You can find the most interesting things using StumbleUpon. Today, I found this lovely, funny country music video, which is apparently set to a song by singer/comedian Rodney Carrington, about the beauty, splendor, and yes the healing power of the bosom.
I will warn you that this video is not remotely safe for work. But gosh, it’s fun.
Should this video, er, inspire you, feel free to drop me an e-mail at autographedcat@gmail.com. *wink* *grin*
I like to have music on while I work, though I’m often only listening to it with half an ear. At work, I take advantage of Pandora Radio to offer up a stream of music that is likely to be pleasing to me, while still exposing me to interesting new things that I might not otherwise hear amid all the stuff i do know.
So I’m sitting here working on a project, and my brain starts to register the music that’s playing.
“Hrm. This is a good song.”
…
“It sounds vaguely familiar.”
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“Familiar, but it’s not right. It must be some weird cover of a song I like.”
…
Finally, this thought gets hold of enough of my consciousness that I flip my browser up to see what I’m listening to.
Turns out it’s not a weird cover at all. It’s the original recording of “Three Fine Daughters of Farmer Brown” by Eddie from Ohio. I’ve just gotten so used to the Lady Mondegreen cover that I register this recording as odd. 🙂
Well, I had intended to upload this yesterday, but I went home from work early with a migraine, went to sleep, and only emerged long enough to eat dinner before going back to bed. So, a day late, but not a dollar short, here’s my contribution to International Pixel-Stained Technopeasants Day.
This is a zip file containing recordings of my Interfilk concert at OVFF 2002. I hope you enjoy it.
Contents:
1 – Nobody's Ranger (Rob Wynne/Eric Bogle)
2 – Fund Me Now (Rob Wynne/Alannah Currie & Joe Leeway)
3 – Plains of Nebraska (Rob Wynne)
4 – Sauron (Rob Wynne/Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry)
5 – Ozymandias (Dave Weingart) (Featuring Dave Rood on trumpet)
6 – Two of Dave (Rob Wynne/John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
7 – Final Mission (Barb Bowen/Trad)
8 – Keep You Closer (Rob Wynne)
9 – Consumed by Wonder (Rob Wynne)
“The moral of this story, of course, is that you’re not going to hear the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band by listening to records and downloading mp3s in your room. You have to get out and get caught up in the spirit, yell and scream, dance if you feel like it, and walk out at the end with a thousand volts of power coursing through your body.
They’re playing tonight. You’re probably not going to be there, but they’re out there somewhere. Go find them.”
–Ed Ward, “The Greatest Rock Band in the World”, Paste Magazine (Feb 07)
For the benefit of the 40% or so of my friends list who don’t know about this
My dear friend cadhla, who is indeed one of the coolest things in the word either on or off of toast, is wrapping up the recording of her first studio album, Stars Fall Home.
I have already heard several rough mixes from this album. The word “breathtaking” If you like literate, musically challenging, story-oriented music with passion and depth, you want a copy of this album. (If you’re thinking “But, I don’t really like filk music, don’t worry. Seanan’s music is quite accessible to anyone. If you’re not sure, e-mail me privately, and I’ll provide you with a sample or two.)
Lucky for you, you can still pre-order it for a limited time.
Order early. Order often. Operators are standing by.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Go to http://popculturemadness.com/Music/index.html, and find the greatest hits for the year you turned 18 (on the left-hand side)
2. Select at least the first 40
3. Bold the ones you like
4. Strike out the ones you hate
5. Italicize the ones you are familiar with but neither like nor hate
6 Leave the ones you don’t know as
Meme from smallship1…
If Your Life was a Movie, What Would the Soundtrack Be?
So, here’s how it works:
1. Open your iTunes library
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that’s playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool…
Thanks to John Scalzi, I now have an entire album’s worth of classical music interpreted as 60s surf pop, as performed by Takeshi Terauchi & The Bunnys.
If you can listen to these mp3s and not smile, I would seriously question the state of your soul. Go listen, it’s all good stuff.
I almost never win contests or drawings. And on the rare times when I do, I usually don’t win something I really want.
So, for once, I did. Someone in our office got concert tickets for tonght’s Steely Dan show, and I won the drawing.
And today I am sick, and I’m not up for going. Bother!
I’ve called the HR manager who ran the contest to see if one of the other people who entered would like to pick them up at the last minute. Shame for them to go to waste. But dammit, I really wanted to see that show.
I have a cadhla album, right here in my hands. *snoopy dance*
That is all!
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