The best Bond theme song in quite a while, Adeles official version of Skyfall is quite amazing. It does hark back to the days of Goldfinger and finally gives that classic a run for its money. No other Bond song has come close, and it will be a few years before we know how this one will hold up, but I for one am impressed. Thanks to The Hollywood Reporter for the heads up on this one.
The Korean original of this song has been running on channels like M-Net for months now, and just recently came to the attention of everybody in the world, in fact becoming the first Korean song ever to take the number one position on iTunes. But out of all the parodies, Klingon Style has to be my favorite; and for the seven people left on the planet who have not yet seen the original, I am posting that one as well.
There are a very few artists I have ever seen who can pull off this kind of stage presence: David Bowie, Mylene Farmer, Fee Waybill, a very few others. And yes, the links between this one and Bowie’s Glass Spider tour are obvious. But if I had to pick just ten musical genius’s and limit myself to only their creations for the next thousand years, Mylene Farmer would be on that list. Just to put it in perspective, she only felt the need to sue two people for supposedly stealing her dance routines and music video structures: one for the one Michal Jackson allegedly stole, and the other one when Madonna allegedly did the same thing for a different song. If you don’t already know who this singer is, you have a serious treat in store for you.
The group is Volkerball, the song is from their album released this April and is called Radioaktiv. This group is a bit more metal than I normally go for, and definitely has delusions of being Rammstein, but I liked the song and loved the video they built to support the music.
Steamstock is coming on October 7th to the Bay Area, and is a total Steampunk concert. Artists playing for the event include Thomas Dolby, Abney Park, Frenchy and the Punk, Vernian Process, and many more. I wish I lived on that coast, I would love to attend this event.
Congratulations to this years Hugo Winners as announced at ChiCon 7 last week. There are some amazing stories in the mix, you should check every one of them out.