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Today's video is a classic of '90s hip hop. It features a white guy, a retro, silent movie-themed atmosphere, and a song with lots of jazz samples and even a little reggae. It was directed by the innovative Michel Gondry.
What is it?
"Lucas With The Lid Off" by Lucas.
Enjoy: ...
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NPR has been posting some great articles about the past decade in music. I talked about one here , and I'm reading another good one here . The model of how to make money as a musician, and even be a musician, has changed so much over the past ten years. I've been thinking about ...
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Tunes for all!
Two albums you want to buy
"Red, Hot and Live" by Brian Setzer and "The Clash" by The Clash
Two songs you play the most
According to last.fm , that would be "Don't Worry Baby" by Los Lobos and "Mean Woman Blues" by Roy Orbison.
Two artists that you just can't ...
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Brian Setzer
Random Ten :
10 songs that sum up your weekend...or were on your weekend playlist...and one picture that relates back. (oh, and if you feel like it, tell us why you picked the songs you did)
1) Elvis Costello - 5ive Gears In Reverse
2) Elvis Costello - Motel Matches ...
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Elvis Costello
John Lennon
I've been too far behind on looking at my Flickr contacts' photos on my RSS reader, so I thought I'd do two things at once today -- look through those and get ideas for today's post. Here are some great recent photos from my Flickr contacts :
Horsing around.
Odd couple .
Grand ...
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I'm very excited about the announcement that The Who might be performing in this season's Super Bowl halftime . The Who always put on a great show, even with only two original members. I might have to actually watch the game this year if they do get to play it. I'm betting ...
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It's time for Top Five :
Top 5 musical purchases you regret (or would like to cast aside to the nearest used CD store)
1) The Spirit Of Radio: Greatest Hits by Rush. I like a few of the songs on it, but I largely don't get what's great about the rest of them. I suppose I ...
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Rush
I'm going to revive this feature. There are certainly enough songs in the world to talk about, and my blog needs content.
Today's Song I Like is "You Never Know" by Wilco from their self-titled album. Normally I'm not a huge fan of Wilco. I've given them chances, but I just ...
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NPR posted a very interesting discussion about the state of the music industry as part of their Decade-In-Review this week. The part that interests me is the mention of streaming music as a deterrent to illegal downloading. Personally, I have pretty much stopped downloading songs ...
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Today I have a music video, and a very good one too. It's the video for Oren Lavie's "Her Morning Elegance." It's all done in stop-motion photography, and it's really amazing. I couldn't find too much information on who made it or how it was done, but I think it speaks for ...
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Tunes to be thankful for:
It's November and this month is about giving thanks, tell us a few of the musical things that you are thankful for, be it albums, shows you've seen, electronics you've bought etc. Whatever has made your musical life better in the last year.
I'd like to thank the ...
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The Firefox web browser is five years old now! I've been using it for most of those five years. I love it because it's so customizable and because using it makes me feel part of a larger community. Firefox is the first browser to be seen as 'cool' and 'in.' I'm still ...
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Frank Taylor, webmaster of Google Earth Blog , and his wife are about to begin an incredible adventure. They're going to spend the next five years sailing around the world in their boat the Tahina . That's not all -- they're going to share their adventures with the world through ...
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Today I'm browsing around in the Firefox Add-Ons, and I found a little gem that seems like it's going to help me a lot:
Places Cleaner
In the past month or two, I've noticed Firefox's performance slipping. The program tends to freeze up a lot, especially when I'm typing in a URL or ...
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Today's clip is about funny cats. The sounds coming out of this kitty are just insane. I don't think the video needed subtitles to be funny, though:
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I've seen a lot of great things lately, and I thought I'd share them with you:
Grooveshark is a music-streaming site that's free and super-easy to use. Just search for a song, artist or album, click on it if you find it, and play it. You can also create playlists if you sign ...
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Tunes :
What is the oldest album in your collection? (oldest as in you've had it longer than the others)
Technically, I've had He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince the longest. I originally had it on cassette. The CD I've owned the ...
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Beatles
Happy Halloween! Things are about to get scary :
Sugar and spice ?
Economic troubles .
Clowning around.
Haunted ?
Hunger .
Behind the mask .
Strange .
Watching .
Threat .
Angerpain .
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Time for Friday Five :
1. What’s your favorite sports movie?
Slap Shot. Old time hockey!
2. What’s your favorite romantic comedy film?
Does Wedding Crashers count? That would probably be my favorite.
3. What’s your favorite animated Disney movie?
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This is the trailer for upcoming John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy:
John looks nothing like John (except for a few brief moments). Paul looks nothing at all like Paul.
Couldn't they have done better casting? Maybe no one in the world looks like either Lennon or McCartney.
