The Gimcrack Miscellany

Katy Perry Looks Like Zooey Deschanel

Posted by The Gimcracker in Movies, Music on 07. Jul, 2008 | 408Commentshttp://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2008/07/katy-perry-looks-like-zooey-deschanel/Katy+Perry+Looks+Like+Zooey+Deschanel2008-07-07+17%3A20%3A09The+Gimcracker

Remember that broad who Kissed A Girl? Also remember that girl from The Happening? Well if you haven’t figured it out by now, they look exactly alike. And I’m the first one who pointed it out.

Click this post to play a little game where I’ve included a picture of each person and labeled them A and B. Your job is to figure out which is which. This is a new type of game semantic that I’ve created which you have probably never seen before, so if you get confused just read the comments.

It is sad that this post is the reason my blog has had so many visits over the last year. Whoa whoa, hold on there. I didn’t say I regret writing it.

Flight Of The Bumblebee

Posted by The Gimcracker in Music on 30. May, 2008 | 377Commentshttp://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2008/05/flight-of-the-bumblebee/Flight+Of+The+Bumblebee2008-05-30+17%3A57%3A48The+Gimcracker

There’s something about musical prodigies that can cause me to waste an entire work day on Youtube. Today is Friday and I stayed up far past my bedtime last night. That means today is one of those days. I have compiled an assortment of videos for your viewing pleasure.
Today’s theme is Flight of the Bumblebee [...]

The Sixty One Tips: How To Bump A ‘Revive’ Song

Posted by The Gimcracker in Music, Stuff On The Internet on 22. May, 2008 | 373Commentshttp://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2008/05/the-sixty-one-tips-how-to-bump-a-revive-song/The+Sixty+One+Tips%3A+How+To+Bump+A+%27Revive%27+Song2008-05-22+16%3A00%3A38The+Gimcracker

With the release of the new unlocks on The Sixty One, there are a lot of people trying to bump old songs. Why? Because the newest unlock is called Lewis & Clark, and it requires you to bump songs in under-explored genres (classical, blues, country, hip-hop, jazz, r&b, reggae). Seeing as how I only care [...]

Spiral Frog – Come And Get Your Music!

Posted by The Gimcracker in Music on 15. Feb, 2008 | 231Commentshttp://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2008/02/spiral-frog-come-and-get-your-music/Spiral+Frog+-+Come+And+Get+Your+Music%212008-02-15+13%3A38%3A44The+Gimcracker

Remember Finetune, Deezer, and TheSixtyOne? I’ve got another one for you, and it’s called SpiralFrog. This one lets you actually download songs and play them on your computer and MP3 player. The downside is you can’t use an iPod (here’s a list of compatible devices). I know I just lost most of you, but for [...]

Grammy Observations: Kanye, Shut Up

Posted by The Gimcracker in Music, News on 11. Feb, 2008 | 227Commentshttp://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2008/02/grammy-observations-kanye-shut-up/Grammy+Observations%3A+Kanye%2C+Shut+Up2008-02-11+14%3A16%3A35The+Gimcracker

I hope you didn’t turn on the Grammy Awards last night. I mistakenly did, and here are my observations:
1) 99% of the music performed and honored is top 40, bubble gum, over-played hornswaggle. The Grammys have become an awards ceremony honoring artists with the top music sales, not the top music. I consider the millions [...]

Music Version of Digg: The Sixty One

Posted by The Gimcracker in Music, Stuff On The Internet on 03. Jan, 2008 | 183Commentshttp://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2008/01/music-version-of-digg-the-sixty-one/Music+Version+of+Digg%3A+The+Sixty+One2008-01-03+14%3A34%3A53The+Gimcracker

So, you are addicted to Digg like me? And you like music? Then The Sixty One is your final destination.
The Sixty One, in a nutshell, is a web site where artists post songs and everyone “bumps” (votes for) the songs they like. Then the songs move up the charts and can make it to [...]

Ryan Adams at The Murat

Posted by The Gimcracker in Music on 25. Oct, 2007 | 105Commentshttp://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2007/10/ryan-adams-at-the-murat/Ryan+Adams+at+The+Murat2007-10-25+16%3A58%3A01The+Gimcracker

Yeah, he can definitely rock out when he wants to. He can also put you to sleep. That’s not a bad thing, unless it’s 11:00pm and you have to drive home after the concert and work the next day.
I bought my tickets for this concert the moment they became available during the pre-sale, and my [...]

My Music’s Safe. Is Yours?

Posted by The Gimcracker in Music, Stuff On The Internet on 07. Sep, 2007 | 89Commentshttp://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2007/09/my-musics-safe-is-yours/My+Music%27s+Safe.+Is+Yours%3F2007-09-07+17%3A19%3A03The+Gimcracker

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: two priests and a rabbi walk into a bar, and my hard drive crashes and I lose my entire music library.
That means I lost not only the purchased music for which I do not own physical backups (e.g. iTunes downloads, CDs I’ve lost, CDs I’ve illegally [...]

Deezer: French for Music. Or Weezer. Not Sure Yet.

Posted by The Gimcracker in Music, Stuff On The Internet on 23. Aug, 2007 | 78Commentshttp://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2007/08/deezer-french-for-music-or-weezer-not-sure-yet/Deezer%3A+French+for+Music.+Or+Weezer.+Not+Sure+Yet.2007-08-23+18%3A46%3A35The+Gimcracker

Once upon a time there was a site called Blogmusik or something like that. Well, long story short, they faced legal troubles due to their music distribution policies, but ultimately won in the end, changing their name to Deezer to mark the occasion. It’s a French site but the only time you’ll ever know the [...]

Snow Patrol Again; This Time 1st Row

Posted by The Gimcracker in Music on 05. Aug, 2007 | 71Commentshttp://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2007/08/snow-patrol-again-this-time-1st-row/Snow+Patrol+Again%3B+This+Time+1st+Row2007-08-05+20%3A50%3A19The+Gimcracker

The show was shorter but the venue was much better than when we saw them in Chicago at The Aragon. They still interacted with the crowd just like in Chicago and they still played their songs with amazing energy and spirit. This was the last show of their North American tour, and possibly their entire [...]