FACT: Everyone is fond of owls. Well except for mice, shrews and Simon Cowell. What the fuck am I rambling on about? OWLS! Jonti Picking aka Weebl, the man behind the legendary ‘Badger, Badger, Badger’ has outdone himself again with an all star cast of owls, beavers and Simon Cowell. What do they all have in common? Watch the brilliant little flash animation to find out.
Last weekend, Infidel Media was privileged to grill Malaysian singer/songwriter/actor Pete Teo on his newest project, Malaysian Artistes for Unity (MAFU). MAFU, featuring a star studded cast of Malaysian celebrities and media, has produced ‘Here In My Home’, an anti-racism national unity song and music video. Working with a budget of zero has not hampered the quality of the final product which is now available free for download online.
As expected, Pete is one smart cookie (some of you may require a dictionary). Read the whole interview after the jump and make sure you don’t miss the music video at the end of the interview.
Infidel Media: Perhaps not since Sudirman have we seen a strong social awareness in Malaysian music. What’s taken Malaysian artists so long to make a stand?
Pete Teo: Good question. I have no idea why. Though I suspect it has something to do with fear. Race relations in this country has wavered between the ‘Malaysia Truly Asia’ type feel-good campaign to periodic race supremacists’ rhetoric. This creates uncertainty and fear amongst the people from all communities. It is hard for artistes to publicly take a socially aware stand when the ground might shift whenever certain politicians feel it is politically expedient to shift it. (more…)
Fading internet stars got to extend their 15 minutes in Weezer’s new music video “Pork and Beans”. The video features Numa Numa, Chocolate Rain, and everyone else who’s wasted your time on YouTube (no Rick Astley, sorry ladies). The song is decidedly ‘meh’, vanilla listening that’s easy on ears and light on everything else. Frivolous entertainment. But that’s the whole point of internet memes right? (ed note: Damn, 12 hours later after writing this post the viral song is still in my head)
Also catch the Southpark episode where all the internet stars kill each other.
In this brilliant Guy Ritchie ad, the viewer gets a first-person look at life through the eyes of a budding Arsenal youngster working his way up. Cristiano Ronaldo, Cesc Fabregas, Ronaldinho, Wayne Rooney, Ruud Van Nistlerooy, Zlatan Ibrahimovich, Marco Materazzi and Rafael Marquez all feature. If there is one lesson to be learned from this video: footballers get hot chicks.
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