Groonk's Newsmine 2.0

April 29, 2008

The Post Apocalypse Muxtapes

I love you folks atWhitechapel.

So it's the end of the world and you are one of the few survivors wandering around. During the long tedious hours of looking for food, water, gasoline, weapons, ammunition, and fighting off the occasional mutant biker gang you need to listen to some music that fits the situation you are in and perhaps even make things seem less horrible.

TAPE 1
titled: "Just Walk Away"
http://postapocalyptic1.muxtape.com/

TAPE 2
titled: "I Fucking Hate This Deserted Wasteland"
http://postapocalyptic2.muxtape.com/

TAPE 3
currently untitled
http://postapocalyptic3.muxtape.com/

When the world ends, I'll be listening to awesome.

(via whitechapel)

Posted by Groonk at 10:51 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Music, Muxtape

April 15, 2008

WATCH: Portishead in Portishead

(via somebody's twitter, current tv)

Posted by Groonk at 03:55 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Music

April 13, 2008

That Song. This video. GORGEOUS

(via eggradio, theraputic you tube)

Tighten your buttocks...

Juice on your chin...

I promised my girlfriend...

I'd learn the violin.

Posted by Groonk at 04:48 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Just Freaking Neat, Music

April 02, 2008

I Spent a Swank Evening at Wayne Manor

And I am all the better for it.

LISTEN: "Another Swank Evening At Wayne Manor"

(via whitechapel, b00mb0x)

Posted by Groonk at 05:18 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Comics, Digital Share, Just Freaking Neat, Music

March 19, 2008

The Sour Times are Over, New Portishead Video Released

New Portishead video. Can you stand it? Are you ready?

WATCH: Portishead "Machine Gun"

(via ontd, Portishead)

Posted by Groonk at 03:33 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music

March 12, 2008

Make Awesome Things and Animation with Phun

LISTEN: Phun, the Theme Music

Something this awesome looking and, possibly, addicting should never be brought to my attention.

Yet there it is, ready for you or I to download..free!
http://www.acc.umu.se/~emilk/

(via phun lovin youtube, bad science)

Posted by Groonk at 06:52 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Games, Just Freaking Neat, Music

March 11, 2008

The Buddha Machine is Curious, Confuses

The Buddha Machine is a little plastic box that plays music.

Specifically, FM3 constructed nine drones, varying from two seconds to 42 seconds, which repeat endlessly in the listener’s ear until the “track” is switched to the next drone (or the two AA batteries run out).

The machine has its own built-in speaker, in case one would like to fill a room with the drones, but there is also a headphone jack for more personal meditative experiences. There’s a switch on the side that allows for traversal of the tracks, and a DC jack (though an adapter is not included) for those who would like the Buddha Machine experience be truly endless.

In a way, it’s like the cheapest pre-loaded IPod you’ll ever be able to buy."

(via Internet Jesus tweet, pop matters, FM3)

Posted by Groonk at 04:57 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Art, Music, Research, Technology

February 24, 2008

Veronica Belmont, Jonathan Coulton, Leo Laporte, and Merlin Mann. "Still Alive"

The things these guys, and gal, do for New Media. Wonderful!

(via veronica belmont)

Posted by Groonk at 05:43 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Intertube Madness, Just Freaking Neat, Music, Video

February 19, 2008

Marky Ramone has Condoms. Oh, So Many Condoms.

What do you get with each kit, you hesitantly inquire? Why, a couple jimmy hats, some lube, and an STD resource card, packed in a discreet Marky Ramone-themed tin with the motto "Too Tuff to Break" emblazoned on top. Available in black or silver! And, as Ready Two Go reminds us, the tins are easily refillable with "coins, pills, cigarettes, stash, mints, gum."

(via ontd, pitchforkmedia)

Posted by Groonk at 12:26 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Marketing, Music, Sex

February 13, 2008

Guitar + Tesla Coil = 250,000 volts of Distortion / Win

(via supercharged You Tube, scopeboy, eggradio.com )

Posted by Groonk at 12:14 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Just Freaking Neat, Music, Tesla, The Future

February 06, 2008

Moby's Giving Away Music

If you want a Moby fueled video project, you're in luck.

this portion of moby.com, 'film music', is for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short. to use the site you log in(or on?) and are then given a password. you can then listen to the available music and download whatever you want to use in your film or video or short.

the music is free as long as it's being used in a non-commercial or non-profit film, video, or short.

if you want to use it in a commercial film or short then you can apply for an easy license...

(via ontd, moby gratis)

Posted by Groonk at 04:43 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Movies, Music

January 23, 2008

Last.fm Becomes Relevant Again, Frees the Music

As of today, you can play full-length tracks and entire albums for free on the Last.fm website.

