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Music Open Thread

by Sarah, Proud and Tall|  August 20, 201111:52 pm| 50 Comments

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This mashup is doing it for me tonight. I should advise ignoring the video unless you have an anime obsession – it’s the only youtube version of the track I could find.

What else should I be listening to?

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  1. 1.

    cleek

    August 20, 2011 at 11:58 pm

    Wye Oak
    or
    A Tribe Called Quest

    those are your only two options

  2. 2.

    Jewish Steel

    August 20, 2011 at 11:58 pm

    If this is the kind of mash-up you like then you should get on board with Bootie.

    http://bootiemashup.com/bestof/

  3. 3.

    Yutsano

    August 20, 2011 at 11:58 pm

    Are they on Nemec yet?

    The meet-up was a fucking blast and a half. I’ll let others comment here but good booze good food and great company.

    And who put the quarter in UCT?

  4. 4.

    Jewish Steel

    August 21, 2011 at 12:00 am

    @Yutsano: Jealous! What a great time of year to be in the NW too. When I am wealthy, I will summer there.

  5. 5.

    eemom

    August 21, 2011 at 12:04 am

    @Yutsano:

    pix pix pix??

    inquiring minds wish to know……exactly HOW handsome of a devil are you??

  6. 6.

    Violet

    August 21, 2011 at 12:06 am

    @Yutsano:
    Sounds fun! How many folks turned up?

  7. 7.

    KCinDC

    August 21, 2011 at 12:08 am

    Latest song I’ve been listening to: “Adieu”, by 17 Hippies.

  8. 8.

    Lojasmo

    August 21, 2011 at 12:11 am

    Kate bush. Anything by Kate,

    Also in the PNW, but in Portland until Monday. Damn, and blast.

  9. 9.

    Yutsano

    August 21, 2011 at 12:12 am

    For a Hollywood vanity band, 30 Seconds to Mars doesn’t suck as much as expected.

    @eemom: Thanks. I’m blushing now.

    @Violet: 6 BJers plus relative spousal units. Not a big crowd, but just enough to be rowdy and such.

  10. 10.

    MikeJ

    August 21, 2011 at 12:14 am

    @Jewish Steel: If you want to summer here, today was it.

    We tricked Sobeale into thinking it was sunny and 85 all the time here.

  11. 11.

    Yutsano

    August 21, 2011 at 12:17 am

    @MikeJ: Methinks she’ll get a true taste of the weather up here while she’s up in Canuckistan. At least that’s the rumor. And dammit I have a must-have restaurant list for Vancouver too. I think I’ll drop that over at her place. Plus she has to go to the place where my wedding that will never happen will be. :)

  12. 12.

    Jewish Steel

    August 21, 2011 at 12:19 am

    @MikeJ: All my Seattle mates were posting pics on fb today. Looked like a dynamite day.

  13. 13.

    Violet

    August 21, 2011 at 12:21 am

    @Yutsano:
    Sounds like fun!

    @MikeJ:
    Now is the time to visit Seattle, that’s for sure. Now through mid-September can be gorgeous.

  14. 14.

    CaseyL

    August 21, 2011 at 12:28 am

    Seconding Yutsano and MikeJ on what a gas the Seattle BJ Meetup was. It was so much fun that SouthernBeale and Mr. SouthernBeale came all the way from Nashville (I kid: they happen to be vacationing here now, and the timing was fortuitous). We plied them with booze and food and way too many suggestions about where to eat and what to see while in Seattle.

    It was great fun, and something well worth doing again!

  15. 15.

    sfinny

    August 21, 2011 at 12:37 am

    I’m jealous. Seattle is one of many places that I want to visit, but haven’t yet. Happy you all had a good time though.

  16. 16.

    MikeTheZ

    August 21, 2011 at 12:40 am

    Because, according to the Internet Traditions it must be said…

    ITS OVER 9000!!!!!!

    We now return you to your regularly scheduled Open Thread.

  17. 17.

    hamletta

    August 21, 2011 at 12:42 am

    Well, now, y’all Seattlites need to come to the Music City.

    And congratulate me, because I just bought a MacBook Pro! First new computer in yonks.

  18. 18.

    Yutsano

    August 21, 2011 at 12:46 am

    @hamletta:

    Well, now, y’all Seattlites need to come to the Music City.

