So true, so very true.
Category: cool things!
These things are cool!
Rock on, Herman Cain! Rock. On.
So, 20 years ago when Herman Cain was in charge at Godfather’s Pizza, he performed this version of John Lennon’s “Imagine”, but with totally opposite lyrics and intent!
Hatsune Miku, computer-generated singer (from Japan, of course)
There is a company in Japan that has written a fantastic piece of software that allows even non-musicians to write music and songs for a “virtual singer” to perform. Continue reading “Hatsune Miku, computer-generated singer (from Japan, of course)”
Now that’s a real “copy cat!”
I don’t know, something tells me this isn’t real, but if it isn’t, I’d like to know how they did it!
Blast from the past! (Tetris theme on acoustic guitar)
Ewan Dobson (why have I never heard of him before???) does his version of Korobeinki, the original Tetris game theme. If you’re of a certain age you probably have this music memorized! Continue reading “Blast from the past! (Tetris theme on acoustic guitar)”
Acoustic guitar trance? Whoa…
Guitarist Ewan Dobson, playing an amplified acoustic guitar, making incredible trance music! Not sure if he’s using any other augmentation, possibly reverb, but still, this is an impressive guitarist!
Beautifully choreographed synchronized gymnastics
Absolutely beautiful, I don’t know where this competition was held, but hopefully this Japanese team made it into the finals at the very least. More like watching a ballet than a gymnastics exhibition, the athletes coordinated almost flawlessly.
Boy’s love for Morning Glories lives on long after his passing…
This is a nice story about a boy’s love of Morning Glories, and his mother’s love for him, which she spreads to the tsunami survivors through seeds from the flowers he grew just before he died, and which he never lived to see bloom.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/life_and_death/AJ2011092612223
