I happened to be searching on YouTube for the song Bears, as sung by Lyele Lovett. I know the song through his cover, from the album Step Inside This House (the song was originally written by Steven Fromholz). So I did track down a version of the song, here: But then, in the search results,…
Yesterday, I found myself listening a lot to Ukelele player Lil’ Rev. I first heard him when Justin and I visited Alex and Linda in Green Bay and attended Ukelele Night at Kavarna. I liked his singing so much, I snatched up two CD’s right there on the spot. I was stuck on one song…
Clapping Music is a minimalist piece by composer Steve Reich, involving two performers who clap. Both performers begin in unison, but one performer gradually shifts their tempo by an eighth note… until the two are once more in unison. If you’d like to hear the original piece with two performers, check out this video. Over…
Been listening a lot to The Weepies, ever since I first heard one of their songs, a week or so ago. I’ve liked a lot of songs from their album Take It From Me, but this is one that I’ve been looping recently.
Over the weekend, Liz and I ended up watching the musical Little Shop of Horrors. I’m not overly in to musicals, but this is one of the few that I know and really like. As I’ve mentioned before, I was in show choir in high school. I got to participate in one or two musicals…
I had heard about the song Fuck You! by Cee Lo Green before now, but here’s an embarassing secret: I hadn’t actually listened to the song until this weekend. During 20×2 Chicago, one of the other presenters was Ricky Carmona, who spoke (and sang) about this song. He was pretty passionate about it, and gave…
I’m probably super late on this train, but I’ve recently been listening a lot to Florence + the Machine. The vocals are incredibly powerful and at times overpowering, but I find myself continuing to listen despite this. It’s weird – I like songs like Dog Days Are Over and Rabbit Heart (but don’t really care…
Created by YouTube user shonkeyproductions, this video features a favorite song of mine: Tokyo, by The Books, from their album The Lemon of Pink. Despite a bit of shaky camera work in the middle sections, I think this video captures the song nicely… although the audio is a little on the low side. If you…
I first heard of Glenn Gould after seeing a movie entitled Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould – a series of vignettes highlighting certain moments and aspects of his brillian career (and eccentric lifestyle). I don’t know a ton of Gould’s work, but I’m most familiar with his Goldberg Variations album. It’s strange, but…
I Can’t Stand Sultans of Swing, a mash-up between The Police and Dire Straits, is the magic of Mark Vidler (aka Go Home Productions). I had first heard of Smells Like Rockin’ Robin (a mashup between Nirvana and the Jackson 5), but got sucked in to the rest of the site. Not only has he…
I was recently reminded of a few music videos by Michel Gondry, and decided I needed to share some of my favorites. Way back in 2003, when we were still working at the Merchandise Mart, our office was housed inside the Q101 radio station. We knew folks in the Marketing and Promotions department, and every…
This is hilarious, even if this was the first time I’ve heard of Kesha or the song Tik Tok. The mind boggles at how well someone needs to know Star Trek, to be able to pull off a video edited in this manner. So nerdy, and so fantastic! [via @sakri] Related: Star Trek in the…
[via Coudal] Related: Black Keys @ the Metro
Recently I’ve been listening to the Rufus Wainwright cover of Across the Universe. All day today I’ve ben looping it a bit in the background, over and over. Randomly, I happened across a video on YouTube featuring a cover of the song by Fiona Apple. It was made for the movie Pleasantville, that movie where…
Funny, ridiculous and messy! The best phrase I can think of to describe this video is “crescendo of chaos.” Directed by Spike Jonze, I’m hoping this brings about a chuckle or two this morning. Things start to really get cooking around 1:21. [via Coudal]