Archive | August 30, 2019

Middelboe Chronicles, Part 51: Bad Baby Amy

As in yesterday’s The Two Brothers, so in today’s Bad Baby Amy (“Animated Tales of the World,” 2002, from Australia), negligent babysitting for one’s sibling has magical consequences:


SciFi SongFest, Songs 135-137

Aliens visit Earth, conclude that everyone here is crazy, and decide not to make contact – or else aliens visit Earth and do make contact, and the contacted person is regarded as crazy. It’s always something.

135. Ella Fitzgerald, “Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer” (1951):

136. Tool, “Rosetta Stoned” (2006):

137. Sneaky Sound System, “UFO” (2007):

The video for this one is filled with visual callbacks to 2001: A Space Odyssey:

Same song, different video:


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