Portugal. The Man Atlantic

Synthesizers, guitars, buzzy alt-rock seething with pop choruses and catchy hooks. Formed in Alaska, but currently calls Portland, Oregon home. Fresh vocals but a classic garage band sound. Portugal was eliminated from the World Cup today - they can suck it. This Portugal is the man. Portugal. The Man.

-John

Welcome back to another exciting installment of GTM-OE. I’m happy to be guest-hosting while Rhett continues to promote his upcoming film “Stranger in a Strange Land: Rhett Nichols Goes to Space Camp”. The video clip above is your first clue, leave guesses in the comments section and I’ll update as necessary. Good luck…

Update: late post results in only one guess so far, which was incorrect. Here’s your second clue:

Update II: we have a winner! The correct answer was Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, which is one of the greatest movies of all time. All time. Even though we only had four guesses, that’s all we needed, so congratulations to CC for being this week’s winner. Be sure to tell all of your friends how great you are CC, but for this week only, because next week is America’s week and America doesn’t want to share with you. Also, welcome back to Hales who finished serving his suspension and participated admirably. Thanks to everyone for playing and I’ll see you back here next week.

CC’s prize:

-John

Welcome back to antoher exciting installment of GTM-OE. I’m happy to be back guest-hosting while Rhett continues his campaign in South Africa through the “Bloggers Without Borders” program. Is that what we are, bloggers? Either way, he’s using his celebrity status to make a difference while the entire world is focused in one place. As always, the picture above is your first clue, levae guesses in the comments section and I’ll update as necessary. Good luck…

Update: we have a winner! The correct answer was the Harrison Ford thriller Witness, which earned him the only Oscar nomination of his career. Hard to believe Han Solo and Indiana Jones has only garnered one nomination. Travesty. Congratulations to Neal for being this week’s big winner. Be sure to tell all your friends how great you are Neal, but only for this week, since next week Hales will be off probation and looking to earn some greatness of his own. Thanks to everyone for playing and I’ll see you back here next week.

Neal’s Prize:

-John

While I definitely don’t appreciate people randomly bashing England and the national side’s chances in the World Cup, I certainly do appreciate unbridled support for the U.S. National Team. Not really looking foward to the game tomorrow, just ready for it to be over so I can go back to cheering for both teams. That being said - this U.S. video makes so hype I want to fight people. Fight their faces. Let that be a warning if you watch it at work. I don’t want to be responsible for any brawls with HR…

(thanks to PCC2C readers Hales & Slovan for the tip)

-John

Welcome back to another riveting episode of GTM-OE. I’m happy to be back guest-hosting while Rhett perfects his Guitar Hero technique so he can achieve immortal-rock-god-icon status and then get his own version of the game created. Look for Guitar Hero 7 - Mr. Nichol’s Opus to be released this fall (Now with Rhett’s actual likeness!). Anyway, the picture above is your first clue, leave guesses in the comments section and I’ll update as necessary. Good Luck…

Update: we have a winner! The correct answer was The Goonies - an awesome movie with awesome characters (my favorite is Data) and a reminder that, at one time, Corey Feldman was a very promising young actor. Seriously, how great is Mouth in that movie? Congratulations to this week’s winner CC. Be sure to tell all your friends how great you are, but for this week only, because I’m cancelling your greatness next week for all of the negative comments you’ve made about England these past few days. And as for PCC2C reader Hales, you are banned from playing GTM for one week for your egregious and wanton disrespect. Fear the Three Lions. Thanks to everyone for playing and I’ll see you back here next week. Except for you, Hales. Fear them so good…

CC’s Prize:

-John

Figured I’d run through a few dope links that have been floating around on the internet as well as some sweet items from the larger pop culture universe.

Links:

A sweet link for you LOST fans yearning for our favorite castaways to be reborn in an old school computer RPG strategy game. I would definitely play this and try and ride on the polar bear.

Check out the promo posters for each country in the upcoming World Cup. I like the ones for Slovenia, Denmark, Algeria and the U.S. the best.

(links via PCC2C reader CC)

Cool TV Channels:

In the vast landscape of current digital cable packages, one can be truly overwhelmed by all of the selection. A choice overload. An impossible quest to justify your cable bill by viewing all channels and ensuring hidden gems haven’t escaped you. Well I’m here to help. A little. Here are two channels I’ve found in the midst of my digital catalogue that offer unique programming worthy of your time.

Chiller:

Horror flicks, murder stories, sci-fi weirdness and everyone’s favorite monster movies. You can check out things like Dark Floors this Friday night where a man and his daughter try to escape from a hospital terrorized by demons. I think most people consider their HMOs to be the demons, am I right? Hey-oh! Anyone? My favorite part about the promo picture is that the demon is wearing a leather jacket. Not enough for you? Next Friday is The Slaughter which features six college students awakening ancient demons after they’re hired to clean an old house. Is June national demon month? It’s the perfect channel for slasher flicks and all-around horror fun. They also show reruns of Twin Peaks and any station that supports Special Agent Dale Cooper is alright with me.

truTV:

Formally known as Court TV, truTv offers killer programming like Party Heat, which is about cops policing spring break destinations. It’s COPS meets Girls Gone Wild. Sign me up. I also watched a show on there one time about drinking. One part followed all these different people around the world as they took a camera out with them every night for a month, and they tried to determine if they had a drinking problem. I’m pretty sure this one guy in England was on the verge of alcoholism, but he seemed so happy you couldn’t help but pull for him to knock back another shot. It was a pretty awesome show, as all of the other segments revolved around drinking too. One was about sharing embarassing drinking stories and the hostess, a striking young brunette (of course), did not hold back. Good times all around. This channel is definitely worth an inspection as we approach the land of crappy summer television scheduling.

Fun & Games

And finally, I’d like to shed some light on a game that is going viral right as you’re reading this. A couple of weeks ago, three people I follow on Twitter, all in parts of the country very far from each other, wrote about icing someone down or getting iced. What could this mean? Was it as gross as it sounded? I needed to know more. I soon learned the origin of this strange icing and discovered it was a game. A drinking game. Perhaps the easiest drinking game ever devised. Since then I have been iced personally and done a bit of Cranberry-Lime icing of my own. Want to know what the hell I’m talking about? Head over to this site and find out all you ever wanted to know. Be careful, it could be habit-forming.

-John

Japandroids Polyvinyl

Do you want some frenetic, unbridled garage-band rock music? Do you? Would you prefer for it to not come from Brooklyn this time? Are you cool with Vancouver? (that’s in Canada - this whole other country) If so, then the Japandroids are your new band of choice. Don’t let the name fool you, even though it’s super awesome, these guys are Canucks through and through and even earned a Juno nomination this year for Best Alternative Album, which is like the Canadian Grammy but has nothing to do with the Ellen Page movie. Even though she’s also Canadian. Dig it…

-John

Welcome back to another exciting edition of GTM-OE. I’m happy to be guest-hosting while Rhett continues to search for landmines left over from the Vietnam War in the Hanoi countryside. His commitment to safety for school-aged children is truly inspiring. The video above is your first clue, leave your guesses in the comments section and I’ll update as necessary. Good luck…

Update: we have a winner! The correct answer was Billy Madison. I love that movie, I really do. Congratulations to ggill for being this week’s winner (2 weeks in a row?) and showing his love for old school Sandler movies. Be sure to tell all of you friends how great you are, but for this week only, since there’s now way you can win three straight. Thanks to everyone for playing and I’ll see you back here next week…

ggill’s prize:

-John