Will Chatham

Someone misunderstands the Silly Band craze

Will — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:35:34 +0000

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Funny Pic

Will — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:18:05 +0000

I couldn’t stop laughing at this. You will not either.

Our Priorities Are Totally Wrong

Will — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:34:34 +0000

Limewire, the file sharing service thousands of people have used for trading music illegally (and legally), is on the hook for over $1 billion. BP is on the hook for $69 million for what looks to be the largest man-made catastrophe the Earth has ever seen (aside from The Backstreet Boys).

“The amount of statutory damages awarded in this case easily could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars (if not over a billion dollars),” the RIAA wrote to Wood, in seeking a court order to freeze LimeWire’s assets (.pdf). The Napster case eventually settled for more than $300 million.”

How did this happen?

You Are Small.

Will — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:39:03 +0000

Feel like a big shot walking around town in your big boots with your big hair? Take a look at the image below (click to see it full size) and learn just how small you really are. This is mind-numbing, really.

The Cerebellum LP — Available for Download

Will — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:14:22 +0000

If you haven’t been able to get your hands on one of the limited numbers of vinyl out there, you can wander over to ThinkIndie.com and download a copy. The first side is a remastered version of the original 5-song cassette we released in 1989. The second side was recorded in April, 2010, and contains 5 songs we did back in the day but never took into the studio.

Grab your self a little bit of Louisville music history!

Star Wars Preschooler

Will — Thu, 27 May 2010 00:17:51 +0000

Unless you have been living under an Internet rock, you are familiar with the Star Wars Kid meme which circulated 5 or 6 years ago. People went to extraordinary lengths to take the original video (below) and adapt it into various alterations. If you haven’t seen it, or you need a refresher, check this out:

After having watched that video many times, I became quite familiar with the Kid’s awkward moves. Naturally, I was amazed when my 4 year-old son, Dax, busted out doing his own version the other day. He has never seen the Star Wars Kid video, but this looks eerily similar:

Yes, The Force is strong in this one (but I bet you knew I was going to say that).

More from the Cerebellum show

Will — Mon, 17 May 2010 00:18:34 +0000

Proposed Production

Crawl Out of The Water

Calm

Winter

Cerebellum 2010 — “House”

Will — Mon, 17 May 2010 00:13:17 +0000

From the concert in Louisville last night. It was a truly amazing experience to play with these guys after 21 years.

May the 4th Be With You

Will — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:04:29 +0000

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The BBC’s lack of a sense of humor

Will — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:38:52 +0000

I received an email today regarding my fingernail clipping collection. It was from the BBC and it read:

Subject: BBC 3 Show
Message:
I stumbled across your website and noticed your box of toe nail clippings. WE are currently looking for people to take part in an exciting new show about people with funny habits. I wondered if you would be interested in talking about your collection of nails? Are you UK based? It would be great if you could email me a contact telephone number so that we can have a chat? Or your email address?

I was excited to find out they wanted to film me, as previous interviews I have done were all on radio stations (in New Zealand, for some reason. I’m big in New Zealand).

So I wrote back and told them I’d be happy to do it. However, they replied:

Hi Will,
Thank you for your email. That’s a shame that you live in the US, do you know of anyone with a similar habit who lives in the UK?

Laura Stebbing
Researcher

A shame I live in the US? A bit disappointed, I wrote her back in an overtly sarcastic tone:

Well, I don’t think it’s a shame, really. I actually like it here.

I’ll have to dig out my “International Directory of Fingernail Clipping Collectors, 2010 Edition” and get back to you on the name of someone in the UK who collects their nails with whom you can speak. We are a tight-knit club whose loose lips tend to sink ships, so finding someone may be difficult. I will let you know.

Sincerely,
Will

I figured that would be the end of it, or that she would reply with something equally as snarky. Apparently, my “humour” excaped her:

Hi Will,
Thank you, any help would be very much appreciated and please let me know if you have any questions. We are currently filming in the UK, so
anyone UK based would be great.

Thanks again,
Laura.

Maybe the period at the end of her name was her way of saying “You jerk, I would tell you what I think of you but my email is being monitored by my bosses, so I can’t.”

Whatever the case, I thought that conversation was too good not to share.