The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century

“I’m the life of the party! W00t!”

Screen capture taken on Saturday, June 9, 2012.
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…I hear that having a high Klout score is a handy thing when looking about for your next work opportunity.

(For the curious, here’s my LinkedIn profile and my resume.)

This article also appears in Global Nerdy.

If I had this tune at Clark Hall Pub during my tenure as their DJ (1989 through 1994), this would’ve been a hit.

Funny or Die’s The Wire: The Musical (starring actual castmembers of The Wire, including Michael Kenneth Williams, who played “Omar” in the series) does a stunning job of pointing out how cliche-ridden the musical format has become and how the typical musical works so poorly for modern urban settings. If you sat through Rent and couldn’t wait for it to be over (its heart was in the right place, but song and story-wise, its head was up its own ass), this one’s for you.

Richard Paterson is Whyte and Mackay’s Master Blender, and he knows his scotch and how it should be drunk. Watch, learn and be entertained.

Here’s a public service announcement for those of you who make YouTube videos with mobile devices and point-and-shoot and DSLR cameras: don’t make vertical videos!