May 31, 2012 Musical Discoveries of the Day: Covers Edition

First up: Julia Stone's cover of The National's Bloodbuzz Ohio Next we have DOA's version of the classic Barry McGuire tune, Eve of Destruction: Finally we have Sinead O'Connor's take of ABBA's Chiquitita One more...just for fun: The Flaming Lips cover originally by Kylie Minogue

Coheed & Cambria Cover Gotye

Dark Knight Rises: Trailer 3

From the youtube comments: So this is how teenage girls feel when they watch a Twilight trailer... Exactly how I feel

Mesmerizing Pendulum Waves

Fifteen uncoupled simple pendulums of monotonically increasing lengths dance together to produce visual traveling waves, standing waves, beating, and random motion.

Advertising Brilliance: A Dramatic Surprise On a Quiet Square

From the description:
To launch the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium we placed a big red push button on an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town. A sign with the text "Push to add drama" invited people to use the button. And then we waited

Pure Awesomeness: Caine's Arcade

Must watch!



At the end of the day, ... Caine turned to his dad and said, "Dad, this is the best day of my whole life."

http://cainesarcade.com/

Good Friday Playlist

A couple years ago, I did a Good Friday playlist. Here's another.

The Welcome Wagon - Up on a Mountain


Geoff Moore - Didn't He


Bob Bennett, Julie Miller & Derri Daugherty - Beautiful Scandalous Night


Everybody Duck - Nails in your Hands


Leigh Nash - Power of the Cross


My response:
Hokus Pick (feat. Rich Mullins) - I Believe


Geoff Moore (w Steven Curtis Chapman) - Listen to Our Hearts


Nicole C. Mullen - My Tribute

Musical Discoveries of the Day

Jukebox Ghost - Summer Sun from the Album: Everything Under the sun




A-Ha (yes that A-Ha) - Riding the Crest from the album Foot of the Mountain

The Welcome Wagon!

The Welcome Wagon has a new album coming in June! Very exciting. IF you're not familiar, check out their most famous song, "Sold! To The Nice Rich Man" on youtube at the bottom.

But first, here's a preview of the new album, Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices




"Sold to the Nice Rich Man"