Category: music

Geek chik – The Guild

On By Rick McIn geek babes, music, TVLeave a comment

The Guild is an American comedy web series created and written by Felicia Day, who also stars as Codex. It premiered on YouTube on July 27, 2007.

Subsequent webisodes premiered on Microsoft’s Xbox Live Marketplace, Zune Marketplace, and MSN Video. The webisodes were later made available on the official Guild website, YouTube, and iTunes.

The show revolves around the lives of online guild “The Knights of Good” who play countless hours of an unspecified MMORPG video game. The story focuses on Codex, the Priestess who attempts to lead a normal life after one of her guild-mates, Warlock Zaboo (Sandeep Parikh), shows up on her doorstep. …

Felicia Day is even more famous for this online video.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Her new Bollywood theme video is going viral too.

Janelle Monáe – Tightrope ft. Big Boi

On By Rick McIn musicLeave a comment

Dean Kalyan linked to this great pop video saying:

I dig this. In an age where music videos continue to devolve into nonsense and porn-inspired gimmicks, it’s nice to see people with talent are still able to shine.

Love the “moon walking” dance steps.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Janelle Monáe (born December 1, 1985 in Kansas City as Janelle Monáe Robinson) is a Grammy nominated American singer, songwriter, dancer, and performer. …

Janelle Monáe – official website

arrived Charlottetown …

On By Rick McIn Cirque du Soleil, music, travel2 Comments

I’m not actually the biggest celebrity here at Peakes Wharf.

Rick at "tourist central" Charlottetown 2010

We’ve got Cirque du Soleil, Randy Bachman and Fred Turner, Regis and Kelly, Great Big Sea …

My hosts Jim and Lea Rand put on a tub of mussels for us. All you can eat.

Rick's mussels Charlottetown 2010

great guitar – Springstein and Tom Morello

On By Rick McIn musicLeave a comment

Dan recommended the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary concert in Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Here’s one terrific highlight clip:

Bruce Springsteen calls Tom Morello on stage to let him rage against the general harmony of the song, “The Ghost of Tom Joad”. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary in Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Watch the complete song on YouTube. (9min)

Tom Morello is a …

Grammy Award-winning American guitarist best known for his tenure with the bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, his acoustic solo act The Nightwatchman, and his newest group, Street Sweeper Social Club. He is best-known for his use of guitar effects, his innovative guitar solos, his use of the tapping and his heavy-riffs. He was featured as one of the guitarists in Rolling Stone’s “The Top 20 New Guitarists” article and was ranked #26 on Rolling Stone’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”

He and Bruce both are leftist political activists, especially Morello. He’s pretty much an American Billy Bragg.

Rage Against The Machine, plays Springstein’s The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995) song in concert.

A New History of Gospel Music

On By Rick McIn books, music, product endorsementsLeave a comment

Kate and I were impressed by author Bob Darden interviewed on the CBC radio program Tapestry. (I immediately went and subscribed to the show as an audiocast.)

People Get Ready!: A New History of Gospel Music (2004) is a passionate, celebratory, and carefully researched chronology of one of America’s greatest treasures. From Africa through the spirituals, from minstrel music through jubilee, and from traditional to contemporary gospel, People Get Ready! shows the links between styles, social patterns, and artists.

The emphasis is on the stories behind the songs and musicians. …

Amazon

not Gaga …

On By Rick McIn music, product complaints3 Comments

In 2010 … if Pop music is not entirely dead to me, Pop music videos are.

There’s nothing new in music videos so far as I’m concerned.

Despite that, Lady GaGa has become the first artist in history to have her music videos watched a total of one billion times online. (Perhaps the rising tide of all social media sites is raising all boats, including Gaga.)

Yet there’s nothing new about Gaga aside from her unashamed goal to be more famous than talented.

Seems to me her videos rehash Madonna (who was original) using Eminem’s style guide. Every scene is stolen from somewhere else, and not like a Quentin Tarantino homage. This is simply stale.

Click PLAY or watch Telephone ft. Beyoncé on YouTube. (10min)

Leave a comment if you can ‘splain me why I should be Gaga.

acoustic medley of TV show music

On By Rick McIn humour, music, TVLeave a comment

A one man band, Fredrik, of learnguitarez.net.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

0:01 Two and a Half Men
0:22 The Simpsons
0:36 O.C
1:00 Naruto
1:11 Family Guy
1:41 Married with Children
1:57 Cheers
2:16 That 70’s Show
2:41 Big Love
2:58 Freaks and Geeks
3:18 Malcolm in the Middle
3:35 X-Files
3:55 Firefly
4:09 The Office
4:24 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
4:44 Scrubs
4:54 True Blood
5:27 Charles in Charge
5:38 The Big Bang Theory
5:55 How I Met Your Mother
6:05 Mission Impossible
6:14 Friends

Thanks Warren.

Jason Mraz – I’m Yours

On By Rick McIn musicLeave a comment

Kyle Shewfelt linked to this video. (He’s been spending a lot of time in Hawaii over the past couple of years. It’s got a great island vibe.)

“I’m Yours” was nominated for Grammy Award for Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Grammy Awards. …

“I’m Yours” was immensely successful in the U.S. on the Billboard charts. At 76 weeks on the Hot 100, it holds the record for most weeks spent on the chart, breaking the previous record set by LeAnn Rimes’ song “How Do I Live” in 1998. It is currently the third best selling digital song of all time in the U.S., selling in excess of 4.4 million downloads. …

Wikipedia

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.