Genius says Madonna ripped him off

This guy thinks Madonna ripped him off for her track “Give Me All Your Luvin.’” Could be. I dunno. Maybe. But he can be comforted with the knowledge that his song is by far the superior work out of the two. This is “L.O.V.E. Banana” by Joao Brasil, feat Lovefoxx. It’s awesome.

Florida: Call # on sign to report missing sign. Wait..what?

This is an actual thing, and not a hoax.

John Stossel of Fox Business called The Florida Department of Revenue and asked for an explanation. He was told, “A vending machine operator that does not place the notice on the machine presumably is not in compliance with the other requirements such as registration and payment of the tax.”

So, it just like Van Halen’s famous rider clause demanding no brown M&M’s anywhere in the backstage area on penalty of forfeiture of the show with full payment to the band. This has gone down in legend as an example of the band’s diva behaviour at the height of their career (late 70′s-early 80s). But in reality it was a test to see that producers were paying attention, since VH gigs were so technically complex for the time. David Lee Roth explained in his 1997 book Crazy from the Heat, “ if I saw a brown M&M in that bowl . . . well, line-check the entire production.  Guaranteed you’re going to arrive at a technical error.  They didn’t read the contract.  Guaranteed you’d run into a problem.  Sometimes it would threaten to just destroy the whole show.  Something like, literally, life-threatening.”

See? The same! Sort of.

But the question remains…if the sign is missing, how do we know what number to call?

(Image via popehat)

Porn star turned disco star Andrea True (More, More More) dead at 68

Andrea True, who had a major hit in 1976 with the song “More, More, More” (which I’ve been known to sing as “Mo, Mo, Mo” for my friend Mo, who is actually mentioned in the previous post) died earlier this month at age 68.

True was a well known porn star before hitting the disco scene with her group Andrea True Connection. She also released the singles “N.Y. You Got Me Dancing” in 1977 and “What’s Your Name, What’s Your Number” in 1978. Her third album tanked and she left the music industry and, according to Dangerous Minds, she’d been working as a psychic for a number of years.

According to the Kingston Daily Freeman, True died on November 7 of causes that have not been released.

The Freeman also says More, More, More is being used in a TV commercial for the Post cereal Honey Bunches of Oats.

Mindblowing breakdance

Motherf’in’ are you kidding me? This kid is amazing.

This video makes me feel old and fat and inflexible and heavy and…other stuff…uncool, maybe. Kinda makes you feel like you need to cut down on the sandwiches and do some stretching, huh?

The director’s name is Alex Yde and he is from Bretagne, France. He’s got a Vimeo channel here.

INCREDIBLE, inspiring acapella version of John Cage’s 4’33″

I know, I know. If you know me, I have shown you this before. But it just cracks me the fark up.

Mongolian throat singer performs supercool version of Waltzing Matilda

Tom Waits did a version of this song.

It’s Waltzing Matilda, performed by a Mongolian throat singer, though really, it should be called “overtone” singing, as throat singing applies to an Inuit form of singing, which is performed differently, while overtone singing is done in places all over Asia and Europe and has a broader range of styles.

This is crazy awesome, and now I really want to learn how to overtone sing. But I know that if I wait, like, an hour (please, who am I kidding? Seven minutes), the desire will pass and I’ll want a sandwich or something instead. Really, one should be content to watch this guy Bukhchuluun Ganburged singing for ABC National Radio. His website is Horsefiddle.com