Despite the obviously ridiculous assertion that The Waitresses ' "I Know What Boys Like" is "terrible" (especially given that the writer in question also uploaded test songs by the pukey likes of Yes and Atreyu ) 1 , this is nonetheless a pretty interesting piece by Scott Smitelli of the Rochester Institute of Technology , about YouTube's new-fangled Content Identification software, which is intended to flag up audio files users have "illegally" used in videos they've uploaded. [...]
Sparks ' new single is about how the object of the singer's affections won't look twice at him because, for her, at least, his personal qualities don't hold a candle to those of smarmy indie onanist Morrissey . Rather excellently, they have titled this song "Lighten Up, Morrissey". Furthermore, it comes with a neat video wherein a troupe of dancers do their " Let Forever Be "/" Come to Daddy "–esque thing with the self-satisfied Salford saddo's visage superimposed over their own. 1 [...]
Logan Walters is an American designer/illustrator, and like most right-thinking people, he loves Wu-Tang and Blue Note Records . But being one of those finickity visual/aesthetic types, he has some issues with Wu-Tang sleeve design. Explains Logan: A little while ago I put a bunch of Wu-Tang (both group and solo) albums on my computer. 21 of them, in fact. I inherited some mild OCD from my mom, and as anyone who has [...]
My pal Andy from Out From Animals wanted to demonstrate to me the peculiar genius of Oingo Boingo , so he remastered "Little Girls", the opening track from their first album Only A Lad , and to his ears their best song. Says Andy: I remastered this myself as the original song didn't have enough kick. It's Danny Elfman 's band and this song is from 1980. He also did the voice for Jack Skeleton [...]
Benladen says: btw i always glance at that picture of you on your blog and think you are an old lady okay sorry i dont mean this disparagingly but like its just the truth I can actually kind of see his point, a bit. But i quite like this now.
A little late, but i was in Southern France on a steam-powered mobile when it came out - but some more awesome shenanigans here involving Joe from gay against you / Germlin 1 / Ben Butler & Mouse Pad . It is under this last alias that this one's going to be released, and with any luck it's coming out on tigerbass (a subsidiary of the redoubtable tigerbeat6 ) later in the year. Guest vocals are from the excellently-named The Niallist . For [...]
A track composed by the Desert Island Dicks in memory of their late friend Ingus Lovecharts ("Wingus"), taken from this world in the year of our Lord 2009, upon the day of April 20th, a Monday, for reasons still never disclosed. Recquiescat in pace, cāre homō sonitūs. " Blues for Wingus "
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