Since yesterday’s music video of the day brought visions of a holiday-themed zombie apocalypse, I decided to go a little bit more traditional for today’s music video of the day.
Please… enjoy the romance of the holidays.
Enjoy!
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Holiday Scenes That I Love: Charlie Brown Seeks Professional Help in A Charlie Brown Christmas
Would you go to Lucy for psychiatric help? I guess it depends on how much the season has got you down.
I always ask for real estate, too.
Artwork of the Day: Santa Reading Mail (by Norman Rockwell)
by Norman Rockwell
Music Video of the Day: Merry Undead Christmas by Kieran Strange (2012, dir by ????)
If the Christmas cheer is getting to be too much for you, today’s music video of the day is for you!
As this video from Kieran Strange proves, the zombie apocalypse stops for no holiday.
Enjoy!
Holidays Scenes I Love: Santa Sits On A Throne Of Lies in Elf
This is one of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite Christmas stories.
“You sit on a throne of lies!”
Art Profile: Cigarette Ads Of Christmas Past
Today, commercials for cigarettes are among the most heavily regulated in the United States. Not only are cigarettes banned from being advertised on TV and on the radio but even ads in magazines and newspapers are required to carry a warning about the health effects of smoking.
That was not always the case.
In fact, at one time, cigarettes were regularly advertised as being the perfect Christmas gift! The ads below date from the 1930s to the 1960s but all of them share on thing in common, the message that a Merry Christmas will be a smoky Christmas:
Artwork of the Day: Jolly Postman (by Norman Rockwell)
by Norman Rockwell
Music Video of the Day: Oi To The World by No Doubt (1997, dir by Sophie Muller)
Today’s music video is sure to get you in the holiday mood!
This video is for No Doubt’s cover of a Christmas song by the Vandals. It’s a pretty simple video, actually. No Doubt is beating some guys up when they finally get the Christmas spirit. To be honest, I’ve always imagined that this what a typical day in the life of No Doubt was like.
Anyway, this video was directed by Sophie Muller. On the IMVDB, Sophie Muller has been credited with directing 222 videos. She’s worked with almost everyone.
As for the video itself, I just like it because it’s one of those videos that manages to find the perfect balance between sincerity and satire.
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Bob Dylan — Must Be Santa (2009, dir by Nash Edgerton)
I just realized that it is December 10th and we have yet to share any Christmas videos here at the Shattered Lens. That may be because there’s not really that many good Christmas music videos out there….
However, there is this video of Bob Dylan performing Must Be Santa!
Is Dylan celebrating the holiday or making fun of it in this video? Personally, I choose to believe that he’s doing both. If anything, Bob Dylan’s reached a point where he can pretty much do anything he wants and if that means he wants to do a polka Christmas song, we’re all the better for it!
As for the song itself, it was originally written back in 1960 and has been performed by several different singers. The polka version was first performed by the pride of Denton, Texas, Brave Combo. Dylan’s version can basically be considered a cover version of the Brave Combo version. Even if you don’t like polka music (and I certainly wouldn’t consider myself to be a fan of it but then again, my personal taste in music pretty much runs the gamut from EDM to More EDM), you should always take advantage of the chance to see Brave Combo play live. They put on a quite a show.
Anyway, enjoy!
Thank You!
To our wonderful readers:
We hope you have enjoyed Christmas here on the Shattered Lens! Today is not only Christmas but it’s also the 7-year anniversary of the founding of this website! Thank you to everyone who has every read a post, left a comment, or decided to subscribe! As much fun as it is for us to share our opinions, it’s the readers who make all of this worthwhile!
We know that 2016 has been a difficult year for many of you. It’s been a difficult year for some members our own family as well. However, 2016 is nearly over. And we’re going to do everything we can to make 2017 a good one for everyone!
With all that in mind, thank you for reading and we hope you’ll continue to read in the future!
Y’all are the best!
And now, as Christmas ends, here’s one final gift to you. Here’s a video of a Jedi kitten, courtesy of Zach King, aka FinalCutKing. Zach may not have won the Amazing Race but he certainly knows how to make adorable kittens do amazing things!
ENJOY!
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