feels like the reason youtube was invented
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Sunday, March 8, 2009 2:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
yah this is dope
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Monday, 9 March 2009 17:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
listening to this all day; 'wait for me' kept me from taking a personal day on a rainy monday
― i got 51 sbs on my profile (forksclovetofu), Monday, 9 March 2009 18:00 (4 years ago) Permalink
takes all the ego and irony and cuteness out of mash up and just leaves you with awesomeness and humanity
pimp as FUCK
― boner state university (cankles), Saturday, 21 March 2009 09:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
welcome back and I'm glad you appreciate this.
― WOOKIE JOHNSON (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 21 March 2009 13:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
― i got 51 sbs on my profile (forksclovetofu), Monday, March 9, 2009 6:00 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark
^^this
makes all those "oh i took a rap acapella and put it over some indie rock band, aren't i a dickens?" seem even lamer than they already are.
― be on the treadmill - uh! - like OK GO (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 21 March 2009 13:52 (4 years ago) Permalink
i think i kinda like that juice lee kid rapping on the 'I'm New' track.He's got a buncha good youtube freestyles.
― WOOKIE JOHNSON (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 21 March 2009 16:16 (4 years ago) Permalink
― WOOKIE JOHNSON (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 21 March 2009 16:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, this was the first time I've ever really thought YouTube and/or "mash up" has lead to anything truly beautiful.
Remind anyone else in a weird way of Specials AKA if they made an album today instead of '84? Something about the confluence of styles/influences, but even somehow the production.
Good stuff. Posted my immediate-response thoughts a couple weeks ago here.
― Soundslike, Saturday, 21 March 2009 17:42 (4 years ago) Permalink
Should release the "Just a Lady" track as a single. . .
― Soundslike, Saturday, 21 March 2009 17:43 (4 years ago) Permalink
the videos are great but if you handed me a cd of this stuff I'm pretty sure I'd think it was kinda boring
it's all about watching the vid / knowing how it was made
― dmr, Saturday, 21 March 2009 17:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
ha i learned about this shit from larry lessig's blog
― ain't no need for you to front for quiche (goole), Saturday, 21 March 2009 18:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
DMR, i disagree; i've been listening to these tracks as mp3s for about two weeks now and still loving it.
― WOOKIE JOHNSON (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 21 March 2009 18:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
forks where can you get them as MP3s?
― be on the treadmill - uh! - like OK GO (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 21 March 2009 18:13 (4 years ago) Permalink
though i could see it losing something w.o the video editing, which is really sweet.
― be on the treadmill - uh! - like OK GO (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 21 March 2009 18:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
i find these all very moving, dunno if i would if they were 'real' but who cares!
― ain't no need for you to front for quiche (goole), Saturday, 21 March 2009 18:23 (4 years ago) Permalink
http://blog.adhack.com/2009/03/11/thruyou-by-kutiman-mp3-downloads/
― WOOKIE JOHNSON (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 21 March 2009 18:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
Yeah--I disagree too. I mean, the editing/searching/technique/gimmick is cool for the first track or two, but I found that by the third track or so I was just enjoying them as music, which is what made me want to blog about them. In fact, I'd buy them as a CD if such were available.
― Soundslike, Saturday, 21 March 2009 18:49 (4 years ago) Permalink
populist commie in me loves the fact that these have no real financial value to anyone! Just music and love and craft.
― WOOKIE JOHNSON (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 21 March 2009 18:50 (4 years ago) Permalink
True, they feel very much "of and by and for the people"--first time YouTube has felt that way to me, as opposed to just being a grotesque of vanity and narcissism.
― Soundslike, Saturday, 21 March 2009 18:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
"no real financial value to anyone" excluding google o'course
― WOOKIE JOHNSON (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 21 March 2009 18:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
impressive
― Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Saturday, 21 March 2009 20:01 (4 years ago) Permalink
like these a lot
the first person I remember cutting up video of musicians playing and making them into stuttering drum kits was Emergency Broadcast Network in the early 90's, but at the time (early 90's) their source material was mostly limited to geeky VHS instructional tapes of studio musicians sharing their tricks. so while visually the aesthetic is identical to EBN's videotapes from 15 years ago, youtube epxanding the source material into living rooms the world over takes this idea to whole new level
I hope Drew's Soft Pink Tube project isn't just lost, he got busy with other things I know but I love those (music-only) tracks
― Milton Parker, Saturday, 21 March 2009 21:07 (4 years ago) Permalink
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101959636
― WOOKIE JOHNSON (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 24 March 2009 17:24 (4 years ago) Permalink
love this
― iatee, Thursday, 7 May 2009 04:22 (4 years ago) Permalink
wowo this is fucking brilliant
― IPOD TOOCH (jjjusten), Thursday, 7 May 2009 04:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
this is still pretty phenomenal
― rent, Sunday, 20 December 2009 07:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
agreed. made my top 10 albums of the yearhttp://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1725
― fictional, homosexual, Baltimore hoodlum (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 20 December 2009 07:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
does the manualist make an appearance in this
― =皿= (dyao), Sunday, 20 December 2009 08:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
with Maroon 5!
― Muscus ex Craneo Humano (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 23 September 2010 23:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
with questlove and beyonce, dude has gone rogue
― I'm sure Ebay has some wicked pog collections (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 11 November 2010 17:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
^this is pretty amazing btw
oh fuck the sue you series
― I'm sure Ebay has some wicked pog collections (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 11 November 2010 17:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nIl4LkHYRkg
Fabulous. Vocalist sounds a lot like Erykah Badu.
― misty sensorium (Plasmon), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 22:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
maybe?
― misty sensorium (Plasmon), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 22:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
Yeah, the new one is a real triumph.
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 22:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/02/the_tofu_hut_ku.html
― I just want to give a shout-out to Buzzy Beetles (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 22:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
^wish i'd have had a chance to do a few more of these; the comments were fun to get
Also has a Cinematic Orchestra mood, thanks in part to the modal sax.
His technique in arranging/composing this is very impressive. And the sourcing is incredible. The sax solo video has only 257 views. I'd love to see some sketches or interim versions (must start with the vocal and the chord change and build out from there).
This would go over beautifully even out of context, as a cosmic-soul-jazz-dance record or an Erykah Badu album track, etc. Given the process, that's just incredible.
― misty sensorium (Plasmon), Tuesday, 22 March 2011 22:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
check out the channel for more
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 10 May 2012 15:47 (1 year ago) Permalink