Something we’ve wanted for years—for people who visit Last.fm to be able to play any track for free—is now possible. With the support of the folks behind EMI, Sony BMG, Universal and Warner—and the artists they work with—plus thousands of independent artists and labels, we’ve made the biggest legal collection of music available to play online for free, the way we believe it should be.

The good.
They're paying artist for the music they play.

The catch.
You can only play it 3 times before it barks at you about some new subscription service.

A decent start.

(via digg, last.fm blog, everywhere else it seems)

Posted by Groonk at 01:11 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Music

January 21, 2008

Led Zeppelin is all about Kicking Doors

"When the door is cracked slightly, you don't just peep through -you kick it open,"
--Jimmy Page

(via ontd, blender )

Posted by Groonk at 02:26 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music, Quotables

Bjork wants You to LOL More

"I'd like to see Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix walk down the red carpet at the MTV awards but I think they would just be ridiculed. There's just no room for this when it's so conservative."

Some of the conservatives argue that things are too serious right now to be laughed at, but they forget that that is exactly when it's important to laugh.

(via ontd, theage.com.au )

Posted by Groonk at 01:55 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music, Quotables

January 06, 2008

Concert Click: Scotch Mist

My favorite poetry reading, between the songs is "Head & Shoulders." And by favorite I mean that it's the one I bothered to pay attention to whilst I was working on other things.

This item is 'perishable.' Due to end Jan. 30th, 2008.

(via egg radio forum, currenttv)

Posted by Groonk at 06:37 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Just Freaking Neat, Music, Video

December 17, 2007

Soma.fm has a Lovely Christmas Lounge of Music

It's kid and parent safe! It's one of the few Christmas laden music streams that I can stand during the holidays. It's a pity I can't hear the damn thing in my car.

And for those with less sensitive ears there's:

You can follow the playlist in their Twitter.

I repeat, the Xmas in Frisco stream is not kid friendly. All they need is some random, non-reading idiot raising a ruckus about not being warned. I did it.

I warned you all.

(via soma.fm christmas, xmas in frisco)

Posted by Groonk at 01:33 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Holiday, Music, Streamed Goodness

June 02, 2007

40 Years Ago...

The Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, the Fray and other popular rock groups have joined to record songs from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in honor of Friday's 40th anniversary of the Beatles' epochal album.

During the special recording session, which airs on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday, musicians and audio engineer Geoff Emerick will work with the same equipment the Beatles used for their album.

(via ontd)

Posted by Groonk at 04:53 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Albums, History, Music

May 28, 2007

LISTEN: There Be Pirates, Lads and Lasses

Sing along with me. Cause I'm singing like a pirate full of rum and wandering ambition.

Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the Colors high.
Heave ho,
thieves and beggars,
never shall we die.

The king and his men
stole the queen from her bed
and bound her in her Bones.
The seas be ours
and by the powers
where we will we’ll roam.

Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the Colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never say we die.

Some men have died
and some are alive
and others sail on the sea
– with the keys to the cage…
and the Devil to pay
we lay to Fiddler’s Green!

The bell has been raised
from it’s watery grave…
Do you hear it’s sepulchral tone?
We are a call to all,
pay head the squall
and turn your sail toward home!

Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the Colors high…
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never say we die.

(via stealth fiction)

Posted by Groonk at 11:18 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Movies, Music

May 03, 2007

They Come to Make Music of Your House

(via teddy kristiansen and whimsically drumming YouTube)

Posted by Groonk at 06:59 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music, Video, Weird

April 28, 2007

Jeff Buckley. Hallelujah.

(via wonderful youtube)

Posted by Groonk at 02:55 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Just Freaking Neat, Music, People Who Died, Video

Nine Inch Nails Loves The Pirate Bay

Releasing Nine Inch Nail material online is an avenue the industrial rock band has been familiar with some time. Many tracks are readily available one the NIN.com website, downloadable via the traditional client/server method. However in a brief announcement made yesterday, a surprising element appeared. Not that new material was available for download, but that it was available via the BitTorrent protocol. Even more surprisingly, the torrents were uploaded to The Pirate Bay.

[...]

Although it has earned the scorn of the US entertainment industry, it appears that not all entertainers feel hostile towards the Swedish BitTorrent site - particularly Trent Reznor. Three audio tracks are currently being indexed by The Pirate Bay, "Capital G", "My Violent Heart", and "Me, I'm Not." This is an interesting move by NIN, and one that lends a hand of legitimacy to The Pirate Bay - as it shows that entertainers realize the importance of reaching out to their target audience.

(via ontd and slyck news)

Posted by Groonk at 08:38 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Marketing, Music

April 23, 2007

40 Songs I Can Never Use in Any of My Movies

AKA Rolling Stones list of "40 Songs that Changed the World."

