What the fuck is wrong with you people?
Music
And now a musical interlude: “Sky Mall Kitties”
Feb 23rd
For your listening enjoyment:
Nothing beats a good kitty song.
Pomplamoose performs “Always in the Season.”
Dec 18th
Yes, I know I’ve been posting a lot of videos lately and that’s because there’s been a lot I’ve wanted to share. Like this one by the fine folks of Pomplamoose Music. I could have sworn I’ve written about them before as well as posted another music video they did, but I can’t seem to locate it. Perhaps it got lost in the move.
Anyway, it’s a secular Christmas carol called Always in the Season that I can’t get out of my head. The best part is you can get this song and another, as of yet unreleased, song by them for free in exchange for a little charity on your part. They’ll explain it after the song:
I love how energetic Jack Conte gets when the percussion kicks in. It’s hard not to get caught up in that kind of energy.
So the deal is you give someone in need a goat and they’ll give you a couple of MPfrees! Good music and a worthwhile cause. Just the sort of things this season should be all about. If you want to give a goat this holiday, or anytime really, you can do so over at World Vision Online.
Found over at Boing Boing.
Let’s play a little “Christmas Light Hero”.
Dec 11th
What do you get when you combine a love for Guitar Hero with a love for computer controlled Christmas list displays? You get this:
We’ve covered synchronized Christmas light displays in previous years, but this one is the first I’ve seen to include some interactivity. That shows a devotion and serious amount of spare time that I can only marvel at.
Found over at Crunch Gear.
The Muppets do “Carol of the Bells.”
Dec 11th
I luvs me some Muppets. Especially this trio, which just so happen to be my three favorite of the lot. And this Christmas song happens to be one of my favorites as well. Two great tastes and all that…
Yeah, it’s starting to feel like an SEB Christmas now!
Amazon.com’s 25 Days of Free Christmas songs.
Dec 2nd
Just a quick note to let folks know that Amazon.com is giving away free MP3s of Christmas music every day until December 25th. So far they’ve put up “Joy to the World,” by Casting Crowns and “Snow Angel,” by Tori Amos. Both totally free as in beer. Don’t worry if you weren’t there on December 1st as each one will be available up until the 26th of December.
They have an advent calendar style page set up where you can see each day’s release. Check it out at the Amazon.com 25 Days of Free in December. It does require that you install the Amazon.com MP3 downloader software to grab the files, but they have no DRM and the downloader should work on all platforms.
Tim Minchin’s song ‘White Wine in the Sun.’
Nov 26th
I’ve mentioned Tim Minchin before, he’s the British-born Australian comedian who happens to be an atheist, and I keep meaning to track down more of his work. Then I get distracted and forget to do so. I was reminded of this intention on my part this evening by this entry at The Meming of Life in which Dale McGowan talks about his selfish desire to not allow Tim Minchin to die until after he has passed away himself.
He cites as justification for this irrational desire just how amazing Tim’s comedic and musical talents are. He presents the following as one of the examples of why. It’s technically a Christmas song, but today is Thanksgiving so I feel I can get away with it. It’s called White Wine in the Sun:
I was not at all prepared for the emotional reaction I had to this wonderful song. Especially not while sitting at work at the end of my shift just about to go home for the night. I tend to be rather sentimental myself and, while I don’t have the best relationship with all the members of my family, the song hits home with how thoughts of family make me feel.
I’m definitely going to have to purchase some of his CDs.
Carl Sagan in “A Glorious Dawn.”
Sep 23rd
Here’s an interesting musical experiment featuring Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking by a fellow who goes by the name melodysheep:
Yeah I know I’ve been posting a lot of videos lately and that’s because most of the things I wanted to share have been videos. Hopefully I’ll find something to write about soon.
Found over at forgetomori.
Now for a musical interlude: The Avalanches.
Jul 1st
Someone at work sent out a link to this bizarre music video by an electronica group called The Avalanches. The song is called “Frontier Psychiatrist” and it’s stuck in my head. So I thought I would share the wonderful pain:
Apparently this hails from all the way back in 2001. I may have to seek out a copy of the CD if the rest of the songs are as fun as this one.
Mary Poppins remix: “Expialidocious”
Jun 19th
I’m not sure which is more amazing to me. The fact that this very modern bit of techno music made with sound samples from the movie Mary Poppins syncs so well with the video clips or the fact that it makes me want to watch this movie again for the rather excellent music it’s already graced with. Check it:
I just realized I don’t have this movie in my collection. An oversight I will have to redress. The question then becomes: Do I buy the DVD
That song will be stuck in my head for the rest of the day now.
Games I’m looking forward to: “The Beatles: Rock Band”
Jun 2nd
I have so far managed to avoid spending the money on any of the popular music rhythm games. In part this is because of the rather expensive nature of the games due to the custom guitar/drum/microphone controllers they use. I’ve only really had experience with Rock Band here at work so I’m inclined to go with that game just from familiarity, but all the deals being offered are on Guitar Hero which has made that game tempting. It’s resulted in a stalemate of sorts that has kept me from spending any money at all, which is probably for the best. Alas the folks at Harmonix, makers of Rock Band, have come up with a release that will likely be just the thing to finally push me over the edge into a purchase of their game: A version featuring The Beatles!
Following is the opening cinematic for the game and it’s so freakin’ cool I wish the whole game was done in this style. Don’t know who did the animation, but I’d love to see a full-length animated feature done like this:
To save some cash, because I’m probably the only person in the house that’ll play it, I’ll probably pick up the game disc by itself and then buy a separate guitar controller to go with it as opposed to dropping the couple hundred the deluxe edition with all the instruments is likely to cost.
Recent Comments