Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
11 Mar 2012 1 Comment
in On a Lighter Note, Wedding related
(source: makemymood.com)
08 Mar 2012 4 Comments
in General Posts, On a Lighter Note
Reprinted from Paste Magazine:
Last week at a show in Minnesota, Bradford Cox, frontman of Atlas Sound and Deerhutner, got a fan who requested “My Sharona” to strip to their underwear and stand on stage while the band played the song for an hour. Extreme? Yes. Satisfying to hear about? Absolutely. Here are a few other artists who have publicly dealt with the frustration of certain absurd song requests.
03 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
My favorite moment: about 2:14 and the line “let me get my things”
01 Mar 2012 5 Comments
On the one hand, it’s comic. On the other, it’s no joke–these guys have real chops. And it’s their obvious seriousness about the music that makes it all the more funny. This is one of those vids I feel I could watch every morning, just to get my day off right.
They are award-winning Finnish street band Porkka Playboys. Check out http://www.porkkaplayboys.com/ if you’ve also got a hankering to see Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades” performed in a sauna (naked of course).
29 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
Tom Waits as the Cookie Monster singing, “God’s Away On Business”
Every Moment Has A Song 