    I’d go. I’d love to see Nashville and experience all the music and the history there. Plus I’d take the opportunity to prove once and for all that Kenny Chesney is gay.

  19. 19.

    Violet

    August 21, 2011 at 12:58 am

    @Yutsano:
    Was he the one who married Renee Zellwegger and then they annulled their marriage after a short while?

  20. 20.

    Comrade Kevin

    August 21, 2011 at 12:59 am

    Nice to hear that the Seattle meet-up was enjoyable. The Minneapolis one back in June was also a blast.

  21. 21.

    Steeplejack

    August 21, 2011 at 1:01 am

    @Yutsano:

    I’ll let others comment [. . .].

    WTF?! We’ve heard exactly nothing so far. Give us something.

  22. 22.

    Yutsano

    August 21, 2011 at 1:01 am

    @Violet: That would be the one. The mystery deepens since the marriage was annulled due to “fraud”. And hos public comments have been mushy at best and highly elusive at worst. And she won’t discuss it at all.

  23. 23.

    Valdivia

    August 21, 2011 at 1:06 am

    Sia. Just saw her in concert at the 9:30 club in DC and she is awesomely cooky on stage and her music rocks.

  24. 24.

    Violet

    August 21, 2011 at 1:06 am

    @Yutsano:
    I remember that “fraud” thing. It was very odd. Who annuls a marriage these days? I figured she was the gay one. You figure it’s him? He’s the one who always wears the hat, right? I don’t even know what he looks like. He’s a guy with a cowboy hat. LOL.

  25. 25.

    Valdivia

    August 21, 2011 at 1:07 am

    @Yutsano:

    Jealous! When is the DC meetup happening?

  26. 26.

    Steeplejack

    August 21, 2011 at 1:09 am

    @hamletta:

    Congratulations! You are truly moving up in the world. Don’t forget us little people.

  27. 27.

    Steeplejack

    August 21, 2011 at 1:12 am

    @Violet:

    She had a relationship with Jim Carrey. [shudder] That should explain a lot.

  28. 28.

    Sarah Proud and Tall

    August 21, 2011 at 1:15 am

    @Yutsano:

    30 Seconds to Mars

    I admit I have a soft spot for The Kill (Bury me), despite its title being one of the most pretentious things ever.

  29. 29.

    eemom

    August 21, 2011 at 1:18 am

    @Valdivia:

    let’s make it happen. After Labor Day p’raps?

  30. 30.

    eemom

    August 21, 2011 at 1:19 am

    @Steeplejack:

    …..and if you’re in NoVa we shall expect you to join us. (I’m in NoVa too.)

  31. 31.

    different church-lady

    August 21, 2011 at 1:20 am

    Amon Tobin.

  32. 32.

    Yutsano

    August 21, 2011 at 1:28 am

    @Steeplejack: Okay details.

    I was fashionably late (but not the last arrival) so when I walked into the bar the host knew right where to take me after I said I was looking for a group of people. We were split between two booths facing each other and introductions went around. We imbibed and laughed and griped and acted, well, like BJers. I can say that CaseyL is a fiery beautiful redhead and MikeJ is a delightful guy. Opie Jeanne is gonna end up being like my fourth or fifth mom, and SoBeale is very much the Southern lady we expected. Dollared came later and left early but he had plans.* Since the restaurant was literally right next door we hobbled right on over. MikeJ promptly got annoyed with me for taking the last pork tamale, but I’ll make it up to him later. The conversation and laughter continued as we ate outside and shared observations and stories and such. I meant to do more liveblogging but, well, we were all caught up in the company and fun.

    That’s the gist anyway.

    *(note to the BJers present: no I haven’t forgotten. I’m just waiting for the opportune moment to mention it.)

  33. 33.

    Dead Earnest

    August 21, 2011 at 1:29 am

    What else to listen to? Well SP&T, only because I follow Maggie Koerth.Baker at BoingBoing, today I was introduced to Professor Elemental and his ChapRap tune ‘Fighting Trousers’; via Maggie/BoingBoing:

    http://boingboing.net/2011/08/19/fighting-trousers-quality-victorian-parody-rap-video.html

    Now I should also prePologize to any and all who have been aware of Chap Rap, the Professor and his rival, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer Straight Outta Surrey, as it turns out this British Lords version of Hip Hop has been going on for several years. For me, who pretty well veered away from Pop culture around the time of The Guess Who and American Woman, it was a delightful find.
    Enjoy.

