tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76681494573431865842024-03-13T20:22:24.002-04:00Mary Hart Must Die<a href="http://tvopiate.blogspot.com/search/label/mp3">Music</a> . <a href="http://tvopiate.blogspot.com/search/label/mp4">Video</a> . <a href="http://tvopiate.blogspot.com/search/label/jpg">Images</a> . <a href="http://tvopiate.blogspot.com/search/label/sanity">Sanity</a>royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-45848265498949319982010-10-04T18:21:00.003-04:002010-10-04T18:24:28.218-04:00'Backslider' by Toadies<center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ntL_l6mQ3S0?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ntL_l6mQ3S0?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br />I've given up on a recording a better take than this, at least on video, so we'll all just have to learn to live with the vocal performance, okay people?!<br /><br />This one is my own little hybrid beast. (much as most of my covers tend to fare) The original guitar line for this song is just notes, no chords, and relies on the bass and drums to add emphasis. I was, therefore, forced to retool it for solo perform-ability.<br /><br />It's a bugger of a song too. Between the cheaty little F-sharp move I came up with for the verse lick and the impossibly high, while simultaneously grating vocals, it's all just a little too much for me. And that's why I love it.royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-58600657305608355542010-09-07T17:06:00.007-04:002010-09-11T21:38:08.573-04:00'Away' by The Toadies<font color="red">[UPDATE: I've deleted this video because... I don't have to explain myself to you people.]</font><br /><br />It's a banner day for recording. First <a href="/2010/09/im-impressed.html">'I'm Impressed' by TMBG</a>, now a mad Toadies cover!<br /><br />Atop which its the first video from my new pad, as well as the first to feature the trashy little electric guitar I'm holding in stead for my sister, who will almost surely never get it back. Muahaha.<br /><br />I've been training my voice up to this Toadies cover. I still have some difficulty keeping my throat open throughout the whole song to hit those highest highs, as you may or may not notice here. It's one of those performances that I can only do successfully once or twice a day. After that my larynx mumbles something derisive about the recording artist's union and walks off.<br /><br />Anyway, this was the first take and the most successful. The vocals are a little back in the mix, but I'm satisfied. Note to audiophiles: The reverb heard here is natural. My new apartment has awesome acoustics. Though I admittedly didn't put them to grand use here.<br /><br />And as always, watch out for white-guy knees!royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-85316830220937209172010-05-28T12:32:00.007-04:002010-06-10T23:58:34.007-04:00'Jitensha' by Oreskaband<center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kEl-lLgDuLA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kEl-lLgDuLA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br />Bicycle, bicycle, bicycle... I reverse engineered this song from scratch, people. Though, it's probably tabbed out nicely somewhere -- I just always have to do things the hard way, don't I? I'm covering the full version here, but I heard it first (and fell in love) by way of Naruto Shippuden's latest credit's roll.<br /><br />The lyrics are memorized phonetically and from katakana transcription. No, I don't speak Nippon-go.<br /><br />O, ne? Hai! So desu!<br /><br /><i>[UPDATE: By request, I've tabbed out my method of playing this song and posted it <a href="/2010/06/jitensha-tab-by-oreskaband.html">here</a>.]</i>royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-69550628654194397442010-04-08T19:48:00.005-04:002010-04-08T21:34:53.260-04:00Gypsies by 'Stevo'<center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lgEV1LhQY0Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lgEV1LhQY0Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br />This is a song written by a local artist - and fella' I used to wuz in a band with - who goes by the name of Stevo P. Rockenstein. It's long been one of my favorite songs to play - the strumming patterns are particularly endearing - and, hey, what do you know? Here I am playing it!royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-52150209739021566182010-03-16T16:49:00.002-04:002010-03-16T16:51:54.966-04:00'I Come From the Water' - Toadies Cover<center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pfZWwGrlRaM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pfZWwGrlRaM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br />Oh Toadies. How do I love you? Let me count the ways... Twenty-seven.<br /><br />Note my face, neck, scalp, and various hidden unmentionables turning hot red as I belt out the latter half of the bridge circa 1:30. Ah, those were the days! I used to be known for my shrieking, red-faced coffee house performances. You can never go back, you know? And all dogs go to heaven.