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With Thomas Dolby: Link: http://youtu.be/BpRgY9GXLO0 … Continue reading
Category Archives: Arts and entertainment
Roger Ebert 1942-2013
I just read a blog post by Roger Ebert yesterday, one talking about his plans for the near future, which included cutting back on reviewing to just the films he wanted to write about and writing more on other subjects, … Continue reading
Nifty stop-motion animation music video
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"Superman" from southeast India
The Indian actor-director-producer Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri (1923-1996) was the superstar of Telugu-language films in the 1950s through 1970s. (Telugu is a major language of India, spoken mainly in south central India, in and around the state of Andhra Pradesh.) … Continue reading
The Magic School Bus goes Orpheus
If only this were real... If you're unfamiliar with the Magic Schoolbus series of books and associated spinoffs (including a stage musical!), see the Wikipedia article or the official site. … Continue reading
Best of the web 3
Here's a nifty compilation of video clips from around the Web: Click through to YouTube for details and a list of sources. This guy, Luc Bergeron (aka zapatou) isn't just a good editor, he's impressively organized! … Continue reading
Five guys versus a piano
Another musical flashmob
The WDR Radio Orchestra of Cologne (Köln) Germany surprises passersby in Wallrafplatz with what is possibly the best-known piece of music from John Williams: … Continue reading
U.S. versus British news themes
Another segment from British comic and musician Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra, this one illustrating the difference between the dramatic NBC News theme by John Williams versus the weirdly cheerful British ITN news theme used in the 1960s … Continue reading
The Doctor Who theme as Belgian jazz
British comic and musician Bill Bailey performs the theme from Doctor Who in the style of Belgian jazz as part of his Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra. Recorded in 2008 at Royal Albert Hall. … Continue reading