Exploring the Intertubes: Blog Round Up Edition

Let's just admit it now, the intertubes are just a gigantic echo chamber. We're OK with this. In this spirit, here are a few tracks making their way around the 'netz over the last week that really caught our eye slash ear.

Too Many Sebastians

M.I.A – Internet Connection (Shook Remix)

Harder Blogger Faster

Matthew Dear – You Put A Smell On Me (Breakbot Remix)

Hypebeast

Anton The Lonley Russian Steampunk

and other people who probably read Electrobitches.



Learn and laugh more about Russia here.

This is the worst post I've ever done.

Just this.



Oh em gee guys we should totally put this on the mixtape?! Shake ya bum bum.

I KNEW 30 ROCK WAS REAL

Because this has to be real:

Apparently Tina Fey's first commercial in the 90s. And it is amazing.

Mutual Savings Bank - "Hi!" - Featuring Tina Fey from Purple Onion Films on Vimeo.

All I can hope is that they were listening to this 90's gem on set (Oh, Heart, your lyrics are so powerful)

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Lets have some fun.

Ah Sunday, a lazy but somewhat troubling day. The sweet enjoyment of lethargy in combination with the bitter knowledge of the upcoming work week can screw you up. Suddenly, everything is about doing laundry and getting ready for tomorrow. Well I say FUCK THAT SHIT. I say lets go gallivanting with space pirates, dance with Pharaohs, and have fucking fun (OK, maybe just the last part). To help, watch Ronald Jenkees have a ball with his keyboard. His attitude infectious, but not more than this ridiculous track.

ZIP IT, NUMBERHEAD

Prince & crew

Prince, Nostradamus of our times, has predicted that the internet is going to drop dead of a heartattack. Or something like that. He thinks it is dead already.

Internet ?

Prince is releasing an album of new music exclusively through the London Daily Mirror (read: British tabloid) on Saturday and subsequently bestowed upon this esteemed publication his first interview to a British "newspaper" in 10 years.

"The internet is like MTV. At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with numbers and that can't be good for you."

Now I know what you're thinking.
"Oh, that guy Prince. He's so lame now he doesn't know what he's talking about and he's a Jehovah's Witness and maybe hates the gays (etc etc blah blah blah)--"

ZIP IT, NUMBERHEAD. Why would Prince care about your criticisms? You, with your Twitter and your Kindle and your scientific calculator and other gadgets that fill your head with numbers. Just be quiet.

"0000011100030033030030051010101010101101001010101010100000!!!!!!!"
That's the only language YOU understand!!!


Prince also believes that he is not bald because he has been playing the electric guitar his whole life and there is electricity racing through his body. If you don't believe me you can read the article yourself, baldie. Up yours.

Also, I'd like to give a big, "hey what's up" to one of the people in this picture, who originally alerted me to this Prince news.

"hey what's up"

Captin Kirk is climbing a mountain. Why is he climbling the mountian?

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It's Sunday. And I'm not hungover! WIN. In order to support those people who - due to actually going out on Saturday night instead of passing out at midnight - are battling the deadly effects of alcohol induced dehydration, I am posting a truly inspirational video. Keep on climbing that mountain folks.

You're the only thing that matters, Jan Terri.

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For today's Retro Wednesday Post, electrobitches is going on a strange and mysterious journey to a time known as the early 90s. The vessel? Jan Terri.


Jan Terri! Jan Terri? Jan Terri. How do you even start to speak of this fabulous whoa-man? Well, that is actually a stupid question. To start talking about Jan Terri, we will inevitably employee our generation's primary style: snarkily claiming our ironic love for some part of the cultural fringe. So lets start there!

We lurv J. Ter-bo. She should quit her day jerb and make nauseating videos 4life! This what Tim and Eric do, and they are fucking awesome. Oh dear, we forgot lame-faces exist, and you all don't know who J. Ter-bo is or why we lurv her. This should clear things up.



We know what you are thinking: holy shit this lady is amazing/awful, har har har! Normally, this is where the conversation with Jan Terri ends. Post the video on a few people's wall, break it out at parties (oh man, our parents must think we are kind of laming for doing this. But hey, it is the 21st century so, har har, go fuck yourself!) , and be done with Janni Terri-Mo-berri.

This lady is too important simply let her fade into the internet mist. She represents something that we've kind of forgot. Sincerity. No multiple-layers of references, ironic detachment, and a healthy dose of nihilism between Jan Terri and the rest of the world. She is want she is, loves who she loves, and doesn't care who knows it. How bad ass is that?

