2010 Stuff That Was Awesome

It's late November, so we may as well get prepared for the countdown to 2011. Esquire, the only magazine to which I still subscribe, since it's the best thing you can read other than TMQ, has published it's Best of 2010 list. Very cool stuff.

Presidential Sh*t Is Pretty Awesome

 

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The Japanese Pop Star of the Future

I heard about this from WWTDD, who read it on Joe Rogan's Twitter. This is the first I've heard, but apparently there's a 3-D hologram named Hatsune Miku that is now a huge star in Japan. The Japanese are so weird. It's so awesome. I lived there for 3 months in 2002 and it's like being on a different planet. I loved it, don't get me wrong, and people often experience "reverse culture shock" when they return to their home countries after a prolonged stay there. Upon returning to the U.S., I experienced a rather annoying phase during which I would say "you know, in Japan..." about how much better practically everything was over there.

Here is a video of one of "her" performances, along with an enthusiastic crowd. Her singing voice is created with a computer program. I suppose this isn't much different than loving a cartoon character, like Homer Simpson, for example. I have said many times that I wish he were a real person and I were friends with him.

The concert footage of Hatsune Miku sort of reminds me of the Floston, Paradise shows in The Fifth Element.

USA!

This is probably the greatest commercial in the history of television. Even better than the "What Should I Do?" Lebron commercial.