Meanwhile, the Jehovah’s Witnesses not only shun masturbation, they want to make sure you know they shun it. Even if you can’t hear. So they created a series of videos where Witnesses signed about how terrible masturbation is. And then someone found them and dubbed 50 Cent over it. This is hilarious, horribly dirty and if you know sign language, please light up the comments telling us what the hell they’re saying.
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Benny Hill Makes Everything Better. Even Raves.
If you’ve not seen this yet, it’s 45 seconds of amazing mashup saxamaphone for your Friday afternoon. Benny Hill’s theme has truly become a cultural staple, as it replaces the rather heinous tech-whatever that’s playing in the original video and gives the bro-trio (Pokemon!) a fun rhythm to bop to. Also that dude in the black tank totally works out. (via Laughing Squid)
Glitch Mob Goes Under The Hood
The Glitch Mob’s new album is out and it’s fabulous. I’m still listening to it daily and am so glad they opened up their studio & production stuff to this interview. There’s a stupid amount of nerditry and music-related geek out here, most of it above my weight class, but I know all you synth & plug-in junkies lust after this stuff, so take it away Tumblr! Also, put the album into your face Here!
2013 First Time In 56 Years No Black Artist Had A #1 Single.
Just FYI, for all of the R&B, hip hop and straight up rap we had in our aural universe last year, not a single person of color had a number one hit. No Robin Thicke, in all his gropey ass glory, doesn’t count. No black artist had a top #1 Billboard hit, for the first time in over 50 years. I’m not sure what to think about this, but I hadn’t heard it reported anywhere, so I wanted to make a note of it. Cultural appropriation isn’t cool guys. (via Colorlines)
James Murphy Wants Each Subway Station To Have Its Own Soundtrack.
James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem wants to make the sterile & dissonant noise associated with the negotation of a Subway turnstile better. The Wall Street Journal reports that Mr. Daft Punk Is Playing In My House found the spare time to give each station unique tones & a set of notes. Additionally, the the melodies would be richer as the station gets busier & it would be played when the subway stops as well. Anyone want to take odds on if this happens, and if it does, how much hilarious argument there’s gonna be about how stations sound? (via Wall Street Journal, though, why did they say “Musician” in the WSJ?)
Image via The Guardian. (I just thought he kinda looked like a lemur. You all know what a train station looks like)
Johnny Rotten, Drummer Robert Williams & Judge Judy (For Real. 1997)
Johnny Rotten on Judge Judy?! This is kind of incredible. Laughing Squid picks the choice quote from the 2:45 of artistic bad behavior:
“He’s a nudnik but you don’t have to be disrespectful.”
I won’t spoil who comes out on top, so check it out if you want to hear that delightful accent in full effect. ANARCHY IN THE…oh, yes, ok, I’ll quiet down, sorry Judge Judy. (via Laughing Squid)
Nicki Minaj Is Back, Guns Blazing!
I was scared for a minute that Nicki Minaj was going to slouch and turn into a ditz when she decided to pick up the regular gig on American Idol. She has so much flow, talent & fire that I really think she can be one of the best female moguls in hip hop since Missy Elliot & Mary J Blige, and this video definitely gives me hope she’s on the way back to tangling with the big dogs in the game. World Star Hip Hop dropped it first and it’s been slowly catching the eyes of those in the know. Peep it and get excited.
Sturdy Portable Laptop Stand Review On Beatport. For Your Favorite On The Go DJ.
Beatport has continued their series of tech reviews and they’ve started branching out into things that you don’t need to plug in. Since every DJ I know always complains about their laptop stand, I figured I’d post this, and I hope it helps a non-zero number of you traktor/ableton jockeys out. Don’t say I never got you anything nice. On a more serious note though, things like this definitely prove that Beatport is a smart brand that’s trying to get information out to its customers. Good on em.
http://news.beatport.com/blog/2014/02/17/udgs-creator-is-a-great-compact-on-the-go-laptop-stand/
Squarepusher Is Now Making Music With Robots (No, Not Daft Punk, Actual Robots)
Just in case you haven’t gotten your fill of robots, Squarepusher is coming to the rescue. Instead of wearing helmets or suits or using robotic sounding music, Squarepusher is just giving instruments to robots and playing with them. You heard me. Get at the video below and hit up FACT for more info & some of Squarepusher’s thoughts behind it. I’m just going to sit back and fantsize about a Daft Punk/Squarepusher collaboration. Mmmmm, inorganic music.
Deadmau5 Trolls Wildztylez In Retailiation For Chord Jack & Revives FuckMyLife
k https://t.co/RxlzvLZOzB there. took me like 7 hours to tune that kick. wait for the dorp do. eipc dopr! #hardstyle4lyf #swag #yolo
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) February 21, 2014
And with that, deadmau5 has returned to soundcloud. EDMTunes reports that after deadmau5 confronted Wildstylez about what he saw to be a clear rip off job, he dove into the studio and produced some blistering hardstyle (below). Moral of the story, don’t piss off Joel.
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