music

YouTube remixed by Kutiman

by Andy Polaine on March 20, 2009

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There have been a whole load of YouTube musical mash-ups, including the YouTube Orchestra, but this is one of the better ones I’ve seen that’s a bit more scratch video in its style.

Kudos to Kutiman for re-mixing the YouTube page on his site, which is where I recommend you watch them. Somehow it adds to the whole mashed up experience.

(Thanks to Seb for that one).

AC/DC ASCII

by Andy Polaine on November 7, 2008

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AC/DC’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Train created as ASCII art in an Excel spreadsheet “smashing through the corporate firewall”. I’m having flashbacks to my schooldays with BBC Micros.

Some people have too much time on their hands. (But, wait, I’m blogging it. What’s worse?)

You can download the original spreadsheet and play it yourself if you like (but it didn’t work on my Mac because Office is so lame).

(Originally tweeted by Mark).

Take on Me. Literal interpretation.

October 20, 2008

I could resist this. This song seems to be stuck on loop on every single German radio station.

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Orbit on Creative Insecurity

May 23, 2007

Teaching is an interesting process of projection. Much like any other relationship you project your own fears, bad habits and insecurities onto your students and implore them not to do the same. I tried to be honest about this to my students and is why I wrote some thoughts on life as a creative individual. [...]

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Finland in Euro Monster Rock Shock

May 21, 2006

Once again I ‘accidentally’ ended up watching the Eurovision Song Contest. No really, I was reading and had the TV on in the background. Anyway, once again I ended up only seeing the re-cap of the performances and all of a sudden it’s like a scene from Lord of the Rings meets Black Sabbath – Finland’s entry was absolutely mad genius. What in Middle-Earth are they drinking up there in the fjords?

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