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Might Be Giants: Tubthumping

The AV Club is an interesting web site that does a lot of things, one of which is the Undercover Project each year, in which a band covers a song by a different band. As soon as a band covers a song, it is removed from the list of songs to be covered. One of the choices this year was the They Might Be Giants song Birdhouse In Your Soul, which was covered by Titus Andronicus. Some folks didn’t like that version, but many did, including John Flansburgh, who dragged his band into the studio to cover yet another song on the Undercovered list, Chumbawamba’s Tubthumping. If you didn’t already know, John’s band is They Might Be Giants. There were a ton of other great bands doing covers there as well (what a surprise). Another kick ass song from a great band is Whirring from The Joy Formidable; Enjoy!


They Might Be Giants covers Chumbawamba

Key of Awsome

They should actually call themselves Key of Silly and Politically Incorrect, but they have put together a bunch of geek-oriented music, including the triptych presented here. This is a song in three parts, with part one being Sexy Cyborg from Another Dimension, part two is Moon Girl, and it concludes with Tron Girl. Thanks to Barely Political for the great attitude!

Kamisama Dolls

We are only abut 3 episodes in to Kamisama Dolls, which you can watch online on Crunchyroll either an hour or a week after it airs in Tokyo, depending on your account type (the free accounts wait a week, the paid an hour). The opening song is sung by Chiaki Ishikawa, and her record label Flying Dog has released the full length song for streaming on their YouTube channel, so I am posting it here. God Dolls (yes, Kamisama means “God”) battle at the behest of their Noble Shrine Doll User, some of which have more of a clue than others. The animation is a bit old school, but not that old; maybe 8 to 12 years ago stylistically. A few of the characters I care about and the plot has been interesting so far, so I will be watching this one for at least a few more episodes.

Watch Nozomi Online

The folks at Right Stuff/Nozomi have a serious online presence at YouTube, where you can watch their anime online to give you a taste of what their various shows are offering. One of the better series is The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye, where one girl and her tank show you how good the world could be; the first episode is Sword Dancer, if you want to start at the beginning. Another quality selection is Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars, and Rental Magica is another silly fun selection. While I would dearly love to embed a few of them here, they have embedding disabled due to licensing details, so enjoy them from the source.

Still more music

I can’t help enjoying quality Nerd Music, so here are a few more songs I really like listening to, starting with Don’t Unplug Me by All Caps, a great tune about robots in love. Next up is the Gryffindor Rally Cry which is (surprise, surprise) from the Harry Potter universe. Finally, the TWILIGHT SUCKS! Emo Vampire Song rounds out the series. Some of these videos are actually fun!

Chameleon Circuit

The band is called Chameleon Circuit, and their music is all about Doctor Who. The first song in this sample set is Type 40, which is all about the Tardis itself, and the second is An Awful Lot of Running Around, which is pretty much the Companions job description.