Not to say you shouldn't get a chuckle out of her videos. We are not posting for her musical virtuoso. But instead of leaving comments like "If you stick your fingers up your ass for ten seconds, then sniff them, it is as if you are actually in the muzic video!" we ask that you take a step back and try and understand her awesomeness, on like, a whole other level. Man. The electrobitches committee on internet mystery women is embarking on a long term (eh, maybe three posts. Most likely two) investigation on Jan Terri. Come back soon to learn more, maybe!

Friday Funnies: Feel the Wheel

Guess who hasn't done anything today? Someone else other than me because I don't want any documentation of my incredible laziness. Other than this post!

So I've done my facebookin', stumblin', and wonkettein' on this fine Friday. Entertaining as always, but not entertaining enough. Everything just seems so stale. Nothing is updating, and no one seems to care. I like to call this "reaching the end of the internet".

Usually, "reaching the end of the internet" involves me reading some fucking stupid Washington Post editorial about how beach volleyball is a metaphor for how much Barrack Obama hates America (I'm LOOKING AT YOU GEORGE WILL). Then I start shouting terrible things at the computer screen until I'm hoarse, after whcih gently weep under my desk because I am normal. My co-workers do no enjoy my presence.

But today, when I reached the end of the internet, and I found this:



... the greatest thing in existence. What a great day it was.

Matt Tice, friend and compatriot, is the primary writer for the blog blenderwheel. If you are about the reach the end of the internet, please make this "komdey blog" your last stop. My favorite so far: Blenderwheel's story about office life. It introduces you to the greatest/worst boss in the universe, Boss Ruth, and talks about his favorite time of the year: no lying day. What is no lying day? I'll let Boss Ruth explain:

Boss Ruth: Shut up. Naomi, it’s No Lying Day - remember? Every year, we get one day where Human Resources goes AWOL and we can do whatever the fuck we want. That includes asking if it’s normal that my wife cried after a night of bathtub gin and anal sex. Get me?

Naomi: I don’t remember ever hearing about No Lying Day…

Boss Ruth: Well, bitchclod, that’s because this is the first one! From now on, every year on this day, we’re going to stop fucking lying and say what’s on our minds! And right now what’s on my mind is why the fuck my wife cried after I hogtied her and stuffed her poopchute. Is that such an awful request? Answer me woman

Wouldn't we all love no lying day in our office? Happy Friday everyone, and enjoy the funnies!

Exploring the Intertubes with OCMD

Sometimes the internet means bad things. According to my workplace this means security threats, inefficiency, and a lot of Farmville. It also means that some of my favorite music blogs are blocked. NOOOOOOO!!!1! my office mates hear me scream. Fortunately, they have done what a good worker would do: adapt. And also send me alternative blogs.

In my first trip around the music blog intertubes today I came upon OCMD - Obsessive Compulsive Music Disorder. Awesome.

It has introduced me to 2 excellent excuses for a band:

1. Tobacco

Tobacco (or Tom Fec) is an American electronic musician. He is the frontman of the band Black Moth Super Rainbow, in addition to working as a solo artist; in both settings he works most conspicuously with pre-digital electronic instruments such as analog synthesizers and tape machines.

Feel the synthesizers below.

TOBACCO - Fresh Hex (Ft. Beck) by electrobitches

AND

2. Tame Impala

Tame Impala are a "four piece psychadelic rock band from Perth, Australia" who liken their music to "a steady flowing psychedelic groove...that emphasizes dream-like melody" (source: Wikipedia)

You get one chance to figure out if you like them. (The boys and their greasy, emo haircuts want you to say yes.)

Tame Impala - Solitude Is Bliss (Mickey Moonlight Remix) by electrobitches

If you want to hear more songs from Tobacco or Tame Impala check out OCMD's samplings.

She is confusing.

M.I.A is leaking shit all over the place to confuse folks before her CD release date. Basically, she is taking a stance against the internet. Because sharing information and accessing music is so terrible. Clearly M.I.A. has been on fire recently, being as creative as using a blimp at Coachella for promotion, starting a war with gingers and picking fights with anyone who dares to talk back.

The thing is, I just want her music to be as good as her game. I really want her music to be good. I want M.I.A to excite the shit out of me. And recently it's just not happening.

Here is some song that was played on some BBC show. Or something. This song is not on her album track list. She is confusing.

