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Alien vs. Predator skateboard deck
09.09.2010
03:14 pm
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Alien vs. Predator skateboard deck from Skate Mental.

Posted by Tara McGinley
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09.09.2010
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‘Hole in My Shoe’ times two: Traffic and Neil the Hippy’s #2 hit single
09.09.2010
02:36 pm
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Wonderful 1967 promotional film for Traffic’s acid rock classic, “Hole In My Shoe,” which reached #2 in the UK singles chart that year. Apparently Traffic leader Steve Winwood always hated this song.
 

 
In 1984, actor Nigel Planer, in character as “Neil the Hippie” from The Young Ones television program, also reached #2 with his humorous cover version.
 

Posted by Richard Metzger
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09.09.2010
02:36 pm
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The Bit-52’s: Robot band plays the The B-52’s ‘Rock Lobster’
09.09.2010
01:34 pm
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This is rather brilliant! YouTube user bd594 describes his inspiration below:

This is dedicated to all fans of The B-52’s who are also known as the “Worlds Greatest Party Band”. This idea has been simmering in my mind for the last couple of years and after many months of procrastinating it is finally complete. I was also motivated to finish my robot band after seeing a YouTube Video from “The Trons” from New Zealand.

The Bit-52’s consist of:

Fred’s Vocals - TI99/4a computer, speech synthesizer and terminal emulator ii module
Kate and Cindy’s Vocals - Two HP Scanjet 3C scanners, UBunto and sjetplay written by NuGanjaTron
The Guitar, Keyboard, Cow Bell, Cymbal and Tambourine are all controlled by various types of push/pull solenoinds for a total of 23. The Solenoids are powered by four ULN2803 darlington drivers and everything is controlled by two PIC16F84A microcontrollers

(via Das Kraftfuttermischwerk)

Posted by Tara McGinley
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09.09.2010
01:34 pm
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Who Is Harry Nilsson (and Why Is Everbody Talkin’ About Him?)
09.08.2010
10:04 pm
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A conversation with director John Scheinfeld about his superb documentary, Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him?).

If you’re under 45-years of age, you might have little idea of who the great singer/songwriter/hellraiser Harry Nilsson was, but surely almost everyone has heard his biggest hits “Everybody’s Talkin’” (from the Midnight Cowboy soundtrack), “Without You” (a Badfinger cover given its devastating emotional impact by Harry’s plaintiff three octave vocal range, later recorded by Mariah Carey) and “Coconut” which was used in dozens of movies (normally during a drinking scene) and in more than one 7UP advertising campaign.

Harry Nilsson was also responsible for co-creating the much-loved children’s TV movie, The Point, a Ringo Starr-narrated fable about a boy named Oblio, born with a round head in a land of pointy-headed people. (”Me and My Arrow” and “Are You Sleeping” are two of the best remembered songs from the project. Scratch someone in their 40s and trust me, they’ll be able to sing both from childhood memories of The Point)

Another important thing to know about Harry Nilsson is that he was the favorite American musician of both John Lennon and Paul McCartney, no small achievement, that! After Apple Corps press officer Derek Taylor heard Nilsson’s autobiographical “1941” (from his 1967 RCA debut Pandemonium Shadow Show) siting in the car waiting for his wife, he bought a box of the album and gave it away as presents, including to all four Beatles. The story goes that Lennon listened to the album for 36 straight hours before calling Nilsson in Los Angeles and telling him how much he loved his record. McCartney did the same soon after. Nilsson became a part of the Beatles inner circle, becoming close friends with both John (who would produce his 1974 Pussy Cats album) and Ringo (who was the best man at Nilsson’s second wedding).

