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Regular Everyday Normal Guy Rap

2008-04-13T14:07:00.000-07:00

OK, so I took like a year off there, but I'm back... with a YouTube post! Got to start somewhere. So here's a rap about a regular guy with $600 in the bank and a pet cat who's pretty good at making paper planes:

"I get nervous in social situations, motherfucker!"

Tiger by the Tail

2008-04-04T10:20:00.001-07:00

I woke up with this song stuck in my head for absolutely no reason today, so now you will have it stuck in your head:

Buck Owens and the Buckeroos - I've Got A Tiger By The Tail

Yellow Drum Machine Robot

2008-03-25T11:22:00.000-07:00

This may be the cutest robot ever made:

(from jwz via venter)

Honeycut - Aluminum City

2008-03-10T12:32:00.000-07:00

This morning I was playing a silly little flash game (Mass Attack) and the soundtrack just blew me away. Turns out its a song from San Francisco's Honeycut.

Check it out:

Honeycut - Aluminum City

The Smiths in Ukrainian - Batyar (Bigmouth Strikes Again)

2008-03-06T14:57:00.000-08:00

The Smiths in Ukrainian - Batyar (Bigmouth Strikes Again)

Death Metal Bert and Ernie

2008-01-30T14:17:00.000-08:00

Death Metal Bert and Ernie

Me And My Rhythmbox

2008-01-09T15:27:00.000-08:00

The worst song ever:

From the worst movie ever:

Listening to Northern Lights

2007-12-19T12:04:00.000-08:00

A Minnesota Planetarium Video- Natural Radio: When solar flares hit the Earth's magnetic field, the skies at both poles can light up with auroras. The particles also create very low frequency electromagnetic waves, a type of natural radio that can be picked up around the globe. Every year sound recordist Steve McGreevy heads north where the reception is best and points his receiver at the sky. Made for use in the Planetarium dome, thus the circular frame of the images)

Thanks to .hc for finding this...

RIP Stockhausen

2007-12-07T13:53:00.000-08:00

Composer Stockhausen dies aged 79

Not OK.

Daedelus - Fair Weather Friends

2007-12-07T11:38:00.000-08:00

(from thewitnessexchange)

Business of Death

2007-11-09T09:43:00.000-08:00

Music by "Violens" ... I have no idea who they are yet, but I know who I'm going to be researching next...

Update: Here they are: Violens, and here is a direct mp3 downlaod of the vocal version of this song: Violent Sensation Descends

Oct. 26th 7pm: IO @ RIP.MIX.BURN.BAM.PFA

2007-10-22T13:33:00.000-07:00

The Improbable Orchestra will be showing at the UC Berkeley Art museum / Pacific File Archive at an event sponsored by Creative Commons that features several works all revolving around remix culture.

Oct. 26th 7pm: IO @ RIP.MIX.BURN.BAM.PFA

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Bancroft Lobby
2626 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
Map

Join us for a one-night live music mash-up and art performance. Featuring Berkeley remix artists and DJs Ripley and Kid Kameleon, this event celebrates the opening of RIP.MIX.BURN.BAM.PFA and presents live performance works that complete that exhibition. Also appearing will be the do-it-yourself DJ machine created by the Improbable Orchestra group and a live image mash-up by the artist Zebbler playing across the museum walls. This event is co-hosted by Creative Commons.

Rock Gods "Do Free Jazz"

2007-10-18T14:21:00.000-07:00

I guess everybody has their off nights:

Thank you, StSanders. Pure genius.

Kraftwerk - Tour De France

2007-09-25T20:43:00.000-07:00

Kraftwerk - Tour De France (German Version)
And of course the break dance version:

just a voice an a sampler

2007-09-19T21:57:00.000-07:00

Who needs all that fancy gear, interfaces, keyboards, racks, synths, effects, etc. If you really know your sampler, and you can sing and clap, you can make some pretty intricate music.

More Mr T

2007-08-22T10:21:00.000-07:00

Mr T gets down with the kids

Coil on 'Hello Culture'

2007-08-07T15:20:00.001-07:00

Coil on 'Hello Culture'

(from thewitnessexchange)

Steering Wheel Rock

2007-08-03T12:17:00.000-07:00

Younnat - Wheel Experience

Live from the Ukraine...

Read a Mother F**cking Book

2007-07-23T22:07:00.000-07:00

Best. Song. Ever.

BET - Read A Book

George W: Rap Battle Master

2007-05-10T17:34:00.001-07:00

It's Drum Solo Time!

2007-05-06T16:28:00.000-07:00

Best drum solo by a seven year old ever?

Stevie Wonder Drum Solo:

Dave Brubeck - Take Five:

He's got the Drummer Mullet going on big time:

12 year old:

"I could never make that music again"

2007-05-02T15:13:00.000-07:00

Really hard to describe, but excellent listening. Just listen:

I could never make that music again (16:32 minutes)

Jean-Yves Leloup & Jean-Philippe Renoult

Created for Radiodays,this radioplay-music composition organise and disorganise words from various electronics artists. (in order of appearance) Fred Judd, Derreck May, Stacey Pullen, Autechre, Simon Begg, Matmos, Alec Empire, A Guy Called Gerald, Mad Mike, Coldcut, Mixmaster Morris, Kid Koala, Steve Reich, Claude Lvque, Rioji Ikeda, Richie Hawtin, Richard James, Thomas Brinkman, Mantronix, Christian Fennesz, Squarepusher, The residents, Tony Morley.

New Nine Inch Nails Remix

2007-04-29T11:54:00.000-07:00

It's always very exciting to see idea of opening the sources of your songs to remix projects gaining mainstream attention:

NIN Releases Individual Samples for 3 Tracks

They released the parts in a .zip and in garage band format.

Fresshhhhh Air Reviews Hyphy

2007-04-25T14:18:00.000-07:00

NPR gets Hyphy:

'Hyphy Hitz': Bouncy Hip-Hop from the Bay Area

Fresh Air from WHYY, April 25, 2007 About 10 years ago, a new variation on hip-hop became popular in San Francisco's Bay Area. It's called "hyphy" (pronounced "hi-fee"), slang for hyper-active, and it's gaining in national popularity. Hyphy Hitz, a new anthology of tracks from Bay Area acts, suggests that's partly because hyphy presents a more playful, energetic attitude than most contemporary hip-hop.

If you ignore the fact that he pretty much gets every bit of Hyphy slang wrong (hint: when you are "having grapes" you aren't "drinking wine", think something a little greener) its still nice to hear such mainstream acknowledgment of the genre.

red marbles and glass bowls

2007-03-27T09:01:00.000-07:00

Sometimes, moments of musical inspiration come at the oddest moments. Like, you're in your kitchen, starting to cook, you notice your bowls have different pitches, you just happen to have some marbles, and you feel like making some spooky sounds for a movie soundtrack...