the oh so quiet show

Alice in Wonderland, recut

roboppy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:41:59 +0000

Download the song (made of sounds from Alice in Wonderland) by Pogo at last.fm

“I’ve waited 20 years for this!”

roboppy — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:36:32 +0000

Zach just treated my office to a captivating story about buying scalped tickets to see George Michael at Madison Square Garden. We all stared at him in disbelief. It was amusing.

I’m not going to repeat any of the story; I just wanted to note the random things that go on during my day. GO ZACH!!!

There Goes the Fear

roboppy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:58:26 +0000

I know the office jukebox is streaming from my iTunes when Doves comes on. Not sure I’ve ever watched the video for “There Goes the Fear” before, but I listened to the song obsessively when it first came out. Still good.

I feel like I’m watching a guy’s midlife crisis…in the form of an animated collage…on massive drugs.

That Thing You Do!

roboppy — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:58:29 +0000

I used to love That Thing You Do! when I was in middle school. Someone uploaded the whole movie to YouTube so I watched it again. I needed happy songs.

Yay, happies.

The song I’ve heard too many times this week

roboppy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:47:31 +0000

..Because my roommate likes to blast it on repeat: “Go West” by the Pet Shop Boys.

I think I’m getting used to it. Not sure if that’s a good or bad thing.

Because the obsessed teenage girl phase is over

roboppy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:02:27 +0000

I mean, it was over some years ago when crossed the double decade age. But I only realized today that if I don’t get his latest album, Modern Guilt (which I only realized a week before its release even existed), then it’ll be his only album that I don’t have. I have the other 11 in some form. Should it bother me that I was once a frighteningly dedicated fan but have quickly fallen from fanaticism to…whatever I am now, which is probably a healthier mental state?

I dunno. I feel like I do have to get it, just to keep the collection complete, and should continue doing this until I die (or rather, until Beck dies, because he’ll probably go first…or will he). Been listening to some new songs and they’re…catchy enough (although my favorite album is still Mutations). It’s the only new music I’ve listened to in a long time. I’m afraid to read Brooklyn Vegan because I probably won’t know 90% of the bands it mentions and I’ve given up on trying to catch up. I have to channel the obsessive music-loving middle schooler I once was. [squints]…[clenches fists]…

…Okay, that just gives me a headache.

I too can do a farmer’s jig

roboppy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:20:45 +0000

Some videos I enjoyed at work today:

Western Spaghetti by Pes.

Where The Hell is Matt? (2008)

Hover Bacon

roboppy — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:32:35 +0000

This video is hypnotic:

Dear god…why can’t I stop watching…

So these days I mostly listen to Fionn Regan and Lykke Li. You have to stick music directly into my earholes for me to listen to new things these days. I don’t know why. Do days still have 24 hours? Feels more like 20.

The other day I listened to The Wallflower’s Bringing Down the Horse in its entirety with a friend who, like me, once loved the crap out of that album. …10 years ago. We were inspired after walking by a poster advertising Jakob Dylan’s new album. For some reason we figured that artists just ceased all activity once we stopped listening to them. Which is, you know, wrong. I haven’t listened to the new album yet, but I’ll give it a whirl.

And then I’ll watch more hover bacon.

New Notwist Album

roboppy — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:43:46 +0000

I only just found out that The Notwist had a new album coming out, The Devil, You + Me, by reading an ad for it on Facebook.

That can’t be a good sign.

After reloading the page, the ad now says, “Black Hair and Beauty NYC.”

That Weezer video you’ve already seen

roboppy — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:38:34 +0000

I too wish there had been Rick Astley action, but they did a pretty good job of reinforcing the fact that I spend way too much time online. However, I didn’t recognized everything…just 95% of it. Oh dear.

I couldn’t say it was awesome until Charlie the Unicorn popped up. You know, Charlie?

Part 1

Part 2

Part 2 is just “wtf” for six minutes. But sometimes that’s what you need.