Musician Paul Barton took his piano to the mountains of Kanchanaburi, Thailand to play for some very old, injured and handicapped elephants, especially a blind elephant named Plara (immediately behind the piano). For those curious, all the keys are made from synthetic plastic material. The song is Slow movement (2) from Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata…
Jimmy challenges hip-hop lover Daniel Radcliffe to rap Blackalicious’ tongue-twisting “Alphabet Aerobics,” and he nails it. You’re a lyrical wizard Harry! You can hear the original song below (released in 1999) with motion typography added to highlight the tongue-twisting lyrics.
They are probably the only band better known for their music videos than their actual music. It’s a tough reputation to break, especially when each new music video is such a visual feast. In their latest release, I Won’t Let You Down, the band uses self-balancing unicycles, hundreds of umbrellas and drones with cameras…
Peter Sharp gave these commuters an unexpected surprise when he started dancing by himself, encouraging anyone that wanted to join to get up off their seat. Once a few people joined in on the fun it was only a matter of time before the whole train car was rocking. Songs played were: I Feel…
Watch 11-year-old Adi Malcolm perform an amazing dance routine to “Higher” by Mark Rosas. For those curious, the dance technique in the video is often referred to as animation with elements of gliding, floating, puppet, strobing, waving and robot (all of which are open to interpretation). Ultimately, it’s just a talented person grooving to…
Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics Ian Martin decided to do a dramatic reading of Nicki Minaj’s song Anaconda, after he heard that his 12-year old niece and all of her friends were listening to the song. He said he made it for his Mom so she could hear how inappropriate the lyrics were for young…
Watch bass guitarist Larry Williams of the Mike Wheeler Band absolutely shred his guitar solo at the Taste of Westmont in Illinois on 7 July 2012. The face melting starts at 4:18.
Vocalist Anne-Maria Hefele demonstrates her remarkable overtone singing ability in this informative video. Overtone singing is a voice technique where it seems like one person sings two notes at the same time. This is achieved by manipulating the resonances (or formants) created as air travels from the lungs, past the vocal folds, and out…
Nathan Shields is an illustrator, math teacher and self-proclaimed ‘professional dad’ to two wonderful kids. As a way to entertain them he began creating pancake art. It’s creative, delicious and fun for the kids, what more could you want? Here’s the Beatles as pancakes set to an instrumental cover of “Something” by The Beatles…
Bandaloop dancers Amelia Rudolph and Roel Seeber take vertical choreography to new heights on Oakland’s City Hall during the Art + Soul Festival. Music is “Hopeless Romantic” by William Ryan Fritch.
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