ALEX DAKOULAS NEWS/RANTS

How to Make Mountain Dew glow in the dark!



I always thought Mountain Dew seemed to glow.

NOW IT REALLY CAN.


EDIT: THIS THING IS WICKED NOT TRUE. We tried it and it sucked and just fizzed a little, and then I was just shaking a bottle around.

Maybe mark this more under drama then horror, but it's independent filmmaking with a side of horror style that actually looks interesting and well-made. I am impressed and intrigued.


http://www.jakesclosetmovie.com

Thanks to Pretty/Scary.

So I like this video and song.

Get over it.

Joss Whedon.

Interesting stories. Tales of humanity. Melding of genres. Iconic characters. Integrity. Honesty.

Listen to his acceptance speech on behalf of Equality Now, an organization on women's rights.



I'll start posting about my own work again soon enough. I think all this typing of concerns and beliefs is confusing my brain--at least the criticizing of other people.

But some people just call for it!

Is Kanye trying to make me love him? Your shiny, fun video ala D.A.N.C.E. won't fool me!

You can't call an end to homophobia and use the word "d*ke" you hypocrite.
Maybe you didn't open for the VMAs because BRITNEY IS EVERYWHERE, not because of your skin color.


Form your own opinion.

I'm sucker for a nice voice and piano. Watch Chris Garneau's music video for "Relief" which is above, and then watch that little boy voice come out of him live in the video below for the song "We Don't Try". These are two of my favorites off of his debut album "Music for Tourists".

Some compare him to Rufus or Sufjan. Well I need to listen to more of them too. Some say he's boring and sad. I say he's calming and soothing. I want to see music like this live. Who's in?

Apparently on 7-7-07 a bunch of people gave out free hugs in Boston. I wish I knew! I LOVE IT.

Maybe I only like this song because it has Daft Punk in it. And the video is pretty interesting (who brings in Japanese animation with rap?) I enjoy mash-ups of different styles and genres when they work well. This works well, except it still includes what makes modern rap unlistenable to me—the egoism, the need for power, the need for fame.

"Bow in the presence of greatness
Cause right now thou has forsaken us
You should be honored by my lateness
That I would even show up to this fake shit"

"So how the hell could you front on me?
There's a thousand you's, there's only one of me
I'm trippin', I'm caught up in the moment right?
This is Louis Vuitton dime night
So we gon' do everything that Kan like
Heard they'd do anything for a Klondike
Well I'd do anything for a blonde dyke"

Get over yourself and have respect for other people. His lyrics are revolting and his choice of words so disrespectful they overpower what originality I find in this. It's too bad. I guess I'll just listen to the Daft Punk original.

Junior Senior's new song and video are good—global dance party good.

I asked myself today if I knew I was going to die soon, what would I do? The first thing that came into my head was travel Europe. I thought for a second and decided that yes, this was my answer. It may not be a huge thing to anyone else, but to confidently say that is what I would want to do is something I want to mark down. At some point in my life I should do this (again). At age 23 it's the one thing I want to do be doing if I knew I was going to die soon.

I don't think I will deal with death very well. I feel as though when it comes real close to me it will hit me hard and knock me down. Getting back up will be a struggle that I fear. I want to grow old and become wiser. I want to know things. I want to understand why people do the things they do and why things are the way they are. I want to understand.


by Gerald Jimenez

This a video my friend Gerald made.

He loves Jesus and God, or one of the two. I'm not really sure. But either way, this a cool video.

I am going to make him create videos for me when I need them done.

PS-While I'm at it. This video is hosted off of Virb. Have you checked it out? It's like a much nicer looking myspace with better quality everything. I don't have an account (...yet?) because I spend too much time on the internet as it is.

I'm going to pretend my friends and I made this.

In reality it's just sweet and I want all the t-shirts ASAP.


*UPDATE*
The video was removed, because apparently it's not finished yet and the company who made it didn't want it on the web. (What else are they going to do to this?) But of course that doesn't stop the web. I added the video again.

You should also check out this video of the Justice's past single. I remember my bro showing me this after he heard it won some music video award. The song is great. The video is just kind weird, but I'll take weird over boring any day.

Incase you haven't seen Will Ferrell get yelled at by his 2-year-old landlord yet.

Will Ferrell in “The Landlord”

How can you not watch Veronica Mars with people like this on the show?

The future as they said it would be is starting to come true. Looking at this is like seeing something they only made up for the movies. Now where's my flying car?