HELL YES

They're putting Mortal Kombat and the DC superheroes into the same game.

That's like taking awesomeness and combining it with a healthy portion of FUCK YEAH.

I think it's mostly my inner-12-year-old that's excited about this, but seriously, who doesn't want to see Sub Zero take on Batman? TOO LEGENDARY FOR WORDS.

A few of my favourite live music clips

I'm really picky when it comes to clips of live performances. The sound needs to be good, to start with, which usually counts out about 75% of videos (damn mobile phone cameras), but even more importantly, the performance needs to have a certain special something. A vibe, an energy, that perfectly captures what I love about the artist in question. I haven't watched an enormous number of clips, so please don't regard this as a "BEST CLIPS EVER" sort of deal, because it isn't. This is just the five clips that I'm enjoying the most, as of right now. I hope you enjoy them :)

1. David Bowie - "Heroes"

I'm not sure which tour this is from, but it looks pretty recent (my guess would be the tour in support of Reality). David Bowie does anthemic better than just about anybody else, and "Heroes" might well be his singular greatest anthem. I love the restraint he shows in his delivery, starting out with a slow, measured, almost spoken-word style of singing, which gives the song an incredible feeling of building up towards it's well-known, uplifting finale. And boy, is it ever uplifting. The look on Bowie's face during the song's final chorus says it all - this is utterly joyous stuff.

2. Nina Nastasia and Jim White - "Odd Said the Doe"

This one was played on the ABC last year. The thing I love most about Nastasia and White's debut collaboration, You Follow Me, is the beautiful sense of intimacy in the music - Nastasia's whispered, deeply personal vocal, White's skittering, semi-improvisational percussion, and the way their contributions to the album's sound sit side by side, one never attempting to steal the spotlight from the other. This set captures that intimacy beautifully - Nastasia and White are positioned in equal prominence, sharing the stage as a terrific, cohesive unit, as they showcase one of their most gorgeous pieces.

3. Roxy Music - "In Every Dreamhome a Heartache"

It's an ode to a blow up doll, which is funny, sure, but it's not really the point. The genius of "Dreamhome" is in the song's structure. It's first few minutes feature nothing but Brian Ferry's stable, unflinching vocal hovering over a looped backing of deep synth and sleepy percussion. Musically, it's quite repetitive, but lyrically, this song builds like no other. The level of intensity in Ferry's performance constantly builds, his words becoming sleazier, more obsessive, downright sinister, and the sweat beading on his face just adds to the effect. But he and the band refuse to budge from their self-imposed timeloop until the song finally reaches it's climactic midsection. At that point, all bets are off, as vocals and instrumentation finally explode in one of the grandest style-shift payoffs ever performed.

4. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - "2 Kindsa Love" (segues into "Flavor" partway through)

Recognise that set? Yay Recovery! Jon Spencer knows how to be a real fucking rockstar. It's a simple formula, really - play like it's the end of the world, tell everyone how incredibly awesome you and your band are, mention the name of your band every 10 seconds, run around frantically like you've just drunk all the coffee in Brazil, run in and out of the crowd, run pretty much anywhere else in the studio your microphone cable will allow you to reach, jump on the furniture, destroy the set props, push cameramen over, dry hump the host, break your microphone and still manage to fit in a couple of theremin solos.

5. Deerhoof - "Milkman"

Deerhoof's drummer, Greg Saunier, is my favourite musician to *watch* in the entire world. To start with, his drum kit in incredibly minimalistic, consisting of only a kick, snare and crash. Secondly, it's set up very low, and Saunier plays from a low stool, with bare feet. Saunier is a tall, skinny man, with crazy hair who plays the drums like a muppet having a fit. This clip has excellent sound, is of one of Deerhoof's coolest songs (which is also one of the best showcases of Saunier's manic, hyperactive, yet incredibly well controlled style), and the camera is focused on Saunier for the entire duration of the clip. It's like someone filmed this for the express purpose of giving me everything I could possibly want in a Deerhoof clip. I probably watch this at least twice as much as any other clip on this list.

Hope you all enjoyed that. I think I'll put together a list of my favourite music videos next :)