Mouse on The Keys is a unique mixture of drums and keyboard, as well as the unlikely pairing of post rock with jazz fusion. Hailing from Toyko, here is the official music video and a rather inventive performance of the opening track off their mini album, Sezession.
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Mouse On the Keys, Saigo no Bansan
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 by CrapIn Memory of the recent passing of Les Paul…
Friday, August 28th, 2009 by Crap…heres a great clip of both Les Paul and his then wife Mary Ford busting out virtuoso level playing on the Colgate Comedy Hour 1954. They essentially perform many common guitar techniques today that are simply taken for granted and are done here, seemingly effortlessly.
MV to Neko Case’s “People Got A Lotta Nerve”
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 by CrapNot sure how I missed this but from back in April, the video to Neko Case’s “People Got A Lotta Nerve“. Great track and some quirky animation from the talents of Paul and Julie Morstad. On a related note, Neko has announced a vinyl late Spring release for the Middle Cyclone LP. No updates on it so far but will be sure to pick it up when it does finally hit stores.
John Cage Performing “Water Walk” on TV Game Show in 1960
Sunday, June 7th, 2009 by CrapSaw this amazing video via Puke Skywalker the other day and since I’m lazy today, I’ll quote the original article from WFMU:
At the time, Cage was teaching Experimental Composition at New York City’s New School. Eight years beyond 4:33, he was (as our smoking MC informs us) the most controversial figure in the musical world at that time. His first performance on national television was originally scored to include five radios, but a union dispute on the CBS set prevented any of the radios from being plugged in to the wall. Cage gleefully smacks and tosses the radios instead of turning them on and off. While treating Cage as something of a freak, the show also treats him fairly reverentially, cancelling the regular game show format to allow Cage the chance to perform his entire piece (via WFMU).
TED Talks: Kaki King rocks out to “Pink Noise”
Friday, May 29th, 2009 by CrapKaki King makes an appearance on TED with her rather innovative slap and fret tapping technique.
VV Brown on the Black Cab Sessions
Friday, May 29th, 2009 by Crap
VV Brown makes an appearance on the Black Cab Sessions with a performance of her single, “Shark in the Water”. Although a great single by any means, I actually prefer this acoustic live rendition over her somewhat overproduced album version, which if anything, seems to draw attention away from her vocal talent.
“Spring Awakening” Upcoming Korean Production
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 by Crap
Duncan Sheik & Steven Sater’s Tony-sweeping musical Spring Awakening is getting a Korean production in July. It will star Kim Mu-yeol, Cho Jung-seok, and Kim Yu-young in lead roles and subsequently will have the majority of its lyrics sung in Korean. Needless to say, I have no idea who any of them are but if the rehearsal videos are any indicator, they seem to have been extremely well cast.
An official site has been up for awhile which has two montage reels, one of which shows a glimpse into rehearsals and the newly translated Korean scripting. More importantly, there is a full video rehearsal of “Totally F*ucked” with both leads exhibiting some strong vocal and stage presence. The choreography is relatively unchanged from the original Broadway production but its definitely refreshing to see a completely new cast doing a rendition out of costume.
There is also a plethora of other full rehearsal videos of many of the musical’s number on Naver Video…but the load speeds are annoyingly slow. For those patient enough to check them out, I highly suggest you do. Otherwise, at least give a listen to “Totally F*ucked” over on the official site which suffers no load problems.
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a first peak at “Another Version of the Truth”
Sunday, May 24th, 2009 by CrapAmazing peak of Another Version of the Truth at both the high quality of the footage being used as well as some rather nifty editing. Overall, for a fanbased production, its rounding out to be quite incredible. Embedded above in HD, is”Pinion/Wish” from the Las Vegas DVD.
