American Edited
I pretty much knew this was going to happen: Warner Brothers Records has C&D’d the wonderful American Edit mashup I mentioned a couple of days ago. All hope is not lost for those who neglected to grab it while it…
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A Marvelous, Monstrous Musical Mashup
I’ve only recently become aware of the musical phenomenon known as “mashups“, where DJs and remixers take what would seemingly be incompatible musical pieces and create coherent songs using said music. For example, Jay Z released an a capela version…
This Is The Christmas Lights Display You WISH You Could Have
The following link could quite be, and I’m not in any way joking or exaggerating, the single greatest achievement of Mankind in the history of Time itself. Click and stand in Trans-Siberian awe.
This Just Gets Better And Better
Ahhhh, Sony BMG, how we love to hate thee! Not only have you been caught installing unauthorized rootkits on your customers’ PCs, but it’s been found that you’re illegally using LGPL’d software to do so. Tsk tsk. What’s the Japanese…
Sony – Doing Their Best To Drive Their Customers Away, One Rootkit At A Time
Let’s first posit that you’re a multinational corporation with vast and sundry interests in various industries, including the music business. Let’s then posit that you were caught installing highly dubious software on your customers’ PCs in order to prevent “piracy”.…
I Didn’t Even Know Pottstown HAD A Symphony!
…And then they bust out with Verdi’s “La Traviata”, Tchaikovsky’s Concerto for Violin in D and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade”, the ultimate “showoff” piece for a chamber orchestra, on WHYY’s Sunday Showcase. Pfeh, who needs the Philadelphia Orchestra when you’ve got stuff…
McSweeney’s – Asking The Important, Unasked Questions
John Moe askes Charlie Daniels Thirty-Nine Questions Upon Hearing “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” for the First Time in 25 Years, starting with: “1. The Devil won that fiddling contest, right? 2. Because isn’t that totally amazing fiddle feedback…
Requesting Medical Advice
Help me out! Dig! All I do is grunt and groan Hurts me to walk anywhere Went to see my physician, Dr. Jones He took my trousers off, told me to cough Doctor says there ain’t nothin’ to discuss He…
An Intellectual Discourse On Technological Innovation Wherein… Oooh, Shiny!
Heaven help me, I think I’ve almost completed my Apple Fanboy Training, because dang, the iTunes Phone and iPod Nano are sexy.
Can I Just Speak For The Entire US For One Moment, Please?
Dear Ms. Spears Federline: I am certain that, all things considered, the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama would respectfully request that you not auction off the viewing rights to your baby’s birth to “benefit” Katrina’s victims. Please send cash…
