Anvil! The Story of Anvil was maybe my favourite movie of 2008.
Anvil - Metal on Metal by Patrick Naylor and Dan Teper
Best cover ever.
Patrick Naylor and Dan Teper — Metal on Metal
Author: loserx
Nine Inch Nail — Right Where It Belongs
See the animal in his cage that you built,
Are you sure what side you’re on?
These are the “tour visuals†that were projected during live performances. Incredibly haunting.
Quinnware is BACK
More than a year after the last test build 120, almost five years since the last official release 4.50, 5.0 is here, baby! I’ll be having a beer in its honour tonight.
The skin’s updated a little, but the most obvious addition is album art support in the default skin.
The SDF-1 Macross Launched Today
Bon voyage.
Black Lagoon — The World of Midnight
Where nobody has a name
Where living is not a game
A beautiful song to conclude the memorable “Bloodsport Fairy Tale†arc from the anime Black Lagoon.
Kannagi — Musuhi no Toki
Gods of heaven gods of earth, the myriad of gods hear me!
天つ神 国つ神 八百万神等共に 聞こし食せAll sins of the world are no longer.
罪と云ふ罪は在らじとDispelling the shrouding clouds of tall mountains and scattering the veiling mist of low hills;
高山の伊褒理 短山の伊褒理を掻き別けSuch a proclamation, hearken!
聞こし食さむAll sins of the world are purified.
罪と云ふ罪は在らじと
Kannagi Ending Full Song
Kannagi is a decent, if generic, anime comedy. The ending theme though, is something really special. Soothing, peaceful, even beautiful, it feels like a quiet, heartfelt prayer.
Lyrics shamelessly lifted from Anime Song Lyrics.
John Legend — If You’re Out There
What a fantastic song. Some will take issue with it being inspired by Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, but to my mind it has, like all great art, a universal message.
Its performance on Real Time with Bill Maher, where I first heard it, is probably the best solo performance I’ve had the pleasure of listening to in a long while*. So good I got his album Evolver
* – I guess since Chris Cornell’s live @ O-baren in Stockholm bootleg. It is available on the torrents, so fire up your client, ladies and gentlemen.
John Cale, Shawn Colvin & Richard Thompson – Heartbreak Hotel
A harrowing, brilliant cover of Heartbreak Hotel.
Guests doing Heartbreak Hotel on Nightmusic
Super Mario Bros. 2 Theme, Gypsy Jazz Style
I was never a fan of Mario Bros (never did own a gaming console), but I am a big fan of Django Reinhardt, and this rendition of the Super Mario Bros. 2 theme by Adrian Holovaty in the gypsy jazz style is brilliant. Monstrous technique. Check out his other videos too.
Super Mario Bros. 2, gypsy-jazz version
On a side note, he is one of the lead developers of the Django framework.
Elvis — Yesterday
Elvis can sing anything and make it sound great.
This was recorded during a rehearsal in 1970.