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Zooey Deschanel & Joseph Gordon-Levitt sing “What are you doing New Year’s Eve?”
I love Zooey Deschanel. I actually didn’t know of her until I started watching her show, “The New Girl.” She’s insanely different. And one hell of a singer too (as is Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Here...
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ABBA’s Happy New Year (video)
It’s not my favorite ABBA song, but it is topical. Follow @aravosis (I’m told that in order to better see my Facebook posts in your feed, you need to “follow” me.)
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U2: New Year`s Day (video)
This is one of my favorite all-time songs. The album came out in early 1983, and I bought the casette in Paris in late 83/early 84 when I was studying abroad there. I remember listening to it non-stop...
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Tony Orlando & Dawn: Knock three times (video)
On this frozen weekend in North America, I couldn’t think of a better way to start the day than Tony Orlando and Dawn singing “Knock Three Times.” Follow @aravosis (I’m told that in order to better see...
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Kid takes a photo of himself every day for 3 years, makes a video
This is kind of neat. Over a three-year period, a kid took 2 pictures of himself, and then strung the photos together in a lip-sync, showing him age over the three years. It’s pretty cool. Follow...
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Choir randomly discovers beautiful acoustics at zoo’s Reptile House (video)
From the YouTube page: The choir from Harding University in Arkansas came to visit the Cincinnati Zoo. A few of them wandered into the Reptile House, which is also the oldest zoo building in the...
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Swedish Marines in Afghanistan lip sync Greased Lightning from Grease
Swedish Marines based in Afghanistan decided to perform a lip sync to “Greased Lightning” from Grease. It’s a shame they don’t carry Swedish Marines at my Ikea. UPDATE: The video has been pulled,...
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Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson sing “Stairway to Heaven” to Led Zeppelin
Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart sing “Stairway to Heaven” to Led Zeppelin at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2012. More on the performance, including why Robert Plant was likely crying during the...
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“Tainted Love” played by old floppy drives
“Tainted Love,” as played by a bunch of old floppy drives. Follow @aravosis(I’m told that in order to better see my Facebook posts in your feed, you need to “follow” me.) The post “Tainted Love” played...
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“That” Norwegian Olympics ad
This sports ad from Norway was released to time with the Olympics, and includes three Norwegian sports stars. The funny thing is, it’s a wee bit sexist too. But only the Norwegians could turn a kinda...
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William Shatner interprets Elton John’s “Rocket Man” (video)
I’d never seen this video before. I’d never even heard about it. It’s Star Trek’s “Captain Kirk,” William Shatner, singing – well, speaking – Elton John’s and Bernie Taupin’s “Rocket Man.” How terribly...
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Truly awesome cover of Coldplay’s “Yellow” (video)
At the beginning of the video, the guy is talking a bit too much, and you think “whatever.” Then he starts singing. (Zoom ahead to 60 seconds into the video.) The song is “Yellow,” by Coldplay. Just...
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Christopher Walken? Try Christopher Dancen
Happy Friday evening! I give you… a compilation of movie scenes in which the wonderful Christopher Walken is dancing. And I just found out his real name is Ronald. It would be :) Enjoy. Follow...
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Back in the USSR, by the Beatles (video)
Back in the USSR. By the Beatles. It seemed time. Paul McCartney in a 1984 Playboy interview about the song: I wrote that as a kind of Beach Boys parody. And “Back in the USA” was a Chuck Berry song,...
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Rajesh Vaidhya plays the “veena,” a sitar-like instrument (video)
Via YouTube: Enzo had been telling us about an amazing musician who lived in southern India named Rajesh Vaidhya, a master of a large stringed instrument of the sitar family that is native to that...
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For Lindsey Graham, Debbie Reynolds’“If I had a hammer” (video)
In honor of Republican Senator Lindsey Graham’s manly-man stance against going back to secure the release of US prisoners-of-war, I give you Debbie Reynolds’ “If I had a hammer.” A reader passed this...
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The time the Bible-loving Lawrence Welk Show sang a marijuana song (video)
Some readers turned me on to this video, from the uber-conservative “Lawrence Welk Show.” I always hated the show — it was the worst of “grandma” television. Well, what I didn’t know was that once...
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50 filmmakers, 23 countries, 1 dance (video)
Choreographer and filmmaker Mitchell Rose put together a really neat video that I think you’ll like. I asked Mitchell to explain for us what the video is about: I’m a professor of dance filmmaking at...
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The writing’s on the wall (cool special effects music video)
Another cool special effects video, this time a music video by OK Go, called “The Writing’s On the Wall.” In addition to the song being a rather cool 80’s New Wave style, the special effects are just...
View ArticleStephen Colbert’s final broadcast (video)
Last night was Stephen Colbert’s final broadcast on the Colbert Report. As you know, Colbert is moving over to take David Letterman’s spot on The Late Show. Here are the various segments, including a...
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