All of these tunes have been done to death in any movie you watch. Sad thing is, I agree with 90% of the list only where is Jeff Buckley or Weezer?

Thank you Rolling Stone. It's nice to know where the movie cliche dangers lay.

1. Elvis Presley “That’s All Right”
2. Ray Charles “I Got AWoman”
3. Chuck Berry “Maybellene”
4. Bob Dylan “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”
5. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie”
6. The Ronettes “Be My Baby”
7. The Beatles “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”
8. Martha and the Vandellas “Dancing In The Street”
9. The Rolling Stones “(I Cant Get No) Satisfaction”
10. Bob Dylan “Like A Rolling Stone”
11. The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever”
12. The Velvet Underground “Herion”
13. Aretha Franklin “Respect”
14. Jimi Hendrix “Purple Haze”
15. Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love”
16. James Brown “Get Up (I Feel Like being a) Sex Machine”
17. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On”
18. John Lennon “Imagine”
19. David Bowie “Ziggy Stardust”
20. Bob Marley “I Shot The Sheriff”
21. Joni Mitchell “Help Me”
22. Bruce Springsteen “Born To Run”
23. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody”
24. The Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop”
25. The Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the UK”
26. Donna Summer “I Feel Love”
27. The Sugarhill Gang “Rappers Delight”
28. Black Flag “TV Party”
29. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean”
30. Prince “When Doves Cry”
31. U2 “Pride (In The Name Of Love)”
32. Madonna “Like A Virgin”
33. Dun DMC and Aerosmith “Walk This Way”
34. The Cure “Just Like Heaven”
35. Guns N Roses “Sweet Child O Mine”
36. Public Enemy “Bring The Noise”
37. Dr. Dre “Nuthin’ But A G Thang”
38. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
39. Britney Spears “…Baby One More Time”
40. The White Stripes “Fell In Love With A Girl”

(via ontd and rollingstoneextras)

Posted by Groonk at 04:54 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Movies, Music, Research

The Vinyl Record Resurgence

NPR reports that there's a surge in vinyl records these days and that the usb turntable might be the cause of it.

"You hear people use adjectives like 'warmer' and 'more round.' And there are other things beside sound quality. People know what the song titles are. It's not like, 'I like track 5.' You put the needle on and let it play through -- not jump around. You have more of an intimate relationship with the music."

(via NPR and diesel sweeties)

Posted by Groonk at 12:39 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Culture, Digital Decompression, Music, Quotables

April 22, 2007

BLIND CLICK 6: File Under more Amusing than it Should Be

(via dirt and ytmnd)

Posted by Groonk at 04:27 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Music

April 19, 2007

Our Sun Likes to Rock-Out

But we can't hear it's song.

Astronomers have recorded heavenly music bellowed out by the Sun’s atmosphere.

Snagging orchestra seats for this solar symphony would be fruitless, however, as the frequency of the sound waves is below the human hearing threshold. While humans can make out sounds between 20 and 20,000 hertz, the solar sound waves are on the order of milli-hertz—a thousandth of a hertz.

The study, presented this week at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in Lancashire, England, reveals that the looping magnetic fields along the Sun’s outer regions, called the corona, carry magnetic sound waves in a similar manner to musical instruments such as guitars or pipe organs.

[...]

They found that explosive events at the Sun’s surface appear to trigger acoustic waves that bounce back and forth between both ends of the loops, a phenomenon known as a standing wave.

“These magnetic loops are analogous to a simple guitar string,” von Fay-Siebenburgen explained. “If you pluck a guitar string, you will hear the music.”

In the cosmic equivalent of a guitar pick, so-called microflares at the base of loops could be plucking the magnetic loops and setting the sound waves in motion, the researchers speculate.

Why those bastards didn't include a sample of the "music" I'll never know.

(via yahoo and space.com)

Posted by Groonk at 05:45 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music, Science

Today is White Guys on the Internet Comedy Day...

...I have decided. So it shall be.

I can't decide if Stuckey and Murray's "Taking a Dump at Work is brilliant or retarded.

Barats an Bereta lip synch and air guitar(with yard stick) to Barenaked Ladies "Sound of Your Voice."

And yes, I've seen Will Ferrell's video The Landlord. That has to be the funniest thing I've seen him do in years.

(via b and b Youtube and stuckey and murray poop)

Posted by Groonk at 05:08 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Just Freaking Neat, Music, Video

April 13, 2007

Stuckey and Murray Know About Jersey Girls

While admiring Heavy.com's video embed, I listend to "Garden State of Love."

(via stuckey and murray)

Posted by Groonk at 07:04 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Music, Video

April 05, 2007

LISTEN: NIN Year Zero Album

You can either dance for the monkey to get it(register an email and such)

Or cheat the bastards and click the image below.

