Madness Factor

Here’s a composition tool I hadn’t considered: stop-motion video. Apparently that, and Fruity Loops, was how 22-year old Norwegian Lasse Gjertsen created the catchy tune that’s featured in Amateur, a viral-video hit — 1,707,174 hits and counting, in fact — on YouTube. And according to Gjertsen, he can’t play a note. Well, okay, he can […]

The folks at SNL created their own trailer for Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto. Check it out.

I’ll have to do a search and see if someone’s had the same fun with Michael Richards in old episodes of Seinfeld.
(Aside: It’s nice to see the good folks at NBC now post their “property” on YouTube; I’m glad they learned […]

Well, take the Tone Deaf Test and find out! It seemed more like a game of “musical memory” than a test for tone deafness, but then again, unlike the guy who designed it, I’m not a med student. And for the record, I scored 83.3%. (I might have done better, had my dog not asked […]

This should be good. Stephen Colbert is going to battle it out with Decemberists multi-instrumentalist Chris Funk in a guitar solo duel on December 20. Now that’s a show I gotta see!
Complete story here.
Video of the challenge on the Colbert Report here. (Ad precedes video.)

When its strap breaks, the controller for the Nintendo Wii can become a dangerous projectile, causing damage to humans as well as electronics. See video below, and check out this article in the Seattle Times. The video has a small bit of farce mixed in, but you’ll get the point.