UPDATE: The red button at the top plays a very abbreviated version of the song, Not sure what the technical problem was, but the full version appears in the comments. For better or worse.... Continuing the theme of bowel evacuation, the question is, what form does a song on the subject most appropriately adopt? Clearly the answer is, the blues. The convincing Vivian Stanshall vocal says, here i...
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Mashups changing the face of copyright lawsBy Victoria Ho, ZDNet AsiaUser-generated mashups are changing the face of copyright laws, which have to evolve to catch up with the Internet generation, said Mary Wong, an expert on intellectual property (IP).The professor of law at the U.S.-based Franklin Pierce Law Center, said, in an interview with ZDNet Asia, copyright laws are clear on protecting ...
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(If you don't know who/what Cthulhu is, "*look here*":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu.Please note that the "bloody" handprints are a part of the Virginia "Kids First" playe design - i guess they're supposed to be fingerpaint.However, when associated with the name of a Very Hungry Great Old One...
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Bands get their names from some pretty strange places. Ever wonder where Ben Gibbard found his?The Bonzo Dog Band were one of the best, most surreal experiences British rock produced. Anything by them is highly recommended.
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So here's the Original Bonzo Dog (Doo Dah) Band performance.From listening to the song, i'd say that one of the Bonzos - probably Viv - saw a tabloid article headlined "Death Cab for Cutie", and, rather as Lennon with "Mr Kite", set the essential text to music.It's a wonderful Elvis-like performance, and a low-fi version is "available here":http://electronictiger.com/avail/cutie.mp3.
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...so:"*The Surrealist*":http://www.thesurrealist.co.uk/ - all sort of ways to waste time on line.Especially amusing of the things i've looked at so far: "*LiveJournal Dungeon Adventure*":http://www.thesurrealist.co.uk/dungeon.php - enter your LiveJournal screen name (or anyone else's) and it will generate a dungeon crawl based on your (their) profile...
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The Bonzos and the late great Vivian Stanshall Note the guy on the Congos!!
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Here is another parody, this one by Bonzo Dog Band, a British group formed in 1967-8. In this one, lays in ambush the worst guitar solo ever. Bonzo Dog Band were/are a major part of British culture. The Beatles hung out with these guys and were probably influenced by them.
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