Just so you know that we know, we do know this is the message you’ve probably seen if you’ve tried to watch a Super Deluxe video on YouTube lately:
Believe you us, it sounds a lot more severe than the situation really is. Long story short, there have been some technical issues lately with our YouTube channel, but they’re getting resolved. No violations. No term thingies. No removals.
In the meantime, all we ask is that whatever you do, you not watch this filthy, filthy video.
Mark your calendars and remember where you were when you read this. Because with today’s debut of Cooking With Jazze (produced by our very own Daniel Weidenfeld), Super Deluxe has attained yet another pop cultural benchmark: we have a show guest starring Webster.
Just saying.
Dan Deacon. He told me he’s playing a set tonight at Emo’s doing his Arnold Schwarzenegger video mash-up insanity thing. And I believed him because he’s a really nice guy.
We had to see for ourselves the venue where we’re throwing MAKE FUNNY NOT WAR. It’s called Esther’s Follies and it’s right on the corner of 6th and Red River across from Emo’s. It’s perfect because they’re used to having magic shows and cabarets there. In fact, this SXSW is the first time they’ve actually participated in the festival. Go figure.
It was a Monday morning just like any other Monday morning: the birds were a-chirping, the office coffee was a-flowing and a fresh batch of new videos had just been a-put up on Super Deluxe. Among them was Fark TV’s Lady & The Ramp. And as was the case with nearly every other Fark TV episode that’s appeared on this site since we launched, a snarky comment was posted on it within minutes of it going up by the user known as CineKal.
But perhaps February 4th, 2008 wasn’t just another Monday like any other. Because not only did this comment from Fark TV’s most infamous detractor seem to lack the usual intensity of his trademark vitriol…
…it was also to be his last one ever.
OK, maybe not ever. We don’t actually know if he died or has otherwise been rendered unable to use a computer with a broadband connection anymore. But we do know that after faithfully criticizing more than 100 individual episodes of Fark TV for more than an entire year, CineKal has gone silent. Without any explanation, he’s completely stopped commenting on them altogether. Nearly a dozen have premiered in the month since Lady & The Ramp, and not a single one has received so much as a “NOT FUNNY” from the once-steadfast gadfly. Used to be, you could set your watch to his prickly posting habits: a Fark TV episode would go up at, say, 10 A.M; by 10:15 A.M., rest assured, CineKal had not only ripped it to pieces, but was also in the process of igniting an all-day comment war. It wasn’t pretty, but at least it was predictable. Until now.
So, what gives? What’s going on? What happened to CineKal? In this multi-part series, we’re going to try to answer some of those questions as well as figure out exactly who the man behind the hate is (or was), why he suddenly stopped hatin’ and why he ever began in the first place. Oh, and whether or not he’s actually a member of Fark TV (as many have suspected).
To Be Continued…
Got all that? For those of you who have trouble focusing on four-tone neo-psychedelic event posters, let us paraphrase: Mess With Texas 2 is going to be amazing (the Breeders? Really?). It’s also the “other” big party we’re involved with next month in Austin. For the second year in a row, we’ll be sponsoring the comedy stage at the all-day shindig and we couldn’t be happier. Especially now that it’s moved to an outside venue, is all ages, open to the public and going down the very next day after our “other” big party there.
So, once again, if you’re in downtown Austin Saturday March 15th with nothing else to do, please drop by.
It’s official. We’ve made a bright yellow poster with black writing on it. As you can see, that writing provides details about a party we’re throwing at this year’s South By Southwest music conference. It also elucidates the names of the entertainers that will be performing at the event as well as its exact location, date and time. Should you find yourself in Austin, Texas in the fair month of March, we suggest you stop by.
Update: Re-uploaded the poster to make a correction or two.
Don’t make any plans for next week. Especially at 10 PM EST on Tuesday January 29th. Our ombudsman David Levin explains why.
Update: The graphic image of the tarnished Apple icon has been modified for your safety.
There is nothing as sexy as a hot, little game of peek-a-boo. And today, we here at Super Deluxe got our ROCKS OFF all over the Steve Jobs’ MacWorld 2008 Keynote.
Mmm Mmmm. That’s…uh…pretty juvenile.
But to quote Brody Stevens, “Why come?!” Well, it just so happened that while some of us (the slightly Asperger-afflicted techie types, to be precise) were geeking out over the biggest Apple announcement this year, we noticed a familiar little logo tucked in the corner of a spy pic posted over at MacRumorsLive.com.
Did you catch that? It’s right there in the lower right-hand corner near the dude’s head. Do you see it yet?
Mmmm. Look at that thick, white booty and those bubbly, bursting curves. Damn girl. You fine. Basking in the afterglow of this whole thing, wethinks 2008 will be a very, very good year.
Late last week, the Best Week Ever blog launched a petition calling for a new installment (number eight!) of the dormant Police Academy series–complete with a full reunion of the original cast (just answer the goddamn phone already, Mr. Guttenberg).
A capital idea, to be sure. To help us decide whether to make this an actionable item, we sought the counsel of our new correspondent and Ambassador of Good Taste, Toby Radloff. Toby sent us the video below, encapsulating the high points of the Police Academy catalog, the likely musical heritage of the Blue Oyster Bar theme, and a possible setup for an 8th PA:
Needless to say, Super Deluxe hereby pledges our support, as long as it doesn’t involve actually doing anything. If you’d like to join the movement as well, Best Week Ever asks that you send an email to whereisproctor@gmail.com.
Special thanks to Toby and Wayne Alan Harold for sending this our way so quickly. We look forward to checking in with them from time to time on the pressing issues that vex the blogosphere.
Read more about Toby and Wayne and their previous work on their Super Deluxe profile page.
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