<br /><br />People, not so much.royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-17183775155736513372010-03-15T01:30:00.003-04:002010-03-15T01:34:56.901-04:00HIO 2.0 FTW<center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FtHR36bF4YE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FtHR36bF4YE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br />Another hole in one. Now that we've got that pesky hymen out of the way they're lining up like sailors!royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-92153778575066012622010-03-09T23:35:00.006-05:002010-03-10T00:50:57.831-05:00My First-Ever Hole in One<center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A2GI5smPgbk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A2GI5smPgbk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br />...in Super Swing Golf for the Wii. Talk about a fruitful day, huh? First bike ride of the year, first oil change of the year, and now my first-ever hole in one. I'll set the scene:<br /><br />Blue Water; Hole 6... An inexplicable stone column, 242 yards, and a 9mph cross-wind stand between me and and immortal glory. Kooh pulls out the 2W from her Air Lance III's, gives a careful nod to Dolfini and sends up a silent prayer to the golf gods -- that 'he is fallible;' that perfection is unattainable. She rears back, muscles up, and smacks the ball with every bit of curve she's got in the bag. Pangya!<br /><br />It sails out to the left of the obstruction as the gallery watches in a hush. The ball is spinning; trajectory curving. The shot is dead on the pin! But no, it's coming in too fast! The crowd leans forward in anticipation. A thousand muscles seize; a thousand lungs all hold a single breath. My god! What will happen? Will this moment never end?<br /><br />Plunk.royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-66378017813738604292010-03-05T14:45:00.006-05:002010-03-05T15:48:21.918-05:00Cover of 'Just' by Radiohead<center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1DSsMEqAikk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1DSsMEqAikk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br />I did it to myself. I did. With guitar, drums, and vocals too.<br /><br />From 2p to half passed midnight, this was another whole day's work for me. But oh so very worth it! Experience glee lately? I have. When I saw the finished product. Hell, the first of the video composites was enough to get the glee going.<br /><br />No, those aren't twin brothers but disembodied portions of my soul whom I asked to sit in on this jam session. The video trickery is done with - of all things - Windows Movie Maker. I created my own xml "transition" using the techniques exampled at <a href="http://www.rehanfx.org/" target="_blank">rehanfx.org</a>, splitting the video into thirds with blurred edges and compositing twice to achieve the final effect.<br /><br />All the work was done in a single day from setup to recording to mixing to editing. The quality of each component suffers minimally under the sheer number of balls being juggled here, but I have to say that this came out better than a lot of my less involved projects. Its something of a magnum opus and I'm proud. Yes, I amaze even me.royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-77117585946084819102009-11-10T17:59:00.007-05:002010-03-05T15:50:10.269-05:00'Brand New Day' from Dr. Horrible<center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-UQPid6uqdg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-UQPid6uqdg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br />Yep. I did another one from 'Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog.' I'm a sucker for quick, tongue-twisting deliveries -- I couldn't resist.<br /><br />This is my most successful performance to date, acting-wise. In fairness the role was written for me, so... BTW: is that not <i>the</i> best still capture ever? I look like a freaking madman. Awesome. Eat your heart out Heath Ledger.royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-28730199178682333902009-11-07T23:09:00.006-05:002010-03-05T15:50:10.271-05:00'My Freeze Ray' from Dr. Horrible<center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/taRqdJCWbtI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/taRqdJCWbtI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br />[<b>EDIT</b>: The video here is not the original posted. It has been replaced with the "strong contender from the high seventies" mentioned below. For the moment I've decided I like this take slightly better.]<br /><br />That's right girls, I'm doing musicals now! Get out the hot pants!<br /><br />This is the first number from 'Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog.' It's absolutely brilliant, of course. It didn't really have a choice in the matter, being the progeny of Joss Whedon and crew. I'm not saying Joss Whedon is God or anything - because that would just be sacrilege - but I have noticed that you never seem to see the two of them in the same place at the same time, if you know what I mean. <br /><br />Incidentally I did around ninety takes of this song before quitting; most abortive, but still... The one I used for the final cut came from somewhere in the fifties, though it was up against a strong contender from the high seventies. I'm still not certain I chose the better of the two. But cuts must be made!<br /><br />I'm surprised how smooth my voice is in this register. For nine years of smoking I had no idea these dulcet tones were in me. There's the reason to quit! Fuck your health kids, quit smoking today: it'll increase your vocal range.royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-32011055524479857332009-11-03T17:27:00.004-05:002010-03-05T15:50:10.272-05:00'Hopeless Bleak Despair' by TMBG<center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4_OmYGIo38o&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4_OmYGIo38o&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br />That's They Might By Giants to you. By the way...