VIDEO: The Beatles, "Magical Mystery Tour"

Yes. The entire hour-long made for TV The Beatles film. Forty years ago today, the film premiered on BBC1 to a very, very negative response. A key problem with the original airing of the special is that they did it in black and white… whereas the film relies pretty heavily on being shown in color. [...]

MP3: mc chris, "nrrrd grrrl"

Today is mc Christmas! To celebrate, mc chris has released a new track from his upcoming mc chris is dead album to the public. The song is titled “nrrrd grrl” and seems to be an ode to a special kind of girl that attends his shows. Not the groupie hos all along the front row, [...]

MP3: Ego Likeness, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

Roboty Christmasy Celebration: Day 6 of 6 Happy Christmas! About this time last year, Ego Likeness posted an mp3 of their take on the Xmas classic “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” on the band’s LiveJournal. Fans were allowed to download the track for free, a gift from Steven and Donna. Though they wanted to [...]

MP3: The Crüxshadows, "A Promise Made (Wedding Day)"

A big congratulations to Rogue and Jessica Lackey of The Crüxshadows who are officially tying the knot after years of being engaged on December 29. Today, mere days before the wedding, Rogue premiered a new song via MySpace. The song is composed by him, written for Jessica, and titled “A Promise Made (Wedding Day)”. You [...]

MP3: "Ren & Stimpy’s Crock O’ Christmas"

Roboty Christmasy Celebration: Day 5 of 6 It’s Yaksmas… err… Christmas Eve! Today, the fifth in a series of six Roboty Christmas posts, I bring you the classic Ren & Stimpy album Crock O’ Christmas.Remember, if you will, a great era of animation called the early ’90s. Brilliant shows littered the air with scatological humor [...]

MP3: David Bowie and Bing Crosby, "Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy"

Roboty Christmasy Celebration: Day 4 of 6 Today marks the beginning of the second half of the special Roboty Christmasy posts here on You Sound Like A Robot. This and the following two entries shall be transfered to your brain stem via the interwebz at rapid succession: one today, one on Christmas Eve, and a [...]

VIDEO: David Bowie, "Let’s Dance [Live in New York]"

THIS BLOG NEEDS MORE DAVID BOWIE! Direct link to the video

MP3: Lou Monte, "Dominick the Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey)"

Roboty Christmasy Celebration: Day 3 of 6 As of this year, I have a new favorite Christmas song. I have officially discovered the Lou Monte classic, “Dominick the Donkey (The Italian Christmas Donkey)”. It has been coming on Starlite, the Christmas station on Sirius Radio, while I’m working this year. I always make a point [...]

MP3: Mad HaPPy, "Oozin’ From Tha Mouth"

Imagine, if you will, being smacked in the face by a rainbow powered by rhymes… and maybe a pinch of mind altering substances. This is Mad HaPPy. I first saw the duo as an opening act for mc chris in Mobile, AL at the (unfortunately) now-closed comic book shop/arcade/music venue groundZero. I do miss that [...]

VIDEO: mc chris live @ Jack Rabbits (Jacksonville, FL); 2006-11-06

THIS… IS… JACKSONVILLE!!! So it looks like mc chris’ upcoming “spur of the moment” show in Jacksonville, FL is going to be FREE for the first 300 guests, mc’s first free admission show ever outside of New York City. The show will be three days after this year’s Christmas Day on December 28 at a [...]

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