Music Download Weekend

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May 172010
 

I picked up a fair amount of music this past weekend through the magic of Amazon.com and various other websites. Most of it was stuff that I had already been planning on getting, such as the Owl City album, as well as a number tracks from Jonsi, and the “Sita Sings The Blues” mini-soundtrack (I say “mini” because it consists of 4 songs). Additionally, I also managed to find the soundtrack to (what else?) the video game “Zelda: The Ocarina of Time.” In the case of the latter, I’m going to have to crank up some of it doing the next D&D session. That Forest Temple theme is actually quite spiffy for adventuring.

Because of the reloading of my library on iTunes (which is always a crap shoot as to whether or not it’s going to crash), it’s added various other tracks to the “Recently Added” playlist. This has turned out to be a good side effect, since it means that the Young Fresh Fellows album has been placed in the queue, and since I never really had a chance to listen to them much when I bought them (just a couple months ago), it’s like having another new album on tap.

This week, there’s also a good chance that I’ll be getting the new LCD Soundsystem album, although I realized that I really should get some of his earlier stuff, as well. But hey, I still have some leftover change on that yonder gift card, so might as well use it.

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The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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Jan 132010
 

Having picked up The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “It’s Blitz” mp3 album, I have come to the conclusion that they are today’s version of Siouxsie & the Banshees. Consider:

  • A female singer with a a bit of a punk edge to her voice
  • A semi-electronic rock beat and gothic feel to many of their songs
  • The songs also tend to have a catchy tune underneath some somewhat depressing lyrics: “You’re a zero / What’s your name? / Nobody’s gonna ask you / Better find out where they want you to go”

Not saying this is a bad thing, mind you.

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Starting off the week

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Jan 112010
 

I was up later than I wanted to be again, but the truth is that since I have no real reason to be up at 7, or 9, or 2PM, or whatever, what really matters is how much I get done while I’m up. And, again, today has turned out to be fairly productive. Got foodstuffs (and a coupon! woo!), did laundry, followed up on some more job leads, and otherwise have been taking care of business. I still have some things to mark off my list, but those can be done later tonight without an issue.

Back over the visit with the family (when I wasn’t ramming cars, of course) my Dad asked me:

“So you want me to get you up at 5 AM tomorrow?”

To which I replied, “What?”

“Well, you just always seem to get the most work done when it’s dark out.”

And hey, he’s right. Of course, the dark lasts longer at night than in the morning, so I’ll stick to being a night owl.

[ S H I E L D B R E A K ! ! ! ]

I ran across this website last night (see what I mean about getting more done at night?) and thought I would pass it along, as it’s the type of group that I could easily see following if I lived in LA, and hey, maybe Error-09 could do a collaboration with them at some point!

http://www.garfunkelandoates.com/

Actually, I ran across one of their homemade music videos, “Sex with Ducks” once before, but I can’t remember who first pointed me to it.

Also, I should note that Kate (aka Oates) is a good example of my “type:” small, dark hair, dark eyes, witty, and smart.

Hmm. Maybe one of my future requirements for a long-term relationship would be, “Could this girl write a song parody with me?”

“Press Hop” DJ Steve Porter remix

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Nov 122009
 

I ran across this yesterday, and thought it was a pretty nice video, a large part being that I recognized all of the sports press conferences that were used.

Another aspect that I really like about this is that because its video, you can see exactly how the DJ manipulated the clips (sped up, cut, etc.) so that the audio from the video clips falls deftly on the beats of the music.

Video — Storyboard for “Your Fault!”

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Oct 272009
 

I made this storyreel for the song “Your Fault!” from the musical “Into the Woods.” The drawings were made over the course of a few weeks during my lunch breaks when I worked at Disneyland, and as you’ll note from the costumes, I placed the characters in modern times, rather than a fairy tale setting. Why, you may ask? Well, why not?

Video — Music Video for the Rescue Rangers

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Oct 272009
 

Here it is — the first music video I edited together for an animation series. “The Stylophonia,” by Two Little Boys, using scenes from “Chip n’ Dale’s Rescue Rangers.”

What I first most amusing about this one is that I actually edited this together using an VHS to VHS editing deck. This is back when you needed two monitors and had to assemble the video pretty much one clip after the other, as there was no way to shuffle up and down the timeline as we can do today. Considering the number of cuts I had to make, it was quite a bit of a learning curve.

It’s also a bit scary to realize that I made this over a decade ago.

Video — Music Video for Negaduck

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Oct 272009
 

After listening to George Thorogood’s “Bad to the Bone,” it struck me that it really seemed to be talking about Negaduck. Mind you, this was when I was deeply immersed in the Disney Afternoon culture, so I probably could have drawn parallels between Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor and the Junior Woodchucks. Nevertheless, I thought the music video I edited together worked pretty well, at least in that I still enjoy watching it today.

Video — Music Video for Megavolt

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Oct 272009
 

Music video I made for Megavolt of the “Darkwing Duck” series, to the tune of “Go Away” by Gloria Estefan. Not really much of a reason behind the music choice; I just really liked the idea of matching up each horn hit with a shot of someone getting fried.

The song is from a cassette single I had, so yeah, not in the best quality.

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