Fearless Fighters of Foo

I love that are selfless men in this world ready to fight foo at a moment’s notice. They don’t ask why. They don’t do it for glory. It’s just about people helping people. Foo needs to be fought, and they are the chosen ones for the fighting.

Paramore covers My Hero originally recorded by Foo Fighters.

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(not-so-hidden easter egg)

I’ve actually used this video as a behavior modification tool with my kids. “Alright kids, if you get ready for school in time, I’ll let you watch the crazy white dudes dancing on the treadmills.”

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Halloween is right around the corner.

Via Wikipedia:

Author-creator Byron Garcia is the brother of Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, GSIS General Manager, Winston Garcia, and Congressman Pablo John Garcia. Their parents are Deputy Speaker Pablo P. Garcia and Judge Esperanza “Inday” Fiel-Garcia, who had 8 children (4 sons).

Garcia originally wanted to introduce a program at Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) where inmates would exercise for an hour each day. He saw waves of prisoners in the exercise yard and thought it looked good.

He introduced an exercise program where the prisoners marched in unison, starting out with marching to the beat of a drum, but moved on to dancing to pop music; he began with one of his favourite songs, Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)”. He chose camp music such as In The Navy and Y.M.C.A. by The Village People, so macho prisoners would not be offended at being asked to dance.

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Mark Allen Hicks is a bad man. Thrice nominated for Taurus World Stunt Awards, thrice  victorious. If you know of Mr. Hicks, most likely it’s not for his film work… it’s because of his unintentional alter-ego: Afro Ninja.

via College Humor:

Mark Allen Hicks, more commonly known as the “Afro Ninja,” is an experienced martial artist, actor, and stunt man who has worked in a number of films including Swordfish, Rush Hour 2, and 2 Fast 2 Furious. The clip that made Mark Hicks famous was shot during an audition for a Nike commercial starring LeBron James. Mark Allen Hicks was not seriously hurt during his accident, but did experience minor injuries including a bloody nose. rnrnAfter Mark’s failed attempt, the casting crew told the remaining stunt men, “no more backflips.”

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Personally, I had always believed this to be a fake “Punked” video. I was wrong.

Via Wikipedia:

Jeffrey Pelehac, or “The Dancing Cadet” (born 1982, hometown Republic, Pennsylvania) became famous in 2005 after a viral video of him dancing was placed on YouTube by his roommate. At the time, Pelehac was a sophomore cadet in the Class of 2007 at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs…The video itself was much commented on and also served to familiarize the public with the concept of “viral video” itself.

His roommate, Brian Stoops, used a candid camera to film Pelehac without the latter’s knowledge. The video was at first shown to friends and was then posted on various Internet sites, which brought both of them widespread coverage. Pelehac danced to several songs, most notably Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now), a hit by C+C Music Factory from 1991.

That dude is rollin’. I’d love to see what he’d do with a little Kid-N-Play.

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The backstory via Wikipedia:

David “Elsewhere” Bernal (born August 2, 1979) is an illusionary dancer from Santa Ana, California. He became known through a viral video clip (Often titled Kolla2001) of himself dancing to Kraftwerk’s song Expo 2000[1] recorded at the Korean-American talent show Kollaboration in 2001.

The clip showcased Bernal’s characteristic take on the contemporary dance styles of popping and abstract waving. Performances of these dances were rare at the time, and the clip became very popular when it circulated on the internet — so popular that in November 2006 the viral marketing company, The Viral Factory, collated page-impression figures from websites such as YouTube and Google Videos. They determined that, as of November 2006, this video had been viewed over 200 million times, making it the 8th most viewed video.

Elsewhere is still popping away today, but now he gets paid for his limberosity. Here is his most recent commercial work for the MotoRokr E8.

If you still want more, Motorola has set up a YouTube channel just for Elsewhere… and the phone, too.

Earlier this week, the man took me to Austin for a little business. Sandwiched between business and the flight out of Mecca, I got to spend some quality time at Waterloo Records.

Given a little bit longer taste of Texas, I’m sure that I could have given this dude a run for his money.

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Viva La Pigskin!

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Pinky needs a home.

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“…you know how I know? ‘Cause it’s Wednesday.”

Flight of the Conchords – Business Time

“Two minutes in heaven is better than one minute in heaven.”

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Asian Backstreet Boys

Via the Wiki of Pedia, here’s the backstory on Wei Wei and Huang Yi Xin a.k.a. The Back Dorm Boys

As many fans do not know the real names of the Back Dorm Boys, Wei Wei is often called simply “the big one” and Huang Yi Xin “the small one”. In most videos, Wei Wei is seated on the viewer’s right and Huang Yi Xin on the left. Huang Yi Xin has a cast on his left arm in some early videos from when he got hurt playing basketball.

The Back Dorm Boys made their first video just for fun, to show to their friends. They had seen a funny 10-second lip sync video, and wanted to try creating something similar for an entire song. They completed their first video in March 2005, after much trial and error. They uploaded the finished video to the local network at their college. The other students liked it very much so that they helped to spread the videos out. The Back Dorm Boys made use of their art school education to help them prepare the composition, visual effects, and lighting in their videos.

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So, here’s the newness: old stuff. Until everyone tires of this, In honor of one of my new favorite flicks, Be Kind Rewind, I’m going to post classic YouTube videos every Wednesday. Most likely, you’ll have seen these clips on the internets before, but with so much stuff out there, I’m hoping you’ll dig bumping into one of these old friends once again.

This week’s clip is a neo-classic:

“Star Wars according to a 3 year old”

Here’s the backstory from the little dudette’s dad:

Wow. What was expected to be a short movie that would circulate within a small circle of friends has turned into something much more very quickly. I’m thrilled that so many people have enjoyed this video but also somewhat mortified that I added this without my daughter’s knowledge or consent. Maybe someday she will find some humor in it.

A little more about the video: She wasn’t coached to say anything, nor was she forced to make the video. She rarely stops talking. Those of you with children understand this: sometimes it’s harder to turn the faucet off than to turn the faucet on.

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