Dec 23
Mwahahahaha Xmas
This is bloody brilliant. Someone took the time to rework popular Christmas carols into minor keys. They sound ominous and creepy and Danny Elfman-esque (Are you familiar? Yes? No? Does the music for basically EVERY Tim Burton film? Formerly of Oingo Boingo? Came up with “The Simpsons” theme song? And “Futurama”?)
Here’s the video.. it’s called “Evil Christmas Carols (Volume 1)”… click here to check it out.
Another absolutely brill link to check out is this one.
The page is called “dmf” but you should figure it out quickly. It’s called “Tinydrum 3.0″ and if you click on a few cubes, you’ll see what happens.
The sounds are more like a drum + chimes, with a very Oriental feel to them. Somewhere in my mind, I know what specific instruments they sound like, but I can’t recall immediately and since my initial Google search didn’t make me go, “A-ha!!!” I’ve abandoned that idea for the moment.
Note: if you paste the following numbers into the dialog box next to the words “tinydrum 3.0″ you’ll be hearing what I’m listening to right now and could possibly fall asleep to.
Perhaps tomorrow I will write more about the Polak Christmas. Some might find it an interesting peek into how our family has adapted our traditions to American culture and Americanized children, as well as the fact that the children really don’t believe in any religion anymore.
Note: I should be updating the books page soon as I have finished, in the last 2 weeks, “The God Delusion”, “Letter to a Christian Nation”, “The Dogs of Babel”, “Ella Minnow Pea”, “Fables”, and re-read “Perfume”, “Pride and Prejudice” and “Spook.”
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