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…
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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.)
“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.
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…
Web Site Story: Way, WAY Too Much Work
Hooray for free time! Huzzah for other people using it to create amusing parodies of old musicals!
Best. Flashmob. EVER.
Ahh, reminds me of the days when AndyOne and I knew the Will Smith “Men In Black” dance in its entirety…
Total Eclipse Of The Video
“Total Eclipse of the Heart”, Literalist Edition: “Spin around/Ninjas!/Then a bunch of preppies make a toast.” Heh.
The Machines Are Taking Over
It ain’t Skynet, but Kirk v. Khan as performed by a Kindle and an iPod certainly is dramatic:
