After yesterday's "Nerding Out" post, I had to continue with this . . .
A friend started posted Mr. B/Professor Elemental videos on Youtube, and well, I just laughed my behind off.
The English accents, the ukulele solos, the fact that Mr. B looks a lot like Ben Folds. Also the clear love of hip-hop . . . the whole ridiculousness of it all. It all makes me smile.
Hear "Chap Hop History" on Youtube.
Hear Professor Elemental's "Fighting Trousers" on Youtube.
Hear "Straight Out Of Surrey" on Youtube.
Hear the inevitable on-stage showdown on Youtube.
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Ben Folds "The Luckiest"
Total "Nerding Out!" weekend, bolstering my geek credentials.
I curled up on the couch on Saturday with a Charlie Kaufman movie.
I spent the weekend getting excited to hear Ira Glass of "This American Life" at a speaking engagement in Woods Hole (though he got hung up in that mid-West snow, and had to postpone).
Delved deeply into one of the most interesting interviews I've read in a long time, with one of the most thoughtful interviewees I've read, the "I'm A PC" guy, John Hodgeman, who eloquently illustrated that sports metaphors are nearly impossible to avoid, and that sometimes being a Democrat is like getting punched in the face, repeatedly.
Oh, and I'll wait to post a video tomorrow, but I discovered "Chap-Hop" (thanks Hugh!).
But I hit total geek Nirvana with this video.
Wait until you hear the sneaky, subliminal way Ben Folds managed to convey that the characters in the song are married. Brilliant!
Ben Folds discusses and performs "The Luckiest"
I curled up on the couch on Saturday with a Charlie Kaufman movie.
I spent the weekend getting excited to hear Ira Glass of "This American Life" at a speaking engagement in Woods Hole (though he got hung up in that mid-West snow, and had to postpone).
Delved deeply into one of the most interesting interviews I've read in a long time, with one of the most thoughtful interviewees I've read, the "I'm A PC" guy, John Hodgeman, who eloquently illustrated that sports metaphors are nearly impossible to avoid, and that sometimes being a Democrat is like getting punched in the face, repeatedly.
Oh, and I'll wait to post a video tomorrow, but I discovered "Chap-Hop" (thanks Hugh!).
But I hit total geek Nirvana with this video.
Wait until you hear the sneaky, subliminal way Ben Folds managed to convey that the characters in the song are married. Brilliant!
Ben Folds discusses and performs "The Luckiest"
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