Sunday, December 19, 2010
The Owls
Heard some songs by this group called The Owls awhile back and liked 'em:
Baby Boy
(Kind of a sad song. "Cat's in the Cradle" style.)
Channel
Afternoon song
The lyrics to this song can be found here. Apparently they were written as part of the Songs From Scratch project by an MPR station in which various groups wrote and preformed songs based on this poem by Stephen Burt.
Baby Boy
(Kind of a sad song. "Cat's in the Cradle" style.)
Channel
Afternoon song
The lyrics to this song can be found here. Apparently they were written as part of the Songs From Scratch project by an MPR station in which various groups wrote and preformed songs based on this poem by Stephen Burt.
Guilty Pleasures: Lewd Rap
Not that I espouse the ideas these songs suggest, but sometimes the lyrics or delivery are so over the top it almost makes me chuckle to hear it. It makes me wonder if writers and performers are really serious about what they're singing or have to stop themselves from laughing while they're recording.
Cases in point:
Control Myself - JLO & LL Cool J
(a.k.a. "The ZZZZZ Song")
Jenny needs a scrunchy to keep that hair out of her face. Also keep an eye out for the snoring at 3:10 and girlfriend slam-dunking his head into her crotch at 3:28.
Sexy Back - Justin Timberlake
For one thing this is a Timber double feature (both -lake and -land). For another, until I looked up the lyrics just now I could have sworn that the refrain (or hook? or bridge?) for this was "Like your sexy back!". But apparently this song is actually about regaining one's "sexy" rather than an attractive posterior. There's a throbbing intensity to Sexy Back that really speaks to animal hunger, but something about it just makes my eyes roll of their own accord.
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix A Lot
Don't know if this one should count since it's clearly intended for humor sake. But almost two decades later I still find it amusing. See also Jonathan Coulton's rendition.
My Humps - The Black Eyed Peas
I have no real commentary on why I find this song amusing except to add that Alanis Morisette's self-deprecating version is also a blast.
Cases in point:
Control Myself - JLO & LL Cool J
(a.k.a. "The ZZZZZ Song")
Jenny needs a scrunchy to keep that hair out of her face. Also keep an eye out for the snoring at 3:10 and girlfriend slam-dunking his head into her crotch at 3:28.
Sexy Back - Justin Timberlake
For one thing this is a Timber double feature (both -lake and -land). For another, until I looked up the lyrics just now I could have sworn that the refrain (or hook? or bridge?) for this was "Like your sexy back!". But apparently this song is actually about regaining one's "sexy" rather than an attractive posterior. There's a throbbing intensity to Sexy Back that really speaks to animal hunger, but something about it just makes my eyes roll of their own accord.
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix A Lot
Don't know if this one should count since it's clearly intended for humor sake. But almost two decades later I still find it amusing. See also Jonathan Coulton's rendition.
My Humps - The Black Eyed Peas
I have no real commentary on why I find this song amusing except to add that Alanis Morisette's self-deprecating version is also a blast.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Taylor Swift
Apparently I'm a closet Taylor Swift fan . . . or at least, I gradually came to like these songs, and Google just revealed to me they were both sung by Taylor Swift:
Mine
Love Story
Or it could just be that I like traditional, sappy stories of love triumphing over adversity and ending in an enduring relationship. Still, I get this awkward feeling that I'm pretty far from the demographic these things are aimed at.
The video for You Belong With Me also deserves honorable mention simply for trying to pass Taylor Swift off as the Pretty-Ugly girl. Never has the transformation been so amusingly transparent and predictable since Strictly Ballroom:
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Mine
Love Story
Or it could just be that I like traditional, sappy stories of love triumphing over adversity and ending in an enduring relationship. Still, I get this awkward feeling that I'm pretty far from the demographic these things are aimed at.
The video for You Belong With Me also deserves honorable mention simply for trying to pass Taylor Swift off as the Pretty-Ugly girl. Never has the transformation been so amusingly transparent and predictable since Strictly Ballroom:
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Saturday, September 25, 2010
Whale of Noise
From the Famicase (fake/fan-made 8-bit Nintendo cartridge) 2008 exhibition:
I want to play this game very much.
I really wish it existed.
I want to play this game very much.
I really wish it existed.
Flash Games I've Kinda Liked 3
Crush the Castle 1 - Destroy enemy castles with carefully placed catapult shots. Physics shooter.
Crush the Castle 2 - More of the same, new weapons, etc.
The Deeplight Expedition - Search the caverns for tablets telling of the labyrinth's creation and magical runestones ultimately granting access to the Deeplight Stone. Fun and cute little exploration focused platformer.
e7 - You are a probe landed on a bizarre planet, apparently coated with a thick layer of animate organism. Find and destroy a bomb aimed at the Earth fighting alien drones and using the planet's weird properties along the way. Simple but neat concept and graphics, nice design.
Little Loki - A leet little imp trying to escape hell. Neat sort of silhouetted design.
Halo 2600 - Halo as designed for the Atari 2600. Can't say I loved play, but did enjoy the retro style design.
The Fountain - Novel platformer where you start out as a single pixel only able to jump a small distance but grow in size and capability as you recover missing pieces of yourself. Maybe some sort of commentary on something.
Raiden X - Top scrolling air/space ship shooter game, modeled on Raiden I & II with a nice retro feel to it. If you have a hankering for top scrolling 2D flight/shooter games then you would be hard pressed to do better than this for free.
Starmageddon - Yet another top scrolling space ship shooter game. Ok, but not as good as Raiden X.
Nostradamus - As far as I can tell the name has little to do with the contents of the game. Another nice retro top scrolling air/space ship shooter game.
Outzone - Single character retro-shooter. Essentially futuristic commando vs. alien invasion. Vaguely like a top scrolling version of Contra.
That's all that come to mind at the moment.
Crush the Castle 2 - More of the same, new weapons, etc.
The Deeplight Expedition - Search the caverns for tablets telling of the labyrinth's creation and magical runestones ultimately granting access to the Deeplight Stone. Fun and cute little exploration focused platformer.
e7 - You are a probe landed on a bizarre planet, apparently coated with a thick layer of animate organism. Find and destroy a bomb aimed at the Earth fighting alien drones and using the planet's weird properties along the way. Simple but neat concept and graphics, nice design.
Little Loki - A leet little imp trying to escape hell. Neat sort of silhouetted design.
Halo 2600 - Halo as designed for the Atari 2600. Can't say I loved play, but did enjoy the retro style design.
The Fountain - Novel platformer where you start out as a single pixel only able to jump a small distance but grow in size and capability as you recover missing pieces of yourself. Maybe some sort of commentary on something.
Raiden X - Top scrolling air/space ship shooter game, modeled on Raiden I & II with a nice retro feel to it. If you have a hankering for top scrolling 2D flight/shooter games then you would be hard pressed to do better than this for free.
Starmageddon - Yet another top scrolling space ship shooter game. Ok, but not as good as Raiden X.
Nostradamus - As far as I can tell the name has little to do with the contents of the game. Another nice retro top scrolling air/space ship shooter game.
Outzone - Single character retro-shooter. Essentially futuristic commando vs. alien invasion. Vaguely like a top scrolling version of Contra.
That's all that come to mind at the moment.
Friday, April 30, 2010
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