SXSW: Inside the Playboy Party With Moby and Justice

By Angela Watercutter March 14, 2008 7:57:47 PMCategories: Music, Sex, SXSW

AUSTIN, Texas -- A Playboy party is pretty much everything you'd expect. Almost all the drinks involve Jack Daniel's. Everything you sit on is glittery enough for a Mariah Carey video. Bunnies and the men who guard them stroll amongst the common folk (although in this alternate universe the "common folk" look like they were flown in from Los Angeles). Dudes in raccoon costumes are posing for photos. And, oh look! It's Perez Hilton!
But if said Playboy party happens to be at South by Southwest, then the musical vibe has to be a little more raw. This is indie rock spring break after all, and it's likely that Kid Rock wouldn't fare as well here as he would if he were throwing down at Hef's. So for Playboy's Rock the Rabbit party the likes of Moby, French electronica duo Justice, Brooklyn rockers MGMT and the U.K.'s own the Heavy were brought in to entertain the revelers.
"We were just like, 'This will be a great opportunity to let people believe that we are playboys and cool guys, when actually we are just fucking dorks," Justice's Xavier de Rosnay joked to me before he went on. "Because tonight there's like Moby. I mean, Mo-motherfucking-by, who I think is like the biggest playboy and gangster on Earth. We're just Christian boys."
In retrospect, he had a point. Even though MGMT and the Heavy put on first-rate sets, it wasn't until Moby took to the stage that even the most jaded revelers, Playmates included, got into the groove. Moby's been getting some props lately for his return to making great dance music, and he deserves it. But if Thursday's, or rather Friday morning's, performance is any indication, he's back to prime form as a straight-up turntable man. By the time he dropped the apropos "Paradise City" by Guns 'N Roses to end his set, a large chunk of the crowd was on stage surrounding his turntables as he played.
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Ellen Page and Andy Samberg: The Impassioned Follow-Up
By Angela Watercutter March 02, 2008 11:00:00 AMCategories: Celebrity, Comedy, Current Affairs, Feminism, Sex, Video

So, it doesn’t feature rapping. There’s no genitalia topped off with a bow and no one is doing Michael Cera (sorry, Sonia).
It was more like “I’m F**king Whoever I Want. Deal With It.”
When I started going through clips of last night’s Saturday Night Live deciding which to post as a follow-up to my fanboy drool-fest post about the pairing of Ellen Page and Andy Samberg, I thought sure the opening monologue was the one.
Like many SNL openers before, it gave a knowing wink to the current zeitgeist surrounding its host - in this case the blogged-out jargon screenwriter Diablo Cody wrote for Page’s Juno that hipsters from Williamsburg to Silver Lake take relish in hating. The bit was priceless. Hearing Samberg-as-Cody (in a dress!) valley-girl up his voice to roll out zingers like “My bologna has a first name - it’s O-S-C-A-R” had me laughing out loud. And it was rad to see Page sarcastically put to rest any lingering misgivings that she actually speaks like the character that's made her famous.
But that wasn’t the highlight. That award is reserved for this (above right), which alludes to the other zeitgeist currently surrounding Page: the tongue-wagging about her sexuality. It's hard to say whether this was written before or after Michael Musto's blog post over at the Village Voice brought Ellen Page Sexuality Watch to its boiling point. But that doesn't matter because, as this sketch shows, it doesn't matter. Moreover, it seems Page couldn't really give less of a crap what people think. (Respect.) Homegirl isn't one to suffer fools, and she ain't about to start. (Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Musto.)
Not that this skit is really all about a "message." Page compassionately terminates a slew of stereotypically lesbian sacred cows (personal fave: the reference to a Suze Orman gay mortgage booth) here in her attempt to explain to her boyfriend (Samberg) that she didn't "go gay" at a Melissa Etheridge concert. But when she laments that she can't "just hug a woman with my legs in friendship" without being labeled a lesbian, she nails it. The joke and the point.
It's not laugh-till-you-cry funny, true. Will it go viral? Dunno. But when Samberg, who heretofore has played the role of guy who is concerned his girlfriend is pulling a reverse Chasing Amy, turns to Page and says he'd go to surprisingly great lengths to be around her even if "it turns out you're a real lez" it is magic.
See also:
Ellen Page and Andy Samberg: Will There Be Magic?
Toronto: Ladies and Gentlemen, Sex Symbols Michael Cera and Ellen Page
Viral Vidiots: Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone - The Lonely Island and Saturday Night Live
A Blogger Turned Stripper Turned Screenwriter Pens a Flick That's Taking Off
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The Saga Continues: Elizabeth Banks Is Banging Seth Rogen
By Angela Watercutter February 26, 2008 1:47:27 AMCategories: Celebrity, Comedy, Sex, Video
In the lightning-fast world of viral video it's hard to say how many times something must be parodied before it becomes a meme. (In the case of the Leave Britney Alone guy, lots.) But I'm going to go out on a limb and say third time is a charm. Now that Sarah Silverman has established the tone, and her beau has responded in kind, the doors are wide open for bandwagon-jumping.
Luckily, the first (that we've found, at least) offering comes from the likes of Seth Rogen and Kevin Smith. Shot on the set of Smith's upcoming Zack and Miri Make a Porno, this completely uncensored and NSFW clip disentangles the treacherous web a young starlet -- in this case Elizabeth Banks, Rogen's co-star -- weaves when trying to get ahead in Hollywood (the Faustian bargain should be obvious). Sadly, there's no McLovin cameo, but walk-ins from the likes of Traci Lords and Jason "Jay" Mewes (keeping it real, Affleck-style) totally make up for it.
Often the quality of response videos can vary greatly, but if any other future endeavors match this video's caliber then we're all in for a lot of treats. We here at the Underwire will, however, really have to start banging our heads against our keyboards in search of more euphemisms for f*&king. But riddle me this readers: If you could choose, who should be zooomin' who in the next viral (ew.) sensation?
[via Quick Stop Entertainment]
See also:
Kimmel's Comeback Video: I'm Boinking Ben Affleck
Sarah Silverman's Super Song About Boinking Matt Damon
'Shoes' Walks Away With People's Choice Award
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