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.
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...
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...
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...
Sorry I've been absent as of late. There's a lot (of crap) going on in my work life. I'm sure I'll blog about it one of these days.
But in the mean time, I turn to music that (helps) make me happy.
One of my favorite bands is INXS (as if you didn't know). INXS has replaced JD Fortune (thank gawd) with an Irishman named Ciaran Gribbin. Hopefully he will last a little longer than JD did, and actually write some decent songs. Here's a couple of videos of them performing from a few days ago.
New Sensation:
YouTube Link
Disappear:
YouTube Link
Heaven Sent:
YouTube Link
Until next time...
I've always been a fan of Hootie & the Blowfish. Don't ask me why, because I don't know. I just know I am. I think about the only thing of theirs that I don't own is their demo EP called "Kootchypop".
I know you've all heard the stuff on the radio, because you couldn't turn on the radio in the 90s and there not be a Hootie & the Blowfish song playing. But most of the stuff on their six albums that didn't get radio play is a hundred times better, such as these two gems from the 1998 Hootie & the Blowfish album "Musical Chairs":
"Desert Mountain Showdown"
(If the above embed doesn't appear, here is the Grooveshark link.)
"Bluesy Revolution"
(If the above embed doesn't appear, here is the Grooveshark link.)
I'm fairly certain I over-Hootie'd the Husbear in the 14+ years we've been together.
He'll get over it. 
Until next time...
68°F
