Existential threat can be fun!

Well, it can be when Sparks and Cyriak get together to make it so.

Cyriak creates such beautifully weird animations, and until yesterday I’d forgotten all about his existence ( shame on me! ) . His style compliments the wit and musical talent of the Mael brothers perfectly. This particular work of art came out two years ago, and lord knows where I was at the time, but somehow I managed to miss it. If you missed it too, please check it out- the music is fantastic and infectious and the animated video darkly funny. You really have to possess a special talent to present this kind of subject in an upbeat way.

_{This version of the video has an interesting little bit at the end wherein Cyriak shows us- in MINUTE DETAIL- EXACTLY how to make a music video! ( But not really. He totally glosses over the details. It’s a lot of fun, though) .}

I know, I know. I’m posting another song by Sparks. You suspect I’m developing an obsession. Well, you suspect right! Having only recently discovered how utterly brilliant they are, I’ve now become a ‘Sparks Evangelist’ ( as Edgar Wright would put it ). So I can’t promise that I won’t be making a habit of telling everyone how smitten I am with them. It’s my mission to convert you, so that you too can become smitten, and we can all swoon over the lovely Sparks together. Really, I haven’t been this excited and inspired for years. Ron and Russ are not of this world- in fact, I suspect they’re from the same planet most of my favourite musicians are from: the planet of CUTE KING DENTAL FOOT – which is but a stupid anagram* of its REAL name, the planet of TOO FUCKING TALENTED. I do hope they stay here on Earth for a while.

Anyway, pardon my gushing, but in my experience music is a type of magick. I love nothing better than to be under its spell.

*_{I’ve never been too good at the anagrams. The next best one was “TONGUED INK LATTE OFC ” ( you won’t find that at Starbucks…but honestly you MIGHT find it at one of the hipster cafes in Melbourne). I’m not sure it counts as a proper anagram because of the abbreviation/ text-speak thingy at the end there. Eventually I resorted to an online anagram generator to see if anything interesting would happen. It DID happen. Apparently there are 10,000 possible anagrams ( stupid ones) of “TOO FUCKING TALENTED”, my favourite being ACTON FUNGOID KETTLE ( which I’m guessing is what the tongued ink latte is made in. Of course).}

_{Incidentally, the planet of CUTE KING DENTAL FOOT has a national/ international anthem. It’s in the tune of ‘Old King Wenceslas’ and the lyrics are as follows:}

_{Cute King Dental Foot}

_{has some lovely diiimples,}

_{even though his feet have teeth}

_{he nev-er gets piiimples}

_{The End.}

Just dicking around…

This is my new anthem/ motivational song for mornings.

_{For a top quality synth you can’t go past a RONALD}

What clever, insightful, endearingly silly yet mindbendingly talented humans. I’d dick around with them.

“I don’t care what you do- dick around- I will too/ I don’t care what you do, I’ll dick around next to you” might just be the most romantic song lyrics I’ve ever heard.

At this point I feel that my life is just a way to dick around before I die. It’s so serious that it’s silly, and so silly that it’s serious.

Anyway, just needed to ensure that people understood the importance of this brilliant piece of music.

As you were.