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Eric Wareheim makes videos

boo_radley — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:23:38 -0800

The Music Videos of Eric Wareheim

viewers control its lighting

Potomac Avenue — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:59:19 -0800

Radical Friend makes interactive music videos for Black Moth Super Rainbow and Yeasayer. [NSFW] Full yeasayer vid Via

SWEDEMASON

flatluigi — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:35:03 -0800

The Works of Swede Mason: "Jeremy Clarkson," "Get in the Back of the Van," "Jungle All The Way," "Bill Wyman's Metal Detector," "Put the Lotion in the Basket, *" "Got The Sucka," "The Gobshite, *" "Squashed Thingy," "Spare Me The Madness," and the pair of tracks based on Neighbors deaths "Coffee And Croissants" and "Todd....Dead." note: starred tracks have NSFW audio. mp3 downloads can be found here.

putting the fur into Für Elise

nickyskye — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:50:11 -0800

The sounds of a loon, two owls, cat, wood stork and cuckoo are the sole musical instruments in this furry arrangement of the classic, "Fur Elise," composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. The Dance of the Sugar Plum Furry, trained flies, underwater astonishments, make new animals and more at Switcheroo Zoo. Previously.

Heath is alive like Tupac

azarbayejani — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:23:52 -0800

The music video for Modest Mouse's new track King Rat was released today. Interestingly, it was directed by Heath Ledger two years ago, and released posthumously. Apparently, there's another one coming up. It has described as looking "like exactly the kind of thing that someone might come up with after spending a couple of months rocking Joker makeup and pretending to mutilate people." The video contains a little cartoon goriness, so be warned.

Twelve minutes, 101 songs.

flatluigi — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:59:19 -0800

Osymyso - "Intro-Inspection" (mp3) Also under Osymyso's long history of music-making: "Pat n' Peg" (mp3), made up of bits and pieces of Eastenders; "Fiver to Bigwig" (mp3), consisting of various pieces of rabbits; and "John's Not Mad" (no mp3), from the documentary of the same name.

The Singing Nerd

Effigy2000 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:35:10 -0800

The Singing Nerd is a guy who likes to write, play, and record songs about the things that he likes and then post music videos on Youtube. Most of these songs are about nerdy things, such as The Ballad of Catan, a song simply entitled Chess! and a song about Role Playing. But there's also songs about things we can all relate to, like Fast Food Commercials, A Trip To Las Vegas and... um... Pirates?. Hmmm. Anyway, check out the rest of his songs here.

On-the-fly harmonizing

flatluigi — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:14:49 -0800

Looping, live: David Ford, Imogen Heap, KT Tunstall x2, Dub FX, Ed Alleyne-Johnson

variations on a theme of feeling good

nickyskye — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:28:50 -0800

Feeling Good by Nina Simone with a video by mrfnk l Feeling Good by Gilbert Price, age 23, who sang it first as a spiritual. More info on joannao's blogspot l Feeling Good by Muse l Feeling Good by My Brightest Diamond.

When I was seventeen, it was a very good year

Joe Beese — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:48:41 -0800

The 1984 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll Happy 25th anniversary. May your vinyl never scratch. 1. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. 2. Prince - Purple Rain 3. Los Lobos - How Will The Wolf Survive? 4. The Replacements - Let It Be 5. Tina Turner - Private Dancer 6. R.E.M. - Reckoning 7. The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl 8. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade 9. Lou Reed - New Sensations 10. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C. 11. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual 12. The Bangles - All Over The Place 13. The Ramones - Too Tough To Die 14. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime 15. The dB's - Like This 16. Womack & Womack - Love Wars 17. Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak (previously) 18. Rubén Blades y Seis del Solar - Buscando America 19. Laurie Anderson - United States Live 20. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II 21. Neville Brothers - Neville-ization 22. The Smiths - The Smiths 23. Let's Active - Cypress 24. Tom Verlaine - Cover 25. Van Halen - 1984 26. Del-Lords - Frontier Days 27. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Making History 28. George Clinton - You Shouldn't-Nuf Bit Fish 29. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire 30. King Sunny Ade and His African Beats - Aura

