Year 2009
The Features, “Lions”
Speaking of feeds you should be subscribing to, KEXP’s Song of the Day podcast is high on my list. This song by The Features is a good example of the stuff that I just wouldn’t have come across, sans subscription…
Jill Barber, “Oh My My”
Another selection from KCRW that absolutely blows me away. And again, the song is great, the video, merely adequate. Subscribe, already!
Blitzen Trapper, “Furr”
Holy cow, do I love this song. The video — meh, s’okay. But that song… I simply can’t get it out of my head. (Discovered by way of KCRW’s Today’s Top Tune podcast, which I highly recommend you subscribe to.)
This Is Going To Take Some Serious Getting-Used-To
Brett Favre. Viking. It’s as though Darth Vader showed up at the rebel base on Yavin IV and said “Hey guys, can I fight for you?” Methinks the rebels would be within their rights to say “Hey, Vade, thanks for…
“New” “Video” “From” “Weird Al” “Yankovic”
[Sorry, I think I got carried away with the quotes just then. I’m never sure where to stop when it comes to the undisputed king of novelty/comedy/parody songs. Ahem.] An original “Weird Al” song, sung in the style of the…
When Life Hands You Broken Guitars…
…Make Guitar… ade…? Now that’s taking a bad thing and making it oh-so-good.
Looney Tunes U
If stinkin’ Warner Brothers can coherently explain Economics 101, what the heck is wrong with our elected officials? They can’t be bothered to read the bills they sign — maybe they can at least watch a cartoon or two. (Also…
Yo Gabba Gabba!: Keeping The Ska Flame Alive For 5th Wavers
By way of @hotdogsladies, we have word that Nickelodeon’s fantastically bizarre “Yo Gabba Gabba!” is doing its best to bring the gospel of ska to the pre-K set (which only makes sense, I guess, as it was co-created by the…
Sunday Schnitzels Cripples
Regular readers will no doubt recall my previous encounters with Google Voice’s automated message taking. It seems as though my experience is not unique, as the New York Times Personal Tech section’s columnist published his Voice number and asked readers…
