. Also in the Michael Jackson Suite at EastPortlandBlog.com: Tribute to Michael Jackson From Patrick Stump of Fallout Boy Brazilian Cab Driver Impersonates Michael Jackson Spectacularly On the Occasion of Michael Jackson’s Death, by Andrew Hamlin Smells Like Rockin’ Robin (Nirvana vs The Jackson 5) – A Mashup Michael Jackson – Thriller (A Cappella) Three …
Since I read the reconstituted, on-line-only version of the venerable CRAWDADDY! [thoughtfully bundled in with my weekly Wolfgang’s Vault concert archive e-mails] with some regularity, I can vouch for its residual interest, though I seldom look at more than one or two articles per virtual “issue”. On the whole, it’s fine. But this li’l bit …
Creativity was so boring when I was a kid. All we could do was write. But now…
Alcoholic Faith Mission are a cool band. I’ve become friends of theirs through writing about their music and have since met them. They have a new single out which amazingly is (for the moment) a free download via their record company: Alcoholic Faith Mission – Running With Insanity by Paper Garden Records This video is …
John Hammond Jr. is a fantastic live act. To say he’s been around is an understatement. Hammond introduced The Band to Bob Dylan and had a short-lived band that included both Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. He’s one of those performers who seems to feed off the energy of a live show, and then falls …
[Do English people write and express themselves better than Americans, Australians, Canadians or anyone, really, because they invented the language, forcing us to continue playing “catch up” after all the centuries? Below is Englander Mike Hughes on PJ Harvey. – EPB] “God damn Europeans, take me back to beautiful England” – LOL at PJ being …
Ambro’s cartoon of the day is a complex animated gif which could pass for a short film and is very funny: Go here – AMBROTOONS: Lucidity, the cartoon-defined word for 2/1/2011.
This brief vid is very helpful in filling the gaps of American geographical knowledge of the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England:
Here’s Brazilian taxi driver Jean Walker with his stunning version of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” delivered from behind the wheel of his cab: . Also in the Michael Jackson Suite at EastPortlandBlog.com: Tribute to Michael Jackson From Patrick Stump of Fallout Boy Brazilian Cab Driver Impersonates Michael Jackson Spectacularly On the Occasion of Michael Jackson’s Death, …
This time Improv Everywhere switches things up by having only one improvisor who performs a skating routine with a twist:
Via BoingBoing.
There has been a lot of misinformation and disinformation coming from people who want to privatize or weaken Social Security. This is not a debate. This is a fact. People suggest that Social Security is in crisis when in reality it can pay out full benefits for more than the next 20 years. Remember that …
OK, here’s another Kate Bush tune for my friends who are fans (her outfit is right up there with some of Barbarella‘s best…Halloween costume idea anyone?) On an aside, do you notice a thematic, though not stylistic, similarity to “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” by Rupert Holmes? A woman looking for additional racy costume ideas …
It’s a gig Jim, but not as we know it…. Visiting Brits, more used to gigs in student halls or the back rooms of London pubs, we happened to pitch up in Salt Lake City at the same time as the opening night of new music venue The House (http://thehouse.org). It’s situated discreetly in what …