Hello? [This is Spencer Chow's first and only thread. Please read even if you hate me because I think it is very important.]

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Building a Lionel Richie Head.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 23:25 (twenty years ago)

Oh fuck. That's classic.

Ian Riese-Moraine has a grenade, that pineapple's not just a toy! (Eastern Mantr, Tuesday, 26 April 2005 23:29 (twenty years ago)

I. Am. Dying.

luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 23:29 (twenty years ago)

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!

MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 23:36 (twenty years ago)

(I'm the third person to post on a Spencer thread. I'm in shock. And honoured)

MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 23:37 (twenty years ago)

i'm in shock.

my friend flicka (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 23:38 (twenty years ago)

Hello...

mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 23:38 (twenty years ago)

It is me you're waiting for.

donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 23:43 (twenty years ago)

I'm so glad I could be part of this moment. Spencer, it was totally worth it.

teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

you've NEVER started a thread before? that's a shock.

jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 23:46 (twenty years ago)

http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/1494/

j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 23:53 (twenty years ago)

Sorry for the dramatic thread titling but this is one of those life-changing events that I really wanted to share. I considered putting the link on a random Lionel Richie thread, but I thought something so OUTRAGEOUS should be shouted from the rooftops!

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 00:00 (twenty years ago)

OUTRAGEOUS!

fra lippo liposuction (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 00:01 (twenty years ago)

*bows in wonder* Sir, in your one and only thread, you have brought beauty to our lives.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 00:03 (twenty years ago)

Spencer, I kiss you.
http://www.musicpix.net/albums/Kiss/kiss1_001.jpg

Allyzay do not obtain to make download of yours MP3 (allyzay), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 00:21 (twenty years ago)

yay for spencer's thread!

jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 02:38 (twenty years ago)

Hello...is it me you're looking for?

j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 03:05 (twenty years ago)

one thread to rule them all.

g e o f f (gcannon), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 03:47 (twenty years ago)

OMGWTFLOL

Awesome.

daria g (daria g), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:03 (twenty years ago)

http://www.macalester.edu/~fines/lionel/media/day2-8.jpg

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:25 (twenty years ago)

vs.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:25 (twenty years ago)

http://images2.darkhorse.com/covers/11/11934.jpg

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)

man.

that's a pretty tight competition, but...I think Jackson still wins. That shit is fucked up.

Allyzay do not obtain to make download of yours MP3 (allyzay), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:32 (twenty years ago)

vs.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:33 (twenty years ago)

http://www.macalester.edu/~fines/lionel/media/lionel%20richie%20sculpture.jpg

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:34 (twenty years ago)

the thing is...the Jackson thing is kind of unprecedented. I mean it has no reason to exist. At all. It's not some weird fake student art project. It's not someone imitating a weird fake art project. And I'm assuming it wasn't made by blind people. It's just like a simple, terrifying piece of...nostalgia for a movie that no one even likes.

Allyzay do not obtain to make download of yours MP3 (allyzay), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:36 (twenty years ago)

Please refer to the work by its proper name: The Winged Victory of Samuel L. Jackson.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:40 (twenty years ago)

Remember when people would get all excited about some character getting validation by being action-figured? I guess busts are now the in thing in some kind of exponential pop-sculpture escalation.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:45 (twenty years ago)

WILLIAM REFRIDGERATOR PERRY GI JOE MUTHAFUCKA

http://www.parnasas.com/PopArena/Articles/potato/1newgraphics/fridge5.jpg

kingfish maximum overdrunk (Kingfish), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:47 (twenty years ago)

How is this Shatner?

http://store1.yimg.com/I/oxfordoutlet_1842_27491043

Hello? indeed.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:49 (twenty years ago)

I CAN'T STOP LOOKING AT SAM JACKSON NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE NIGHTMARES

happy fun ball (kenan), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:50 (twenty years ago)

this is somehow less scary than The Winged Victory of Samuel L. Jackson

http://x-worldcomics.com/x/images/bustxmen/bust-Beast_Bust2.jpg

I would not like this to happen to me, ever.

