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OKGOs Chevy Super Bowl ad

Tod — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:05:26 +0000

Every time i think OKGO can’t possibly outdo themselves they put out something like this:

Music Video of the Day: For their latest music video-slash-Chevy Super Bowl ad, OK Go drove down a two-mile stretch of desert lined with 1,000 instruments in a Chevy Sonic fitted with retractable pneumatic arms to perform a very complicated version of “Needing/Getting” that took four months to prep and four days to shoot.

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Tod — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:01:00 +0000

Jonah sings and plays Mary had a little lamb

Tod — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:00:41 +0000

Cool enough that he can play the song on the keyboard, but singing and playing at the same time is a new skill.

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Tod — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:49:00 +0000

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Tod — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:39:00 +0000

Friday Five: 2/3/12

Tod — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:51:29 +0000

Wanna Know How I Made This Dress

An insane piece of improvised audio written & performed by Katie Crown. Designs by Julia Vickerman.

10 Misconceptions Rundown

I hope this clears everything up.

Shit Blowing up in Microwaves

Yeah, this is a commercial but shite blowing up in microwaves looks awesome.

Apple Scotland

Siri has problems understanding the local dialect. I don’t think there’s a better accent for scathing strings of profanity than Scottish.

Run For Your Lives 5K Zombie Run

Run For Your Lives 2011 from Alexander Turoff on Vimeo.

This seems like great fun. Could be improved with paintball guns and more aggressive zombies. Or maybe some hallucinogenics.

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Tod — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:37:55 +0000

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Tod — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:08:19 +0000

Music Monday: Drum Boners

Tod — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:00:42 +0000

I recently unearthed some old mp3s of my old San Diego band Sonrisa. They were recorded almost 10 years ago and I haven’t played drums since except for a weekend jam session with some local fellows a week or so ago. It felt good to get behind the set again and I wanted to reexamine some songs that have drum parts that always get me going:

In no particular order:

Ride – Vapor Trail

When people ask me what sort of drums I like to play I almost always site this band. Not that I can compare in any way to Laurence Colbert on this track. I love the loud crashy drums over top of the washy shoegaze.

Beck – Chem Trails

Same goes for this song. Big fills over a mellow song. The drummer hardly lets up in this song. Playing like this used to get me dirty looks from the guys in South, my old old band in Richmond. I was usually relegated to tapping time on the ride cymbal as the band droned on.

Postal Service – This Place is a Prison

Not that I don’t like a minimal well placed drumbeat. When you have to wait for a good beat to come in it’s totally worth it. This is the song that sold me on the Postal Service.

Lilys – Day of the Monkey

There’s not much to the drums on this whole album (Eccsame and the Photon Band) but I love the simplicity and the slow syncopated rhythms. I credit this album with inspiring me to incorporate a tambourine into my kit (the only thing beyond a bare bones 4-piece that I play)

Brian Eno – Here Come the Warm Jets

I love this song. I love how it seems like the drum track was recorded completely independently from the rest of the song and how it doesn’t seem to match up at all but still works throughout (albeit crashily and chaotically).

I’m going to play more drums this year and if time allows, maybe I’ll find myself a band.

Sonrisa