Posts Tagged ‘music’

Vanity Fair on Sarah Palin

Posted: 3rd September 2010 by Brant in politics
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Vanity Fair has a lengthy profile of Sarah Palin.  It is a great read. It outlines her volatile temper and dubious financing activities. It does rely extensively on anonymous sources, but the stories all hang together in a way that suggest more truth than exaggeration. Excerpt: Warm and effusive in public, indifferent or angry in private: [...]

F**k You official music video

Posted: 1st September 2010 by Brant in culture, fun
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The prior video was simply the lyrics. Here is the normal video version of Cee-Lo Green’s Internet classic: Related articles Cee-lo’s Viral Hit “F**ck You” Gets an Official Music Video (mashable.com) Cee-Lo Drops Official “F— You” Video (mtv.com) F**k You by Cee Lo Green (Official Video) (laughingsquid.com)

Entertainment quote of the day

Posted: 25th August 2010 by Brant in biz, culture
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Image via Wikipedia The Internet has destroyed rock. Children no longer develop social graces. They don’t hang out anymore.  I’m financially stable. I’m okay. But what about the kids trying to make it in this business? If you’re not an established band, if you don’t have a hit single, they’re gonna drop you. There are [...]

MGMT is back

Posted: 25th August 2010 by Brant in culture, fun
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That’s right. MGMT is back with a new video for the title track of the album called “Congratulations.” Sort of sad, but very beautiful. And the setting is more that a little like Tatooine. Related articles MGMT comes out of retirement, makes video abt how they died as a buzzband (altreport.hipsterrunoff.com) MGMT – Congratulations (hypebeast.com) [...]

Take one part Massive Attack trip-hop, add Tracey Thorn’s beautiful voice and fold it carefully into the creative video technique of Michel Gondry. What do you get? This perfect version of the classic song “Protection” from the Massive Attack album of the same name, Protection. Related articles Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt: Everything but the [...]

F**K YOU

Posted: 21st August 2010 by Brant in culture, fun
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Here is a very catchy song from Cee Lo Green (part of Gnarls Barkley). I love it. (via Scott Beale) Related articles Cee Lo – Fuck You! (shabooty.com) Cee-Lo Green’s New Single Is A Smash (manolith.com) LISTEN: Cee-Lo Song Drops Many, Many F-Bombs (spin.com)

Bad Romance cover

Posted: 13th August 2010 by Brant in culture, fun
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I love this for so many reasons.

The best pop song ever: Being Boring

Posted: 6th August 2010 by Brant in culture
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I have written about the Pet Shop Boys and Being Boring before. It my all time favorite song. Stephen Emms, music writer for the Guardian, also claims, on the song’s 20th anniversary, that it is the best pop song ever. Intriguingly, what began as an attempt to do out-and-out pop (if we are to believe [...]

Beyoncé = GaGa

Posted: 25th July 2010 by Brant in culture, fun
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Beyoncé has become Lady GaGa. The transformation is complete.

R&B honesty

Posted: 12th July 2010 by Brant in culture, fun
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(via, of all things, Fake Steve Jobs)

Nerdcore rap

Posted: 12th July 2010 by Brant in culture, tech
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From MC Frontalot. Love it. This one is good for a listen too. And here is his little song about his about his Twitter postings and followers.

Music video of the week

Posted: 10th July 2010 by Brant in culture, fun
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This is an easy one. It is Kylie Minogue’s “All the Lovers.” Great song, great visuals. I don’t have an embedable version, so you have to follow the link.

Sharp dressed drummer

Posted: 28th June 2010 by Brant in fun
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Check out the drummer in this video. Jump about one minute in. He is crazy good and way, way better than the rest of the band.

Disintermediation (updated)

Posted: 27th June 2010 by Brant in biz, culture, tech
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Disintermediation is the process by which a process middleman in a process is eliminated. Remember what the Internet did to travel agents? Who uses a travel agent these days? And how about bricks-and-mortor book stores? Well, we are (finally) getting closer to disintermediation of the cable TV companies. The Internet is a terrific platform for [...]

Eminem’s latest

Posted: 12th June 2010 by Brant in culture
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Very serious stuff and a serious topic. But I like it.