Comments on: The Aural Times - Singing the News So You Don't Have To

The Aural Times - Singing the News So You Don't Have To

dios — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:12:09 -0800

The Aural Times - We Sing the News So You Don't Have To [from the talented mind of Josh Millard, a.k.a. cortex.]

By: dios

dios — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:13:02 -0800

My favorite so far: German Cat has Deadly Strain of Bird Flu

By: dios

dios — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:16:52 -0800

Actually, Homer Eagles Will Be Beggars No More might be my favorite. Can't decide.

By: cillit bang

cillit bang — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:20:02 -0800

I was expecting video with costumes and dancing girls and jazz hands. Bah.

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:28:47 -0800

Hey! Awesome! God I hope the server doesn't melt. cillit bang: there has been a terrible jazz-hands shortage lately which has delayed the launch of the dancing-girls routines. My apologies.

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:29:28 -0800

and so of course I have to go to a meeting.

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:29:29 -0800

This just makes me miss Ambrosia Sings the News that Air America Radio used to do.

By: ewagoner

ewagoner — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:27:44 -0800

Brilliant! I can't imagine how much time this must suck up. I bet if I didn't spend so much time reading Metafilter, I might be able to come up with something as tenth as cool.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:49:26 -0800

gold.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 10:52:37 -0800

cute, but different stories should be in different styles of music...like metal for the South Dakota story, and bhangra or Bollywood for Bush's trip...

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:02:30 -0800

ewagoner: so far it's been about 3-5 hours of work per issue, depending mostly on the song -- the rest of the content goes pretty quickly. amberglow: I might get more directly thematic as time passes, but right now I've been just sort of madly getting my legs and trying different things in general. Once I stop discovering new miniature workflow catastrophes every single issue, I'll have a little more room to stretch my legs, as it were.

By: 29

29 — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:23:09 -0800

i prefer to hear my news from drunken hookers

By: cortex

cortex — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:28:44 -0800

Yes, but drunken hookers prefer to hear their news from The Aural Times. Vicious cycle; you can't escape.

By: jrb223

jrb223 — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:35:13 -0800

These are really fun, and brightened my day. Can't wait for the next ones.

By: arto

arto — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 17:43:04 -0800

This is great. Maybe not drunken hooker great, but great.

By: riffola

riffola — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:13:40 -0800

Fantastic!

By: yankeefog

yankeefog — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:44:05 -0800

I just stumbled on this post thanks to the relevent MetaTalk thread. Cortex, you are now up there with Jonathon Coulton on my list of Favorite Internet-Based Musicians.