Dec 7, 2009, 2:03am
3hive

Don't hit the download link unless you adore: 1. Ukeleles 2. Banjos 3. Bongos 4. Slide whistles 5. Bells 6. Super cheery pop music 7. Trombones, clarinets and a variety of horns Because those are the tools that Patrick & Eugene use to transform Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head" into a bouncy klezmer romp. When left to their own songwriting devices P&E create equally breezy tracks, varied in tempo, but not tone. These are happy songs. Sunshine songs. Glass half full songs. Dixieland jazz songs. If you're [...]

Ok, I'll be the first to admit that most of my "weekly" features never make it past the first or second week, but I'm gonna try and start up a new one and see how it flies. I get literally tons of mp3's and videos sent to my inbox daily, and more often than not, these end up staying there, locked away in solitary confinement. So, I figure that what I'll start to do is set aside a day a week to limit my usual bla bla, keeping the commentary brief as I share some of these findings with you [...]
Patrick and Eugene prep US debut album.
Facts first: chartmaker Billboard announced last week that starting with their Dec 5th issue, they will be adding a Folk Albums chart to their sales-tracking activities. Snip : ...The Nielsen SoundScan-based survey will house new releases from traditional folk artists such Joan Baez, Ani DiFranco and Monsters of Folk, as well as appropriate titles by acoustic-based singer-songwriters such as Carly Simon, Rosanne Cash and Joshua Radin. The 15-position chart, to be managed by Gary Trust, will run periodically in print and appear weekly on billboard.biz and billboard.com. "Billboard's Folk Albums chart will [...]
So I've got this ear infection that put me in bed immediately upon hitting the door last night so I haven't seen any of the episode to know where the above photo fits in but it really makes me happy to see Izzie and George hangin' out and cuttin' up. After all they've been through, my main hope for those two characters has always been that they maintain their friendship. Friendship to me is
Yeah, Justice. Yawn? If only it were that easy. Fortunately for us they're still skill. Check this bad ass remix of the already heavy 'Stress' by the even heavier Toronto rock band Fucked Up. This comes courtesy of Vice.... JUSTICE - STRESS (FUCKED UP REMIX) Fucked Up are among the bands playing at the Vice festival 'Tales of the Jackalope' this weekend coming (click for full size): Looks
Patrick & Eugene "59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" (Simon & Garfunkel cover) Earlier the sun was out and I was cleaning and this hit the shuffle and I was, oh, so happy. Vivane Serval "Une Femme Amoureuse (A Woman in Love)" (French Barbra Streisand cover, comp. the Bee Gees) A few of today's songs are France- or French-related. The other night I had a dream that I was an American Idol contestant and got to meet Barbra Streisand and was the only contestant who'd [...]