Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy, Sir!

Fear does not exist in this dojo, does it.

My birthday is fast approaching and the theme (yes, I swear I thought of this) for the party is “80’s Villains.” There is also going to be karaoke, obviously.

Not so much related, but is, kinda, is this video from the band No More Kings, called “Sweep The Leg” (via birthday buddy Jason over IM). You may recognize the phrase as a reference from the first in the holy trinity of Karate Kid movies.

Johnny Lawrence from Cobra Kai (played by one of my favorite 80’s movie villains of all-time, Billy Zabka) is advised by his sensei, Martin Kreese, to strike mercilessly against his opponent, Daniel La Russo (played by Ralph Macchio), and sweep his leg. Anyway, it’s basically one of the pinnacle moments of sports movies and 80’s film. (Could you hear my sarcasm? Well — maybe I was half-kidding.)

Anyway, the song itself isn’t much, but it’s fun to see all the cameos you can possibly see in this video. And, for other fun Karate Kid-related action on Agendacide (like my encounter with the late Pat Morita and pictures of my housemate with Tamlyn Tomita from Karate Kid II), click here.

3 comments January 24th, 2007

For Whom The Bell Tolls

OK, not that dropping this link on my blog won’t make you wonder if I’m a total freak, but you also may wonder what I’m doing researching the local cemetery in the neighborhood I grew up in. Apparently, many famous folks are buried in Woodlawn Cemetary. Among them are the likes of Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, W.C. Handy, Joseph Pulitzer, Irving Berlin, Herman Melville, and six New York city mayors. I’m apparently the last to know. Anyway, it’s kinda cool but creepy — here’s a link if you wanted someone’s photographic walking tour of Woodlawn, which I found to be very interesting.

5 comments January 2nd, 2007