Either way, I'm liking what I'm hearing.

(Found @ The Engine, warren ellis)

Posted by Groonk at 12:47 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Music

April 04, 2007

NIN Re-Dabbling in Strange Marketing Practices

Actually, it's all part of the elaborate (and somewhat terrifying) concept behind Nine Inch Nails' upcoming Year Zero album (due April 17), details of which are currently being disseminated through a series of increasingly spooky — and downright odd — Web sites.

Strangely enough, the story actually began on the back of a T-shirt sold on NIN's current European tour. Dates and cities are listed, with certain letters highlighted. When those letters were arranged, they spelled out the phrase "I am trying to believe," which most saw as just another statement of shattered hope from NIN mastermind Trent Reznor ... that was, until one particularly, uh, "enterprising" individual decided to Google the phrase.

What was revealed was a rather unsettling site (IAmTryingToBelieve.com) dedicated to information on "Parepin," a drug allegedly added to the water supply by the federal government at some unknown date to protect citizens from bioterror attacks. While all appears to be normal, the author of the site — who is not identified — paints a different picture, referring to Parepin as "bioterrorism" being waged on U.S. citizens without their knowledge, designed to placate them.

The concept album Year Zero comes out April 17th and takes place 15 years in the future.

(via The Engine and VH1)

Posted by Groonk at 12:54 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Marketing, Music, Web Design

Apple's iTunes and EMI Nixes DRM for the Right Price

And when I say "for the right price" I'm being only partly snarky. About 32% to be exact. This wonderful news has trickled down from 7d and various other sources. I chose Suicide Girls to be my link harbor.

Apple today announced that EMI Music's entire digital catalog of music will be available for purchase DRM-free (without digital rights management) from the iTunes Store worldwide in May.

DRM-free tracks from EMI will be offered at higher quality 256 kbps AAC encoding, resulting in audio quality indistinguishable from the original recording, for just $1.29 per song. In addition, iTunes customers will be able to easily upgrade their entire library of all previously purchased EMI content to the higher quality DRM-free versions for just 30 cents a song

I may be proven wrong in the future, but in the right now a 30 cent increase for better quality non Big Brothered music seems a fair deal.

(via suicide girls geek, boingboing)

Posted by Groonk at 12:14 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Just Freaking Neat, Music

April 02, 2007

Alanis Morissette Loses her Shit. Covers, "My Humps"

(via metafilter)

Posted by Groonk at 05:21 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Music, Video

March 26, 2007

Doogtoons is Trapped in the Drive-Thru

The Universe is an odd and complex thing. In order to fully appreciate Doogtoons funny(if not a bit long) video of Weird Al's "Trapped in the Drive-Thru" you first have to suffer through, or have a passing knowledge of, the purile, idiocy of the original "Trapped in the Closet."

The Universe has a bastard's sense of humor.

(via trapped on YouTube and ONTD)

Posted by Groonk at 09:58 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music, Video

March 15, 2007

Turn Around, cause Hurra Torpedo is Behind You and I Fear Their Noise

As I read it the Hurra Torpedo "is the world's leading kitchen appliance rock group. Since 1993 they have played for full houses all over their native Norway with their eclectic mixture of cover tunes and original material."

(via 7d and kitchen noisy YouTube)

Posted by Groonk at 08:39 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music, Video, Weird

February 25, 2007

The Sliding Blues Cam

(via down home blues YouTube and ponzu)

Posted by Groonk at 09:19 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music, Video

February 22, 2007

Al Gore will Rock Your Face Green

I'm not knocking the goodness of his intentions but I hope the irony of big, smelly, car-driving-to concerts for global warming is not lost on people.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Al Gore announced on Thursday a series of worldwide concerts to focus on the threat of climate change, with a powerhouse lineup from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Snoop Dogg to Bon Jovi.

The 24-hour event on July 7 is part of a campaign, Save Our Selves _ The Campaign for a Climate in Crisis, that promoters hope will trigger a broad movement to address what the former vice president calls a global climate crisis.

"In order to solve the climate crisis, we have to reach billions of people," the environmental activist, filmmaker and 2000 Democratic presidential nominee said in a statement. "The climate crisis will only be stopped by an unprecedented and sustained global movement."

In other news, Al Gore has inspired Tiffany Randol to throw a "Global Warming Bikini Beach Party."

Check out the cool ass poster for it:

(via ontd, The Alliance for Climate Protection, ONTD2)

Posted by Groonk at 03:33 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Culture, Music, Science, USA, World

February 18, 2007

Ok Go Likes to DO WHAT YOU WANT

Looks like Ok Go is looking to own that simple but gosh darn cute music video niche. More power to them.

At least I know this video won't get yanked off of You Tube any time soon. I mean, look at those marketing links, man.

