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Can you believe that the Homestar Runner guys have been making their Flash cartoons for ten years, and they're still as hilarious as ever?

They sometimes collaborate with They Might Be Giants, and this week's cartoon is one of their group efforts.

One regret I have is that I never saw them play live when I was living in the Atlanta area.

This blew my mind

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

I really enjoyed the first season of Flight of the Conchords, although the last episode had me wondering if perhaps they had run out of songs. Season 2 confirmed that they had.

Season 1 had over 20 songs that had been polished and perfected by being performed in front of live audiences over several years. Season 2 was mostly original material that had been written hurriedly just for the show, and it's evident in the quality, which is a shame.

There were a few gems, however, that reminded me of the first season. For whatever reason, the songs I liked the most were in just two episodes: #2 and #5. They are all, or mostly, original songs that weren't in season 1.

Sugalumps

This song sounds like several song ideas stitched together, with a pattern something like: abcdaefg.
But it works and it's very catchy.

Youtube has an HD version:

The construction worker is oddly graceful.

You Don't Have to Be a Prostitute

It's like a parody, but not of any one song in particular. I couldn't get the tune out of my head for days.

Carol Brown

Like most of their best songs, the melody stands on its own and the lyrics are icing on the cake. The arrangement of this song is much nicer than the stage version which has just the male voices. Michel Gondry directed the video, which is also pretty cool.

John King died this month in Florida
NYTimes obit

I heard this song on "The Joint", channel 80 on XM/Sirius. It was a complete earwig for me - just couldn't get it out of my head, like the first time I heard Rhianna's "Umbrella" or Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy". I wonder if this will be the big song of the summer. When I lived in New York, particularly in Harlem, it seemed each summer there would be one song that I heard constantly throughout the day, from cars and apartment windows and those guys who walk around with boomboxes on their shoulders; although that doesn't seem quite so common anymore.

Her MySpace page has a download link:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bwnfcy

I listened to some more of her songs on Last.fm but I didn't particularly care for any of them. They weren't bad, but lacked the hook that "Bad Mind" has.

"Bad Mind" may be too reggae to be a huge commercial hit in the states, but maybe not. I just wish I could make out the lyrics. I can only make out a few of the words.

Kuitman, An obviously talented music producer and video editor mixed together dozens of YouTube clips to create wonderful and cohesive music videos.

It's amazing how he found so many clips that are all in tune with each other. He must have done some noise-reduction or other post-production. Everything is just so tight. The voices definitely have some reverb added.

All 7: http://thru-you.com/

I hope he's like the next DangerMouse and gets a music career going from this

Next up: Chinese opera on banjo

Just can't get enough of that ol' tilt-shift video

Fire (Jimmy Edgar Remix) from Erik West on Vimeo.

I wasn't sure whether there would be a second season of Flight of the Conchords. It seems everyone I know has the DVD of the first season, which was great, but exhausted all the good songs that the two guys have been performing for the past several years.

The first episode of season two follows the same format as the other season, except there are three songs instead of the usual two per episode, none of which are as good as the ones from last year. High hopes, though.

I just saw episode 2, though, and it was hilarious and the songs have been swimming in my head ever since.

This is a coup for Joost, which is trying to compete with the better-known Hulu.

These are songs I've written over the years, either for kids, or their parents.

The Future Stinks - 596 KB
"When I was a kid my daddy once said to me, 'When you are grown, oh the things you will see.'"

Go to Bed - 1,447 KB
"Now it's time to go to bed. What else is there to do?"

Bubble Bath - 1,565 KB
"I love bubbles. I love bathtime."

Cleanup - 2,871 KB
"I love to color and I love to play"

Cowboy Robot Blues - 2,658 KB
"I had a job way out west..."

Are We There Yet? - 1,659 KB
"License plate bingo, it's a quarter to three"

The Pooping Song - 4,940 KB
"Pooping. Everybody's pooping."

All Songs