Spintown Christmas 2009 #3

HERE's another Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis holiday radio show. The show notes are HERE.

Deck The Lawn 2009
Mark Dillon created this ELFVIS Christmas lights show.

The Christmas Light Song
Staying with the Christmas lights theme, I give you the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre.

Ringing Of The Bells
Animal, Beaker & the Swedish Chef from The Muppets get into the Christmas spirit.

He's The Most Unfaithful Guy Of The Year
I expect to be seeing videos like this for most of 2010.

Christmas Is Creepy
Why am I posting a Fred video when I hate Fred? Well it's a Christmas music video, and it's very popular. I still hate it, but I'm trying to be nice...I mean Santa is watching.

Flash Mob
YT video description - "Nonprofit group Nefesh B'Nefesh got into the spirit a little early this year, organizing a secret flash mob in Jerusalem, set to the sweet sounds of Smooth E's "Hanukkah Hey Ya," I know this isn't the greatest flash mob, or even a Christmas video. It is a holiday video that references an old viral video though. CLICK HERE to watch an old Hanukkah viral video from 2004.

Song Fight Review: Cost Of Living

The last challenge over at Song Fight was titled "Your New Dress", and I predicted that MENBAH! would win. Or at least that was my favorite entry. Well I was wrong, and Don't Tell Betsy got the win. I had them ranked 4th, and I suspect they have a lot of friends voting for them based on their recent vote history. There's a whole new batch of songs over at Song Fight, so I suggest you go pick your favorite song for the current round. My picks are listed below:

Voted For:
(Right Click "Save As" on the artist's name for a MP3 of their entry.)

1. Torrentz

2. Jeff Robertson And The Neo-Candylanders

3. The Hinsdale Patent

4. Tyler Heath

Not Too Bad: Adam Adamant - Kapitano - Berkeley Social Scene - Kasper

It seems like the last 3 rounds or so I had to listen to about 10 songs that were just crap before I found something decent. Turns out the first good track was from Sheail. However there was a problem...NO LYRICS! I don't know if they just didn't have time to finish the song, or if they just didn't plan on adding lyrics. But how in the world does the song have a theme of "Cost Of Living" if it doesn't even have lyrics? I don't know how many people actually listen to ALL the entries before voting in competitions like this, but I listen. It takes a lot of time as well, so when people enter a song without lyrics it sort of bothers me. I mean I wasted time downloading & listening to a song I didn't need to hear since I'm not voting for a song that doesn't follow the theme. It's still a great song, but I wish people wouldn't post instrumentals in Song Fight unless it's a requirement of the current challenge. I've got another pet peeve to mention as well. I actually like to hear the lyrics when you record them. I know some people have better recording set ups then others, but for goodness sake if I can't understand your lyrics you're wasting my time.

Tips for getting my vote in Song Fight:
- I want to hear the lyrics.
- The more you use the phrase or stay true to the current theme...the more I like it. For instance Frank Bertsch entered a good song, but I didn't get how it stayed with the "Cost Of Living" theme. If I just totally missed it please let me know, but I didn't get it.
- I want to hear the lyrics.
- THIS SONG is a perfect example of what NOT to do. Honestly I couldn't find 1 good thing to say about it if I tried....but I won't even try, because it's garbage.
- I want to hear the lyrics.
- Unless the challenge states it should be an instrumental...DON'T POST AN INSTRUMENTAL!
- I want to hear the lyrics.
- The lyrics need to make sense. Tell a story or make a statement that the average joe will actually understand.
- I want to hear the lyrics.

Spintown Interviews... (Season One)

This is a new series for Spintown in which various dancers & singer/songwriters get interviewed. The people selected are people who use the internet as a tool to share their creativity. The other requirement is simple, but very subjective....I have to be a fan.

Music By: Sammy Kablam
Opening Animation By: "Buckethat" Bobby Matheson
Len Peralta Will Flip Your Face At: http://flipface.me/

Dustin McLean
You can find links to all things Dustin at his main website HERE. If you would like to watch the YouTube version with the annotations included --> Part 1 & Part 2.

HERE's a link to the blog post that accompanies this interview.

Frank Bell
Frank's Main Site: http://www.frankbell.net/
Frank's YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/Faure45
Frank's Twitter: @frankbellmusic
Frank's MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/frankbell
HERE's a link to the blog post that accompanies this interview.

Sasha Young
Sasha's YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/kyaaakya
Sasha's Blog: http://chocovoyage.blogspot.com/
HERE's a link to the blog post that accompanies this interview.

Jeff MacDougall
Main Website: http://jeffmacdougall.com/
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/JeffMacDougall
Twitter Account: @jeffmacdougall
Bandcamp Page: http://jeffmacdougall.bandcamp.com/
Too Much Awesome: http://toomuchawesome.ning.com/
Sponsored by Sunkist
HERE's a link to the blog post that accompanies this interview.

Mike "Spiff" Booth
Main Website: http://www.spiffworld.com/
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/spiffworld
Twitter Account: @spiffworld
If you would like to watch the YouTube version with the annotations included --> Part 1 & Part 2.
HERE's a link to the blog post that accompanies this interview.

Sophie Merry
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/BandyToaster
Sophie's MySpace:: http://myspace.com/BandyToaster
HERE's a link to the blog post that accompanies this interview.

Kris Mark
Kris on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/KrisMarkMusic
Kris on Twitter: @kris_mark
Kris on MySpace: http://myspace.com/krismarkmusic
Kris on i-Tunes: http://itunes.com/krismark
If you would like to watch the YouTube version with the annotations included --> Part 1 & Part 2.
HERE's a link to the blog post that accompanies this interview.

Nathan Wills
Main Website: http://www.nathanwillsmusic.com
Nathan on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/paradigma
Nathan on Twitter: @nathanwills
Nathan on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/nathanwillsmusic
HERE's a link to the blog post that accompanies this interview.

Sarah LaMantia
Main Website: http://www.sarahlamantia.com/
Sarah on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/SarEliz0131
Sarah on Twitter: @SarahLaMantia
Sarah on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/SarahLaMantia
If you would like to watch the YouTube version with the annotations included --> Part 1 & Part 2.
HERE's a link to the blog post that accompanies this interview.

Joe "Covenant" Lamb
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/JoeCovenantLamb
Twitter Account: @JoeCovenant
Bandcamp Page: http://joecovenant.bandcamp.com/
Too Much Awesome: http://toomuchawesome.ning.com/profile/JoeCovenantLamb
This interview was broken into 3 parts. --> Part 2 & Part 3.
HERE's a link to the blog post that accompanies this interview.

Season Two