Zaphod for President

I’m in a musical mood today. Enjoy a brief duet between Snoop and Willie (video begins 30 seconds in).

I found this during my daily surf of the web. For more memorable Sesame Street music moments, check out Pop Vultures.

In the immortal words of Spooner: blind black dudes like Ray Charles are indeed cool.

Enjoy some John Lennon, and have a very Merry Christmas.

Happy Birthday Jesus!

Imagine this: a montage of Joseph Stalin as the Cold War escalates into the Korean War.
I think it works.
UPDATE: I have no idea why this is playing in “chipmunk mode”. The original is here.

Elvis Presley, 1969. Possibly the most accidentally hysterical song of all time.

Speaking of the Beatles, this 1963 hit sparked the “British Invasion”.

Everyone knows this one: “The Twist” by Chubby Checker (1960), later made acceptable to suburban white kids vis-a-vis the Beatles. Thus continued the noble tradition of white kids getting rich by stealing black music, and repackaging it for mainstream audiences.

Enjoy this 1950 hit from Teresa Brewer:

I have decided to attempt to produce a full-length documentary. This is something I’ve wanted to do for awhile now, and I think my technical skills might be up to the task. We shall see.
I think the selection of music will make or break this project. Therefore, I am going to start archiving potential […]

From today’s Press Release:
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - The Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign raised $5,080,000 during the third quarter of 2007. That is an impressive 114 percent increase from the second quarter.
Cash on hand for the Paul campaign is $5,300,000.
Repeat: raised $5 million, has $5.3 million on hand. Not only can Ron Paul raise money, […]