Ah to be unemployed again

Recorded this a few years ago and came across it the other day on the computer, so I decided to throw it up. Long and meandering, it is more or less the sound of my self indulgence captured on tape. Enjoy

Link:

Random noodling from a lazier time

Daily Wig #20

Reasons why David Gilmour is a genius:

This one is a two parter, firstly for when the acoustic rhythm comes in and secondly for the solo, naturally

Self explanatory:

If you need more:

And if you still need convincing...

Amazing

In fairness, unreal advertising for Republic of Telly, shame the show itself doesn't live up to it!

The real reason Lennon was killed...

Thirty years ago today, Mark David Chapman shot John Lennon in the back because he couldn't find anything else to read. If he hadn't been cruelly forced to read Catcher in the Rye over and over again perhaps Lennon might still be alive today, war might have been abolished and the Beatles might have reunited to record England's World Cup song in 1998.

Unfortunately the mischievous book managed to convince Chapman to bring it everywhere with him and finally, after months whispering in Chapman's ear, he got him to carry out the final stages of J.D. Salinger's evil plan: murder John Lennon and elope with Yoko Ono.

Chapman was originally on track to completing this successfully but after the shooting he realised what he had done and decided he couldn't let Salinger complete his evil plan.

However, he feared reprisal from the brutish novelist whose notorious temper was the stuff of legend, so he decided to turn himself in, and feigning instability, cited the book as the reason he did it.

The authorities misinterpreted what he meant by claiming the book was responsible, but one of the arresting officers was on Salinger's payroll so he was unable to explain himself properly.

In the end though, Chapman had done enough. Salinger's name was now permanently linked with Lennon's murder and any attempt of his to try and court Yoko would have caused a media shit storm.

"Catcher in the Rye" continues to sell consistently to this day and up until his death last year Salinger had become rich from his plot to have Lennon assassinated. However despite all his gold chalices and fur coats (which he was known to parade around the bars of New Hampshire in) he was never ever able to befriend Yoko Ono.

He struggled with the past however in his later years, and he began to feel enormous guilt for what he had done to Lennon. On his deathbed, confessed everything to his son Matthew and begged for the world to forgive him.

His estate later officially apologised to Yoko Ono. Chapman had his sentence reviewed after the apology and was released from prison. He went into acting, most notably starring in "The Killing of John Lennon". Danny DeVito was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role as the book.

*It's worrying what can come out of your mind sometimes. By way of an apology for these nonsense ramblings here are some of my of favorite Lennon songs.

John Lennon

9 October 1940 - 8 December 1980

This is how you play a guitar...

40 Second Songs #4 - Santa Claus is coming to town (Lounge edit)

I was bored and hungry so decided some smarmy Christmas cheese was in order...

Good song....

...weird video

La Breeze - Simian

40 Second Song #3 - Sesame Street Theme

I wonder if they ever got there in the end...

40 Second Songs #2 - Happy Days Theme

To follow up from a recent post involving TV theme songs and a Friday afternoon spent on the couch, I decided to share some of the results here in an attempt to make me feel like it wasn't a completely wasted day.

Granted it's longer than 40 seconds and its not an original but if that is something that you take umbrage with... sit on it

Homer: It'll be great to see the old gang again. Potsie, Ralph Malph, the Fonz.

Marge: That wasn't you, that was "Happy Days"!

Homer: No, they weren't all happy days. Like the time Pinky Tuscadero crashed her motorcycle, or the night I lost all my money to those card sharks and my dad Tom Bosley had to get it back.

I think that says it all really...

I like working on Fridays

40 Second Song #1 - Sunny side up

The first in a series (hopefully)

40 second songs are ideas I've never finished due to laziness and other mitigating circumstances but if I post them here I feel like I've achieved something. Also being the ego maniac that I am cutting them down to 40 seconds is teaching me a much needed lesson in restraint.

Hopefully they don't offend your ears too much, and if for some reason anyone wants to do anything with these, work away.

Oh and in case you were wondering, yes I did make the video myself...

So annoyed I missed these guys last week

Australian band who have many many fine albums for you to seduce your earholes with.

http://www.thecatempire.com/

Lovely shtuff

For your eclectic musical taste; EL GUINCHO | Bombay

EL GUINCHO | Bombay from MGdM | Marc Gómez del Moral on Vimeo.

I'm not sure if MTV even has music videos anymore, but I'm pretty sure this wouldn't be on it.

Creepy

Cool video made from 1554 pictures.

Creep (Radiohead) - Scala & Kolacny Brothers from Alex Heller on Vimeo.

Aural valium

M.I.A. new video direceted by Romain Gavras

Check it out on youtube;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xD5xjahxac&feature=youtu.be

this is the tune, can't embed the video.





Romain Gavras directed this too, which is amazinnnng too;

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Lack of Flight of the Conchords

Carol Brown took a bus out of townnnnnnnn. Amazing

A celebration of the Dublin Bike Scheme which is my new favorite toy...

State of the art video effects (C. 1978)