Choir "Creep" is the New Black

What's up with all the European choir girls singing Radiohead's "Creep"?  This time, it's Sweden's Vega Choir. It's good, but I still prefer Scala & Kolacny Brothers. 

Now, artist/editor Rob Yulfo has fused a series of Peanuts clips to create "You're a Creep, Charlie Brown!" 

I didn't make it through the whole thing because I got choked up. Poor Charlie Brown!

I wish someone would create a cartoon featuring the Peanuts gang now, and Charlie Brown is living large while the rest of those little jerks are sucking at life. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty_nGqPLkTc&feature=youtu.be

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Lisa Brown and filed under Music, Trends, Videos.

Happy Chitariveraday

Chita Rivera is 79 today. 

Chita Rivera is over-the-top fabulous. 

Chita Rivera is fall-on-the-floor fabulous. 

Chita Rivera is slap-the-nearest-face fabulous. 

Happy birthday, Chita.

I can't really handle the fact that I have to choose a video to feature. So many clips. All so g.d. fabulous. This is incredibly nerve-wracking. OK, here goes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp22IWPkafg&feature=related

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Lisa Brown and filed under Birthdays.

Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day

Yes, that's right: January 21 is Squirrel Appreciation Day. 

Thank you, squirrels. We appreciate you. A lot. 

No, that's not Mary Poppins, it's the New Mexican Red Squirrel. It's endangered. Very endangered. There's only, like, one of them. 

Fine. Here's a real squirrel. Sigh. Rain on my parade. 

OK, OK... I surrender. Here's your precious squirrel. Sheesh. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGhZHlpSE6k&feature=player_embedded#!

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Lisa Brown and filed under Uncategorized.

Obsessed

Can't stop listening to Scala & Kolacny Brothers, a Belgian girls' choir conducted by Stijn Kolacny and arranged and accompanied by Steven Kolacny on the piano.

If you like choir music + moody/semi-creepy music,  you'll love this. Trust. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUr5LMYYtM4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_is1iyUDJ8&feature=related

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Lisa Brown and filed under Music and tagged Scala & Kolacny Brothers.

R.I.P.

Etta James died today at a hospital in Riverside, California. She was 73. 

Diagnosed with leukemia in 2010, she also suffered from dementia and Hepatitis C.

In her lifetime, she won 6 Grammys, including Best Jazz Vocal Performance in 1994. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goz07feA54Y

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Lisa Brown and filed under R-I-P-.

Happy Paulstanleyday

Can you believe Paul Stanley is 60? It's true. 

Still rocking arenas at 60. Go, Paul. Rock out, sir. 

Happy birthday, Starchild. 

Little-known fact: Paul Stanley is one of my still-unfulfilled Halloween costumes. I'll do it. Watch. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J-jTAqBgm0

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Lisa Brown and filed under Birthdays.

Happy Dollyday

It's an important day, dahling.

Stop what you're doing. Just pause for a moment.

Take a deep breath in... annnnnd exhale.

Now, focus your thoughts on the fabulousness of Dolly Parton.

Hold her there, in the sacred space of your mind, and meditate on the absolute wonder of wits, wigs, falsetto, stilettos and true southern grit.

OM.

Happy 66th, Dolly. We love you. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljwG27_I06g

Here's one of Dolly's fans, Joshua, with a.... um... cute?... birthday message to Dolly. Go, Josh. Rock on, Dolly. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4-PsxD25B4&feature=related

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Lisa Brown and filed under Birthdays.