glimpses of the African Rock n' Roll Years

nickyskye — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:45:01 -0800

Clips from the BBC documentary, The African Rock n' Roll Years - Part 1 l Part 2 l Part 3 l Part 4 l Part 5 l Part 6 - a six-part series mixing interviews with key artists, concert footage and news archives, the series examines and explains the "styles that make up the continent's music, and the political and social pressures that led to their development." BBC documentary details. Found in YouTube member, Duncanzibar's, good collection of mostly African music videos. Details of the full documentary: "Episode 1: WEST AFRICA: Praise Singers and Superstars This is the story of how the musical caste lost their monopoly, taken over by state intervention and a craze for Cuban music, which helped to create one of the most exciting music scenes in the world today. Featured artists include Youssou N'Dour, Baaba Maal, Salif Keita, Orchestra Baobab, Rokia Traore, Ali Farka Toure and Daara J. Ep 2: SOUTH AFRICA: Rhythms of Resistance South Africa's vibrant music scene developed in the apartheid era, when songs were used as a way of hitting back against repression. Featured artists include Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Thomas Mapfumo from Zimbabwe and newcomer Thandiswa. Ep 3: COASTAL SOUNDS: Sierra Leone to Cameroon This programme explores the effect of calypso on the 'palmwine' styles that developed in Sierra Leone and Nigeria. It tells how music from Sierra Leone and elsewhere affected the massively popular highlife dance styles of Ghana, and how palmwine music was also to influence the makossa dance scene in Cameroon. Featured artists include Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Osibisa, Alpha Blondy, Angelique Kidjo and Manu Dibango. Ep 4: CENTRAL AFRICA: Congo Jive Some of the most infectious dance music in Africa came from Kinshasa on the Congo river, as guitarists and band-leaders mixed local and Cuban influences to create the rumba and soukous styles that shook up dance floors across Africa and beyond. Featured artists include Franco, Tabu Ley Rochereau, Ray Lema, Pepe Kalle, Konono No 1 and Corneille. Ep 5: LUSOPHONE AFRICA: The Lisbon Legacy Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde were cut off from neighbouring states because the language of their colonisers was Portuguese and not French or English. The musicians developed distinctive styles; from the high-energy rhythms of Angola to the sad-edged blues and European-influenced ballads of the Cape Verde islands. Featured artists include Cesaria Evora, Manecas Costa, Mariza, Bonga and Mabulu. Ep 6: NORTH AFRICA: Rai Rebels and Desert Blues The programme follows the careers of rai stars like Khaled and the Arabic rocker Rachid Taha, and also the great female singers who have emerged from Islamic North Africa and from further east in Christian Ethiopia. Featured artists include Tinariwen, Khaled, Rachid Taha, Souad Massi, the musicians of Jajouka Amina and (from Ethiopia) Gigi and Aster Aweke." Each clip is about 1/7th the length of the original series but still worth watching. Lots of music, examples, so one can seek out music by those musicians and very listenable music history.

Your favorite typeface rocks.

ardgedee — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:22:15 -0800

Your favorite rock typefaces. [previously]

RIP TRL, Viva YouTube!

Horace Rumpole — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:03:21 -0800

Six new directors who are making music video cool again:
Cat Solen (see also)
Rik Cordero (see also)
Matthew Cullen (see also) (previously)
Vincent Moon (see also)
Vincent Morisset (see also)
Keith Schofield (see also)

Willie Mae's grab-you-in-the-gut blues

madamjujujive — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:24:48 -0800

Elvis rode to fame on one of her covers and Janis got rich on her signature song, but you haven't truly heard Hound Dog or Ball & Chain until you've experienced Big Mama Thornton belting them out. A seminal blues figure who could play the harp with the best of them, she was true original. In her heyday, Willie Mae was a 6-foot tall, 350-pound, gun-toting crossdresser who led a rough and colorful life and took no guff whatsoever. Emaciated but still powerful, she gives a final raw and expressive performance of Ball & Chain and Hound Dog shortly before her death in 1984. Orig. 1953 Peacock 78RPM of Hound Dog sound only; the Elvis version came out in '56. And two more clips from 1971: Rock Me Early in the Morning

