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.
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)
This Conan O’Brien masterpiece employs Cheetos in a simply amazing way:
Chester Cheetah Bonus Round: The Cheeto living room!
(via LikeCOOL)
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.
This is one of those brilliantly made hypnotic videos – elegantly simple, yet says so much (wait for the fat guy at 3:50):
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!
