This is the most strangely addicting piece of Flash that I’ve seen on the Internet in a while. Think Hamster Dance + Charlie The Unicorn + more weirdness. [Note: Semi-NSFW-- make sure you have headphones plugged in and aren't surrounded by anal co-workers/bosses who might fire you, before clicking]:
To start with, if you have yet to watch Nina Paley’s amazing animated film “Sita Sings the Blues,” you can now watch it online HERE. It has a spectacular soundtrack, yet you can’t buy the soundtrack as a single entity – it will take some hunting to put it all together. Here are the links below for this amazing “almost lost” soundtrack (none of these are free, but they’re worth the price):
1. – “Sita in Space” – Todd Michaelsen [LINK]
2. – “Moanin’ Low” – Annette Hanshaw [LINK]
3. – “Here We Are” – Annette Hanshaw [LINK]
4. – “Viraha” – Rudresh Mahanthappa [CD]
5. – “Ganpati” – Masaladosa [LINK]
6. – “What I Wouldn’t Do for That Man” – Annette Hanshaw [LINK]
7. – “Daddy Won’t You Please Come Home?” – Annette Hanshaw [LINK]
8. – “Bomm Shankar” – Masaladosa [LINK]
9. – “I Like It When You Play the Blues” – Rudresh Mahanthappa [CD]
10. – “Who’s That Knockin’ at My Door?” – Annette Hanshaw [no source]
11. – “Mean to Me” – Annette Hanshaw [LINK]
12. – “If You Want the Rainbow You Must Have the Rain” – Annette Hanshaw [LINK]
13. – “Balancing Act” – Rudresh Mahanthappa [CD]
14. – “Agni Parishka (Sita’s Fire)” – Todd Michaelsen and Reena Shah [LINK]
15. – “Am I Blue?” – Annette Hanshaw [LINK]
16. – “Lover Come Back to Me” – Annette Hanshaw [LINK]
17. – “I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling” – Annette Hanshaw [LINK]
18. – “Sita’s String Theory” – Todd Michaelsen [LINK]
19. – “The Song Is Ended” – Annette Hanshaw [LINK]
10/13/09 – Special thanks to Rudresh Mahanthappa for directing us to his album “Black Water,” which provided several perfect songs for the film.
In a post last week, Blogadilla rockstar Heywood briefly mentioned the Bay Area band Pomplamoose . . . I gave them a listen and the awesomeness nearly made my insides fall out. They’re on their way up and their website has free music downloads.
One of the great moments when a cover is 10x better than the original.
CHECK THIS OUT, JACK!
Since we’ve been on the subject of auto-tuning . . .
Friend and hero (Roughly) Daily has recently turned us on to the new works of Colorpulse.
Personal favorite: Billy Mays.
Download the mp3 here.
And for Carl Sagan (feat. Stephen Hawking): here.
Some of the best hits from the 80’s, performed in the turn of the century style of ragtime piano. Talk about a mashup!
Track List:
(via Levy)
Bill Murray inadvertently reveals that he is a high-ranking member of the Illuminati: he knows the secret lyrics to the piano favorite “Chopsticks” (at 6:45 in the video below).
The video gets funny around 4:55, feel free to just fast forward to it.
