Sound of Music Flash Mob

Miles Fisher American Psycho Parody (Talking Heads)

Wyclef Jean

I know this is another party I’m late to, and I admit I’m not a fan of his rappier stuff, but these songs by Wyclef are killer.  I’ll be looking for more.

1. Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)
2. Fast Car
3. Slow Down
4. Perfect Gentleman

Landslide by PS22

See Wicked

Wow.  Highly recommend this musical.  If you don’t remember “The Wizard of Oz” very well, rent it (or read the book) first.

Joe Cocker, hoggify

Some great (lesser heard) DMB tunes

1. Spoon
2. Granny
3. Sister
4. Cornbread
5. Christmas Song
6. Proudest Monkey
7. Pantala Naga Pampa

Sing yourself

Maybe this is what Whitman meant…

The composer John Cage visited a sound-proofed anechoic chamber in order to experience total and complete silence.  It didn’t quite work out that way.  Describing the experience, he later wrote, “I heard two sounds, one high and one low. When I described them to the engineer in charge, he informed me that the high one was my nervous system in operation, the low one my blood in circulation.”

This seems to raise a lot of questions.  Are the two sounds always at the same two musical notes and keys, or do they vascillate and, if so, why?  Can they be in tune with each other, creating a kind of harmony, during which we feel good, or dissonant when we feel bad?  Is the music of our bodies naturally harmonious with the music of those we fall in love with?  Might we be prone to hate someone whose natural music is discordant with our own?

“Dancing 2008″ by Matt Harding

This is one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen. (I would embed the video here, but you need to see it in high definition.)

There is still magic in the world. Check it out . . . “Dancing 2008″

(I’ve watched this several times and keep discovering wonderful details.  After you think you’re saturated with it, go back and watch it again, but try to ignore the location names and just focus on the places, then watch it again and focus just on the people dancing….Wow.)