04/09/2008
How Does Your Meat Loaf?
The man-titted Meat Loaf and middle aged mall-rat Tiffany have joined forces to hawk AT&T's new GoPhone Light. Sinking to new lows, they commercially bastardize "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" in a way in would even embarrass suburbanite ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 04/09/2008 6:13 PM EST in WTF?, YouTube | Permalink
If N.O.I.A. Asks If You Wanna Dance, Say Hell No and Run Away
Italian electro group N.O.I.A. sure ain't no Moroder. In fact, I find their 1984 S & M, New-Wave, erotic torture, fantasy video for "Do You Wanna Dance" so terribly awful that I have to post it. This is what happened in the early 80s when Ital ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 04/09/2008 12:30 PM EST in Electronic, WTF?, YouTube, Italo Disco | Permalink
04/08/2008
Eat Your Beefheart Out
I'm ready for Spring to take the winter chill out of the air and to warm things up. I need to get some "Ice Cream For the Crow" and have a "Tropical Hot Dog Night" or two. "Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I do!" Long live Captain Beefheart, maker of all t ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 04/08/2008 1:47 PM EST in Experimental, YouTube, Video Retrospective | Permalink
04/05/2008
The Twelves Give Asobi Seksu and Black Kids Even More Flavor
Brazil's The Twelves and their sticky, synthed-out remixes rekindle the innocence of early electro, especially on the fun, bubblicious re-envisionings of Black Kids' "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend," which can also be heard on our April Muxt ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 04/05/2008 3:02 PM EST in Electronic, YouTube, Remix | Permalink
04/02/2008
R.I.P. Klaus Dinger, Founding Member of Kraftwerk and Neu!
Klaus Dinger, who recently passed away, was the first official drummer for the insanely influential electronic outfit Kraftwerk, before they developed their famous robotic look and clean electro-pop sound. That's right, they weren't always freak ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 04/02/2008 9:39 PM EST in Experimental, Krautrock, YouTube, 70's Rock | Permalink
03/28/2008
The Poetic Prophet Raps About Web Development
Our Friends over at the Giraffe have opened my eyes to The Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper). He runs an entertainment Company in Houston, TX: Mo Serious. The video below apparently went from "900 to 10,000 views overnight" and "10,000 view ...
Read MorePosted by Finnegan on 03/28/2008 6:39 PM EST in Hip-Hop, YouTube | Permalink
03/25/2008
Hungry, Hungry Videohippos
Super-charged and mechanical, the sound of "Narwhalz" from Baltimore's Videohippos, part of the Dan Deacon crew, flings into overdrive within seconds. The song sounds like it is going to eat itself or drown in a wash of its own psychedelic buzzi ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 03/25/2008 9:40 PM EST in Experimental, YouTube, Neo-Psychedelic | Permalink
03/20/2008
New Black Kids Video: "I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You"
The video for the androgynous "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You" by the buzz-worthy Black Kids (we spotted them last October) features 18th Century garb, cheerleaders and colorful graphics. The re-recording of the song ha ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 03/20/2008 8:09 PM EST in Indie-Pop, YouTube | Permalink
03/19/2008
The Chromatics Go On a "Killing Spree" in New Video
Well, not quite, but the video is disturbing nonetheless. Like some lost John Carpenter student film or a modern day Giallo excursion, The Chromatics video for the instrumental piece "Killing Spree," directed by Glass Candy's Johnny Jewel, is a ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 03/19/2008 4:24 PM EST in Experimental, YouTube, Italo Disco | Permalink
03/17/2008
Erin Go Braugh! The Snakes are Gone From Ireland!
Be like Bing Crosby! Pour yourself a Minute Maid on the rocks and sit back to enjoy this clip of a March 16, 1960 performance of Bing Crosby singing a medley of Irish classics on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall show. If you can't get enough ...
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