About 2 days ago, I got an email from a friend in the UK about an article they’d seen in The Observer and apparently I’m an internet celebrity. While I wouldn’t go as far as calling me the next Gary Brolsma, apparently my Spice Girls Lip Sync Danc Parody has entertained (or rather shocked!) people from all around the world. I was featured alongside a few other “unlikely dance floor divas and destroyers” in Lords of the dance. What more can I say, except that they described me perfectly:

In honour of the Spice Girls reunion, geeky YouTuber Lachlan Hunt films himself having a ‘bit of fun at my own expense’. That means dancing to ‘Wannabe’ like a stringbean trying to be sexy. Which could have been funny if he wasn’t doing it by himself, didn’t exude such a desperate fug of total shamelessness, and hadn’t so obviously spent hours practising in the mirror.

But wait, there’s more. The day after I found out about that article, I received a message through YouTube from a user claiming to be from the Media Acquisitions department of Virgin Atlantic.

We enjoyed watching your Spice Girls Lip Sync Dance Parody on YouTube and may be interested in showing this onboard Virgin Atlantic flights. Would you be interested in this? Let me know your thoughts.

I have no idea if that’s legitimate or not, but I wrote back and said it sounds interesting and asked for more information. Who knows, next time you fly Virgin Atlantic, the in flight entertainment could be supplied by yours truly!.

I got a little creative today and ended up writing this. It is best sung to the tune of Savage Garden’s Affirmation, but I’m not talented enough to record it myself.

I believe the R-I-A-A should settle all arguments.
I believe we’ve placed our fair-use-rights in other people’s hands.
I believe that DRM’s no good because it’s bad for you.
I believe fighting for freedom is something we have to do.
I believe the music industry promotes low quality.
I believe that we must have the right to use the things we own.

I believe in Karma; what you give is what you get returned.
I believe in a fair world where our freedom does not get burned.
I believe the grass is much more greener on the other side.
I believe we can’t give up our fight until we save our pride.

I believe you can’t control our freedom in reality.
I believe that trust is more important than no piracy.
I believe supporting creativity should be our goal.
I believe that customers are worth more than money or gold.
I believe the struggle for digital freedom is unfair.
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires.

I believe in Karma; what you give is what you get returned.
I believe in a fair world where our freedom does not get burned.
I believe the grass is much more greener on the other side.
I believe we can’t give up our fight until we save our pride.

I believe 09-F9’s the key to our own happiness.
I believe that a fair price negates the need for DRMs.
I believe that we must stop DMCA extortionists.
I believe in copyright not lasting for eternity.

I believe in Karma; what you give is what you get returned.
I believe in a fair world where our freedom does not get burned.
I believe the grass is much more greener on the other side.
I believe we can’t give up our fight until we save our pride. (repeat ×2)

(It would be cool if someone was talented enough to record that.)

Update: This got dugg!