Allyzay do not obtain to make download of yours MP3 (allyzay), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:53 (twenty years ago)

I don't care how famous I am.

Allyzay do not obtain to make download of yours MP3 (allyzay), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:54 (twenty years ago)

I love how they're "1:6 Scale".

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:54 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, that's much less scary. The Winged Victory of Samuel L. Jackson is just FUCKED.

happy fun ball (kenan), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:55 (twenty years ago)

Strictly speaking, not a bust, but seriously, who makes these products and do they try to be as unflattering as they can?

http://space-figuren.de/usshop/images/necakbbridestatue.jpg

Allyzay do not obtain to make download of yours MP3 (allyzay), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 04:57 (twenty years ago)

Kill Bill Mego dolls would be so great

kingfish maximum overdrunk (Kingfish), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 05:00 (twenty years ago)

THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY SCULPTED BY THE BLIND!!

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 05:01 (twenty years ago)

Do the disembodied heads come separately?

happy fun ball (kenan), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 05:01 (twenty years ago)

Busty Female Shop Assistant: Is this some kind of bust?
Lt. Frank Drebin: It's very impressive, yes.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 05:02 (twenty years ago)

I think if you bought several Samuel L. Jacksons and put them in the windows of your house, it would be an effective deterrent to crime.

Allyzay do not obtain to make download of yours MP3 (allyzay), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 05:03 (twenty years ago)

I think it might also be a deterrent to me living in my house!

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)

I mean I wouldn't want to enter this house:

http://www.ultimatetoys.com.my/New/star%20wars/new%20minibusts%20dark%20horse/new%20aotcminibusts.jpg

Allyzay do not obtain to make download of yours MP3 (allyzay), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 05:06 (twenty years ago)

No, because whoever lives there will CUT YOUR FUCKING ARMS OFF.

happy fun ball (kenan), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 05:07 (twenty years ago)

I saw the obi-wan bust and was wondering what is he doing with his teeth. It's like he's doing the Rick face from The Young Ones.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 05:08 (twenty years ago)

http://goldenscore.free.fr/images/boxinghelena.jpg

hahahaha "HANDS UP WHO LIKES ME???? Ohhh..."

Allyzay do not obtain to make download of yours MP3 (allyzay), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 05:09 (twenty years ago)

Oddly, "Sherilyn Fenn bust" turns up no image results on google.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 05:11 (twenty years ago)

google is a goddamn liar.

Allyzay do not obtain to make download of yours MP3 (allyzay), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 05:13 (twenty years ago)

In case anyone isn't seeing the link to the original video.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 05:34 (twenty years ago)

Richie: And sure enough, the pressure came on the last week when we realized we're gonna do it at the American Music Awards, and we wrote this song, uh--Michael and I did it very fast under the pressure, but what gave it even more pressure was I was also hosting the “American Music Awards” that year.

Tavis: Outrageous!

Richie: Outrageous.

Tavis: Outrageous!

Richie: You know. And not only that, it was just--To show you the impact of this--

Tavis: Now, folk who were 15 do not know what I--what we just did, but anyway. Yeah.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 05:44 (twenty years ago)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/158/383834728_79b63bef7b.jpg

James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 15:57 (seventeen years ago)

one month passes...

Wetten Dass???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UiUsA_4fC0

Spencer Chow, Friday, 15 February 2008 19:14 (seventeen years ago)

Spencer, that is a treasure.

Nicole, Friday, 15 February 2008 19:16 (seventeen years ago)

Absolutely.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 15 February 2008 19:20 (seventeen years ago)

oh that is fantastic

max, Friday, 15 February 2008 19:23 (seventeen years ago)

four months pass...

wut?

http://media.tumblr.com/hLyH2DZInamjpzya0WVqNKEo_400.jpg

video

czn, Saturday, 28 June 2008 22:56 (seventeen years ago)

There was one of those in front of the ballpark two weeks ago - little kids could climb into Eddie Murphy's head and get their picture taken. Horrifying.

milo z, Saturday, 28 June 2008 22:59 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

FINALLY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnnx1n898U8

Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 23:42 (sixteen years ago)

Hello!

