Music

Musical Interlude, with Zombies

Update:  Well, apparently that’s not actually Jonathan Coulton himself in the video.  Just a guy who’s very good at lip-syncing.  That’s okay.  I still approve.
One of the things I really missed about Dragon*Con this year was Dragon*Con TV, the in-house tv network that shows parody commercials and "bumps" reminiscent of those done by AdultSwim on [...]

Imogen Heap

I want to thank Jer over at Nyquil.org for introducing me to the music of Imogen Heap.  Check out this video:

I’ve always enjoyed songs like this, where one person does all the different parts, becoming, essentially, a one-person acapella group, and Imogen Heap has a lovely voice.  I’m now on a hunt to track down [...]

A Random Musical Note

Watching Ghost Rider last week and hearing Spiderbait’s cover of Johnny Cash’s "Ghost Riders in the Sky" made me want to dig out the Blues Brothers 2000 soundtrack.  In the first Blues Brothers film, you may recall, Jake and Elwood do a cover of "Rawhide" in a cowboy bar; I have that soundtrack, and I [...]

Zero to Hero and Tempestuous Happenings

It all began, really, about six weeks ago, when I realized that at the age of 32, my body was about where it was going to be for the rest of my life in many ways (yes, wrinkles will show up and gray hairs will appear and arthritis will probably set in at some [...]