Happy Monday everyone! As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, Hank & Cupcakes recently finished a tour and headed into the studio to work on their second album. Little bits and pieces have started to come out since then. Continue reading
Category Archives: Required Viewing
Required viewing: Craig Ferguson
I’ve gotten back into catching bits and pieces of Craig Ferguson’s show lately. Ever since the days of Craig Kilborn I’ve always favored The Late Late Show; I’m not sure why, but I always favored Letterman over Leno, so perhaps it’s an extension of that. Continue reading
Required viewing: Sour’s “Life is Music”
As I get back into the rhythm of posting, here’s a quick post to share something I saw on The Verge this week that I thought was pretty awesome.
Wendy’s training videos, back in the day
Yesterday, a Gawker writer posted one of Wendy’s training videos as a big find. I definitely have seen them passed around in the past (they’ve been on YouTube for a few years), and thought I had written about it on one of the old blogs, but can’t find anything. For those who haven’t seen them, they’re pure gold. Continue reading
Required viewing: Robyn feat. Snoop Dogg, “U Should Know Better”
Until I can get back on schedule, enjoy this new video from Robyn. In the absence of new music, it’s great to see her active, further promoting some of the “Body Talk” output from a couple of years ago. It’s one of Robyn’s great “I’m the shit” style songs, which she gets away with in spades, with a young kid that looks remarkably like Robyn, actually, and a doll that represents Snoop. Another fun video from a talented mind.
Video released for Andrew McMahon’s ‘Synesthesia’
…and here’s another one! The debut today of Andrew McMahon’s ‘Synesthesia,’ which comes off his recent EP “The Pop Underground,” reminds me a bit of the recent video for Ariana Grande previously discussed here, with video projected onto a wall and the singer. However, whereas Grande’s video felt just a bit cheap, the colorful tapestry of interspersed moments and kaleidoscope-like editing kick it up a notch; the fact that Grande is signed to a major label and McMahon’s music is an indie release brings into sharp relief how much attention McMahon pays to all of this. Stellar effort.
Kylie shows off her new ‘Skirt’
Damn, it’s been a good year for music, and it just keeps on coming… check out this new track by Kylie Minogue, “Skirt,” which reinforces her ability to absorb dance trends and merge it with a pop sensibility, this time with some dubstep cred. It’s also a really cool lyric video that is pieced together from about 1,000 photographs. If this is a taste of what to expect on Kylie’s as-yet-unfinished 12th album, we’re in for a treat.
UPDATED: I just tripped across a profile of her the New York Times published today; it’s a pretty in-depth look at the star, her history and what she’s trying to accomplish now.
Robyn + The Lonely Island = <3
The Lonely Island released their third album, “The Wack Album,” yesterday. I’m still working through it, but for now, enjoy what is already one of the highlights for me: a collaboration between the trio and Robyn called “Go Kindergarten.” The song skewers those tunes that ask people to do all sorts of ridiculous actions on the dance floor to great effect.
A night with Penn & Teller
This past weekend continued my aim to get out and do more this year, and boy was it a treat: Penn & Teller visited Foxwoods, and I had the opportunity to see them live. Continue reading
Required viewing/listening: ‘Just a Minute’
Thanks to the Internet, it’s relatively straightforward to learn about entertainment produced in other countries. Thanks to Comedy Central, I watched the British episodes of “Whose Line is it Anyway?” long before the American version, and because of the wider variety of contestants found it a bit more entertaining (although I do still love the American version, and look forward to its return this summer). Thanks to my knowledge of that show, I found a radio show (that’s occasionally appeared on TV, such as the above) that’s been keeping me entertained as of late: “Just a Minute.” Continue reading