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 23:49 (sixteen years ago)

seven months pass...

Hello?

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 February 2010 15:40 (fifteen years ago)

Someday there will be one in every home in America.

Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 2 February 2010 21:45 (fifteen years ago)

I am recopying the text from that for the inevitable day when it is removed from Craigslist:

I am looking for a replica of the bust made in the Lionel Richie "Hello" video.

However I'd like it to be bald as I intend to recreate that lovable afromullet with some sort of cream cheese dip at parties. Not that I have many parties, but if I had this, I might start. I'd like it to be maybe about a foot tall. It really has to look like that bust (which oddly enough doesn't look like Lionel Richie at all) or it won't be worth it. Hopefully it can be the same orangish-brown matte finish that is in the video but I understand making it safe for a cheesy-afro might lead to some compromises.

Please email me with a bid including a breakdown the cost of supplies and labor. I can also exchange for computer repair (mac/pc, virus/malware repair, etc) or maybe a 12" G4 iBook,

Thank you to Curtis for informing me that terracotta would not be a good choice for a food-safe sculpture.
Take care.

PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 21:55 (fifteen years ago)

This would be a great chip and dip set.

ô_o (Nicole), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 21:59 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

Hello?

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/190035_10150104176917404_170350842403_6386340_710597_n.jpg?dl=1

Spencer Chow, Thursday, 20 October 2011 04:26 (fourteen years ago)

Oh dear.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 October 2011 04:36 (fourteen years ago)

two months pass...

<3 this thread.

Aimless, Monday, 2 January 2012 06:37 (thirteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Hello?

http://vimeo.com/35055590

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 15:29 (thirteen years ago)

wow.

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 17:04 (thirteen years ago)

Great, but points off for not ending with the "Hello, is it me you're looking for" line.

nickn, Wednesday, 18 January 2012 04:27 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/969984_505090679564979_756932581_n.jpg

nickn, Saturday, 1 June 2013 19:07 (twelve years ago)

six months pass...

http://imgur.com/jkWQ3Pg

nickn, Saturday, 7 December 2013 08:47 (eleven years ago)

or this
http://i.imgur.com/jkWQ3Pg.jpg

nickn, Saturday, 7 December 2013 08:48 (eleven years ago)

A+++++

lime pickle (get bent), Saturday, 7 December 2013 08:58 (eleven years ago)

two weeks pass...

Since this seems to be the "funny Lionel Ritchie sitings" thread.

Dangerous Minds, Lionel Ritchie furniture

nickn, Monday, 23 December 2013 03:11 (eleven years ago)

Hello? [This is Spencer Chow's first and only thread. Please read even if you hate me because I think it is very important.] (started by Spencer Chow (spencermfi) on board I Love Everything on 26-Apr-2005)

F*ck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades (started by Spencer Chow (spencermfi) on board I Love Everything on 15-Sep-2005)

Röyksopp - The Understanding (started by Spencer Chow (spencermfi) on board I Love Music on 27-Jun-2001)

Chaki, you so crazy! (started by Spencer Chow (spencermfi) on board The Church on 25-Aug-2003)

Chaki, is "real" communication possible between a man and a woman, or will we always fumble for meaning; consigned to fits and starts? (started by Spencer Chow (spencermfi) on board The Church on 26-Aug-2003)

name/email removal request (started by Spencer Chow (spencermfi) on board Moderator Request Forum on 25-Mar-2004)

Are there new things to talk about? (started by Spencer Chow (spencermfi) on board Moderator Request Forum on 26-Oct-2004)

image problem (started by Spencer Chow (spencermfi) on board Moderator Request Forum on 03-Nov-2004)

Delete link (started by Spencer Chow (spencermfi) on board Moderator Request Forum on 26-Apr-2005)

All of them (started by Spencer Chow (spencermfi) on board Moderator Request Forum on 23-Sep-2005)

Mark G, Monday, 23 December 2013 07:57 (eleven years ago)

True when posted.

nickn, Monday, 23 December 2013 08:01 (eleven years ago)

Nope.

