Into The Weeds

My fellow blogger, Scottoway took a moment to eulogize the passing of analog television when it happened earlier this month.

I just happened to come across a pretty neat video via snapstream blogs and that fine stand-up character Mike at 1000 monkeys that tells the story in a more direct way.

Here, the author recorded the transitions on several channels, and put them together in this montage. It's pretty neat (in my opinion) to actually watch them flipping the switches.

This may be the next best thing to the bumblebee tuna song. It's stuck in my head, but it's wonderful:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11301-combination-pizza-hut-and-taco-bell-wallpaper-remix/

MP3:> Das Racist: "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell (Wallpaper. Remix)"

From the above linked review:
Reactions within our staff have ranged from "I'd like to punch these guys in the face" and "this was sent here to destroy my interest in music" to "Harold and Kumar existentialism" (this wasn't me) and "a critique of commercialism/lack of a leisure culture" (um, this was)