The Financial Crisis, Explained By The Story Pirates

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

The Story Pirates– a part-comedy, part-theater, part-educational troupe of actors, musicians and puppeteers working to improve literacy and writing in schools– help MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan explain the recent Financial Crisis through song:

Watch the full segment here, and be sure to check out the Story Pirates’ great programs in NYC & LA schools. Also be sure to check out the Story Pirates Facebook Fan Page.

World’s Greatest Rube Goldberg

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

The band ‘OK Go‘ has a reputation for non-traditional music videos and they’re back at it again with an amazing Rube Goldberg device that takes us through their new son, “This Too Shall Pass.” Check it out:

(via Andrew Shafer)

I’m With Coco Cheeto

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

This Conan O’Brien masterpiece employs Cheetos in a simply amazing way:

Chester Cheetah Bonus Round: The Cheeto living room!

(via LikeCOOL)

No Gelt, No Glory: The Spinagogue

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

Billed as “the greatest Hanukkah gift of all time” — and I’m not necessarily disagreeing — the Spinagogue reinvents the Jewish game of dreidel in a modern way, that people of all faiths can appreciate. In fact, who doesn’t like spinning a dreidel, particularly when you get to spin it on the moon or on a skeeball lane?

Schmaltz & Latke Bonus Round: Buy your tickets for Major League Dreidel 2009, to be held on December 12 at New York’s Knitting Factory, and check out scenes from MLD 2008:

To pre-order your Spinagogue for Hannukah 2009, visit ModernTribe.com, and for more information about Major League Dreidel, hit up League Knishioner, Eric Harris Pavony.

Slow-Mo Hypnotic Awesomeness

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

This is one of those brilliantly made hypnotic videos – elegantly simple, yet says so much (wait for the fat guy at 3:50):

Keep Your Ears Peeled: Pomplamoose

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

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!