Sweep The Leg!

Pop Candy posted about the triumphant return of perennial ‘80s movie villain William Zabka:

In their new single, Sweep the Leg [check out the video!], a band called No More Kings pays tribute to the Karate baddie, and Zabka willfully plays along. The whole thing must be seen to be believed: Directed by Zabka himself, the epic brings Johnny, Martin Kove (Cobra Kai) and Ralph Macchio into a present-day scenario and even features a cameo by Dennis Haskins (Mr. Belding from Saved by the Bell). At one point, Zabka and Kove reenact the pivotal scene from the original film.

The song was decent, but I really enjoyed the video, for obvious reasons. I had no idea that Zabka had done so much (and was nominated for an Oscar!) since his movie roles in the ’80s. Keep an eye out for some other (minor) cameos…

State of the Union

As a prelude to tomorrow’s State of the Union Address, you might find this site interesting:

State of the Union (SOTU) provides access to the corpus of all the State of the Union addresses from 1790 to 2006. SOTU allows you to explore how specific words gain and lose prominence over time, and to link to information on the historical context for their use. SOTU focuses on the relationship between individual addresses as compared to the entire collection of addresses, highlighting what is different about the selected document. You are invited to try and understand from this information the connection between politics and language–between the state we are in, and the language which names it and calls it into being.

Jeep Farewell

This video at Fazed depicts a noble quest:

If it’s going to cost more to repair (inspection) your Jeep than it’s worth, why not give it a chance to fulfill its birth right before dying?

I’ll admit that I probably wouldn’t have posted this if it hadn’t been for Machine Head’s surprisingly good cover of The Police’s Message in a Bottle, which the video was set to… 😉