Kumeyaay Information Village

netbros — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:06:02 -0800

Kumeyaay.info welcomes visitors and indigenous peoples of all tribal nations and provides a casual village environment to share and network their culturally relevant creative work, information and opinions. (previously)

happy endings

nickyskye — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:40:05 -0800

Soukous Radio is an online radio station that plays/streams this energizing, joyous, African fusion music, known for its bright guitar sound and rumba/salsa beat. The name, Soukous, is derived from the French word secouer, to shake. A popular, recent Soukous video by two Ivory Coast singers, DJ Eloh and DJ Mix, The Bobaraba (which means “big bottom” in the local Djoula language), celebrates booty shaking. Just makes you want to get up and dance. Those who are less amply proportioned have been looking to create a bobaraba. Girls do it, guys too. Kedjevara's version. A selection of CDs from Soukous Haven. Soukous on Wikipedia. This latest Soukous dance, the Bobaraba, is pronounced bob.araba.

Meant to be seen and heard, I say

flatluigi — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:00:30 -0800

You've listened, but have you watched? (note for the feedbeat sites: right-click anywhere for the menu.)

bits are fun

flatluigi — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:41:47 -0800

The Top 5 Game-Inspired Music Videos (via, with one more) Videos: Architecture in Helsinki - Do The Whirlwind Junior Senior - Move Your Feet Cadence Weapon - Sharks Xiu Xiu - Boy Soprano Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

Reach For the Lasers

empath — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:42:51 -0800

The bastard offspring of New Age, Techno, Industrial and Acid House, trance is one of the most popular and most maligned musical genres of the 21st century. Trance can be bombastic or delicate, psychedelic or rock and roll, spacey or deep, euphoric or dark, commercial or underground, lush or funky, melodic or monotone, hard or laid back. You can try making some yourself with this toy, or go in depth with this tutorial. You can find it online, but if you want to really experience it, you need to hear it at a club.

Celia Cruz

nickyskye — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:33:12 -0800

A sizzling singer in crinolines and in feathers and sequins. Not just extravagant in her appearance but an extravagant voice, renowned for her joie de vivre, adored by many, known as the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz, "indisputably the best known and most influential female figure in the history of Cuban music."

music videos from West Africa

nickyskye — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:28:51 -0800

#1 African Music Website. Africa Hit offers an extensive and varied selection of great music videos from West Africa. Africa Hit news, in French and English, mostly music biz news in West African countries: Cote D'Ivoire, Congo(R.D.C), Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroun, Mali, Guinée and Senegal. Happy New Year!

the hellidays spirit

nickyskye — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:16:30 -0800

A good chuckle about surviving the hellidays: Dysfunctional Family Holidays, the music l an interactive karaoke with several songs l What exactly is a dysfunctional family? l What are the roles for the kids? The Other Family Dysfunctional Family Circus (DFC), Wikipedia entry Larry the Cable Guy Presents: Dysfunctional Family Christmas Dysfunctional Family: Christmas video Dysfunctional Family: Dinner Time video Saturday Night live transcript for a Dysfunctional Family Christmas album with hits like "Let's Pretend We Like Each Other (This Christmas)", "The Almost Perfect Christmas", "Peace On Earth? Where?" The Free-Floating Dysfunctional Family CircusTM Archive v1.1.2 Trondog’s DFC Driven By Boredom DFC gallery The Family Circuss Previously, the wonderful Nietzsche Family Circus In spite of the, *ack, unicorn logo and Web 1.0 look, Joy2MeU is a good, not so humorous, site re dysfunctional family roles

Classic post-punk music videos

sleepy pete — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:54:21 -0800

Classic post-punk music videos from, strangely enough, post-punk.com (via largehearted boy) YT links to videos of bands ranging from 23 Skiddoo to Young Marble Giants.

