VIDEO: Schaffer The Darklord, “The Bender”

The New York based “Rappist” known as Schaffer The Darklord released a sweet new video recently. As everyone prepares for their own New Years weekend benders, I bring you a video to psyche yourself up. The appropriately named “The Bender” is a song about partying harder than any one person really should. The content of [...]

MP3/VIDEO: Six Songs That I Am Into Right Now

I figured why not get out another “Eight Songs” post before the end of the year? Only this time I’m trying something new. This will mark the first post in a new direction followed in 2011, a less dense yet more frequent “Six Songs That I Am Into Right Now”. While the warm glow radiating [...]

VIDEO: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, “Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy”

This composition of two Christmas staples was originally performed by Bing Crosby and David Bowie in 1977. This updated version seems appropriate for posting on this, the jolliest of holidays. Two of my favorite comedic actors collaborated with website Funny Or Die.com to recreate the classic musical pairing. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly have [...]

MP3: Weird Al Yankovic, “The Night Santa Went Crazy”

I first heard this Christmas song by the legendary Weird Al Yankovic back when he released Bad Hair Day in 1996. You know you owned that album. As a matter of fact I bet you owned the original Coolio CD that Al parodied “Gangsta’s Paradise” from too! Ah, the mid-90′s… “The Night Santa Went Crazy” [...]

VIDEO: Paul McCartney and Jimmy Fallon, “Scrambled Eggs”

So I happened upon this gem of a video the other day. Music legend Paul McCartney was on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon recently. Following an interview he and Jimmy sang the classic track from The Beatles, “Yesterday”, as a duet. It was a different version than what we are all familiar with however, it [...]

MP3: Trans-Siberian Orchestra, “Wizards In Winter”

I had the opportunity to catch Trans-Siberian Orchestra live last week in Charlotte. There is only one word that can really describe a TSO show: Epic. The show played for about three hours, the first half dedicated to some of the band’s Christmas tunes while the second consisted mostly of newer material and their non-Christmas [...]

MP3: Ego Likeness, The Sophie EP

Okay, so it isn’t really considered an official EP by any means. This is more a collection of four tracks released in conjunction with and because of Sophie, a cat that lives with Steven Archer and Donna Lynch of Ego Likeness. Sophie recently suffered sudden heart failure. Thanks to the quick reaction of Donna and [...]

MP3: David Bowie, “TVC 15″

After a detailed and thoroughly enjoyable glimpse into the life work of a certain David Bowie I have finally come to a conclusion. I think 1976ish Bowie is my favorite Bowie. Maybe. David Bowie had just released a new album titled Station to Station. He would later recount that he remembered little from the cocaine [...]

YSLAR Updates: December ’10

So we have finally reached this year’s installment of the jolliest of months, December. Everyone is lighting their menorahs or getting their trees set up or… well… whatever it is that those who celebrate Kwanzaa do. You had better keep one eye open though because Santa is coming for you! Nah, not really. That’s just [...]