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Early Morning Open Thread

by Sarah, Proud and Tall|  September 10, 20114:07 am| 13 Comments

This post is in: Music, Open Threads, Rick Perry Presents "Rick Perry"

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Made me laugh all seven times I played it. PronunciationManual is a parody of pronunciationbook, apparently. Timothy Olyphant is wonderful too.

Musicwise, I’m liking The Young Professionals, from dancepop:

through trancey banginess:

all the way to this:

Plus cute Jewish boys. What’s not to like?

Just a final reminder, the latest jobs thread is here.

ETA: “Darkness“.

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13Comments

  1. 1.

    Keith

    September 10, 2011 at 4:27 am

    I seem to remember an announcer calling him “Brett Faver” repeatedly back in his college days, but now “Bo Foofer” will take over my favorite pronunciation.

  2. 2.

    Yutsano

    September 10, 2011 at 4:31 am

    Made me laugh all seven times I played it.

    Don’t fool me lady. I done saw what you did there.

  3. 3.

    Arclite

    September 10, 2011 at 4:32 am

    Sven and Michel are doing a magic trick, when something unexpected happens.

    My question to Balloon Juicers is, is this real or fake?

  4. 4.

    Mino

    September 10, 2011 at 4:35 am

    That first disco one seems a parody of some 80’s stuff, not really a disco flavor to me, though. I liked the arty-ness of the video, but not the song.

  5. 5.

    Amir Khalid

    September 10, 2011 at 6:04 am

    @Arclite:
    I’d say real.

  6. 6.

    Raven (formerly stuckinred)

    September 10, 2011 at 6:35 am

    @Arclite:
    setup,
    like a bowlin pin
    knocked down
    it get’s to wearin thin
    they just won’t let you be

  7. 7.

    MC

    September 10, 2011 at 10:29 am

    I just wasted many minutes watching many other PronunciationManual videos. I highly recommend “darkness,” “chipotle,” and “Werner Herzog.” Thank you.

  8. 8.

    Mojotron

    September 10, 2011 at 11:04 am

    That first disco one seems a parody of some 80’s stuff

    It’s a reworking/homage to a 70s/80s group from Ottawa named….Ottawan. They did a version of their hits in both French and English, the French ones sound slightly better.

    D.I.S.C.O. version francaise
    D.I.S.C.O. English
    T’es OK vs. You’re OK

  9. 9.

    BruceFromOhio

    September 10, 2011 at 11:14 am

    Bo Foofer? I was pronouncing it *Beau* Foofer, but I like your version better.

  10. 10.

    Matthew Reid Krell

    September 10, 2011 at 7:36 pm

    If you listen to the middle pronunciation, it’s clearly Beauf Oofer.

  11. 11.

    Emily L. Hauser/ellaesther

    September 11, 2011 at 12:02 am

    IVRI LIDER!!

    Back when I used to be an Israeli music journalist, I interviewed Ivri Lider, back in the day, when he was a brand new and promising singer, the newest Big Thing — and then he went on to be a really, really Big Thing! (All in Israel of course. Here? He made it into one of Out Magazine’s lists, and I interviewed him again – for the Jewish press. Sigh).

    He’s a very, very sweet guy and still one of my favorites.

  12. 12.

    PeterOak

    September 12, 2011 at 1:52 am

    Sarah,
    Thank you for turning me on to TYP. The song is infectious, the video is fun and Uriel Yekutiel is worth going to Tel Aviv to see in person!

  13. 13.

    Paul in KY

    September 12, 2011 at 9:15 am

    @Arclite: IMO, fake (the falling entertainment center was staged).

    Don’t know about the removing tablecloth stunt.

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