Monday, February 7, 2011

Music: The Beatles Came To America 47 Years Ago


The Beatles' Appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show

1964, New York City, a plane lands. Its passengers, The Beatles. Four young men from England who would change the music industry forever. It was two days after they landed that they would preform their legendary performance for the Ed Sullivan Show, cementing them in pop culture here in America forever. The Beatles would go on from simple pop icons, to music visionaries. Presenting their fans with hit after hit, changing their style of music, and innovating in ways no one saw coming. For the next decade, The Beatles would produce some of the most memorable, and perhaps definitive music of the times.

Via: History.com

Monday Movie You May Have Never Heard Of: A Town Called Panic (Panique Au Village)

Enter possibly one of the strangest films I've ever lay eyes on. A Town Called Panic (Panique Au Village). Crafted in France by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, this stop-motion animation takes madness to a whole new level. With the main characters, all plastic toys, named Cowboy, Horse, and Indian you know you're in for a serious treat.


The movie takes place around Horse's Birthday with Cowboy and Indian failing to remember this special occasion. In a freak panic, they order up some bricks to build a humble grill, but things all go wrong when the order for 50,000,000 bricks is actually placed. Setting the course for what is to become a strange and interesting journey to a whole new world all thanks to one simple mistake.


Well worth the watch, this comity never fails to put a smile on your face while scratching your head the entire time.