Best thing you’ll see all week: Bohemian Rhapsody done by the Muppets

Awesome, innit?

[Link: Youtube via the Escapist]

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Seriously awesome: The Steri Stumpie Song

If you need to ask, then you probably aren’t South African, and there’s not much more I can do to help. If you DO end up liking the song so much that you’ll be willing to listen to it for hours on end, day after day, then you can download the MP3 at the Steri Stumpie Ambassdor site.

[via Deems on Twitter, via Baldric's Blog, where you'll probably find more information than I'm willing to give!]

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Ode to motorists

Just so you know how the song goes, watch this rendition with Battlestar Galactica clips built in, and then you can sing along to my own version below.

With apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan:

As it often seems to happen that others have me woe’d
I’ve got a little list, I’ve got a little list
Of the trafficky offenders who’d be better off the road
I’ve got a little list, I’ve got a little list

There are those who always have their windows
Tinted far too black
Rich twits who misuse GTIs
And those with trailers at the back
And the fools that go too slowly
And then fools that drive too fast
And idiots who drive cars as if this day were their last
And morons who at last minute will cut you off insist
They’d none of them be missed!
They’d none of them be missed!

I’ve got them on a list! I’ve got them on a list!
And they’d none of them be missed!
They’d none of them be missed!

There’s the beggars who play music from their speakers far too loud
I’ve got a little list, I’ve got a little list!
Their music going “doof doof doof” and deafening the crowd
They’d none of them be missed!
They’d none of them be missed!

There’s taxi drivers, scooter riders, cyclists of all kinds
Bus drivers who don’t know just how to move their big behinds
All those who chat on cellphones while they’re weaving round the bend
And pedestrians crossing highways: may they seek a faster end
And idiots driving recklessly through any fog or mist
They’d none of them be missed!
They’d none of them be missed!

I’ve put them on a list! I’ve put them on a list!
And they’d none of them be missed!
They’d none of them be missed!

Impatient fools who don’t know how join the “back of queue”
I’ve got a little list! I’ve got a little list!
And those who indicate too late should really learn their cue
They’d none of them be missed!
They’d none of them be missed!
There’s Porsches, BMWs, and of course Mercedes-Benz
Toyotas, Hondas, Volkswagens, and Jaguars by their tens
Suzukis, Vauxhalls, Opels, Mustangs, Corvettes, Chevrolets
Ferraris, Maseratis, Fords, Subarus, and Hyundais
But anyway I think by now you must have got the gist
They’d none of them be missed!
They’d none of them be missed!

I’ve put them on a list! I’ve put them on a list!
And they’d none of them be missed!
They’d none of them be missed!

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Harry Potter: the musical

WEll, *I* think it’s pretty funky, but then I have a soft spot for musicals. This is the first part, so you’ll have to hunt down the rest yourself if you want to watch it in its entirety.

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Britney loves geeks… bet you feel warm all over :|

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Disney’s “The Internet”

Well, not really, but it IS sung to Beauty and The Beast’s “Bonjour” (or whatever the first track in that movie is). And almost all of it is true, don’t you think?

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How to fit 32 songs in 8 minutes

Not much more I can say to that other than he has great musical taste!

[Link: 32 songs in 8 minutes, via Buzzfeed]

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The Lord of the Rings…the…musical??!

It seems they’ll make a musical out of anything these days, and so of course there’s a Lord of the Rings musical that I had known nothing about. I hadn’t realized that this had finished its run in 2008, but I would have loved to go see this if only because it’s a form of the Lord of the Rings. Apparently, the team behind the show is gearing up for a tour in 2010, so I hope I’ll be a place to catch the show. I’m not sure I know what more to say here; LotR is one of my favorite high-fantasy books ever, but I’m still dubious about the addition of music to it. The idea of singing dancing orcs…frightens me. Still, I listened to the sample track, and I still maintain that Tolkienesque Elvish is still a lovely language; it’s good to hear it sung. Surprisingly, it’s easy on the ears. Anyhow, you can check out more photos of the show at the main site.
[Link: The Lord of the Rings On Stage]

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Today’s Insanity: Live action Elite Beat Agents

Elite Beat Agents is perhaps one of the best games to ever hit the Nintendo DS system, and if you don’t know yet, the game features three “agents” who act as a sort of urban metrosexual cheerleading squad. Hey, I never said the premise made much sense. In any case, stripped down, the game is a rhythm action game which has you tapping numbers on the touchscreen in time to the rhythm of the music, all this set to a story about overcoming strange odds (one of the stages, for example, is about a weather lady who promises a picnic with her son, and so falsely predicts sunny weather, and her ensuing attempts to chase the clouds away, all put to the music of “September” by Earth, Wind and Fire).

If you STILL can’t get a grip on what I’m on about, watch this to get a better idea.

So why all this background info about a (brilliant) game you’ve probably never played? Because this one is good; the guys at Mega64 decided to hold a live-action version of Elite Beat Agents to see how the people around them would react. And it’s well funny. Check it out.

[Link: Mega64 - Elite Beat Agents, via Kotaku]

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This dance is so last year…!!

No really it is!

To celebrate Halloween this year there will be a worldwide simultaneous performance of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ dance. [Link to full article]

Personally this brings back some wonderful memories of Halloween 2007. Insane Authors, you can all give your version of that night in the comments!  Let the nostalgia begin…

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