Posted by Groonk at 05:44 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Marketing, Music, Video

January 09, 2007

"It Won't Bite, but it Might Scratch"

My box in a box. The lite pop answer to Dick in a Box.

(via myboxinabox and package free youtube)

Posted by Groonk at 11:56 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Music, Video

December 29, 2006

Godfather of Soul James Brown 1933 - 2006

I forgot to mention, James Brown is Dead.

This is becoming upsetting. I feel like I'm turning into a death blog. Even more upsetting. The old regime is dying out leaving a new one that is not up to snuff.

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- James Brown, the dynamic, pompadoured "Godfather of Soul," whose rasping vocals and revolutionary rhythms made him a founder of rap, funk and disco as well, died early Monday, his agent said. He was 73.

Brown was hospitalized with pneumonia at Emory Crawford Long Hospital on Sunday and died around 1:45 a.m. Monday, said his agent, Frank Copsidas of Intrigue Music. Longtime friend Charles Bobbit was by his side, he said.

Copsidas said Brown's family was being notified of his death and that the cause was still uncertain. "We really don't know at this point what he died of," he said.

Along with Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and a handful of others, Brown was one of the major musical influences of the past 50 years. At least one generation idolized him, and sometimes openly copied him.

His rapid-footed dancing inspired Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson among others. Songs such as David Bowie's "Fame," Prince's "Kiss," George Clinton's "Atomic Dog" and Sly and the Family Stone's "Sing a Simple Song" were clearly based on Brown's rhythms and vocal style.

The man had a troubled soul but he was a major influence on the world at large. I think he deserves his own Graceland.

(via cnn and flashback youtube and ireland)

Posted by Groonk at 01:52 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Culture, Music, People Who Died

December 12, 2006

NERD WAR: Decemberists vs Colbert is On

This is how it happened.

The Colbert challenge was made.

The Decemberists homage.

Colbert throws the gauntlet:

The Decemberists, counterchallenge.

"Mr. Colbert, assuming that we watch his show (ok, we do), went on to suggest that we had stolen his idea, calling us 'a bunch of coat tail riding jerks!' Who's riding on whose coat tails, sir?

"We already played out the light saber thing months earlier, live and on stage-- sans animation, stunt double and fancy green screen-- with pure rock, sweat and C batteries:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51fCwGAue5Q

[...]

"We are asking our fans to help us win this epic battle. That's right, we want you to help us defeat Stephen Colbert in our video! Show us how you would 'Mulch' him, take him down to the banks of the Ohio, put a cap in his Dockers. Send them to him here:

http://www.colboard.com/cn/challenge.php

"and send them to us here:

http://www.mtvu.com/reanimatethedecemberists/

The Nerd War, begins.

The irony of all this is I'm aggressively unfond of The Decemberists sound. Yet I find myself drawn in by the hooha Colbert has created.

Damn you marketing concepts.

(via ONTD, pitchfork news, and various nerd bravado)

(Check out a legitimate non-Colbert infected entry.)

Posted by Groonk at 04:54 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Marketing, Music, Video

December 03, 2006

Santastic II: Puts the Claus in Clausome

Another Christmas. Another Clausome multi-DJ mashup.

LISTEN: Santastic II-Clausome

1. Jingle Jane - Divide and Kreate
2. Carpenter's Christmas (Karen Meets Roots Radics Uptown) - Go Home Productions
3. Lonely Siberian Winter - DJ John
4. Donde Esta Santa Claus? - Lenlow
5. The Darlene Love Sub-Zero Ecosystem - ATOM
6. X-Mash - Divide and Kreate
7. Let Me Clear My Throat At Christmas - Cheekyboy
8. Pere Noel Blues - ComaR
9. The Rockin' Manger Twist - Voicedude
10. Dreidl-Bells - DJ Flack
11. Chanukah Song (GoyiMix) - dj BC
12. Give Da Jew Girl Toys (Clean) - A plus D
13. Rudolph The Paranoid Reindeer - ToToM
14. I Want A New Limb For Christmas - Pilchard
15. Rudolph Berry Molecular Pattern 4 - ATOM
16. Red Nosed 5 - Solcofn
17. Wonderful Christmastime (Rhythm Scholar Kringle Kut Remix) - Paul McCartney vs Rhythm Scholar
18. Last Christmas The Winter Took The Street - Martinn
19. Stop I've Had Enough Christmas Music - King Of Pants
20. White Christmas (Electro Remix) - Miss Frenchie
21. Imagine Santa - dj BC
22. Frosty John - Secret Santa

BONUS (Mature Themes):

Horny Christmas - Loo and Placido

Give Da Jew Girl Toys (Dirty) - A plus D

(via Santastic II )

Posted by Groonk at 11:37 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Albums, Digital Share, Holiday, Just Freaking Neat, Music

November 30, 2006

It's an egg. It's a spoon. It's a snapshot of the moon.

