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Your today's musical weird was created by Joshi and Cesar Espinoza.
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According to Wikipedia: Unchained Melody is "by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It is one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages. In 1955, North used the music as a theme for the obscure prison film Unchained."
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Like a real life Flight of the Conchords episode, this comedy duo of Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal (even their names are sort of similar to the HBO show characters) musically order their food at a couple fast food drive thrus. The ending of the Taco Bell one, which they swear isn't scripted, is particularly awesome. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uwY3sjqYX0&fmt=18]
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Hello. Is it me you were looking for? I can see it in your eyes. I can see it in your smile. You're all I've ever wanted, and my arms are open wide...but I've been busy blogging at Sundance Channel's blog SUNfiltered. If you haven't visited (please do), here's what you've been missing. Check them out as well as the other great entries there.
- Really catchy single "Sabali" from Malian duo Amadou & Mariam.
- Brazil's graffiti culture.
- Jero the enka star, an African American singer making it hot in Japan.
- Pet garbage.
- Spotlight on artist Karl Grandin.
- 100 ways to kill a peep.
- Cool tilt-shift video.
- The $1.5 million dollar wedding dress made from peacock feathers.
- Meet Maru, the Japanese LOLCat.
- The blog of "unnecessary" quotation marks.
- Bags for the Pantone color fetishist.
- Hello Kitty's new headquarters.
- Another cool stop motion video.
This makes me chuckle. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UExkqbziE90&feature=fmt=18]
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"Geek to the Beat" music video for Zion I. Video directed by M.A.Y.O. [vimeo=http://vimeo.com/4082885]
As Kanye or rather his ghost blogger writes, "video is super dope!"
MC Supernatural's incredible 8 minute long freestyle introduction of the line up of performers for this year's hip hop festival Rock the Bells. Watch more of his freestyle videos here.
Synchronized flash mob dancing in the popular Shibuya area in Japan. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_hEVKYdafI&fmt=18]
While all the way on the other side of the planet, central station in Antwerp, Belgium comes alive with the sound of (house techno) music.
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See how music unites? Less nukes, more jukes!
A dazzling promotional music video directed by Eoghan Kidney for Valerie Francis's debut album which is releasing on May 22. [vimeo=http://vimeo.com/3988655]
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Another hot find by Simko: the music video for Rob Roy's "Fur in My Cap" directed by Ethen Lader. Watch this immediately. [vimeo=http://vimeo.com/3569139]
Tone Matrix: An interactive "simple sinewave synthesizer triggered by an ordinary 16 step sequencer." In other words, f'awsome!
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You know what I'd like to see? The pyramids around the Nile and although this one is a bit vague, I'd also like to observe the sunrise from the tropic isle. Any isle will do so long as its in the tropic, especially during New York's damp and chilly spring. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXMRa8wJyY8&fmt=18]
Update: And finally the official (amusing) music video with the accompanying visual references for "Ode to Murray Hill!" [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eylKBJiDNeM&fmt=18]
Manhattan neighborhood Murray Hill, or as the New York Observer called it "Murray Hell," conveniently located generally between East 29th and 38th streets, has a particular reputation among locals for its homogeneous uniformity.
The stereotype runs something like this: Arriving in the City for jobs in the predictable areas of finance and PR, recently graduated affluent coeds--hair blown brunettes in skinny jeans and frat boys in seersucker shorts--from Syracuse and Penn swarm into dorm like luxe apartments (Windsor Court, Apt. 11F) and spend their nights at local bars such as Joshua Tree.
I'm surprised it took this long, but there's finally a song that pays homage to this neighborhood and its denizens, titled "Ode to Murray Hill" by DJ Lubel.
My world is wide open and I'm free as a bird But I've got to live on 34th from Park to Third. U Mich, Emory, Cornell--If you didn't go to one of these, Go away because you're poor!
Listen to the song here.
Confession: Although my residency there was a short New York minute, my first apartment in this city out of college was in Murray Hill, the Habitat to be exact. My roommate was a Bear Stearns banker from Penn.
[Thanks Sarah!]