Feb
01
10

Dear Prudence

I haven't been able to get this song out of my noggin today. I actually remember it playing in a most bizarre dream I had last night. The dream involved tornadoes. I've been having a lot of dreams with tornadoes as of late. I'm not sure what that's about.

Anyway. Back to the song.

While I now know this song was originally written by the Beatles, I will forever think of this song as a Siouxsie and the Banshees song. Because her/their version is so much better.


(YouTube link if you do not see the above embedded video .)

And how did I forget that Robert Smith of The Cure was at one time a member of the band?

Until next time...
Erik

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posted 4 days ago at 12:38 am in Audiophallic
Jan
13
8

Cup of Brown Joy

I present Professor Elemental's "Cup of Brown Joy". An English chap singing/rapping about tea.

Trust me, it's worth it. Totally.

(YouTube link)

I'm totally intrigued.

Hat tip to Gavin!

Until next time...
Erik

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posted 22 days ago at 1:58 pm in Audiophallic
Dec
19
2011
6

Optimus Prime really was a jerk

I remember wanting a friend like this when I was a kid. Actually, I still would like a friend like this. He just needs to be less of a dick though, like Cliffjumper.


YouTube link

I have no idea who James Struthers, the singer of this song, is. But I seriously want the Optimus costume.

Stick around to the end of the video. I laughed.

Found on neatorama.

Until next time...
Erik

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posted 47 days ago at 8:21 pm in Ponderings
Dec
03
2011
3

Tubthumping in Istanbul

They Might Be Giants have re-covered their cover of The Four Lads "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" from 1953. This is their "original" 1990 cover of it, in case you have no idea what it sounded like.

And here is their electronic-a re-cover-cover.

I've loved TMBG since I was a teenager. I bought their second album Lincoln in 1989 or 1990. And aside from their newest compilation album, I think I have their entire discography now with the exception of one of two of the children's albums they have done.

So I was wandering down Reminiscing Road looking at some of their old videos, which led me to find this gem of AWESOMENESS: TMBG covering Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping"! This so easily could have been a TMBG song. The awesomeness starts at 1:15 or so.

Love. Love. Love.

Hat tip to Joe. My. God..

Until next time...
Erik

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posted 64 days ago at 12:53 am in Ponderings
Nov
30
2011
6

Ragtime

Thanks to a post over on Geeks Are Sexy, I was made aware of this piece of AWESOME: The Animaniacs Theme, done in Ragtime.

Stick around in the video for his second attempt at playing the song. Even MORE AWESOME.

I've always had a bizarre thing for ragtime. I don't know why. But I have very early memories of liking Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer". And always being drawn to the ragtime pianist at Disney World who was also over by Casey's Corner at the end of Main Street, USA.

Anyway.

I'm not really sure where I was going with that. But you just got a little more insight about me.

Until next time...
Erik

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