Boards of Canada - Music Videos

bigmusic — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:11:16 -0800

"If the emergence of techno and the proliferation of its related genres thrust DJs and producers into the spotlight, it also spawned artists who, like Kraftwerk before them, chose to remain anonymous and distant. The Scottish duo Boards of Canada (Marcus Eoin and Michael Sandison) is a case in point, an even more enigmatic presence on the UK's electronic music landscape than Aphex Twin and Autechre. Eoin and Sandison have consistently minimized their role in the commercial side of music-making and have avoided its attendant lifestyle: They've shunned city life for the rural seclusion of their Hexagon Sun studio and its local collective of artists. They claim to record primarily for themselves and their friends. They have reportedly amassed an enormous archive of unreleased music dating back to the early '80s (numerous apocryphal BoC tracks make the rounds). They seldom give interviews or perform live." Twoism - 1995 Oirectine Iced Cooly Twoism Melissa Juice 1986 Summer Fire Boc Maxima - 1996 Chinook Rodox Video Boc Maxima Nova Scotia Robots Niagara Skimming Stones Sixtyniner Red Moss Concourse Carcan M9 Original Nlogax Whitewater Hi Scores - 1996 Hi Scores Nlogax June 9th Seeya Later Everything You Do Is a Balloon Music Has the Right to Children - 1998 Wildlife Analysis An Eagle in Your Mind The Color of the Fire Telephasic Workshop Triangles & Rhombuses Sixtyten Turquoise Hexagon Sun Kaini Industries Bocuma Roygbiv Rue the Whirl Aquarius Olson Pete Standing Alone Smokes Quantity Open the Light One Very Important Thought Happy Cycling In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country - 2000 Kid for Today Amo Bishop Roden In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country Zoetrope Geogaddi - 2002 Ready Lets Go Music Is Math Beware the Friendly Stranger Gyroscope Dandelion Sunshine Recorder In the Annexe Julie and Candy The Smallest Weird Number 1969 Energy Warning The Beach at Redpoint Opening the Mouth Alpha and Omega I Saw Drones The Devil Is in the Details A Is to B as B Is to C Over the Horizon Radar Dawn Chorus Diving Station You Could Feel the Sky Corsair Magic Window From One Source All Things Depend The Campfire Headphase - 2005 Into the Rainbow Vein Chromakey Dreamcoat Satellite Anthem Icarus Peacock Tail Dayvan Cowboy HQ A Moment of Clarity '84 Pontiac Dream Sherbet Head Oscar See through Red Eye Ataronchronon Hey Saturday Sun Constants Are Changing Slow This Bird Down Tears from the Compound Eye Farewell Fire Macquarie Ridge Trans Canada Highway - 2006 Left Side Drive Heard from Telegraph Lines Skyliner Under the Coke Sign Dayvan Cowboy (Odd Nosdam remix) Some reviews: Twoism. Boc Maxima. Hi Scores. Music Has the Right to Children. In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country. Geogaddi. The Campfire Headphase. Trans Canada Highway. "Now that the show is over and we have jointly exercised our constitutional rights; we would like to leave you with one very important thought. Some time in the future, you may have the opportunity to serve as a juror in a censorship case or a so-called obscenity case. It would be wise to remember that the same people who would stop you from listening to Boards of Canada may be back next year to complain about a book, or even a TV program. If you can be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you can be told what to say or think. Defend your constitutionally-protected rights. No one else will do it for you. Thank you." Previously: 1, 2, 3, 4

Taj Mahal, roots music man extraordinaire

madamjujujive — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:50:23 -0800

Taj Mahal (sound alert) has been delighting audiences for more than 40 years since his debut with Ry Cooder in the pacesetting Rising Sons. He's a multi-instrumentalist most noted for blues, but his life's work spans gospel, Caribbean, Hawaiian and many other genres. Much respected by fellow musicians, he's a 2-time Grammy winner and official blues artist of MA. He loves to go fishin' and if you like fishing too, you can join him on his next Taj Mahal Fishing Blues Tournament, a benefit to aid southern musicians. [more Taj music inside]