Sol Bernstein is the creation of English stand up comedian Steve Jameson. He’s playing an 85 year old-school Jewish comic: “After 25 years of semi retirement, playing nursing homes, Sol Bernstein has found a new audience – he had to, his old one died.”
This tribute act is a very old fashioned combination of raunchy oneliners and far fetched puns. But this works very well and gives you this cozy nostalgic feeling. His website" sports four Quicktime movies of his show (a little slow loading, be patient): Sol Bernstein’s homepage, an interview with Steve Jameson. Or simply book him for your next party here!
These are the Thumb Babies, cute little pieces of art created by Ya Ya Chou. Her work with gummi bears was quite popular around the web. Quote from her homepage: “YaYa Chou’s works combine humor and commentary on modern lifestyles; they are inspired by language, social phenomenon and melody, stemmed from consumption, theory, and words. Mostly she investigates the assumption of what is natural and what is unnatural.” Ya Ya Chou’s homepage. Only a little mouthful of a blog post, I know, but I’m really busy right now. Sorry.
Have you got a geek in your family? Want to know about a classy present for her/him? Buy an original from “The Shatner Show”, an exhibiton with only one topic: William Shatner! Over 70 artists participated and the result is a very entertaining and intelligent collection. You can buy originals via eMail, prices differ between 100 and 15,000 dollars. If your budget is a little stretched you may prefer to buy the book for about 50 bucks. The show runs until August, the 31st at the Uppercase Gallery in Calgary.
Visit The William Shatner Show(To browse through the pictures simply click on any artist’s name.) There is a blog about the show: The Captain’s Blog Found at Drawn.
Visit the fascinating flash portfolio of the Hungarian artist and webdesigner Kilfish. I especially like the way the page builds itself up – I clicked on the reload button a few times. You can read an interview with Kilfish at Scene360. They also showcase how some of his images are developed step by step. Kilfish’s homepage.
May I introduce my favorite German band: “Wir sind Helden”, which translates to “We are Heroes” and is a quote from the famous David Bowie song “Heroes”. When they hit the market five years ago, they single handedly made German lyrics in pop music possible again. Their musical style is plain, laidback pop, similar to the late “Neue Deutsche Welle”. All lyrics are written by Judith Holofernes and their wit, creativity and intelligence are simply not translatable.
I’ll do it anyway! The song in the video above is called “Finally a reason to panic!” Here are some snippets from other songs I like:
You don’t Recognize Me Anymore
...Everything tired and old
And I’m painting us like outlines with chalk on asphalt
You don’t recognize me anymore (3x)
Unrecognized.
over there in the park,
I’ve burned my clothes.
I don’t recognize me anymore
It’s just my heart that still beats
And I lift up my arms to see if the warm air of night could carry me
You don’t recognize me anymore (3x)
Unrecognized.
I’m flying to the end of the city
To the end of the world
And over the brink…
We’ve Come to Stay
They say: The higher they’ll climb,
The dumber they fall.
So damn upstart,
And still standing tall.
You say: “What’s as successful as this,
Has to come down – please”
I’ll cancel this downfall
Without even looking down.
We’re not leaving but if we would leave
We’d leave in slices.
I’m sorry – but like I said
We’ve come here to stay!
We’ve come here to stay,
We won’t leave anymore.
We’ve come here to stay,
Like a perfect blotch.
We’ve come here to stay,
We won’t leave anymore.
If this blotch is on your trousers,
You can’t rub it out anymore.
I’m sorry – but like I said
We’ve come here to stay!
And you sing thank you and good-bye…
The Complaint
My voice against the whole talk-show nation,
My fists for a tired alleluia and beans,
My teeth against your tame revolution,
Visions against the total television.
It was a sellout, a bargain, a special offer:
“Swap your silly old life against a new version”
I had just tried it out at home, when I already knew
That product is out of order – now this is my complaint:
I don’t trade anymore. I want my life back! (3x)
Hello, I want my life back! (2x)
Hello, hello, I want my life back! (2x)
Hello, I admit I was delighted at first,
But your life only does not pinch and squeeze
If one bends!
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