  34. 34.

    Valdivia

    August 21, 2011 at 1:30 am

    @eemom:
    Perfect. Around that date we can set it up here!

  35. 35.

    Kane

    August 21, 2011 at 1:43 am

    I’m loving this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biHe4Vyiv6A

    For the sounds and images, it’s one of my all-time favorites at YouTube.

  36. 36.

    Anoniminous

    August 21, 2011 at 1:59 am

    Doing some Civil War web surfing and ran across:

    Civil War food, logistics detailed:

    At the end of the event, Rice was presented with some actual Civil War hardtack. The wood from the crate that held it had rotted, leaving only the nails, but the hardtack endured in a Union trash pit in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., part of the Chickamauga battlefield where it was found.

    The wood rotted but the hardtack survived!!

  37. 37.

    gocart mozart

    August 21, 2011 at 2:40 am

    They’re lighting a bonfire upon every hilltop in the land
    Just another tiny island invaded when he’s got
    the whole world in his hands
    And the Heavyweight Champion fights in the
    International Propaganda Star Wars
    There’s already one spaceman in the White
    House what do you want another one for?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY_Lw53udq8

  38. 38.

    Bruuuuce

    August 21, 2011 at 2:52 am

    @cleek: I saw Wye Oak open for The Decemberists back in January. I hope they’re better in the studio than onstage. They have talent, but all of their material seems to follow a distinct template, and all ran together into much of a muchness.

  39. 39.

    Bruuuuce

    August 21, 2011 at 2:56 am

    @Sarah P&T (OP): This mashup (found via another of my fave blogs, Making Light) had me rolling with laughter, since it mashes two songs I play myself. I think I’ll have a go at it, the next time I’m performing.

  40. 40.

    gocart mozart

    August 21, 2011 at 2:56 am

    Drunk Jimmy Fallen sings with John Rich at a bar.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMga41o7I5g

  41. 41.

    Bruuuuce

    August 21, 2011 at 3:03 am

    For those into SF/F, the Hugo Awards ceremony was streamed live from Renovation (Worldcon) this evening. There’s a recording of it still up, at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/16783348 (Two caveats: (1) UStream plays a nonskippable commercial ad before the actual content and (2) the ceremony doesn’t start until about 35 minutes into the thing.)

    To avoid posting a long list of the winners, the list of winners can be found at http://renovationsf.org/ (for now). Congratulations are due to them all (although I would have voted differently in most cases where I knew the nominees!).

  42. 42.

    Christine Demos

    August 21, 2011 at 3:08 am

    Anyone know Les Negresses Vertes? Love them, especially “L’homme Des Marais”. And “Voila L’ete”. Oldies but goodies.

  43. 43.

    Paul Ryan's Dirty Sockpuppet

    August 21, 2011 at 3:12 am

    There is only the one thing for listening.

    PONPONPON

    (frightens my cats and is really bloody catchy so it’s worth it.)

  44. 44.

    AA+ Bonds

    August 21, 2011 at 3:51 am

    That fateful night . . . Balloon Juice converged with 4chan . . . consequences will never be the same.

  45. 45.

    AA+ Bonds

    August 21, 2011 at 3:54 am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbHnrMPsX-4

    ATL stand up.

  46. 46.

    M-pop

    August 21, 2011 at 9:01 am

    @Paul Ryan’s Dirty Sockpuppet: arigato, that was really beautiful. I believe I truly understand, now, the meaning of moe.

  47. 47.

    Omnes Omnibus

    August 21, 2011 at 9:49 am

    @Paul Ryan’s Dirty Sockpuppet: I watched 50 seconds of that. Does it continue on that way, or does it get weirder?

  48. 48.

    preston

    August 21, 2011 at 1:53 pm

    My Leather, My Fur, My Nails by Stepdad. Pure awesome.

  49. 49.

    Paul in KY

    August 23, 2011 at 10:49 am

    @Paul Ryan’s Dirty Sockpuppet: Wish I’d watched that stoned.

  50. 50.

    Paul in KY

    August 23, 2011 at 10:51 am

    @preston: That one too!

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