Month: March 2010
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70 Million…I think that collection of art is worth more than that
A reader(listener?) suggested this video to me, suggested the video was like a mashup…I’m a sucker for well made videos (although the hype around the OK Go one means I haven’t posted it) but this is a new band Hold Your Horses! and their amazing video for ’70 Million’ using a massive collection of artworks…
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I Love the Love Police; yet I hate the fake/real Police
I’ve posted about them before (their excellent and funny Canary Wharf video I think as part of their ‘Everything is OK’ series) but I love how Charlie and co. deal with the Fake Bacon (aka Hobby Bobbies, aka PCSOs). They really do seem to be a menace, as they pop up a lot in Section…
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RIP Mark Linkous aka Sparklehorse
(Hundreds of Sparrows) Sad news I heard via the radio today about the suicide of Mark Linkous aka Sparklehorse. Maybe not a name/band you know of, but Good Morning Spider and later Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot were an important part of my life in the late 90’s. It’s a cliche to say ‘got me through some bad times’…
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Who is this mysterious Trolololololo man?
I posted this clip over a week ago, and it seems it has become an internet sensation – rightly so as it’s so funny yet so joyous – and the singer’s rather odd Botox-style smile and plastic fixed expression is mesmeric. It now has it’s own website Facebook fanpage and name (they call him Trololololololololololo…
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DJ Ruth Flowers: 69 and rocking ’em hard
Brilliant, and to show you’re never too old to rock the crowd! 😀 What I love about things like this is the reaction from the younger people who are amazed that someone of that age gets their music, culture etc. It’s necessary at that age to think that it’s all new and just for you,…
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Live Fast Die Young: MKY da HVN – Kleptones Videotones mash #4
The fourth in the Videotones series is from Brad Mackey of Crappy Logo Productions and he gives us his music video version of The Kleptones MVK Da HVN. Using music video footage from Munk, Nas, The Pixies and Rage Against The Machine, this video mashup creates a 1960’s psychedelic rock video feel before unleashing a…