<br /><br />On Mondays I never go to work. On Tuesdays I stay at home. On Wednesdays I never feel inclined; work is the last thing on my mind. On Thursdays it's a holiday and Fridays I detest. Oh it's much too late on a Saturday and Sunday's the day of rest! Oh no, no, I never go to work.royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-56405590302710971882009-10-22T13:58:00.006-04:002010-03-09T14:22:32.701-05:00'Distance' by Long Shot Party<center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O1RWuA-H96U&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O1RWuA-H96U&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br />Yep, I'm covering 'Distance' again. This time I've ventured to sing it in the original octave and register. Look out! As always I have little idea what it is that I'm saying here, but I like it just the same! More so, in fact.<br /><br />After much study I've decided the lyrics to this song, as subtitled by the fansub group Dattebayo, are just wrong. I've come to this conclusion by comparing an alternate lyric sheet to the album-version of 'Distance,' finding the words much easier to enumerate there. It is clear, by the lyrics heard in Long Shot Party's music video, that Dattebayo got tripped up somewhere, presumably by the steady mixture of Engrish and Nipon-go throughout the song.<br /><br />It certainly wasn't happy news to discover this fault in Dattebayo's translation, since that's how I originally learned this song. It meant breaking myself of the first delivery, which is none too easy - mind you - when you don't speak the language you're singing; when you first learned the lyrics phonetically! Well, eventually it sunk in... as evidenced by the absolutely flawless performance above.<br /><br />Yes, you are welcome, mankind. You are welcome indeed.royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-48568296070307018162009-09-27T13:51:00.005-04:002009-09-27T15:08:38.152-04:00My Golf Swing at 60fps<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IzFy2_GjHT8&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IzFy2_GjHT8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />There's probably as much or more virtue in recording an off-day to see what's wrong in your swing as there is recording and reviewing your best. This is notedly an off-day for me. I've just started playing with a looser grip, which was working wonders for me at the range and on the course yesterday, but which is probably throwing off my timing today. Excuses, excuses... <br /><br />I'm hitting whiffle balls here. Little pink, crappy ones that dent easily and seem to lack the weight needed to accurately represent an arc. I eventually split or crushed all my good ones and thought I'd give the cheapsies a try; half thinking they were marked down because it's probably hard to sell pink golf balls. But no. They're just light-weight junk is all.<br /><br />I'll also note to the unfamiliar viewer that I am 'pigeon-toed.' So if it looks like my legs and hips are doing something impossible or unnatural, it's because they are.<br /><br />And, yes ladies, those <i>are</i> my triceps bulging and rippling. And I'm sorry, but no, you can't have any of this delicious carnal hotness. Deal with it.royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-26433040819335807992009-08-27T21:27:00.004-04:002010-03-05T15:50:10.275-05:00'Tomorrow' by Silverchair<p style="text-align:center"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oT0khcJV7Hk&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oT0khcJV7Hk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><br />But where are the clowns? Send in the clowns. Don't bother, they're here.royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-46690769358549987522009-08-02T02:00:00.009-04:002009-09-27T22:40:36.962-04:00Obama's a Bitch: Live on StageThis space used to host the YouTube video-recital of my article <a href="/2009/07/obamas-bitch.html">"Obama's a Bitch."</a> I've chosen to delete the video from YouTube and direct all inquirers to the original written form; at last concluding the video fails, where the written form exceeds, the test of time.royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-16470059991120908412009-04-28T15:00:00.001-04:002009-08-02T02:31:05.388-04:00Verbose: Going Nowhere Slow<p style="text-align: center;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bn-oepxtEwI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bn-oepxtEwI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></p><p>One of my old rants committed to video as evidence to be used against me in the upcoming compentancy hearing.</p>royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-74255942513794861462009-04-12T15:00:00.000-04:002009-05-13T23:03:04.137-04:00The Rabbit: Purgatorio<p style="text-align: center;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x1k_oWylhkc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x1k_oWylhkc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></p><p>Dog in a Bathtub Studios presents The Rabbit - Episode 1.<br /></p><p>We certainly went from silly little hallway battle sequences to papier mache props and Tarantino'esque, foot fetish, in-the-trunk camera angles quickly, didn't we?<br /></p>royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668149457343186584.post-77168756869826249282009-02-05T15:00:00.000-05:002009-05-13T22:56:12.867-04:00Okay, So...<p style="text-align:center"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/39O94Ph8Ksw&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/39O94Ph8Ksw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><p>Brandon Frye and I render our first, most glorious video project. (in Technicolor!)royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031593859843574084noreply@blogger.com0