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Saturday Night at the Seniors’ Home

thebeet — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:46:33 +0000

Ok I have no idea the story behind this video – but it is the best thing I’ve seen in a while. I have no idea why the Bay City Rollers are singing with Ann Margret (decked out in orange plaid I note and seemingly always a couple of notes behind the boys). But, the real fun here is the audience. What is going on in this video? Where did they find these people?? Truly awesome.

BAY CITY ROLLERS & ANN MARGERET SATURDAY NIGHT @ Yahoo! Video

Wives and Lovers

thebeet — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:06:43 +0000

I came across a post today on Yours Truly about 60s singer Jack Jones which included this video for his biggest hit “Wives and Lovers”. Now here’s the thing – I know I’ve heard this song before – but clearly I never really listened to the lyrics because as I was listening to it today all I could think was “whuck?”. I mean I kind of always thought it would be fun to live in the 60s – peace, love and rock ‘n roll and all that – but now I’m convinced that with my luck I’d end up in this 60s – listening to some no-lipped man sing to me about how I better please my man or else “men being men” he’ll take up with one of the “girls” at the office. Guess this explains Jack Jones’s five wives.

Janelle Monae

thebeet — Sat, 22 May 2010 03:53:35 +0000

You know how usually the musical guests on late night tv are the same bands that are appearing everywhere doing the same old versions of their same old songs….and you hang on hoping for something new and exciting? Well a couple of nights ago that’s exactly what viewers of David Letterman got with the national television debut of the amazing Ms. Janelle Monae. Holy man! Talk about epic. Nothing I say will do her justice – you just have to check out her performance for yourself and then check out the equally amazing official video for the song Tightrope. Then shimmy yourself down to your local music purveyor and get your hands on her album - The ArchAndroid – you know you won’t regret it! (The first video is in HD if your computer is not fast enough to run it properly – just click on the 1080 and lower the speed).

The Voice Project

thebeet — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:00:05 +0000

War has ravaged Uganda for over two decades now. It is an incredibly sad situation made even sadder by the fact that the LRA, the militant group fighting the government, uses children as its main weapon of war – children who have been abducted and forced to fight. The children are forced to commit all kinds of atrocities even killing their friends and family members. Many abductees and former soldiers are able to escape, but when they do they are afraid to come home because of the acts they were forced to commit.

The women of Northern Uganda – widows, rape survivors and former abductees – have been banding together to support each other and those orphaned by the war and prevalent disease. And they are singing. They are singing songs to let the former soldiers know they are forgiven and should come home – songs that are passed by word of mouth and by radio out into the bush. And it’s working. Former LRA are returning and for the first time the area has a real chance at peace

The Voice Project aims at amplifying the voices of these women and to spread them far and wide to help raise awareness and support for the former abductees and the for the area as a whole. If you visit the site you can see videos of the women and former abductees singing, you can read abductees’ stories and see the programs that are being put in place to help this area. You can also see videos of some great artists who heard about the cause and are lending their support by also singing – singing various covers to help raise money for peace. It is an amazing project, doing amazing work. You can check it out further here. In the meantime, here are a couple of videos from the site for you to enjoy – one of the women of Uganda themselves and one of a great Beatles cover performed by The Submarines.

“Home” in Gulu from The Voice Project on Vimeo.

The Submarines » The Beatles from The Voice Project on Vimeo.

Sexy Back

thebeet — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:00:26 +0000

Brett Domino and Steven Peavis are bringing Sexy Back. I do so love geeky musicians…and they don’t get more geeky than this!

Stomacher – Untitled/Dark Divider

thebeet — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:00:09 +0000

A really beautiful time-lapse video created by Sean Steigemeier for the band Stomacher’s song Untitled/Dark Divider. Locations for the video include Prague, Japan, Banff, Utah, Oregon and California. If this video doesn’t make you want to quit your job and go traveling nothing will!

Stomacher – Untitled/Dark Divider from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo.

Turning Japanese

thebeet — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:00:08 +0000

In case you’ve been wondering what Kirsten Dunst’s been up to lately – well, she’s starring in a video as Akihabara Majokko Princess at the Tate Museum of Modern Art. The video was created by Takashi Murakami in collaboration with McG and is set in the manga centre of Japan – Akihabara. The exhibition is entitled “Pop Life: Art in a Material World“. Check it out.

The Morning Benders (and Orchestra)

thebeet — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:00:53 +0000

Some fun music for your Sunday from The Morning Benders – and their musical friends. The song is “Excuses”. The video was created by Yours Truly and starts with a little explanation of the “wall of sound” idea and then launches into fabulousness!

My Place

thebeet — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:00:52 +0000

Great video for the Navigators’ song “My Place”. Designer Pavel Fuksa designed all 178 of the vintage-style matchbook covers used in the video – very cool!

Out of a Forest

thebeet — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:00:29 +0000

I love everything about this little stop-motion animation from Denmark’s The Animation Workshop – the look, the feel, the music – and I adored the ending. The film is the brainchild of Tobias Gundorff Boesen with animation assistance from Katrine Killerich, Frederick Villumsen and Christophe Peladen. Oh and the song is “Slow Show” by The National – enjoy!

Out Of A Forest from Tobias Gundorff Boesen on Vimeo.