Mark G, Monday, 23 December 2013 08:05 (eleven years ago)

OK, figured they were listed in chronological order. But it is true for ILE specifically.

nickn, Monday, 23 December 2013 08:07 (eleven years ago)

yeah, fair enough.

Mark G, Monday, 23 December 2013 08:14 (eleven years ago)

eleven months pass...

http://junkfoodguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lindtHMNIStraw-01.png

nickn, Monday, 22 December 2014 01:46 (ten years ago)

five months pass...

http://cdn4.littlethings.com/app/uploads/2015/06/tumblr_npsk9olOGk1u53c30o1_540.jpg

nickn, Wednesday, 17 June 2015 16:50 (ten years ago)

three months pass...

Hello

The Starry-Eyed Messenger Service (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 20 September 2015 01:42 (ten years ago)

i remember the shock of this thread

Cosmic Slop, Sunday, 20 September 2015 01:53 (ten years ago)

Outrageous!!!

tokyo rosemary, Sunday, 20 September 2015 14:21 (ten years ago)

Hello!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2&v=xXJSmGfw9oI

K. Rrosé, Monday, 21 September 2015 13:28 (ten years ago)

Yup

The Starry-Eyed Messenger Service (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 02:55 (ten years ago)

can't believe the original page was left to die. luckily:
https://web.archive.org/web/20040415034931/http://www.macalester.edu/~fines/lionel/

Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 16:42 (ten years ago)

no images

Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 17:14 (ten years ago)

hmm, they were there earlier:
https://web.archive.org/web/20040415034931/http://www.macalester.edu/~fines/lionel/

you may have to click on the captures link at the top and click on a date.

Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 23:12 (ten years ago)

meant to post this link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20040701000000*/http://www.macalester.edu/~fines/lionel

Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 23:14 (ten years ago)

two years pass...

On my Nextdoor web site. Not sure how long the link will be good.

https://d3926qxcw0e1bh.cloudfront.net/post_photos/9a/b5/9ab543c0d00dc4b47c9d4c063b6ab85d.jpg.x.jpg

nickn, Saturday, 3 February 2018 05:40 (seven years ago)

For a yard sale,

Yard Sale - Saturday, Feb. 3rd 8am-12pm

Tons of children’s, men’s and women’s clothes, toys, kids bikes, sporting equipment, housewares and other assorted treasures!

1167 N Catalina Ave (1 block south of Washington)

nickn, Saturday, 3 February 2018 05:45 (seven years ago)

five months pass...

This is Spencer Chow's first and only thread.

Out of malicious curiosity, I did a search. By gum, it turns out Spencer had already started 7(!) threads prior to this one. And to think I believed in him once upon a time.

(shakes head sorrowfully)

A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 03:56 (seven years ago)

Print the legend!

3-Way Tie (For James Last) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 July 2018 04:16 (seven years ago)

one month passes...

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6wxx1zxc5Qij9PsFSVdLew

St Etienne Is Real (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 September 2018 20:37 (seven years ago)

ten months pass...
seven months pass...

Next Level Outrageous!
http://www.tomspinadesigns.com/custom-sculpture/bronze-bust-gifts/lionel-richie-hello-sculpture-bust/

Spencer Chow, Thursday, 19 March 2020 03:41 (five years ago)

Hello?

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 March 2020 04:18 (five years ago)

I saw a meme recently with Lionel and the "Hello..." caption with him holding a pack of toilet paper. Not quite worthy of this thread so I didn't post it.

nickn, Thursday, 19 March 2020 05:24 (five years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evgEJlOPoeo

Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette Alone) (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 19 March 2020 05:32 (five years ago)


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