This is Ruth Flowers, a 69 year-old DJ. What she actually does DJ-wise - apart from wear sparkly headphones and wave her hands about - is unclear from this video…

… BUT THAT’S THE CASE WITH ALL DJS ISN’T IT, WHO’S WITH ME?

I was hoping she might deliver an “it’s all just noise anyway” kiss-off at the end, but apparently DJ Ruth means it, man.

[via Mashable]

Posted by Stuart Waterman on Sunday March 7th, 2010 at 5:34 pm

I meant to write a thing about “daggering” a while back, but then I got a text or something. For the uninitiated, daggering is a style of dancing which involves fully-clothed people getting as close to having sex as possible. Often violent, genital-slamming sex. I’m not exaggerating - people have snapped their cocks. It looks like tremendous fun, if that’s your cup of fuck.

Anyway, Major Lazer - a collaboration between Diplo and Switch - have incorporated daggering into their new video “Pon De Floor”, alongside art direction that appears to take inspiration from Teletubbies or Lazytown.

There’s something wrongly, fascinatingly hilarious about the whole affair, and you may come away wondering whether the director (Eric Wareheim of the very amusing Tim & Eric) breakfasted on a big vat of Viagra-laced cupcake frosting and crayons.
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Posted by Stuart Waterman on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 10:27 am

Graham Linehan posted this video of a lady called Sara Carlson on a 1980s Italian variety show to his blog with the headline “Whatever the opposite to ‘aroused’ is, prepare to experience it”. I’d say that’s a little unfair, particularly since the best thing about this performance is not how libido-reducing it is, but how utterly mental it is. It’s from a show called Al Paradise, and if this is the opening I can only imagine how amazing the rest of the show was.

My favourite bits are Sara’s frantic elbow-flapping, her un-moonwalking, the scuttling crabmen and the respectful bursts of applause that just randomly appear throughout.

If you’re still wondering whether to bother watching “Fly To Paradise”, I’d respectfully direct you to this comment from YouTube:

When’s the last time someone said that about a video from, say, The Enemy?

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Posted by Stuart Waterman on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 8:30 am

This performance features some of the best guitar and drum “work” you’re likely to encounter, alongside a Dutch gibberish-spouting, yodelling, flute-playing, whistling, screaming, twitching frontman. It’s quite a watch.

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Posted by Stuart Waterman on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 5:56 pm

When I was a child, I don’t believe any of my school trips featured either Morrissey or Johnny Marr. The brats aboard Charlie’s Bus (a segment from TV-am’s SPLAT kid’s show in the eighties) got both of them on a trip to Kew Gardens, and the other Smiths to boot. The fact that Andy Rourke wore his shades throughout the experience suggests he may have been in the grip of his heroin addiction when this delightful little sojourn took place.

This is one of the most deliciously surreal clips you’re ever likely to see, and worth it just for some of the facial expressions from Moz. Then Sandie Shaw turns up for a rather depressing sing-song, which takes things to a whole new level of random.

[via Fark]

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Posted by Stuart Waterman on Tuesday June 2nd, 2009 at 10:49 am

17 year-old Canadian Julia Dales won the wildcard competition for entry into the Beatbox Battle World Championship, so now she has a chance to win the whole competition.

I’m always amazed beatboxers are able to keep a straight face for so long, and the same is true of this clip. I’d crack up after the first bar. She is pretty amazing though, and clearly doesn’t need to worry about such matters.

But wait, why am I here when I could be making predictably misogynistic/lewd remarks about her on YouTube, like everyone else? Seeya!