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Video

• 03.06.09
  Epic! – Mario Paint Plays ‘Paranoid Android’   Video (0)

  

  While I had intended for this to just be a blip on the old TTM Twitter, as I made my way through the entire rendition…I realized that this needed to be on the site.

  Youtuber & musician Adolfo Baez loves Mario Paint…loves it to a somewhat sick degree.

  He loves it enough to take a 17 year old SNES game and program it to perform one of Radiohead’s best and most complex songs. Here it is in all its glory:

  
  Adolfo Baez plays Mario Paint plays ‘Paranoid Android’

  Riffs built with dog barks and guitar solos crafted out of what I can only guess are cats meows. As epic as epic can be.

  Check out his youtube channel for more classic video game covers as well, Katy Perry’s ‘Hot ‘n’ Cold’.

  Well, they can’t all be winners.

  Previous love for an odd and interesting Radiohead cover:

  60 Belgian Women Sing ‘Creep’ – Scala & Kolacny Brothers

• 02.17.09
  Twitter Recap! – Tokyo Police Club, Wale, Black Dice, Thermals & More!   Singles, Video (0)

  

  In an effort to diversify content between the actual site and the Taking Tiger Mountain Twitter, I tend post links to whatever random free music links I find while trolling the web. This helps keeping the twitter from being just the occational rant and “OH HAI BLOG UPDATE LINK.”

  For those who aren’t yet subscribed (wink, wink) enjoy a recap of the past week’s free mp3’s and videos links!

  [MP3]

  Black Dice – ‘Glazin’

  Motel Motel – ‘Coffee’

  Tokyo Police Club – ‘Juno’

  Tokyo Police Club – ‘Juno (Ra Ra Riot Remix)’

  Wale – ‘Nightlife (feat. Tre and Young Chris)’

  Thermals – ‘Now We Can See’

  Mountains – ‘Choir’

  Mimas – ‘Cats on Fire’

  Kanye West – ‘Love Lockdown (Lunice remix)’

  A full live Andrew Bird set from 2002

  [VIDEO]

  Radiohead performing ‘15 Step’ with the USC Marching Band at the Grammys

  Ladytron’s new video for ‘Tomorrow’

  Crystal Antlers – ‘Until The Sun Sets (live)’

  John Vanderslice – ‘Too Much Time (live)’

  N.A.S.A – ‘Hip Hop’

  A full live set from Ratatat in Paris

  Please add the Taking Tiger Mountain Twitter if you like what you see!

  If not, I’ll do a link round-up again soon…

• 02.16.09
  Lettermania! – Beirut, At The Drive-In, Tom Waits & More!   Video (0)

  

  I came across Beirut’s recent performance of ‘A Sunday Smile’ on Letterman 2 weeks ago, I decided to take a wander back through the archives of what YouTube had to offer for Letterman performances. Why Letterman? Well, he’s not as funny as he used to be, but for sure as a east coaster originally I’ve always preferred him over the big chin schlub (to quote the late. great Bill Hicks).

  Here we go with Beirut’s aforementioned performance of ‘A Sunday Smile’

  I ended up digging through the archives and found some of the gems from recent years…

  HIT THE JUMP FOR LIVE VIDEOS FROM THE NATIONAL, TOKYO POLICE CLUB, ANDREW BIRD, THE DECEMBERISTS, YEAH YEAH YEAHS, AT THE DRIVE-IN, SPARTA, THE MARS VOLTA, & TOM WAITS

• 08.31.08
  Joan of Arc/Tim Kinsella Daytrotter Session/Scrapple.tv Interview (extra JOA mp3s)   Video (1)

  

  Daytrotter has a lovely little clip featuring Joan of Arc’s Tim Kinsella performing the title track off their new album Boo Human. With just an acoustic guitar in a Salt Lake City parking garage, Mr. Kinsella works his way through the song with a breezy lack of effort as exiting cars echo through the structure. The space’s loose reverb brings a suited melancholy.
  
  

  TIM KINSELLA PERFORMS ‘BOO HUMAN’ FOR DAYTROTTER

  
  As well, take a peek at Scrapple.tv’s interviews and performance clip from Joan of Arc’s July performance at Philly’s First Unitarian Church, a venue I’d probably hit up if it were closer. Reminds me of Chicago’s soon to be defunct South Union Arts, if it were still a functioning church along along being an indie rock venue. SUA’s final show is September 6th, so if you’re in Chicago…help see the place off.
  
  

  PART 1 OF SCRAPPLE.TV’S JOAN OF ARC INTERVIEW

  
  
  

  PART 2 OF SCRAPPLE.TV’S JOAN OF ARC INTERVIEW

  
  The site says it’s a 4 part series, but they’ve yet to post the remaining two.

  Back to Joan of Arc, acoustic has always been the mode of choice for me and Joan of Arc. This is best shown through the title track of 2006’s Eventually, All At Once, which showcases Kinsella’s wavering voice and circular, loping guitar work.

  
  
  

  Joan of Arc – Eventually, All At Once

  
  

• 08.16.08
  Bleep! – 8bit Documentary “Reformat The Planet” on PTV (Bonus MP3s from Covox, Firebrand Boy, & Sabrepulse)   Video (0)

  

  The good folks at Pitchfork TV are hosting 2 Player Production’s documentary on the 8-bit scene Reformat The Planet for a brief week. The film launched on Friday, Aug 15th, so you’ve got 6 days left to view it.

  
  

  Click below to stream the whole film:

  

  
  
  In honor of their 8-bit love, here’s 3 of my all-time favorite chiptunes:

  
  
  

  Covox – Dubslide

  
  
  
  
  

  Sabrepulse – Famicom Connection

  
  
  
  
  

  Firebrand Boy – Such Great Heighs (Cover)

  
  
  Firebrand Boy’s cover of The Postal Service’s Such Great Heights stands not only as one of the best chiptunes around, but also as one of the better covers ever created.
  
  I’ll buy that copy of LSDJ someday…