encore song (“Yellow”, of course).
