![]() The head man, however, they always saved for last.ĭragged kicking and screaming and begging for his life from his litter, forced to kneel on the ground still soaked with the blood of his bearers and entourage, he would find himself at the feet of the chief bandit. ![]() These enterprising free-market enthusiasts would ambush columns suddenly and without mercy, quickly slaughtering guards and escorts, then stripping the members of the party of any valuables before killing them. In Chinatown (1974) Noah Cross (John Huston) challenges Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) to join him in dining on a whole fish. It’s a story that should be true.īack in the day, when wealthy merchants used to travel across China in caravans, they were, from time to time, set upon by organised gangs of bandits and highwaymen. It was probably apocryphal, maybe not true at all, possibly utter bullshit. He felt his were the Chosen People, the Enlightened Ones, and that this story was particularly illustrative of exactly why. so let's not talk about that and go back to "Fish Heads" instead.At a kopi tiam in Geylang one night, while happily tearing the flesh, fat, and cartilage out of a shark head, a Singaporean friend told me a story. The album is available on iTunes if you're curious.īill Paxton's final music video appearance came in 2003, in Limp Bizkit's "Eat You Alive" clip. More fun facts: Holy Cow tracks "Hot Dog", "New Deal", and "World Without Walls" feature the vocals of Cindy Wilson of The B-52's. Martini Ranch released one album, Holy Cow, as well as two EPs, How Can the Labouring Man Find Time for Self-Culture? and Reach. Fun fact: the video, which was co-directed by Paxton, featured an appearance by actor Anthony Michael Hall, who starred with Paxton in the 1985 classic comedy Weird Science. Think Devo, soundwise, in fact their song "How Can the Labouring Man Find Time for Self-Culture?" featured members of Devo (Mark Mothersbaugh and Alan Myers) and was produced and engineered by Devo guitarist Bob Casale. Paxton also had his own ‘80s new wave band called Martini Ranch (with Andrew Todd Rosenthal) with Bill providing voice and samples. Paxton has a small cameo as one of the Nazi officers, whose base is blown to pieces by Pilot Benatar. Let’s all sing together – "Fish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads / Fish heads, fish heads, eat them up – yum!"īill also appeared in this Pat Benatar video for her song "Shadows of the Night", in which she plays a factory worker who imagines herself as a fighter pilot on a mission to defeat the Nazis during WWII. ![]() If you ever heard "Fish Heads" back in the day, you won’t have forgotten it. Of course Barnes & Barnes famously included Billy Mumy, who, as a kid in the ‘60s, starred as Will Robinson in the original Lost In Space series. First up, Bill in the wonderful video to Barnes & Barnes’ 1978 cult classic "Fish Heads". That's right, he had a few stints into not only music video, but even had his own band. We loved him in everything from Weird Science to Big Love, but it’s probably more fitting to remember him here by taking a look back at his musical endeavours. We at ILYOS were very sad to hear of the passing of acclaimed actor Bill Paxton on February 25.
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