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Posted on 02.04.09 by Widge @ 12:48 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. So here's this great video for the Nina Simone version of "Feeling Good." And I knew the song, but I didn't know that much about it. So I probed a bit. First, here's Nina doing her thing. Direct link for the feedreaders. That version's from Nina's album I Put a Spell On You, which of course has also the title track and "Gimme Some," among others. You can snag yours here. Found via Neatorama. Categorized as: Music
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Posted on 02.03.09 by Widge @ 4:12 am
Comments on this: 3 so far. Add your own.   It's Mary Poppins. What more do we need to say? It is FANtastic. Here, let's take a trip back to when trailers could be four minutes long... Categorized as: Contests and Music
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Posted on 01.26.09 by Widge @ 10:59 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  So we just mentioned how my own scientific pop culture landmark theory, The Law of Relative Development, will need to be amended to include films headed to the stage. It appears that if we're looking to expand it to theatre, then we should include also individual albums, musical "bodies of work" and also...music videos. The reason? Thriller the Musical. Seriously. It's songs from the album plus Off the Wall. Variety sez, "Plot... will be based on the 1982 'Thriller' video, about a wholesome young couple whose date goes awry when one of them turns into a werewolf." Yes, it's headed for Broadway...eventually. Two things spring to mind. One, you're going to base an entire musical on a single music video? Two, who's playing the Vincent Price role? I mean, I want to say if you're smart you book an elder statesman actor with a kickass voice to do a few weeks at a time and change them out to keep at least that portion of it fresh. I want to say that, but that would imply I've actually given this a lot of thought, which I don't want to do. What I do want to do is propose a number of other musicals, as long as music videos are fair game. Categorized as: Music
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Posted on 01.21.09 by Widge @ 10:35 am
Comments on this: 2 so far. Add your own. Australian comedian and all-around brilliant weirdo, Tim Minchin, is here with a rawk anthem for our times. NSFW for some language. This was recorded off of ABC television in Australia. Direct link for the feedreaders. Tim's official site can be found here. And for those of you who don't mind songs that are slightly disturbing--which I suspect, for the most part, is the majority of you--proceed beyond the break for a bonus bit. Categorized as: Music
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Posted on 01.07.09 by Widge @ 1:57 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. So there I was watching another TED video, when I ran across a guy by the name of Bruno Bowden (who apparently is a Google engineer...a Googineer, perhaps) and digs folding paper. So he decided to fold some paper while blindfolded. This was...novel, to say the least. And puzzling. And distracting, because the guy I really wish they would have spent more time on was Rufus Cappadocia, who was improvising on his electric cello while Paper Dude had his way. So here's Rufus, sans paper folding. Direct link for the feedreaders. That song can be found off of his Songs for Cello album. You can snag it from Amazon here. Categorized as: Music
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