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Listening: Adventurer’s Club / Jonathan Coulton Mashup

Keith — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:34:52 +0000

Jonathan Coulton is an absolute favorite of mine for his geeky, funny, and sometimes incredibly touching songs. Mash him up with one of the sparkling performers from the Adventurer’s Club at Disney, and you get a total tear-jerker of a funny, romantic, nerdy song. We saw this performed just the other night and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house afterwards, it was sooo sweet. As we were walking away from Pleasure Island that night, I heard these two girls talking about it in a tone of voice reserved for back-rolling, tail wagging, head tilting puppies with giant eyes. “Oh,” one said, “That robot army song was sooooo touching.”

How many times are you going to hear that said?! Bravissimo to Emil, and thanks to Jonathan Coulton for writing the song. Enjoy, but keep a hankie handy.

Star Wars Weekends, Week 4 Pictures Up (A Little Late)

Keith — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:46:54 +0000

Well, they’re a little late, but here are some pictures from the last Star Wars Weekend of 2008 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Click the gadget below to jump out and view them on Picasaweb.

Star Wars Weekends, Week 3

Keith — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:21:18 +0000

Star Wars Weekends, Week 3 pictures are up with the scruptious Amy Allen and the fun Matthew Wood.

Star Wars Weekends 2008, Weekend 2

Keith — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:34:08 +0000

Dave Prowse (Darth Vader) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) joined us at Star Wars Weekends this weekend. It was great to see Dave at weekends again after a very long absence. And it was great to have these two actors together, so they could tell the wonderful story of how Dave’s decision to play Darth Vader over Chewbacca forever changed movie history.

As Dave tells it, George Lucas let him choose between the roles of Chewbacca or Darth Vader. Dave chose Vader, because, as he explained to George, “You always remember the baddies.” When you think about it, that was a wonderful decision for Dave, since Vader is pretty obviously one of the most loved villains of all time. And it worked out great for Peter, because he was cast in a role he was absolutely perfect for. So on that one decision we got two of the greatest characters in movie history.

Pics are on Picasa:

There are also some great pics over at FieldsEdge.