Sad news from Mike Welsh this morning, Rudy Ray Moore (the actor who played “Dolemite” and the “Avenging Disco Godfather” and predicted rap music in the 1970s) passed away in Akron, Ohio at age 81. During high school and college I was addicted to Moore’s movies and I made my friends watch them again and again. “Avenging Disco Godfather” was my favorite. It was the story of an ex-cop and vigilante, disco DJ (Tucker) who gets upset that “the Angle Dust is ruining the minds of our young people” and proceeds to kick some ass with plenty of weird, disco music and freaky hallucination scenes full of PCP, vampire, monster things in the guise of Tucker’s mother.

Rudy, we’ll miss you. “From the north to the south… put your weight on it!”

From the New York Times article:

Rudy Ray Moore, whose standup comedy, records and movies related earthy rhyming tales of a vivid gaggle of characters as they lurched from sexual escapade to sexual escapade in a boisterous tradition, born in Africa, that helped shape today’s hip-hop, died Sunday in Akron, Ohio. He was 81.

Don’t forget to buy some Limited Edition BATMOBAMA and ROBIDEN Giclee Prints.

Being a vegetarian and the parent of a small child I am both slightly horrified and overwhelmed by the cuteness of this video:

From Today’s Big Thing:

Remember, when you were a kid, that magical day when your dad brought home a box of live lobsters? You really wanted to touch them, but you were afraid of them. You acted really adorable about the whole thing. Remember that? No? Imagine it happened, then relive those wonderful memories through this kid.

Here’s photos and a little video from the Obama rally today at Ault Park a few blocks from our house.

Testing out posting from my phone., originally uploaded by Mark Celsor.

If this works out I’ll be able to flood Celsor.com with strange random snapshots.