Smoke Break #792: You Want A Salad? Ok. I’ll Make You A Salad!

The infamous “Macho Salad” scene from the Swedish film Farsan, now with a translation. Read more

Smoke Break #787: What To Do With Your Spent Christmas Tree

There are many ways in which a thoughtful household can rid itself of an unwanted Christmas tree. I’ve heard of going to your neighbourhood chipping station and watching it being ground to a pulp; driving it up to the top of a parkade and throwing it down to the street below (fore!); and letting it just wither away in the back alley like an unwanted mattress, but this year I’m partial to the idea of attaching its base to dozens of rocket engines and trying to intercept phantom SCUD missiles with it in a farmer’s field. Because that’s what Christmas is all about…

Smoke Break #785: Going To The Moon To Watch A Little Chaplin

This was apparently made with no money (“just a little time and a lot of passion”).

The sci-fi short, entitled “Modern Times”, gives us a mouthwatering, if slightly optimistic, glimpse into a future world of space-crafts, intelligent interfaces and transformer-esque workstations that magically materialise from the floor. The story, rather endearingly, centres around a humble cinema projectionist as he boots up a less-than-humble mega-projector; blasting its image on what appears to be the surface of the moon, for the pleasure of the orbiting viewers.

SNL’s Fred Armisen Finds 1990′s Shangri-La In Portland, Oregon

If hipster mecca Portland gets a lot of love/envy from young Vancouverites starved by our No Fun image, I reckon most Americans of a particular age share the same sentiment, only intensified (imagine growing up in Billings or Tampa Bay). SNL’s Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein provide Exhibit A with this promo for their new IFC show, Portlandia, which is prolly going to kick serious ass. Check the clip here and love the part when the restaurant server provides a copy of the chicken’s pedigree to a customer. “His name was Colin, and here are his papers”. Giggle.

Smoke Break #775: Buzzing New York By Radio Controlled Plane

I was sure while watching this cool little video that the cops wouldn’t be all that keen on providing terrorists with a new idea, but then I saw at the end of the video that they were stoked about it. Peace in our time? It’s getting closer.

Smoke Break #774: “Movember” Is Over – Time To Shave Your Beast

Comet and gasoline are optional, but you must do it with some Motorhead cranked in the background.

Smoke Break #765: A Short Movie On The Awesome Hold Of Lego…

Meet the Their But For The Grace Of Smokes & Booze Go I Society.

Vancouver Would Be Cooler If… Our Opera Would Roll Like This

Via Presurfer:

Café Iruña in Paplona was Ernest Hemingway’s favorite hangout when he was in Pamplona for the running of the bulls. In celebration of the ‘European Opera Days 2010.’ the Opera Choir ‘Premier Ensemble’ gave a surprise performance.

It’d be kinda cool if you were at the Irish Heather for a pint or on the Skytrain and all of a sudden some lady from our local opera crew started belting out O Mio Bambino Caro, no? But who am I kidding. There’s probably some by-law…

“I’ll Turn Myself Into A Goose If The Republicans Win The House”

While everyone’s political concerns were concentrated on the resignation of BC Premier Gordon Campbell, I was busy keeping track of the American midterm elections. I had something big at stake: a bet. Yesterday, in the wake of the Republican Party winning back control of the US House of Representatives, I kept a promise that I’d made to reader K.D. by temporarily turning myself into a Canadian goose. In my new form, I was as frustrated at my inability to speak as I was thrilled by my sudden possession of wings, so I made use of both by flying down to rural Idaho in the middle of the night to bother a very isolated and newly elected Governor Terry Branstad (R) at dawn. I had it on good authority that Branstad would be taking his dog out fishing in the early morning to celebrate his victory over Democrat Chet Culver. The video above shows my arrival and attack. If you don’t recognise my persistence, my honking is a dead giveaway. If he’d been in a rowboat instead of one equipped with a Yamaha outboard, I would have given him a good shellacking…

Smoke Break #764: Mr. Sulu Ably Destroys Anti-Gay “Douchebag”

George Takei (who played Mr. Sulu on the original Star Trek) smacks down an Arkansas School Board Member for his violent, anti-gay rantings. I hated Takei’s show as a kid, but after watching this I hope he lives long and prospers.

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