I’m writing a post, and there’s not a goddamn thing you can do about it either.
The end.
I’m writing a post, and there’s not a goddamn thing you can do about it either.
The end.
In honor of the birthday of The King I bring you one of my favorite diddies of yesteryear.
We have heaped abuse on Boing Boing before, and apparently we are not the only ones who have these complaints about how they’ve gone downhill. Someone has created a site called BoingBoingBingo – just hit refresh to get a new bingo card full of the 30 or so topics that Boing Boing keeps repeating over and over.
Since I can’t think of anything worthwhile to write for Billy Ocean, Student Council Treasurer today, I am just going to say I’m not writing because I’m in solidarity with the Writer’s Guild of America, who are on strike. Enjoy the following video, courtesy a couple of WGA strikers.
Cleaning up my messy Hotmail inbox today, I stumbled across an old favorite bit of internet humor – Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Iron Maiden. If you aren’t familiar with Iron Maiden’s catalog of songs – often based on mythology, history, and literature – you may find yourself scratching your head and wondering why it is funny. If you were an 80’s metalhead like me, you’ll laugh your ass off.
And, incidentally, I think I may have actually gone to school with “Poodlehead” here:
Shortly after his appearance on The Muppet Show, John Denver indulged his more experimental side and recorded a 4-song EP with death metal band Deicide. Unhappy with the results, John declined to support the release, refusing to appear in any promotional materials or going on tour. He’s credited on the album as “Don Jenver”.
Listen to some of his guitar work below. The song is titled “Homage to Satan”.
John and and his wife of 14 years divorced shortly after the release of this single.
The two things I think of immediatley after hearing the name John Denver is Grape Nuts and the Muppets.
The video below is boring to watch, but it’s the audio that is interesting. This is a discussion of the “Amen Break“, possibly the most-used sample in contemporary music – somewhat like the “Wilhelm Scream“, but with possibly broader ramifications.
A little long for a Youtube video (about 19 minutes), it starts with a history of the sample itself, examples of its use in more recent music, and goes into a brief discussion of its implication in regards to copyright laws and the very nature of sampling.
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