20th anniversary of Madonna’s Erotica

Back before the interwebs, 20 years ago, I never saw this video. Was it a more innocent time then?

Spanish priests make YouTube recruitment video around “promise” theme

These men of the collar aim to seduce Spain jobless into a career with the Vatican. Of course, it’s unintentionally hilarious. Is it just me, or does the lisping really make them seem gayer?

Drunk Catholic priest offers police officers blowjob for freedom in Ohio

Wow. Watch this Catholic priest, arrested for drunk driving, alternately threaten and proposition police officers while chained to the holding cell. Sweet baby Jesus, video is priceless. (Via JoeMyGod).

See the New Hong Kong

Despite the title, the “new Hong Kong” seems to include a lot of Japan and Japanese writing. The song is by Josie Cotton, famous for her 1980s minor classic, “Johnnny, Are You Queer?” (Via JoeMyGod).

Japan’s non-sexual “Herbivore” men seen thru Taiwan web video news

Both unflattering (Wimpus Japonica) and kind of complete animated video explaining Japan’s “herbivores,” the young men (perhaps 30%?) who are eschewing sex for domesticity, fashion, and the company of other well dressed young men.

The 1 minute 30 second video covers post-Bubble austerity, a new rejection of  hetero sexuality as consumption, Japan’s declining birth rate, and gender boundary crossing. (Via Mutant Frog Travelogue).

“I’m perfectly good”: Rihanna’s S&M Video

I am becoming a Rihanna fan. This is from her just released S&M song, whose video will be out soon. The lyrics are part camp and part self-help.

“I may be bad but I’m perfectly good.
There’s sex in the air.
I don’t care, I love the smell of it
Sticks and stones may break my bones
but chains and whips excite me.”

You can hear the song on JustJared’s blog (no relation).

Is this video actor hot or skanky?

I am a huge fan of Shibuya Night’s blog, The Salaryman, The Yakuza and the Host Boy. It’s written as the personal diary and interests of a 20ish European woman who enjoys Japanese men, and it, too, was listed as one of CNNgo’s top 10 Japan blog in English. I love her nasty stories and constant visual stream of extreme male images. It’s a great reminder that some women find these super-femme boys very sexy.

I hope she doesn’t mind if I quote from her fangirling of this photo. And I wonder, do my readers think this video actor is hot or skanky?!

I want to ram him.
He’s in gay porn and straight porn. But he’s also pretty much a prostitute.
I could technically email his company and be like, I want a 60minute session with him please, but really… paying him…. serious? I doubt I would.

If I ever get so bored when I’m back in Tokyo, I might just go hang around takadanobaba and bump into him ha! Stalkerrrrrr

It says on his profile he’s not gay. Yum.

You need to get off Facebook

Thanks, Christophe, for sending me this video. I love its paper-based story telling, emo model, and setting in downtown Seoul.

Police music video “So Lonely” shot in Mita station in 1978

The song is a sonic reminder from the past. Did I know the first time that the video was shot in Japan? Thanks to @PinkTentacle for the Youtube link.

Israeli and US soldiers make videos during occupation

There’s been a lot of controversy over this recently released video of Israeli soldiers dancing to Kesha’s Tik Tok while patrolling Hebron. Some critics complain of a lack of respect towards the people whose land they are illegally occupying. On the other hand, I think for every minute they are rehearsing their dance moves and editing their video, at least no one is being shot, harassed or intimidated.

A similar video came out of Afghanistan where US soldiers re-made Lady Gaga’s Telephone. The dancing is hilarious, as are the props. The higgly piggly background to their music making is surprisingly “real.” But again, at least as long as they are focused on music, dancing, and videos, no one is being killed.

Finally, I always have a soft spot for treason. Apparently Private Bradley Manning breached military security in Iraq and downloaded “150,000 diplomatic cables, as well as secret videos and a PowerPoint presentation.” One video he shared was a helicopter attack in Baghdad where the pilots were speaking gleefully about killing people. It’s hilarious that “military intelligence” (sic) prevents the use of thumb drives, but many of the computers have compact disk drives. Private Manning hummed Lady Gaga songs and pretended to be listening to her music when he was copying the files. NICE!