Spring in Your Step

It is getting warmer now, winter is on the way out finally and it seems like we can start thinking about the warm summer nights ahead of us.

Wallpaper is an Oakland duo droppin some dope rhymes about everything from summer fun to sexting. That's right, I said dope. Like it's 1994. America, love it or leave it buddy.




Why these guys get Geekbot Cred, for a song about Getting your Freak on via IM




And since you can't swing a dead cat around here without running into Jonathan Coulton, here is is very NSFW song about the Joy of Spring

First of May - Jonathan Coulto...

Yo Gabba Gabba, I Heart You... and Bugs

Yo Gabba Gabba is the best. The great Nickelodeon show drifts in and out on my radar as time goes by, never failing to impress me by booking some amazing acts to teach kids about everything to eating their vegetables to strangers. This month has been especially great apparently, with the Yo Gabba Gabba crew getting one of my all time favorite acts Black Moth Super Rainbow and the Pop monsters Weezer to sing songs about bugs.



Not only can Praying Mantises nab sweet sweet hummingbirds, but they also play a mean set of drums.



Next time you don't feel like eating your Vegetables, just remember that sad little carrots and green beans want to go to the "Party in Your Tummy."

Watts Happenin'?

I'd actually never heard of Reggie Watts until I saw his appearance in a commercial a few months ago, but I'm starting to see that he has more musical talent packed in 10 seconds of one of his songs than I would have in my entire life. to prove it, here is a battery commercial. Yes, a commercial.




A longer piece, worth it just for the ad-lib BBC report at the end.

Puppet Power

"Paddling Ghost" by Dan Deacon


I'm often not sold on a song until I see the video. This is one of those songs. Ghosts. Pirates. All for $100 in production costs. Pretty dang good.


Another from the same videographer, Natalie Van Den
"Sunny Side of the Street" by Brother Earth


The Classic Mr. Oizo
"Flat Beat" by Mr Oizo




"United States of Whatever" Sifl and Olly

"I went down to the beach and saw Kiki and she was all like "eeehh" and I'm like "Whateva!"




Lady Gaga covered by The Muppets

Lights, LEGOs... ACTION!!!

(I am LEGO Stephen Hawkings and I approve this message:)

These songs, though most-excellent, aren't directly nerdy themselves, but instead are charged with 8-bit power from lights, LEGOs and dice, making us clap are hands in geeky glee!

"Ankle Injuries" by Fujiya & Miyagi





Anti-Anti by Snowden




"Happy Up Here" by Royksopp... SPACE INVADERS HOOOOO!!!!

"...Does that belt say STAR WARS??!!!"

One of last years best new hip-hop acts, The Cool Kids, also had a couple of great nerdy songs. A Little Bit Cooler is a winner for namedropping both Street Fighter and Star Wars in a song in a way that makes you shake your butt.

A Little Bit Cooler - The Cool...

Nothing says "I'm smarter than you" like winning the dozens, more commonly known as a Yo Mama off. A classic song from a great 1990's group The Pharcyde, breaks it down so you can learn a little something about how your brotherman sees your mother, man.

Ya Mama - The Pharcyde

"Crooked" Evilnine ft. Aesop Rock

Bobby McFerrin Controls Your Mind

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

This Clip is a couple of months old, but since it has to do with mind control, I'll post it. Why wasn't Bobby McFerrin my music teacher instead of Mr. Kreeb? Oh, well.



Oh, and speaking of mind control, if you ever want to control the minds of your friends, try this trick. Write this on a piece of paper:
3
33
333
3333
33333
333333
3333333

Hand it to one of your easily mind controlled buddies, and ask them to read the numbers off the paper quickly and out loud, but individually, not as big numbers. So they will say "Three. Three three. Three three three" etc. AS SOON AS THEY FINISH THE SERIES say:

"Now Quick! Say a color and tool."

They will say (if they are weak of will and subject to your near-infinite powers of mind control) RED and HAMMER.

Which is what you were just thinking right now, and is what you will have written on the back of the paper so that when your weak-minded friend turns it over, you will blow their minds like I just blew yours...

Admiral Ackbar for Ole Miss

Unhappy with Colonel Reb, the University of Mississippi's racist team mascot, the students were asked to find pick a new mascot for their college. The students went big, and are now seeking to replace the Colonel with an Admiral... Admiral Ackbar to be precise. Too awesome for words.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/movies/27arts-OUTWITHTHECO_BRF.html