You may have heard of singer/songwriter extraordinaire, John Anealio. He’s the fellow behind songs such as “George R. R. Martin Is Not Your Bitch“, “NaNoWriMo” and “Steampunk Girl“. This weekend he announced… I’m going to release at least 23 new pieces of music in 2013. Much of it will be instrumental, as I’m interested … Read More …
Although NPR is the only radio station I listen to, I don’t have the chance to listen every day. And so from my position under the proverbial rock, I had remained unaware of NPR intern Emily White’s article and the ensuing metaphorical storm of fecal matter. Emily authored a post on NPR’s All Songs Considered … Read More …
A few days back, I was performing biometrics on some of the more lopsided of The Lair’s minions while listening to Pandora, as one does, when I was presented with a song I have not heard in many a year – the band Dio’s 1984 tune The Last In Line. Naturally, I went to the … Read More …
I recently completed Mass Effect 2, which to me is tied with Dragon Age: Origins as the best game that Bioware has ever produced, for a number of excellent reasons. Warren Schultz recently reminded me of one of those reasons, which is from perhaps the most delightfully hilarious scene in the game: Incorporating songs from … Read More …
As with many of us, one of the staples of my youthful Saturday mornings was Looney Tunes. There is a wonderful magic about them, especially the episodes from the 1960-1980′s, that has been a challenging thing for the various modern incarnations to consistently capture. Not having children myself and being busy with Bad Doctorly things, … Read More …
If you’ve been following the wanderings of Jonathan Coulton this year, you know he had teased his live audiences with, at the time unreleased, new song goodness. Officially, as of Dragon*Con (and unofficially, as of PAX), his shiny new album,1 Artificial Heart,2 has been released to the wilds. I have to admit, first impressions of … Read More …
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I say, have you heard of Chap-hop? Allow me to elucidate and educate, good sir, on this uniquely British spin on hip-hop. Strictly speaking, Chap-hop is either a subtle parody of or steampunkish homage to the hip-hop genre. In chap-hop, rhymes are delivered in the Queen’s English, as heard in Surrey during the age of … Read More …
Last week, I had the opportunity to enter ThinkGeek Headquarters for the Marian Call + Art of Akira event, and it was a wonderful evening. I was only vaguely familiar with Marian’s music prior to that night, and had no idea what the Akira exhibit would contain, but I was intrigued by both. Additionally, the … Read More …
I have a confession to make; to say that I’ve been a bit obsessed with ukuleles of late would be a gross understatement. Uke-centric thoughts have been stumbling around my brain like a drunken T-Rex. As one can imagine, such thoughts are hard to ignore. So, in an attempt to sober up the dinosaur, I … Read More …
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