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Mario's Music Sight-Read

knave — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:19:04 -0800

Fans of video game music and/or piano aficionados, I present three pieces from the Super Mario Bros series: Super Mario World's Air Platform rag, SMB2 overworld theme, and SMB1 overworld theme, expertly played "blind" by ragtime pianist Tom Brier. According to the video descriptions, Tom doesn't play video games and hasn't heard any of these tunes before. If you're a ragtime enthusiast, you can see more of his playing in Keeper1st's video stream. His ability to sight-read ragtime is mind-blowing. I don't know these guys, but I've found myself watching these videos over and over, and decided more people should see them. Hopefully the attention isn't unwanted, but either way, please go easy on the snark (I know, it's a lot to ask).

Mario64 in 16 easy steps

knave — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:59:26 -0800

Friday Youtube Fun: How to beat Mario 64 in under 22 minutes (and only 16 stars). [previously]

Super Mario Bolsheviks

StephenV — Fri, 24 Dec 2004 02:37:53 -0800

Was Mario some Communist propaganda? "If anything can be said about Mario, it is that he seems to wear quite a bit a red . It’s on his name, it’s the color of his suspenders, his super mushrooms, his flag, even his hat." He does kinda look like an 8-bit Stalin, but a more important question must be asked: "Is Mario a drug pusher?"