Do You Smell Ribs Presents: THE POWER OF LOVE

Matters of the heart are complicated. You have the most beautiful eyes. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Nothing gold can stay.  But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is your computer screen, and DYSR is the sun. And to have watched DYSR's Power of Love trailer and lost (your mind over how sweet it is) is better than to never have watched DYSR's Power of Love trailer at all.

That's right y'all, it's time to get poetic, sentimental, and all the way tender. On February 9th at MIDNIGHT, Do You Smell Ribs will be presenting its second Power Hour at everyone's favorite "microcinema" the Spectacle Theater (s 3rd and Bedford in scenic&gentrified Williamsburg, Brooklyn). As usual, we do the heavy lifting for you, so you and your friends or people you don't know can kick back in the theater and get a good buzz on while you get your laugh on (but don't go getting your "bitch on" as Chris Rock once said in his novelty R&B single "I Love Champagne," 'cus that is our job!).

You're all veterans by now, but allow me to remind you of the drill. Sixty clips in sixty minutes. When the clip changes, you take a shot of beer. Each clip acts as a punchline of sorts to the one before it, but PAY ATTENTION because some of the connections are subtle and there will be a quiz (no there won't). We'll provide you with customized shot glasses, but you bring the beer--we may be entertainers, geniuses and magicians, but we are NOT millionaires.

Loosely tied together by themes of love, longing, familial affection, obsession, and innuendo just in time for VD (valentines day, not your contraction of a venereal disease). WARNING: some of these clips are STEAMY. You might want to wear a condom.

$5 at the door, which goes to keeping Spectacle afloat, not to us, even though we probably deserve oodles of cash for this. We like to think of it as community service, really.

Oh, and we recommend showing up on the earlier side--last time the seats filled up quick! And in all seriousness, thanks to everyone who came out to the first power hour! It  was a real blast for us! You know in the Gator Golf commercial when the song goes "What could be greater than playing a game of golf with a gator?" Well we totally think our first screening was way better than that game sounds. So let's "give it a wack" again on Feb. 9!!!! Hope to see you there!

<3 <3 <3

Pssst look over here, it's a generic picture of little kids kissing.

<3 <3 <3

BONUS: The following Sade jam is not in the new Power Hour (or is it?), but it has a lyric "look up at the sky, it's the color of love," MF Doom sampled it, and there's a cool picture of hands in a heart along with lyrics in Lucida Sans, the official font of E-Cards sent by your mom.  Dedicated to our friend Mr. Nicholson, Sade's most ardent heterosexual male fan.

Smash TV presents Memorex

Memorex Trailer from Smash TV on Vimeo.

DYSR recently checked out a screening of Smash TV's new full length video compilation "Memorex." Truly a feat of editing prowess, this mash-up of bits and pieces of 80's commercials and graphics triggered fond memories (dancing McNuggets!) while creating its own very unique sense of atmosphere. But don't take our word, here's what Smash TV has to say about it:

Memorex is the advertising industry’s collective wet dream. The sequel to Smash TV’s critically acclaimed “Skinemax”, Memorex is a 50 minute VJ odyssey, a tribute to an entire generation who grew up with only a TV and a VCR for a babysitter.

Sourced from over forty hours of 80s commercials pulled from warped VHS tapes, Memorex is a deep exploration of nostalgia and the fading cultural values of an era of excess. It’s a re-contextualization of ads - cultural detritus, the lowest of the low - into something altogether more profound, humorous, and at times, even beautiful.

It was super interesting for the two of us, who are currently in the throes of scavenging and editing a bunch of footage for our second Power Hour, to watch such a meticulously executed project. This dude gets "balls deep" in the recorded-off-TV VHS bin!

Check out the trailer above and go to Smash TV's vimeo to peep the full length. Sure, you could get lofty and watch it "on drugs" OR you could do what we did and drink Super-C smoothies (product placement--yo! hook us up!) while aggressively blowing your nose and eating cheez-its. In the words of the World's most influential animated pacifist/environmentalist, Captain Planet, "the power is yours."
-sf

Separated at Birth

Here is your standard celebrity look-a-like compilation. A feast for the eyes! Enjoy! 

Batley, who wikipedia describes as "a blue, clumsy, and egotistical bat who wears glasses" (I think he also wore shell tops) & Scott Stapp-hater/celebrity poker player David Cross. Can't take credit for this, but totallylookslike.com has a point.




Wizard-in-training/trend setter Eureka & '80s songstress Debbie Gibson




Friendly dragon Magellan & a tender young Morrissey




Town peddler and political rogue Mr Knack & Perfect Stranger Bronson Pinchot

 



Bogge and Quagmire aka "The Moat Twins" & two of the bikini girls from Harmony Korine's hotly anticipated film, Spring Breakers
-SF

I should mention...

We're making another Power Hour for Midnight, Feb. 9 @Spectacle Theater in BK. 

There's a theme this time.

We've been working really hard on it. 

We really want you to like it. 

We hope we don't fuck it up. 

We do it for the fans. 

The two of us...

...have been trolling the internet. 

In efforts to get you drunk. 

And make you do stupid stuff. 

Or get some action. 

Or both. 

So mark it in your calendars. 

BIG BIRD EVERYTHING WILL BE OK

(via http://jezebel.com/big-bird/)

It won't be though. Mr. Hooper is gone and that new dude thats going to run the store is probably going to fuck everything up and forget to collect sales tax and no one is going to make that sweet enormous bird his milkshakes because in real life no one cares about anything besides money and what time the finale of Gossip Girls is being re-aired so we can all learn that the "Gossip Girl" **spoiler alert** was a boy THE WHOLE TIME.
-KD

Yes, DYSR is now officially acknowledging the Christmas season

Sorry we've been MIA y'all. November's Power Hour really knocked the wind out of us. But don't worry, we have a few surprises up our sleeves--some Christmas themed and some LOVE themed ( duh by love we mean lust). You'll find out soon enough. So keep those beautiful eyes of yours peeled!!!
-SF

Hot Pocket

Before he falls into the fiery pit of complete obscurity, here he is--ONE MORE TIME as Daft Punk might say--wearing a style of jeans that both KD and I wear regularly. Where's the beef?

*If you, or someone you know, were brilliant enough to make this image, lemme know and I'll give you the credit you most certainly deserve