Spooky hipsters

August 19, 2005 11:00 AM

The North American Hallowe'en Prevention, Inc. asks, Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?
posted by mrgrimm (15 comments total)

Is it just me, or is the logic behind this a bit incomprehensible? It's a charity event, that's a parody of charity events, and where does Halloween come in?
posted by KirkJobSluder at 11:52 AM on August 19, 2005

Run! It's a Humor Black Hole!
posted by JeffK at 11:57 AM on August 19, 2005

Boy, that's half-assed. They can't even consistently use the ironic apostrophe in "Hallowe'en" throughout the confusing announcement copy.
posted by me3dia at 12:03 PM on August 19, 2005

Slightly funnier than crib death.
posted by gigawhat? at 12:14 PM on August 19, 2005

Good satire is at least well written. This just left me thinking, Bwah?
posted by KirkJobSluder at 12:22 PM on August 19, 2005

Huh. I liked the song. But I really like that Unicorns album too, so ... ymmv.
posted by mrgrimm at 12:28 PM on August 19, 2005

Oh, I do love David Cross.
posted by smackfu at 12:49 PM on August 19, 2005

Vice the biggest hit or miss corporation in the world. Even though the premise is lame it feels like you're missing out on a cool party and totally not in on the joke. Damn them, how do they manage to corner the cool market so effectively.
posted by geoff. at 1:19 PM on August 19, 2005

It's to raise money for UNICEF you scrooges.

Satire doesn't need to be funny; the song is ironic by declaring our need for help from the third world instead of the other way around. What's causing so many of our problems here? Fear. And what's more scary than Halowe'en? In an absurd way, nothing.

They're imploring the rest of the world to help us on Halowe'en when the purpose of the song is to get us to help them by donating to UNICEF. I don't think irony is hackneyed in benefit songs quite yet. They seem overrun with self-congratulatory earnestness.

Seems straightforward enough, though not obvious to me. I prefer absurdism when it is ambiguous and I liked the music and vocals, regardless of the lyrical content.
posted by too many notes at 2:07 PM on August 19, 2005

Satire doesn't need to be funny

And food doesn't need to not taste like excrement.

As for the rest of your post, was I alone in finding it utterly incomprehensible?
posted by MaxVonCretin at 2:46 PM on August 19, 2005

I think it's a funny, cool way for these acts to capitalize on their fame/celebrity to raise a few bucks for a good cause.
posted by wsg at 3:00 PM on August 19, 2005

Feeeeeeeever, whoahhhhh ohhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
posted by jonp72 at 4:29 PM on August 19, 2005

Are you a friend of Nick, too many notes? I agree with you about his motivation for doing this - it's good. The site, though, is not a terribly effective bit of promotional material.
posted by louigi at 4:41 PM on August 19, 2005

The title track they have up on the site is pretty awesome, though wrapped in a flash applet.

It's a Halloween album done by a supergroup of artists (Well, except for Sum 41). It's for charity. Who gives a shit about parody or satire? I don't.
posted by blasdelf at 5:24 PM on August 19, 2005

And food doesn't need to not taste like excrement.

So you're saying this is an excrable song, which is not insightful about why the song is excrable. As for my comment, I was attempting to explain how the song is satire because it is ironic, even if it isn't funny. If you need something explained you could ask, but that wouldn't be caustically witty of you.

louigi: I don't know Nick at all, I just appreciate the stuff he makes. The link's been posted all around today, and I'm suprised it hasn't generated more discussion, since a lot of people don't seem to get it.
posted by too many notes at 5:49 PM on August 19, 2005