It'll stick in your head. I dare it not to.

(via neil gaiman and Fabulist and Jason Webley and YouTube going Wheeeeeeeee!)

Posted by Groonk at 11:14 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Just Freaking Neat, Music, Video

November 29, 2006

Billy Idol Rocks-Out Christmas!

I'm dying from awesome! Who'd think I'd live to hear Billy Idol rock-out christmas?!*

Idol's myspace gives you samples.

Billy Idol's new album "Happy Holidays" is now available for purchase through BillyIdol.net.

The track list for the album:
Frosty the Snowman
Silver Bells
Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas Baby
White Christmas
Here Comes Santa Claus
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Santa Claus Is Back In Town
Let It Snow
Winter Wonderland
Run Rudolph Run
Blue Christmas
Jingle Bell Rock
Christmas Love
Oh Christmas Tree
Silent Night
Auld Lang Syne

Be one of the first five hundred people to purchase "Happy Holidays" and receive a Christmas card personally signed from Billy.

Dunc! had this thought, "Woulda been awesome if Idol took his old songs and just put Christmas words to them."

• White Wedding -> White Christmas
  
• Rebel Yell -> Rudolph's Bellsapples
  
• Monie monie -> Santa Santa
  

I contributed:

• Rock the Cradle of Love -> Rock the Cradle of Christmas
  

Still naysay the Idol Christmas groove? Watch the vid under the cut.

(via ONTD and *my complete sense of irony)

Posted by Groonk at 05:55 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Albums, Holiday, Music

November 03, 2006

Oh My Golly, It's Time to Celebrate Diwali

Did you miss "The Office" last night? That means you missed The Diwali Song. Flog yourself about that later. Listen to the song now:

In case you didn't know, Jenna Fischer is insanely dutiful about updating her myspace blog with each new Office episode. Some times she throws in extras bits about the episode. See the "Diwali," pictures.

Now don't you all feel a bit Closer to Fine?

(via Nirali Magazine and Pam Beesley and Ricky Gervais for the Office idea)

Posted by Groonk at 07:43 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Holiday, Just Freaking Neat, Music

October 25, 2006

Mint Royale Shares a Tune

The nice folks at Mint Royale's MySpace were kind enough to share a movie mix of their awesome track "From Rusholme With Love." A track I first heard on the(much talked about by me) british comedy series SPACED.

This track was made special for the movie SERENDIPITY. Now this is a movie that if I were given a gun and a choice of watching said movie or shooting my eye out forcing myself to forever live life with a pirate-y gaze, I'd choose the gun each and every time.

Twice on Sundays.

But Mint Royale's music I could listen to for days upon weeks. Here's what they have to say about the re-found track:

...the directors wanted to use From Rusholme With Love as his signature tune, but wanted it performed by a Shenai player (by the way, a Shenai is an Indian oboe).

So we got together with the guy who wrote the original sitar based version which we sampled in From Rusholme With Love, John Mayer, and a few of his friends, and recorded an authentic Indian version for the film. Then, we actually got asked to go to Toronto and play the part of John Corbett's band in the film itself - we are there, blink and you'll miss us!

(via mint royale myspace)

Posted by Groonk at 01:13 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Music

October 15, 2006

CBGB Dies. A Little Bit of History Goes with It

December 1973? Huh. It was as old as I am.

(via yahoo news)

UPDATE: ONTD posts a retrospective while FreeIndie.com shares an essay

Posted by Groonk at 07:05 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Culture, Music

October 13, 2006

Ghost Town Offers a Savage Beast Soothing Month of Music

The Ghost Town blog is doing a 31 Days of Halloween thing as well. Only theirs is dubbed 31 Days of Pure evil. Did I miss out on an meme email or something?

Ghost Town's Halloween gig is that they're dropping a new mp3 on their site every day. By month's end, you'll have the chance to download an especially eclectic GT inspired mix tape from hell.

If you are so inclined.

(via ghost town)

Posted by Groonk at 10:59 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Blogged, Digital Share, Holiday, Music

October 12, 2006

Danger Doom Solves All Life's Problems

Matthew Lesko pushes the Doom. How fucking awesome.

(via myspace Danger DOOM)

Posted by Groonk at 07:26 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Albums, Just Freaking Neat, Marketing, Music, Video

October 09, 2006

Dueling Album Covers or When Music Art Rocks Out

Dunc sent me this on a Saturday. Best Week Ever Blog posted it on a Monday.

I found it weird and wildly cool. In a weird way.

If your a selectively curious bastard(like me) you looked into the Ugly Pictures name at the end of the video and found them quite easily.

