Music

To the tune of "Louie, Louie": Barry, Barr-y, o-o-o-o-h, oh, o-o-o-o-h, you gotta go. Tip from American Digest. Read more

What a terrible waste of good classical music.  The Mozart Trick is most appropriate when you want to repel some people (teen-aged vandals and thieves) but attract others (big-spending parvenus).  Why not condition these no-goodniks by playing some the really lame music of the 40’s and 50’s?  Stuff like "Bimbo" and "How Much is That Read more

Amazing what popular music stays classy–this one was recorded a half-century ago:   Check out the White Boy hand action in the audience–I think I’ve just found an annoying thing to do at concerts.Tip from American Digest. Read more

Looks like I need to do some shopping to top off this list. Read more

There are jewels and heroes among les miserables.  Go look. Tip from the Belmont Club, who got it from Fausta.  There are various versions out on YouTube; they’ve accumulated over 20 million views. Update (16 April). Colete Douglas Home takes modern tastes and manners to the woodshed: …only the pretty are expected to achieve. Not Read more

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This music video is w-a-a-y better than moldy old Rudolph animations.  Who’d have imagined an irate Santa and an evil snowman? Tip from the Winds of Change. Read more

I’ve had access to a copy of the Real Book, a gigantic compendium of jazz and popular charts.  What a magnificent violation of the copyright laws this thing is! Read more

Webb Wilder’s "Human Cannonball."  Priceless. Tip from the Instapundit.  Where does he find this stuff? Read more