Music

When you love the song “Total Eclipse of the Heart” but don’t know the language

This performance — as seen on Brazilian TV show Alerta Amazonas — perfectly captures  the Spirit of 2020 like nothing…

6 years ago

OF COURSE you can play a kickin’ dance tune on a watermelon!

I had no real plans for the weekend, but after watching this video, I feel like running out to Bearss…

6 years ago

The Venova is a strange, interesting, and inexpensive instrument

Because I play the accordion and other keyboard instruments and sometime do a search on them, I see ads for…

6 years ago

Straight Outta Fountain

Titled as found: “It was a good day / Nobody watered down my Minute Maid…” (Don’t get it? This might…

16 years ago

Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked

One of the songs in my MP3 collection that’s on heavy rotation is Cage the Elephant’s Beck-ish, slide-guitar southern-rock-y ode…

16 years ago

Inside a Russian Accordion Factory

John Bristowe pointed me to an article in English Russia featuring photos from a visit to a Russian accordion factory…

16 years ago

Everybody Sing!

17 years ago

Michael and Stevie, Lookin’ Very Cool

This is a great pic of Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder in the studio, presumably sometime around when the Jackson…

17 years ago

Also Known as the Ten Commandments of High School

A reader named Simon sent this photo to Boing Boing, saying that he took this picture of the Ten Commandments…

17 years ago

Las Vegas Travel Diary: Playing Accordion at Cabo Wabo

Once upon a time, the great Van Halen were known for producing some really fun rock and roll. As far…

17 years ago