Q. You guys have too much free time.I hear that. (Link via Neatorama)
A. This is not a question. However, we do hear this a lot. All you have to do is borrow some of the time that would otherwise be spent sleeping.
Clearly inspired by the Lego recreations of iconic movie posters (and not a desire to make buckets of cash out of childhood nostalgia), Warner Bros. announced that they are making a Lego film.Just eat it, eat it , eat itThat's gold, people. Thanks Michael. Thanks Al.
Get yourself an egg and beat it
Have some more chicken, have some more pie
It doesn't matter , it's broiled or fried
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it, ooh
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Blood pool pillow: An irreverent combination of comfort and fear. Terrify/amuse your friends and family with the always funny Massive-Head-Wound Joke!
Book pillow: Instead of using a book for a pillow while studying, use a book pillow. For those who head to the university library mostly to avoid your roommates.
Hamburger pillow: Mouth-wateringly handmade and painstakingly realistic. Hold the onion, of course.
Campfire pillow: Come on baby, light my fire. Try to set the couch on fire!
Cork pillow: Put a cork in it. The material is actual thinly sliced cork bark on fabric, for that real wine bottle feel.
Egg pillow: Lay your head sunny side up. Next best thing to sleeping through breakfast.
Guitar pillow: For those about to lounge, we salute you.
Gun pillow: Happiness is a warm gun pillow.
Headhunter pillow: If you rest your head here, it may come back smaller.
Horse head pillow: This Godfather-inspired pillow will make anyone a offer they can't refuse.
Hydrant pillow: Just don't leave it near your dog.
Icon pillows: Because you love your Mac so much, you want to cuddle.
Lap pillow: Shaped like the legs of a kneeling woman in a short skirt, this Japanese pillow is described as "a comfy cushion for napping, reading or watching television." They forgot the words creepy and weird.
Lego pillow: When you think soft and comfortable, think hard, sharp-edged plastic bricks!
Lips pillow: It's like lying you head on Angelina Jolie's face.
Martini pillow: Nothing says classy like black velvet, stuffed, cartoon martini glasses.
Nintendo pillows: A nice retro rest for your favourite geek gamer, at least until someone makes a plush Wii.
Pizza pillow: On one side, pizza toppings. The other side resembles a crust. If this was on my couch, I would end up trying to eat it.
Rock pillow: There's a whole line of these pillows that look like huge rocks. Who can look at that picture without wincing?
Scrabble pillow: Great concept and the original designer built couches that looked like tile holders. Still, a lousy word score.
Skull and crossbones pillow: Arr, we be claiming this couch and searching for treasure under all ye couch cushions.
Sushi pillow: If you had to pick a Japanese food to turn into a throw pillow, it beats tempura.
Synthesizer pillow: Hook that baby up to you guitar pillow and rock your living room gently to sleep.
Transformer pillow: Soft and fluffy Transformer pillows, pretty much what meets the eye.
Darth Vader pillow: Our soft Sith lord. One can only assume that both sides of this pillow are always cool. Sadly, it has been discontinued.
It's the sort of thing I'm willing to do and all I ask is for you to vote for me as Best Cultural/Entertainment Blog in the Canadian Blog Awards, where I am one of five finalists.
Remember the baby chasing the dollar bill on the cover of Nirvana's seminal album, Nevermind? Yup, that's Spencer Elden, all of 17 now and likely chasing more than a buck for recreating this photo. Happily, this time he wore a bathing suit.
Of course this got me thinking, as I'm wont to do, about parodies of the album cover I've seen here and there, which are are now conveniently located below:
The most famous version was of a baby version of Bart Simpson chasing the almighty Krusty buck, for the November, 2002 cover of Rolling Stone. It's rare to get official parodies.
Of course the King of Parody is the other exception to the rule. "Weird Al" Yankovic's Off The Deep End, which featured Smells Like Nirvana:Were so loud and incoherentYou know you've had an impact when "Weird Al" spoofs both your hit song and your album art.
Boy, this oughta bug your parents
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A nice take on a Van Gogh self-portrait and a comment on how much money everyone has made on the back of his art following his death. Shades of Courtney Love. Found on one of Worth 1000's brilliant photoshop contests.
A mashup of Jaws and Nirvana. Cute. Again, from the archives of Worth 1000.
Millions of users at a buck a download? I think Apple found their Nirvana with the iPod. From Flickr user axb500.
Just another way those bastards killed Kenny. From a South Park fan art page, in case you couldn't tell.
I think I mostly amused by the Neverfind band name. Yet another from the whizzes at Worth 1000.
And lastly, what roundup of parodies would be complete without a Lego entry? From a collection of Lego album cover parodies. Is there anything minifigs can't do?
Lego minifigs! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty... For tonight, we dine in Denmark! Flickr user keithcku has created an incredibly detailed version of a poster from 300, in celebration of 30 years of the figures.
I was going to go into a rant about how sad it was to see Lego feeling the need to jump on the celebrity bandwagon and associate its bricks with some of the tabloids most popular denizens, but I'm beginning to doubt the veracity of these figures.
I don't doubt they exist, but I'm having trouble believing they are from Lego. I think someone has done a fabulous job and leaked them to the entertainment press that eats all things celebrity. In an effort to track down the original source I spent way too much time scouring the web and following links to find the original story or press release, but to no avail. All I came across was a checklist of all the news "sources" I used to use during my stint as a celebrity news writer. British tabloids and sites that all use the same, unattributed information.
Anyway, it was the 30th anniversary of the figures last month, so that much is true. And of anyone can find out who really created these, I'd love to find out. Even if it really was Lego. Until then, let's hope it really was just a celebrity-induced nightmare.