(via dunc and bestweekever blog who's probably hosting this embed...so, here's to you mates and socially loved YouTube)

Posted by Groonk at 03:13 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Music, Video

October 07, 2006

It Just Ain't Halloween without some Monster MASHUP

Ghouls with Attitude was entertaining me, until it plumb got on my nerves. Don't get me wrong. It's a fun mix of old horror movie trailers, vintage songs and TV themes, and a dollop or two of remixes.

But I'm done with Ghouls for the week.

I've moved on to The Bride of Monster MASHUP with bonus cuts and a pdf mag. All the DJ sounds I've come to know and love over the last 10 months are in there. Along with some new ones.

You can download track by track or in a mega mp3 chunk or embrace the bittorrent love.

Know this: You need BoMM in your headspace. It'll make you right. It'll make you good. It may even make you dance.

Scary.

(headsup via myspace solcofn)

UPDATE: Blog of Monster MASHUP keeps you up to date on new tracks.

Posted by Groonk at 05:56 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Blogged, Digital Share, Holiday, Just Freaking Neat, Music

August 26, 2006

Elton John Loses his Shit, Vows to make a Hip Hop Album

I'm all for artists trying new things career-wsie but this I so do not see:

(via 7d)

Posted by Groonk at 05:21 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Artist, Music

August 15, 2006

When I Watched "Keep your Jesus off My Penis" I Found Myself Amused

Eric Schwartz is a funny man and he makes me laugh.

I swear, no more videos today.

(via wondermuss YouTube)

Posted by Groonk at 04:53 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Funny, Music, Politics, Religion

August 02, 2006

OK GO Blows My Mind, Dances on Treadmills

This must be the week of the music video. This sweet video was on ONTD last week but this is the first YouTube instance I've seen that's stayed up. Watch it while you're able. Who knows when it'll be gone.

UPDATE: Vote for OK GO's video "Here it Goes Again" on VH1's countdown list thingie.
http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/
Let teh awesome take over, for once. (Thanks ONTD)

UPDATE 2: ABC interview with Ok Go's Tim about the making of this awesome video.
(via ONTD and glorious YouTube and OKGO.net)

Posted by Groonk at 02:35 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Just Freaking Neat, Music, Video

August 01, 2006

Gnarls Barkley Transcends Time, Puts on "Smiley Faces"

What an incredibly neat video this is. Also, what an incredibly cool song. Put them together and you have more incredible awesomeness from Gnarls Barkley. Alone they only whispered, together they speak volumes.

The video adds so much depth to that song. That kind of shit is fucking non-existant on today's MTV/VH1. I swear, I like it better than "Crazy".

(via Dirt)

Posted by Groonk at 03:07 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Just Freaking Neat, Music, Video

July 30, 2006

Eddie van Halen Plays for Porn

(via sex drive daily)

Posted by Groonk at 07:04 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music, Sex

July 29, 2006

16 Year Old Rocks the Tabla

Must be video day.

(link via ponzu)

Posted by Groonk at 08:28 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music

July 19, 2006

Metallica has Only One

There's only "One" song I continue to like by Metallica. And that's only cause of the movie(Johnny Got His Gun) they use throughout the video. But stringed instruments can also create a weakness to Lars' overrated bullshit.

(via b55seddel)

Posted by Groonk at 07:36 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music, Video

July 13, 2006

"The Internet is a Series of Tangled Up Tubes"

A while back, Diesel Sweeties did a comic on it. Jon Stewart finally got around to it last night. Ponzu sent me a link to a techno remix of it.

So here it is. The hat trick of Senator Ted Stevens'(R, Alaska) internet. By the by, Stevens is famous for wanting to build a bridge to nowhere.

1) Comic

2) Video Satire

3) The Techno Remix

LISTEN: Ted Stevens - The Internet is Tubes(remix)

Posted by Groonk at 07:22 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Comics, Digital Share, Funny, Music, Politics, Video

July 06, 2006

Daft Punk's "Electroma" is a Little Weird

To anyone who has not seen "Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5olar 5ystem" this Daft Punk movie teaser might seem a tad strange. Interstella 5555 was an anime movie done in the style of "Captain Harlock" himself, Leiji Matsumoto. It was set entirely to Daft Punk's album Discovery and had no dialogue. I own it and think the damn thing's brilliant.

So I watched Electroma's trailer figuring that DP was up to similar tricks.

WTF? Robot marriage? Robots on a rip roarin' road trip? Robot's clad in black leather? I don't know what this movie's about but I'm sort of intrigued by it.

Clips from Interstella 5555 can be found on "God's loving heart" here, here, and here.

