“Dialogue, duologue, diatribe…”

Here’s a fun new timewaster for you: Dictionary karaoke. As the site says: “[It] features parodies of popular songs using karaoke-style backing music with vocals provided by audio pronunciation samples from online dictionaries.” There’s plenty of good ones here, but I’ll suggest starting with the version of King Crimson’s “Elephant Talk” (The original version is [...]

“How sweet the sound.”

Some things have to be seen to be believed. You need to see the site of K&K Mime, “identical twins [who] silently interpret contemporary Gospel music with dramatic gestures and animated facial expressions, portraying man’s resistance of life’s evil temptations and His transformation from doubter to believer.” They are the “founders of Gospel mime,” and [...]

Fuck you, Rick Wakeman

Go on, Belinda Bedekovic, you Croatian beauty! Play that keyboard hard. Rock on, in your hotpants and your fishnet dress. Play the hell out of your original composition “Tornado.” Famed accordionist Peppino Principe called you ”the fastest finger on the remote keyboard.” No kidding! And even though this clip apparently made the rounds some months [...]