The documentary features stellar interviewees such as Brian Wilson, Jimmy Webb, Van Dyke Parks, Yoko Ono, Paul Williams, Mickey Dolenz, Ringo Starr, The Smothers Brothers, and Pythons Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle,
 

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Posted by Richard Metzger
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09.08.2010
10:04 pm
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Public Enemy keeps sayin’ it in a brand new video
09.08.2010
07:35 pm
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Public Enemy’s explosion onto the American music scene in the mid-to-late-‘80s transformed the musical views of a lot of people, myself included. These guys were the full package. Sonically they fused hardcore New York rap style with militant black power lyrics and a dense, bombastic sample-heavy rhythm attack. Visually, they had a solidly political graphic style and tough, utilitarian fashion sense that accentuated their revolutionary attitude. PE were a dream come true for dorky college students like me who were in love with both serious anarcho-punk bands like the then-recently defunct Crass and black music in general—especially hip-hop. Their 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is a landmark in American pop music.

PE marks their entrance into collectors’ posterity via a 3-CD/3-DVD-photo-book-and-t-shirt box set with a new video for their summer single, “Say It Like It Really Is,” shot in the surprisingly peaceful surroundings of Niagra Falls. Older, but still dangerous minds.
 

 
After the jump: a 2007 video re-contextualizing of P.E.’s 1999 tune “I”, with Chuck D. surveying New Orleans’ Ninth Ward…
 

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Posted by Ron Nachmann
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09.08.2010
07:35 pm
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Classic rock, punk, Hip-hop and New Wave action figures
09.08.2010
07:26 pm
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Yellow Magic Orchestra found here.
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David Byrne by Mike Leavitt
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Lemmy Kilmister found here.
 
See more action figures after the jump…

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Posted by Tara McGinley
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09.08.2010
07:26 pm
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Download the new 70 track album by Oval
09.08.2010
03:23 pm
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Oval, the band nom-de-glitch for one Markus Popp, have made some seriously lovely records, but it’s been a long while. Nearly 10 years in fact. I have mixed feelings about this return, the extremely generous 70 song free download Lp titlled simply O. Whereas in the past I was mystified by the variety of worn and dirty, clean and pristine textures which were somehow woven into delicate melodies, this new stuff sounds like someone futzing around with some guitar and drum simulation software. I’m going to stick with it, though. Could be a grower.
 

 
Download the new Oval album for free
 
Thansk Dave Madden !

Posted by Brad Laner
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09.08.2010
03:23 pm
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Reggie Watts performs ‘Big Muff’ while interacting with colors live
09.08.2010
01:58 pm
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Stay with this… it gets super trippy!

Reggie Watts fooling around in a feedback loop with his new reverb box. We set up a mirror so he could watch himself and interact with the colors live!

Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Reggie Watts in F*ck Shit Stack

Posted by Tara McGinley
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09.08.2010
01:58 pm
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Einstein on the Beach: Philip Glass goes Lego
09.08.2010
01:09 pm
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Chuck Close’s anamorphic portrait of Philip Glass.
 
Tara has some pretty hard and fast rules for this blog. Decrees like “IT’S GOTTA BE DANGEROUS”;  “THIS IS ON EVERY OTHER BLOG, I’M PULLING THIS POST” and of course, her classic commandment: “NO LEGO” are now legendary… around my house at least…

I’d argue that this piece is a (perhaps admittedly rare) exception on the Lego front. It’s a animated Lego version of Philip Glass’s minimalist opera, Einstein on the Beach. I think even my Lego-hating editrix wife might like this one. Plus it’s “dangerous” (Philip Glass is no MC Hammer!) and I haven’t found it on a ton of other blogs. She’s still sleeping, so if this post vanishes soon, you’ll know what happened!

Incidentally, the person who made this, did it to help a friend pass a high school art class! As one of the commenters on YouTube asked “What’s next a Lego Koyaanisqatsi?” Fingers crossed.
 

 
Via Planet Paul

Posted by Richard Metzger
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09.08.2010
01:09 pm
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The Clash action figures
09.07.2010
11:14 pm
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Sorry folks, it looks like The Clash action figures from Locoape have been cancelled. They did retail for $59.95.

This Clash action figure set is part of Locoape’s Icon figure series and includes an action figure of Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon. Each 6” Clash action figure features each band member, their respective instrument, accessories, action figure base with “The Clash” logo name plate and one of four randomly inserted “The Clash” action figure back drops

Locoape “The Clash” Music Action Figures Set

Posted by Tara McGinley
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09.07.2010
11:14 pm
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