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Reference Master List: Spencer Smith

Spencer's Cultural Influences, via Twitter

As of 5/22/10, usually updated Saturday nights, EST.
** indicates references made after 7/6/09.
NB: No changes for the week of 8/22/09, 10/0/03/09, 11/1/09, 11/21/09; 12/5/09-1/09/2010, 3/06-3/14/10.

List closed: 5/22/10

Books
**
Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Oscar Wilde
Samuel Kirschner (self-help author, "Your Ego Is Not Your Amigo" article)
Lars Ulrich, specific context of quote unknown (doesn't seem to be Some Kind of Monster)
Hans Christian Andersen poetry (general)

Visual Art and Photography
Michael Page
Michael Michael Motorcycle drawing of Devendra Banhart (used as icon)
**
Bonfires on The Hearth, The Clientele (record cover)
Josh Keyes
Ed Hardy beer bottle label



Movies

Documentaries/Non-Fiction

Anvil! The Story of Anvil
**
Some Kind of Monster (Metallica)

Feature Films
Star Wars
Death Proof
The Pallbearer
Car Wash
Nightmare on Elm Street
The Goonies
Cobra
Super Mario Bros
Waynes World 1 & 2
A Goofy Movie
Good Burger
Knocked Up
American Movie
Heavy Weights
Burn After Reading
The Hangover
Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton)
**
Swingers
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Alice in Wonderland (teaser trailer)
Mimic 2 (teaser trailer)
Office Space
Happy Gilmore
I Love You, Man
Jerry Maguire
Happy Gilmore (2nd mention)
Dazed & Confused
Kazaam
Avatar

YouTube Movie Clips
Soul Caliber IV
Nightmare on Elm Street 2
Grotesque
Undefeatable
The Best of Yucca Flats
Superman IV
Shark Attack 3
RPM
Teen Witch
Deadfall
Sybil
**
Top That! (Ryan Rickett channel; REMAKE of Teen Witch original)


TV/Internet/Video Games/Other
Forearm Forklift (infomercial)
Southbound and Down
Teen Age Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Office
Will Ferrell (comedian)
Windy City Heat
Judge Alex
Aziz Ansari (comedian)
Freaks and Geeks
Goldeneye 007 N64
Seinfeld
Gimme That Filet-O-Fish (McDonald's commercial)
Iranian elections
**
Mortal Kombat II (video game)
Awesomecon '09 (fan event for Tim & Eric of Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!)
Yo, Teach . . . ! (NBC sitcom; mentioned twice)
Raaaaaaaandy! (comedian)
Pele (soccer star)
World's Ugliest Dog Contest/Animal Planet (inferred from photo of Chinese Crested that might, possibly, be Rascal, a contestant in the event.)
Ride the red dragon (catchphrase of unknown origin)
Floaters/The Circle Game (inferred from comments in [livejournal.com profile] patd on picture of his hand, thumb and forefinger making a circle)
X-Files
40th Anniversary of the Moon landing
Berlin Wall (Checkpoint Charlie reference)
The Beatles Rock Band (game)
Awesomecon (2nd mention)
Olan Mills photography
http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/ (WARNING: COULD BE TRIGGERY FOR THOSE WITH FOOD/WEIGHT ISSUES.)
Comic Con
Knott's Soak City (water park)
Addictive Black [Pepper Bodywash? Could also be a band.]
Bubb Rubb/The Whistle Go Wooo! (YouTube, not a movie)
Brett Favre non-comeback
Golf and mini-golf
Table soccer
Bowling
Caltrate (vitamins)
Kenny vs. Spenny (Internet comedy show)
Wasted Space (nightclub)
Affliction clothing/Bedazzler
Lazer tag
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!/Pusswhip Banggang
The Office (2nd mention)
Bubb Rubb/The Whistle Go Wooo! (YouTube, 2nd mention)
Bacon is Good For Me (eBaumsworld/YouTube)
Bacon is Good For Me (remix) (YouTube)
Wife Swap (tv show, source of "Bacon" clip")
Huffington Post/Jon Gosselin (ongoing trainwreck)
David Koresh/Branch Davidians (related quote, source unknown)
http://www.chilicheese.org/cc/default.asp
Mr. Spriggs BBQ commercial (YouTube)
South Park (Cartman doll in picture)
The Simpsons (Bart doll in picture)
Cancellation of Dollhouse
Wanda Sykes Show
E! Entertainment News
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The 'Bu (internet tv show by Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer; parody of The OC)
Google searches "chances of" and "how to"
The Office (wedding episode), incorporating "JK Wedding Entrance" video (YouTube) and C. Brown song noted below)
Blowouts (hairstyle)
playing Ed Hardy hands (cards?)
Invisible Children (charity)
Southern California Dream Wedding Giveaway (on behalf of friends of a friend)
MTV Musical March Madness
WWE Wrestling, X-Pac and Triple H
Professor Ronald Duncan: Magazine Beatdown (YouTube)

Music
General

Foxy Shazam
**
Black Eyed Peas (specifically, Fergie)
No Doubt
Zydeco
Pusswhip Banggang
Banana's Music Club (mentioned again wk of 10/10/09)
Scott Weiland
Wooden frog (percussion instrument)
Jimi Hendrix
Eddie Vedder
31 Baud EQ (musical equipment)
Quad mic technique

Songs
1. I Want It That Way, Backstreet Boys
2. Jizz in My Pants, Andy Samberg/Saturday Night Live
3. Up the Junction, Squeeze
4. Alcoholica, Behold the Arctopus (via YouTube)
5. Cool It Now, New Edition
6. Surfin' USA, The Beach Boys
7. Where Do the Children Play, Cat Stevens
8. Conversation, Joni Mitchell
9. Part Time Lover, Stevie Wonder
10. Summertime Clothes, Animal Collective
11. Bi-Polar Bear, Stone Temple Pilots
12. Slip-Sliding Away, Paul Simon (mentioned twice)
**
13. Three Little Birds, Bob Marley
14. Unknown/unreleased Foxy Shazam song
15. I Wonder Who We Are, The Clientele
16. First Train Home, Imogean Heap
17. Perfect Day (Trainspotting), Lou Reed/The Velvet Underground
18. Morning Glory, Oasis
19. Sympathy for the Devil, The Rolling Stones
20. The Mulatto Song, Dewey Cox
21. You're My Best Friend, Queen
22. Oh Jim, Lou Reed (twice)
23. Learn How To Fall, Paul Simon
24. As Long As You Love Me, Backstreet Boys
25. Somebody to Love, Queen
26. Big Shot, Billy Joel
27. Sputter, The Academy Is . . . (feat. Andrew McMahon)
28. Very Busy People, The Limousines
29. Shrimp & White Wine, Tim & Eric
30. Alpha Dog, Fall Out Boy
31. Two Weeks, Grizzly Bear
32. Less Cute, Say Anything
33. How Do You Think It Feels, Lou Reed
34. Forever on the Dance Floor, Chris Brown
35. Odd Blood, Yeasayer (whole record)
36. Pretty Melody/I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart(record), Butch Walker