Cross Country Singalong

Snoop Dogg x Darth Vader

CCS — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:26:10 +0000

An Adidas collaboration earlier this year brought together Snoop Dogg, of Doggystyle/Capitol Records and Darth Vader, of The Sith/Galactic Empire.

Both legends in their respective galaxies, the two met to discuss being tall, black, and using respirators.

Suited & Booted

Eric Wareheim desk flip on Just 3 Boyz

CCS — Tue, 04 May 2010 03:27:17 +0000

Tim and Eric starred alongside Zach Galifianakis in a segment on the Feb 19th episode of Funny Or Die Presents. The feature, called “Just 3 Boyz”, builds towards a ruthless desk-flip at the 10-minute mark.

Eric Wareheim nails a flawless desk flip in "Just 3 Boyz"

Rachael Ray x Dunkin’ Donuts

CCS — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:47:17 +0000

Rachael Ray is well known in America as a television personality, Jihadist, FHM model, and domestic irritant. What many people may not know is that, like so many of her countrymen, Rachael Ray runs on dunkin’.

Renowned Dunkin'ist Rachael Ray

LOADED Magazine’s context-sensitive quotations

CCS — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:18:21 +0000

LOADED is a British “lad’s mag” that features photos of topless women alongside wonderful, context-dependent pull-quotes.

Good on ya.

Sasha Grey x Disney

CCS — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:14:48 +0000

The world’s filthiest adult entertainer spends some time in the kingdom of the world’s filthiest childen’s entertainer. Hopefully not for an autograph-signing.

A future collaborative effort is unlikely.

Larry King x Ed Hardy

CCS — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:50:29 +0000

Larry King and family hit the orange carpet at a Nickelodeon event last year dressed head to toe in Ed Hardy. When asked who he was wearing, King gave a hat-tip to Christian Audigier. He was then slimed.

Larry King (2nd from left) and trophy wife Shawn (left) on their way to buy UFC-themed suspenders

“Old enough to know better, old enough to not care”

Japan x Pixies

CCS — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:48:19 +0000

In 2000, Invisible Records Japan released a “Tribute to the PIXIES”, a compilation of Japanese rock bands covering tunes by The Pixies. Japanese record labels are well known for showing their appreciation for western artists with beautiful tribute albums (a topic I plan on addressing in more detail later), and “PIXIES” is a perfect example. The only non-Japanese band on the album is Seafood (from the UK), who do a faithful-but-plain rendition of “Levitate Me”. The rest of the artists offer amazing and unique treatments of classic Pixies songs, from punk rock renditions to noise/experimental interpretations.

Highlights include Japanese indie band Feed’s surreal cover of “Debaser”, which includes the sound of dogs barking underneath the chorus, and Cowpers singing “Bone Machine” with Japanese lyrics.

Tribute to the PIXIES (2000)

Feed – Debaser

DRUM:KAN – Alec Eiffel

The album closes with a band called Wakusei covering “Gigantic”, pronouncing it with a hard ‘g’ sound. The BEAT CRUSADERS also appear on this album, covering “Debaser”. BEAT CRUSADERS is a popular Japanese pop-punk band that appears on a ton of tribute albums.

Tribute to the Pixies @ Amazon.com

Stephen Harper x Kitties!!!

CCS — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:39:13 +0000

In the wake of his decision to suspend parliament through the Olympics, Stephen Harper’s popularity among Canadians is crumbling. The PM’s buddy Tom Flanagan (who formerly served as Harper’s campaign manager and chief of staff) said “Everybody knows that Parliament was prorogued in order to shut down the Afghan inquiry”.

At least Stephen Harper still has one friend who hasn’t lost faith in him.

The Right Honourable Prime Minister Stephen Harper (right) and a fluffy kittennnnnnn!!!! (left)

“You and me against the world”

Kim Jong Il x Bill Clinton

CCS — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:04:06 +0000

Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s reclusive Supreme Leader met with Bill Clinton last summer to discuss the imprisonment of two American journalists. This was the first time these two remarkable people had met face to face, despite fostering a ton of tension over the DPRK’s desire to build nuclear missiles in the mid 90′s. Now that it’s the 21st century, and they actually HAVE built nuclear missiles, things keep getting weirder and weirder in North Korea.

There was some speculation that the man who met with Clinton in August 2009 wasn’t Kim Jong Il, but a stand-in lookalike. Kim Jong Il apparently has several lookalikes that he used to use to thwart assassination attempts, Saddam Hussein-style. There have been rumours for years that Kim Jong Il’s health is failing, or that he has actually already died. Nobody on either side of the North Korean border has been able to prove anything about the current state of their leader, and this fascinates me. I think it’s so awesome that nobody knows whether a world leader is alive or dead. Since having a serious stroke in 2008, Kim Jong Il has made hundreds of public “appearances” all over the DPRK; I think he will be a popular theme at Cross Country Singalong because everything about him is amazing.

Bill Clinton (left) meets Kim Jong Il (right)

This photograph sums up exactly what this site is about. North Korea, fascinating people, hilarious juxtapositions, disparate heights, awkward press photos… These are all wonderful things.

Sean Connery x Louis Vuitton

CCS — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:51:45 +0000

Sir Sean, the Louis Vuitton Don. Somewhere, on an island in the Bahamas, a better man than you is living a better life than yours.