Gabriel Kahane Sings Twitter
November 26, 2018 7:38 PM Subscribe
Back in June of this year, Gabriel Kahane (previously) sat down and composed a series of short songs (more like lieder) based on tweets. God's Perfect Killing Machines was the first one, others follow in the comments on the twitter thread, including lyrics by Martha Stewart and Britney Spears, amongst others.
This past week he took asked twitter for suggestions of tweets to compose. He's given us two so far, and I imagine more are forthcoming. Nihilist Arby’s (homage à Charles Ives), "Ladies, if he..."
This past week he took asked twitter for suggestions of tweets to compose. He's given us two so far, and I imagine more are forthcoming. Nihilist Arby’s (homage à Charles Ives), "Ladies, if he..."
I dunno about the first one. After all, Pontypool taught us “Kill is Kiss.”
posted by GenjiandProust at 8:47 AM on November 27, 2018
posted by GenjiandProust at 8:47 AM on November 27, 2018
Make sure you catch this haunting arrangement of Senator Romney's statement on meats
posted by MengerSponge at 10:51 AM on November 27, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by MengerSponge at 10:51 AM on November 27, 2018 [1 favorite]
These are great! (I'm reminded of Phil Kline's Zippo Songs. Which is a very good thing.) Thanks!
posted by eotvos at 2:02 AM on November 28, 2018
posted by eotvos at 2:02 AM on November 28, 2018
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