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“Beep. Beep. I’m A Sheep.” the earworm you need in your life
After a year long blog hiatus it somehow seems only appropriate to return with “Beep. Beep. I’m A Sheep.” the earworm you never knew you needed in your life. And, frankly, I don’t know how you could possibly disagree with me on on this one. The true mystery here is how BBIAS (as I like […]
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When minimalist art goes to the…kitty cats
So apparently electronic hip-hop artists De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig–which I’m told translates to “The Youth of Today” in Dutch, but it’s always possible that someone could just be punking me–needed a video for their new song Manon. And naturally, because kitty cats and electronic hip hop go together like peanut butter and honey (see you […]
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Growing up in a musical theater family was a special kind of torture
I grew up in a household headed up by two musical theater enthusiasts. My mother–who had gone to Goodman School of Drama in Chicago before dropping out to marry my father–was a director. And my father, with his beautiful tenor voice, was on stage. This meant that music and theater were often at the center […]
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Lightening fast Mozart minuet combines music and science for the win
If you blink you’ll miss this brilliantly-executed, lightening-fast, Mozart minuet. The “concert” happens in about 10 seconds flat. The set up clearly took FAR longer. But relax, the World’s Fastest Orchestra were kind enough to give us a slow motion replay. Bonus, it’s all kinds of cool and sciencey at the same time. Mozart would […]
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“The Real Slim Shady” Eminem guitar cover that will rock your world
In that unique way that so many online viral things seem to have, there doesn’t seem to be much info on the guys in this video. Oh they’re fairly easy to track down. Laurier Lachance has a Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. And Felix Desroches has a Twitter too. Heck they’re both even on Instagram. They’re […]
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The beatbox skills of this Japanese champion will blow you away
Prepare to be properly impressed by two-time beatbox champion Sh0h. We’re talking capital G-double o- good. I think what impressed me most was the layering of sounds that you’ll start to hear around midway through the first video. Sh0h, sometimes referred to as The Human Disco, manages to create a background sound and layer another […]
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Fine Friday Musical Interlude: New Orleans Style White Stripes Cover
Haley Reinhart of Postmodern Jukebox SLAYS this New Orleans style cover of the White Stripes “Seven Nation” Not a bad way to ease into the weekend. You can pick up Postmodern Jukebox ‘s latest album, Swipe Right for Vintage, on iTunes.
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Why throat singing SHOULD blow your mind
Overtone singing, or what you may have heard called throat singing, has held some fascination for me ever since I first heard of it. It’s one of those “holy heck, that’s like magic!” things that we can do with our amazing bodies that seems nearly impossible. If you’ve never heard of throat singing, and you’re […]
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One singer, an original song, and 29 nearly spot-on impressions = my kind of math
Well, apparently it’s music Wednesday hear at SkyBlue-Pink, but my staff failed to inform me. (And by staff I mean the cat, of course.) So what do you get when you mix one original song with 29 kick-ass singing impressions? A slice of entertaining heaven, that’s what. Singer Rob Cantor is joined by pianist Andrew […]
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Pure genius is Bohemian Rhapsody in a rusty old VW polo…
Let’s face it. Your life is not complete until you have witnessed … * Bohemian Rhapsody * performed by a Finnish street band * inside a rusty old Volkswagen Polo This Finnish street band happens to be named Porkka Playboys so there’s, obviously, extra bonus points for that. Plus they are also, reportedly, award winning. […]
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