http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyMxn8RmSDw RodneyHarrington and I are having a little back-and-forth of our favourite musical comedians. A YouTube browse of Flanders & Swann apparently led him to Bill Bailey, so I feel compelled to offer him – and you – a look at one of Bill’s masterworks, a knees-up in classical style.
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Vampire Weekend – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_Weekend Oh my God, OH MY GOD. Just discovered this twee-faux-ska band through an anonymous coworker’s open iTunes library, and am groovin’ in my seat with a huge smile on my face. Two great music scores in one week? I’m a happy camper, me.
Theyre Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They%27re_Coming_To_Take_Me_Away,_Ha-Haaa%21 I heard the novelty Napoleon XIV track on the radio the other day, and was immediately transported back to my pre-teen years. My parents had given me an album with cute kiddie-type songs (e.g. Witch Doctor, Monster Mash) that swerved into creepy madness on the last track. I still can’t hear this without feeling […]
20 Album Covers Recreated in LEGO | The Toy Zone
http://www.thetoyzone.com/20-album-covers-recreated-in-lego/ The execution’s not nearly as good as the concept, but I’ll thumb this up anyway for its reproduction of Born in the USA.
Where have you gone, Eagle-Eye Cherry?: A tribute to terrible late ’90s hits | Music | The A.V. Club Blog | The A.V. Club
http://www.avclub.com/content/blog/where_have_you_gone_eagle_eye An AV Clubber compiles the Top 40 dreck that soundtracked his college years. Unfortunately, it also soundtracked my college years, which were simultaneous with my record-store working years, to which these were also the soundtrack. I can’t read through this list without a) hearing all of these worming their way back into my brain; […]
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000P6R82C/ I’ve got some Loudon Wainwright playing in the background as I stumble, and it occurs to me it’s worth a review. His “Strange Weirdos” album was released as an alternative soundtrack for the decidedly average film, Knocked Up, and IMO was the highlight of the film (something that will never be said for Loudon’s […]
Marseille Figs
http://www.marseillefigs.org/ A recommendation by BoingBoing’s Cory Doctorow, I wanted to like the Marseille Figs. The opening chords of the first song I selected told me my faith was justified. Then the vocals kicked in… My thumb-up remains for what is clearly a great musical act. But the squally, shaky, pretentiously-bad voice undoes all the strong […]
the vegetable orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpfYt7vRHuY At least, the real use of carrots is revealed! (I knew all those people claiming they were food were joking!) Vienna’s vegan orchestra presents the most nutritionally balanced performance you’re ever likely to see.
THE COAST | Halifax News, Events, Restaurants, Shopping, Concerts, Free Classified Ads | Nova Scotia
http://www.thecoast.ca/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2007-12-06&-token.story=151320.113118&-token.subpub= Whether a collector or not, Passmore would still be considered something of a recorded music expert. He worked at Sam the Record Man for 12 years, seven on Yonge Street in Toronto and five on Barrington as a manager. He’s currently part-time and seasonal at CD Plus in Halifax Shopping Centre. Since his first […]
MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/ceyland While I normally refuse to positively rate MySpace sites, I’ll give a provisional thumbs-up for Ceylan Delikanli. She opened for Darren last night, and I quite liked her Martha-Wainwright-in-the-ether style, but her live performance needs some work: She insisted on sitting in the dark to perform, and “ended” each song by fidding with her […]