(via I Watch Stuff who gets gracious kudos from me for naming YouTube "God's loving heart")

Posted by Groonk at 12:45 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Movies, Music, On the French, Robots, Trailers, Video

50s/60s Commercials Make Great Italo-Disco Music Videos

There are lady gyrations, naughty beach balls, and even hand washing imagery(for those into that kind of thing) galore in this Putsch '79 video dubbed "Asian Girls". Yet there's nary a hint of any asian girls. Now that's either extremely avant-garde or outstandingly pretentious.

(via yourbartender)

Posted by Groonk at 11:22 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Marketing, Music, Video

KT Tunstall Might be a Witch

In February 2006, Charles mentioned her. In April 2006, 7d fell in love with her. Today, July 2006, Dunc! went and bought her album. This KT Tunstall person has entranced my friends with her siren song. And when the Law of Three is envoked, I can ignore her no longer.

The "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree Song"? Yeah, I like it, too. Very catchy and not at all trite.

Fuck. Now I'm bewitched.

(via lots of folks)

Posted by Groonk at 11:01 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music, Video

July 04, 2006

Animated Music in the Round...

...leads to a catchy visual sound.

Musicanim.com did three things for me.
1) It introduced me to the works of poet Ogden Nash(Frog Round fea above). Some of his works I knew but didn't know I knew.

2) It introduced me to the Music Animation Machine proper.

3) It gave me something calming to watch and listen before bedtime.

There are bunches uploaded on YouTube.

(via 7d)

Posted by Groonk at 02:27 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Music, Video

June 30, 2006

Team Venture. Everybody's Free. GO!

The new season is up and running and does not disappoint. Also, a Venture Bros fansite worth its weight in cheese.

(via hero spy)

Posted by Groonk at 04:47 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Digital Share, Just Freaking Neat, Music

June 22, 2006

Bob Saget Rolls Hard and Deep

Game recognizes game, yo. Bob Saget is hard . He'll bitch slap and cut ya deep if ya holla.

He's the, "illest motherfucker in a cardigan sweater!"

So, Saget, were they lesbians? You can tell me.

(via ONTD)

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June 20, 2006

James Blunt Scares Little Girls Awake

Well, not really. She was in a coma and loved his song "Beautiful". They played it for her...she woke up...how nice.

Personally, his music makes me want to open a vein. He makes a song about a lady's inner beauty sound like a murder/suicide.

Luckily, the same wasn't true for the above little girl.

(via ONTD)

Posted by Groonk at 01:39 PM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music

June 14, 2006

LISTEN: Neil Gaiman Inspires Artists to Music

A tribute album is ready to be bought this July 18th. The album is called "Where's Neil When You Need Him?". Think of it as art inspired by art. Fabulist.org has already shared two cuts from the album. I like the Lunascape song the most. It was inspired by Stardust the book. Soon to be "Stardust" the movie. Both songs are linked and ready to be tested.

The only thing I see wrong with this album is that it misses my birthday by a solid two weeks. How am I to worm this gift out of friends when I'll be all but forgotten when the disc hits the stores. *sigh* Such is my life.

(via boingboing)

Posted by Groonk at 08:57 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Albums, Digital Share, Just Freaking Neat, Music

Guitar Playing Stormtroopers now that is "Crazy"

Personally, MTV can go suck a dick. They're so deep on my shit list that there's no digging out.

But I do like this Gnarls Barkley performance. Most likely it was the best thing about the MTV Movie Awards rubbish.

Man, I'm so full of hate today. Not sure what that's about. Maybe I need some caffeine or something.

(via dunc!)

Posted by Groonk at 02:27 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music, Video

June 06, 2006

The Book Radio Might be Dumb

When first I read about The Book Radio I said to myself, "Self, that might be a nice bit of retro gadgetry ready for you hands."

Now, I'm thinking my previous self was stagger drunk on warm Guinness.

(via engadget)

Posted by Groonk at 04:50 AM | Comments (0) | Ministry of Music, Technology

National Review Magazine needs to Buy a Clue

Oh No They Didn't reposted The conservative magazine National Review's list of the "top 50 conservative rock songs of all time." They obviously didn't listen to half the damn songs they mentioned.

I don't know all the songs but these few stuck out like a thumb slammed in a car door. And I have the interwub so I can take a stab at research(Songfacts.com):

"Sympathy for the Devil," by The Rolling Stones
The Stones do say that it's about confronting evil. I may give NR magazine this one.

"Bodies," by The Sex Pistols
Anything by the Sex Pistols, I don't see being very conservative. Plus, it's about stalking. Bonus.

"Janie's Got a Gun," by Aerosmith
It's about a girl who was sexually abused by her daddy one too many times and ends up shooting him to death. This one must qualify be for the NRA vote.

"I Can't Drive 55," by Sammy Hagar
Dude. He can't do the speed limit. Ever. it just doesn't work for him.

More wtf goodness after the jump.

(via ONTD)