Not really sure what to say about this one. Not sure what to think about it either. Its kinda funny, you might get a kick out of it. If you don’t, well, sorry, I will try harder next time I post something.

I first saw this video a few years ago shortly after it was first released, and I must say I loved it right from the start. Got me hooked on this version of the song.

I love how they just burst into song on the subway. I also find it amusing how the one passenger tries to completely ignore them…

The first video is their performance on the subway, the second is their official music video – and yes, its all Acappella.

When I was a kid one of my favorite shows was the Muppet Show. One of my favorite songs is Bohemian Rhapsody. I am not sure when this video was created, it appears to be fairly new, but regardless of when it was released I only saw it for the first time today, and there is something about it that I love.

Enjoy.

If you haven’t seen this yet, it is a must watch. Its a clip from the Black Eyed Peas on Oprah with a huge Flash Mob. Great Song, Great video – very very cool.

In case you are wondering how they did this, the making of this video can be found on Oprah’s website.

We are a world of fat people. It’s true. (at least around here). It seems that the overweight far outnumber those who are not. I think much of this has to do with being lazy. We eat fast food cause we are too lazy to cook. We drive our cars cause we are too lazy to walk or bike. We take the elevator or escalator cause we are too lazy to take the stairs.  If we weren’t a lazy society, we would not be overweight!

This video is great, and shows that if you put a bit of fun into it, the laziness disappears and people actually get exercise!

My wife and I have had iPod Shuffles for a while now, but the other day we caved and picked up an iPod Touch. We drive a 2008 Mazda 5, and unlike most newer vehicles, it does not have an MP3 compatible stereo. I won’t write a rant about this at the moment, but I will say I think its incredibly stupid. The stereo does however have, an auxiliary input, perfect for plugging in the ol’ iPod.

Changing CD’s is a pain in the next, so we started using our Shuffle’s in the car, and while this works well, the lack of a visual display and inability to create separate playlists etc, make finding the song you want nearly impossible. This is why we decided to go all out and pick up a touch.

The 8 GB version is more than enough for us, considering that we only have about 300 MP3’s in our current library, we can’t even come close to filling this thing up – if we were to put all we had into the player we would still only fill up about 12% of its capacity (assuming I am doing my math right). Considering this, spending the extra $80 to jump up to a 16GB model doesn’t make much sense for us.

When we first started using iTunes a few years back, I have to say I hated it. It made no sense to me, and I simply gave up trying. A few months back I decided to sit down and actually learn how it works. I have to admit, it isn’t rocket science, but when you are used to using WinAmp, and then dragging MP3’s onto an MP3 Player within Windows Explorer, iTunes does represent a bit of a learning curve. It didn’t take long to figure out, and now I find it incredibly easy, but it did make me wonder how intuitive the iPod Touch would be.

Well, I have quickly learnt that the most difficult part about the iPod touch was getting it out of the packaging. I struggled with this for at least 5 minutes. Perhaps I should have given it to my 1 year old, she would have had it open in seconds.

Next I had to wait 15 minutes to upgrade my version of iTunes and then reboot the stupid computer. They can put a man on the moon but they can’t seem to make an operating system that allows for updates without a reboot. Man Vista takes forever to re-boot.

Once I finally had the iPod unpackaged and installed, I dragged my playlist over to it within iTunes and threw on a few photos before playing with the interface etc. I was VERY surprised to discover just how easy it was/is to use. It is incredibly intuitive. Everything I tried to do I could figure out in just a few simple steps, and navigating from one menu to the next is instantaneous.

Once I had a bit of a grasp on things, I decided to take a look at the apps. A quick search for “free” uncovered a number of little games and various tools. Nothing too exciting, but somewhat fun never the less – really the games are only any good if you are waiting at a doctors office or something – I can’t imagine ever sitting on my couch playing away on them, but still cool never the less.

So while I have only played with this iPod for a couple days, So far I have nothing but good things to say about it. Way to go Apple – while I still have no desire to purchase one of your computers, you have managed to change my opinion of your MP3 Players, at least for now.

Kanye West was on the premier of Jay Leno tonight, and the interview was not quite what I expected. While Kanye was relatively quiet and didn’t say much he did sound genuinely sincere about feeling bad for what he had done at the VMA’s last night.

I have a feeling that the entire thing is a well orchestrated publicity stunt for ratings for Leno, and extra exposure for Kanye, but who knows.

As far as I am concerned when he interrupted Taylor Swifts acceptance speech last night it was entirely unacceptable, and this small apology is just not good enough.

Now I am not a big fan of the tuba. I dont hate it, don’t have a problem with it, just not a big fan, but the 447 tubas playing Christmas music in Downtown Disney would have been cool to see.

This is the 4th year for the event – last year a world record was set with 502 tuba players.

I tried to find a video of the event on YouTube but failed. If you have a link to a video of this, send it over and I will post it.

I came across a post written a few months ago about USB wristbands being sold at live concerts, and found it a rather interesting idea.

As more and more people are turning towards a world of digital music, and as CD’s are breathing their last breaths, bands are getting creative in their marketing.

A band that I have never heard of before, “Slightly Stoopid”, had a concert back in August and was the first to sell USB wristbands that had the nights full concert saved to them. The drives were made available 15-20 minutes after the concert.

What great concert souvenirs – the full concert in digital format. I am certain we will be seeing much more of this in the very near future.