Sue Haller: August 2009 Archives

The late Heath Ledger's music video for Modest Mouse song "King Rat" debuted on MySpace this week. (watch it here)
Visually, the video is really interesting. The design reminds me of Thom Yorke's "Eraser" album and Monty Python's "Holy Grail" animation.
Word of warning though, the images are pretty disturbing: Slovenly whales manning a fishing boat that's out to catch humans.
The pairing of scurvy knaves hooking terrified sea people and lead singer Isaac Brock's snarl makes for one creepy video. The message is effective though: I'm crossing fish off my menu plans for a while.

John Hughes, who brought us the fun-loving Ferris Bueller, the snarky crew of "The Breakfast Club" and the hopelessly unhip Griswold family, died of a heart attack at 59 on Thursday.
While I'm not an out-and-out Hughes fanatic, as a kid my family loved to watch and re-watch "American Lampoons Vacation" on a Friday night.
Read more about Hughes here