Comments on: Time Enough for Weird: Novelty Songs in the iPod Age http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:55:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: The Day Pandora Gave Me a Bean Burrito << Monkey Goggles http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493&cpage=1#comment-2782 The Day Pandora Gave Me a Bean Burrito << Monkey Goggles Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:03:00 +0000 http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493#comment-2782 [...] received any airplay in the U.S. shouldn’t stop you from looking it up on YouTube. It rivals Komar & Melamid’s “Most Unwanted Song” (a 20 minute-plus opus that includes operatic rapping paired with tuba) as the sort of grating [...] [...] received any airplay in the U.S. shouldn’t stop you from looking it up on YouTube. It rivals Komar & Melamid’s “Most Unwanted Song” (a 20 minute-plus opus that includes operatic rapping paired with tuba) as the sort of grating [...]

]]> By: Things We Like: “The Monster That Challenged The World” and “Skynet Symphonic” << Monkey Goggles http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493&cpage=1#comment-1956 Things We Like: “The Monster That Challenged The World” and “Skynet Symphonic” << Monkey Goggles Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:03:43 +0000 http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493#comment-1956 [...] Like the T-1000 before him, Pogo (born Nick Bertke) is an unstoppable force. The gifted young composer and film editor has a singular knack for assembling dreamy dance tracks from the most unlikely sources — family films, mostly, including Disney’s animated features and the “Harry Potter” movies.  (I wrote about his wonderful remix of “The King and I” here.) [...] [...] Like the T-1000 before him, Pogo (born Nick Bertke) is an unstoppable force. The gifted young composer and film editor has a singular knack for assembling dreamy dance tracks from the most unlikely sources — family films, mostly, including Disney’s animated features and the “Harry Potter” movies.  (I wrote about his wonderful remix of “The King and I” here.) [...]

]]> By: Taro in Tokyo http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493&cpage=1#comment-1635 Taro in Tokyo Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:39:07 +0000 http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493#comment-1635 Just two words:<b> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uuCNAwXGaQ" title="" rel="nofollow"> "BULBOUS BOUFFANT"<b></a> (Wait for the start of white-bread rant-chant at 2:50 point of the video.) Just two words: “BULBOUS BOUFFANT”

(Wait for the start of white-bread rant-chant at 2:50 point of the video.)

]]> By: links for 2009-09-19 | Grobstein http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493&cpage=1#comment-402 links for 2009-09-19 | Grobstein Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:11:03 +0000 http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493#comment-402 [...] Time Enough for Weird: Novelty Songs in the iPod Age << Monkey Goggles (tags: music weird novelty queen) [...] [...] Time Enough for Weird: Novelty Songs in the iPod Age << Monkey Goggles (tags: music weird novelty queen) [...]

]]> By: Yanichka http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493&cpage=1#comment-339 Yanichka Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:58:18 +0000 http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493#comment-339 Wow, that first song is wonderful. Thank you for bringing back a wonderful college memory for me. I get my unusual little moments of "What the heck is that?" from <a href="" rel="nofollow">The Sesame Street Sounds Archive</a>. I should warn you: it plays a random track automatically as you go to the site. Wow, that first song is wonderful. Thank you for bringing back a wonderful college memory for me. I get my unusual little moments of “What the heck is that?” from The Sesame Street Sounds Archive. I should warn you: it plays a random track automatically as you go to the site.

]]> By: BigBlueToe http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493&cpage=1#comment-302 BigBlueToe Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:51:42 +0000 http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493#comment-302 Does anyone have a recording of that song about the ferryboat running aground when the pilot was trying to impress some woman? Does anyone have a recording of that song about the ferryboat running aground when the pilot was trying to impress some woman?

]]> By: Happy Labor Day: A song for everyone who works | Patrick Cooper: Greetings from Evanston, Ill. http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493&cpage=1#comment-256 Happy Labor Day: A song for everyone who works | Patrick Cooper: Greetings from Evanston, Ill. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:44:10 +0000 http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493#comment-256 [...] has worked. Or will work. Via TMN, via MonkeyGoggles, via WFMU, God bless linking, listen to Work Song from Postal Employees in [...] [...] has worked. Or will work. Via TMN, via MonkeyGoggles, via WFMU, God bless linking, listen to Work Song from Postal Employees in [...]

]]> By: Kevin http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493&cpage=1#comment-221 Kevin Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:01:47 +0000 http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493#comment-221 You wash your face in my sink? In my SINK? You wash your face in my sink? In my SINK?

]]> By: Phantom http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493&cpage=1#comment-215 Phantom Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:30:48 +0000 http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493#comment-215 Someone I was surprised not to see was Stephen Lynch, who combines an angelic voice, classically trained acoustic guitar playing. . .and some REALLY surprising lyrics. If you like Weird Al, but always wished you could find someone a little less tame (And who writes his own songs), Stephen Lynch is the guy to listen to. Someone I was surprised not to see was Stephen Lynch, who combines an angelic voice, classically trained acoustic guitar playing. . .and some REALLY surprising lyrics. If you like Weird Al, but always wished you could find someone a little less tame (And who writes his own songs), Stephen Lynch is the guy to listen to.

]]> By: toodlebot http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493&cpage=1#comment-214 toodlebot Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:27:42 +0000 http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=493#comment-214 Oh Oh Oh! I have a small dose of Allan Sherman that pops up in the strangest places. Sometimes my shuffle will give me the following: Separate Ways (Journey) > Divine Hammer (The Breeders) > Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (Sherman) > Pictures on my Wall (Echo and the Bunnymen)... somehow, it all works out. Oh Oh Oh! I have a small dose of Allan Sherman that pops up in the strangest places. Sometimes my shuffle will give me the following:
Separate Ways (Journey) > Divine Hammer (The Breeders) > Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (Sherman) > Pictures on my Wall (Echo and the Bunnymen)… somehow, it all works out.

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