Why is it called Soccer Saturday? This isn't an American broadcast, is it? Does anyone else call it soccer instead of football?

This is for real? This is not a parody?

I'm actually going to disagree here. Stealing music and the lost proceeds does hurt people, but not the ones you typically think about. Fuck the Madonnas and Britneys - they really aren't hurting if you bit torrent yourself an entire MP3 library (or home tape the radio) However, there are hundreds of other artists and technicians who have a direct stake in the sales. How about the composers? Somebody writes all the trash that the pop stars sing, and you can bet the amount of artistic input from most the actual performers is next to nothing. Instead, the composer is counting on his 7 cents (literally) from each CD sale with his song included on it (remember, most songs don't get radio play time so radio royalties, which are paltry anyway, can't be counted on). Same goes for the nameless sound engineers, recording techs, and session musicians who count on a healthy industry.

Also, I don't think the implied comparison between home taping and modern digital formats is a fair comparisons for a number of reasons.

1 - When home blank tapes came on the market, I believe that the recording industry did negotiate a royalty deal whereby they received a small portion of every blank tape sale - this helped cover the record sales losses. However, nobody is receiving a royalty payment for every "blank MP3" that is distributed.

2 - Taping the Top 40 off the radio is inherently messy - shorter tracks, announcers cutting in, commercials, etc.... There is still a very clear incentive to go buy your favorite artists for the higher audio quality free of distractions. However, MP3 reproduction is pretty darn perfect with very little quality loss - - save me the reply about MP3 quality vs loss-less formats.....the average listener can't hear and doesn't care.

3 - Also, only 1 or 2 tracks from an album may receive radio play time - if you are taping from the radio, it is nearly impossible to get an album recorded. However, in under 5 minutes I can have any album I want, in its entirety, on MP3, and an entire artists' library is not out of the question.

Now, I am not saying the recording industry isn't shit stupid for their resistance to digital media for so long, and I'm not saying they aren't complete ass holes for suing college kids for more money than they will ever earn because they put their MP3 collection up on Napster. Also, I know the whole argument that having access to free music will encourage someone to go out and actually buy the albums they like. However, the numbers don't lie - CDs sales are tumbling, and the lost revenue is not made up for through legal digital sales. Plain and simple, it is stealing, and there are a lot more (middle class and nameless) people counting on a paycheck from RCA than simply the front man recording "artists." Yes, if the industry finally gets its act together, they could offer legitimately compelling digital sales, but until then, the little man shouldn't pay the price for record executive dip-shittery.

It really messes with my mind living in this state (Texas). I'm here because, believe it or not, Texas' funding for fine arts education, and music in particular, is far better here than in any other state. The amount of money spent on band and orchestra programs here would blow your mind. But then this happens......

I agree it is nice playing, but it sort of leaves me wondering, "Why?" It's sort of like the perfect movie.... when someone comes along and remakes it with newer actors, what does that really add to the world? With the amount of writing going on these days for sax quartet, I'm not certain they NEED to have this one in their repertoire.

With that said, so much better than the settings of this piece I have seen for concert band, brass quintet, and <shudder> marching band.

Arrg. That horrible MIDI of the Tchaikovsky has wrong notes in it!

A giant brain!? Run!

Ooo, I love that blue screen that sneaks his way in there!

Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films eh? That's like a People's Choice award in the animation world....


Seriously though, interesting video.

For Miss Informer of the Year: 2009, may I nominate Rachel Maddow?

And on a side note, good God, has his show only be on Fox since January? Such a prolific output of spittle in such a short time.

Now, if only the jogger at 2:36 had run up and started "chest bumping" the chicken Night at the Roxbury style, all would be right in the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhxrOfbHBKI&feature=related

>> ^rychan:
You know the shark is just screaming "hax", getting wtf-pwned in the ocean by something that evolved from a cow.
more like shared a common ancestor with the even-toed ungulates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_cetaceans


I'm in absolutely no way questioning transitional life forms, and certainly not evolution, but....

On the link here, look at the second graphic (the one under Earliest Ancestors - it's an evolutionary tree). The three bottom branches seem very nicely paced in their transition. And then we see the leap of faith from Pakicetus to the Walvis.

Chalk one up for team Mammalia.

She definitely looks like Genghis Khan.

God bless College Humor and their original content.