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“Tiger Woods” by Dan Bern (NSFW)

Apparently there’s some kind of Tiger Woods scandal or other going on. I’m not really sure. The media outlets seem to be shy about covering it. In any case, it seems like a good time to remind people of one of my favorite songs “Tiger Woods” by Dan Bern.
I have genuinely loved this song for [...]

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Mickey Rourke’s Groove Salad

This is the most genius thing I’ve heard all week. Apparently the end credits of Rogue Warrior gives you an ambient/house song complete with swear-filled Mickey Rourke-isms from the game.
Rogue  Warrior just came out today, so I hope its beginning and middle are as good as its end.
Let us know at Nerdist Industries what you [...]

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Kissing With Confidence

The brain is weird. When I popped out of bed this morning it spit up this song into my mind that I forgot ever existed.
“Kissing With Confidence” was a decently sized hit for Will Powers back in 1983 and I remember MTV playing the crap out of it. Lovers of adult contemporary rock might also [...]

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Mario vs. Queen vs. Your Brain

In what seems to be “Queen Covers Week” an Asian fellow has created this musical chaos that has so much business going on in it that it could stop even the most attention deficit-y of ADHDers in his scattery tracks.

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New Muppet Vid: Bohemian Rhapsody

FIRST!
My awesome pal Jason Bierfield (who was an editor on this project) sent me the link to this brand new Muppet vid. It involves 70 friggin Muppets and RULES in a really hard way.
It makes me very happy to see these guys screwing around again instead of just doing commercial work. Head over to The [...]

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8-Bit “Thriller”

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Charlotte Gainsbourg & Beck
Make A Thing!

Dig this snazzy tune with the stunning video portraiture!
Also, look for the Kuato reference. That made me very happy.
WARNING: Imagery in video may cause kitschy nightmares.
via Gavin Purcell

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Free Sia!

Not to be read as an imperative statement or confused with Freesia!, it is, in fact, a free song from former Zero 7 vocal sorceress Sia Furler. Have a listen to this discotastic groove shuttle:

And now that the tune is burrowing its way through your brain and wrapping itself around your cerebral cortex like an [...]

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SERIOUSLY, Do They Know It’s Christmas???

An all-star comedy Christmas Carol
Directed & Edited by Scott Aukerman
Produced by Scott Aukerman & Mike Phirman
Recorded in LA at Phirmilab
Sung by the Comedy Death-Ray Xmas Nativity Choir (feat. Paul F. Tompkins, R.O. Manse, Tig Notaro, Rob Huebel, Patton Oswalt, Mike Phirman, Jimmy Pardo, Brian Posehn & Scott Aukerman, Garfunkel & Oates, Aimee Mann, Chris Hardwick, [...]

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Weezer Snuggie Infomercial

These wonderful geeks have been delighting by breaking creative molds for a decade and a half. I less than three them a lot. This is, without a doubt, the best ad for an album EVER.

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