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  • My Favourite Things: October 2013

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    OCTOBER

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    I’m back to give you more of my favourite stuff online. The videos aren’t necessarily from the last month, but that’s when I found them so it’s good enough for me!

    1) We Are Brothers

    Two brothers (with the decidedly mad names Baddy Paris and Rufus Starlight) set out to give the most memorable best-man speech at a wedding and I think they gave it one hell of a shot. Here is a snippet of their description:

    “At his wedding we pleaded for our brother not to leave us, in the only way we knew how to say it; through the medium of 80s music and video. We thought we’d done ok, but he left us anyway”.

    It has no right to be as good as it is.

    2) Political Apathy

    Russell Brand recently was interviewed by Jeremy Paxman about his political beliefs. It was a slightly heated but eloquent debate about apathy in the modern political system. You can watch a large portion of it here:

    It has sparked lots of conversation online with people both agreeing and disagreeing with Brand’s viewpoints. Comedian and friend of FRED Rufus Hound share’s Brand’s thoughts and even spoke about it a couple years ago on his comedy special. Check it out below, it’s pretty hilarious and scarily accurate:

    3) Beetlejuice: A Minecraft Rollercoaster

    I have never played Minecraft. I think I’m just too old to get it. But, those who do play it have made some excellent things. Example A: This rollercoaster created in homage to Tim Burton’s best film (that’s right, I said it). It features recreated scenes and designs based on the film and it has a great tune playing too.

    4) Lip Sync Battle

    Once again proving that Jimmy Fallon has stolen the life I should be living, this little video is inordinately smile inducing. Jimmy, Joseph Gordon Levitt, and Stephen Merchant play a game of lip synching to popular songs.

    Who knew Stephen Merchant could move so well?

    5) Hipster or a Hobo

    To play us out this month, The Rubberbandits are back with their first new material since their double album “Serious About Men”. It’s a slower r’n’b song about the thin line in current fashion trends.

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    And that’s it! My favourite things of the last month.

    – Aaron Fever is the creator of cry-singing to “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”. He is also more accurately an internet whore and rarely leaves the house. If you like what you read here check out his blog http://www.aaronfever.com

  • My Favourite Things: March 2012

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    MARCH

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    Once again I give you the run down of my favourite things of the past month because when I enjoy myself, I like to share it.

    …ladies.

    1) Strange Love: Married to the Eiffel Tower

    I have to be honest, when I was introduced to this documentary at the start of the month by a friend online I couldn’t stop watching it. It follows two women who are objectosexuals. That means that they don’t fall in love with human beings but instead inanimate objects. The documentary illuminates some of the reasons for this so I won’t go into it now but needless to say, it’s fascinating.

    I just loved the idea that someone was actually able to marry the Eiffel Tower and to see just how much joy someone got out of looking at a fairground ride. It’s all a little mad but you can’t help but like these women. They speak clearly and honestly (often with too much information) but that’s their life and I found it a little wonderful to spend 45 minutes in it.

    You can watch it in it’s entirety below. (slightly NSFW)

    2) Randy Parcel

    Despite the fact that none of us here at FRED were invited (cough cough) many of our friends took part in Jonathan Coulton’s “JocCo Cruise Crazy” cruise type thing. Apparently it was a lot of fun. We wouldn’t know. We’re not bitter though. Nope. Not us.

    Anyway, after folks got back lots of footage and pictures emerged online of the fun that went on. My favourite? Well that has to be from Paul F. Tompkins’ karaoke night when a young man by the name of Randy Parcel delivered what I can only call, the greatest karaoke performance ever. Seriously. It’s great.

    Watch as he sings SOLO the classic duet “You Make Me Feel Brand New”.

    3) The $8 Billion iPod

    Rob Reid gives a great TED Talk about how the copyright industry fudge the numbers on piracy. It’s really interesting but also quite important to know with the likes of SOPA and ACTA trying to police the internet based on “facts” like this.

    4) Evolution of the Moon

    I’ve always loved stuff like this. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter helped compose this video about how the Moon got it’s appearance. It’s both informative and beautiful to watch so watch it.

    5) I Like To Shift Girls

    To play us out, the notorious Rubberbandits are back to educate the world in the ways of shifting. I’ll be fascinated to see if this phrase takes off outside of my country because it’s usually hilarious to hear non-Irish try our colloquilisms.

    (very NSFW) (actually NSF brains)

    God help us all.

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    And that’s it! My favourite things of the last month.

    – Aaron Poole is the creator of the doughnut lottery. He is also more accurately an internet whore and rarely leaves the house. If you like what you read here check out his blog http://aaronfever.blogspot.com