Judge the song for yourself.

M.I.A - Steppin' Up.

M.I.A. - Stepping Up by sheenabeaston

And unlike M.I.A, I love the intertubes, and I love sharing music, I'm going to share this site that I love for finding some great, weird and interesting mixtapes. It is all for free. Happy explorin'.



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Fever Ray Monday: Dress

Practice your own acceptance speech by Fever Ray at home!



WIN.

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Today's plain ol' bitch

Criminal Minds. Really?

Just listen.



I don't really find the call funny. More sad. I didn't even know there was a show out there called Criminal Minds, and this bitch is ready to have towns flattened by a tornado for the shows finale.

Although, my friend once had that Shemar Moore naked as her screen saver. It was pretty impressive. Maybe this lonely bitch needs her fix of Shemar with a big gulp of Franzia once a week to feel right.

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The truth is I am Iron Man.

I didn't think I was going to like the movie but I did. It is an overly-romanticized tale of cold war politics and globalization from an American perspective. Although he is technically in conflict with the government, Iron Man is the United States and Ivan-the-Mikey-Rourke-bad-guy is mother Russia . USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USSRcrap USA USA

Haha, but get this: even though there were other songs in the movie, the only songs on the soundtrack are the ones by AC/DC. So on Wikipedia for 'Iron Man (soundtrack)' it says, "Iron Man 2 is an album by hard rock band AC/DC"

Therefore it's not on the soundtrack, but here is a song from the movie which is incidentally a favorite Clash song of mine:

ADDENDUM POST SCRIPT: I would prolly bite Robert Downey jr's lips off if I ever had the chance. 

And I mean that in the best way possible.

Here are some mostly-attractive reasons why 

(starting at 0:35 - you will observe RDJ growing INEXPLICABLY yet exponentially hotter with age, except for a few parts like the one at 1:15)

Friday on the Intertubes

Friend just sent me this. I'm guessing we can spend our weekends perfecting our aim : The Full Extension

Anyways. This weeks Modern Family episode was about that family pic, and it got me thinking about some classics. Late last year my family and I went on a road trip, and in preperation for it my sister sent me this exact list of photos saying that she wanted to recreate every single one of them. No joke.

The tie dye group:



With Green Man:



Karate Chop:



With cool shades and kind of reminds me of Blossom



Our family never recreated any. Instead my brother, this year, decided to try and look like Peter Griffin in his high school year book photo. This isn't a joke.



Ha. What a charmer. He parted his hair and borrowed glasses.

WIN. HAPPY FRIDAY FOLKS.

Sookie

I just love the way that Bill Compton says Sookie Stackhouse. Its creepy and sexy all at the same time.

The new soundtrack is streaming online for free, and its pretty good. Really it just makes me excited for season 3. But there are some new singles on there, and its all in the article that provides the stream that I'm going to link to here

Enjoy!

A Heads Up

Head Underwater posted Got A Girl Crush's newest mixtape and now I'm posting here. Get it?

Got A Girl Crush has some great taste in music, and to make it more simple for us all, has made a mixtape so we can just plug it in our ipods and groove away.

The list of trackers are here

and you can Download Here

Enjoy!

You say distrubing, I say pure WIN.

Do you know what separates we "bitches de la electro" from the rest of humanity? We're always ready to party. Day or night, rain or shine, with the U.G.L.Y or the hotties, we are ready to boogie with the best of them.

"But wait, oh mighty electrobitch!", I hear the lame-faces saying, "What about after a horrific car accident? Surely you must not want to party then!"

Not only would we want to party, we'd get the injured to party with us. Fun is the only way to heal. Haven't you seen the Patch Adams!?!?!? Clearly, the Icelandic band Berndsen agrees with us, as evidence by their "Supertime" video.



You're Welcome.

FYI

A very cool mixtape has been made available over at Head Underwater

So to mix up your Monday, I recommend you head over there and download it.

Cheers.

Friday. Around the Interwebs.

Its Spring. So baby lets get married.



Make sure you pic a good mate.



Protect yourself from the bird flu.



Take some good pics of the groom's party. Bro's 4 lyfe.





Make sure you remember to invite your secret ninja cousin.



And your favorite pet.



And those kids you met while at Harry Potter summer camp



Probably most importantly: decide if you want a theme wedding.



And your wedding song:



And finally, make sure those relatives go out of control.







VIA and VIA and VIA

HAPPY FRIDAY FOLKS