Video: “I Want Barack” – Twisted Sister’s guitarist backs Obama
To the tune of his band’s famous “I Wanna Rock,” Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French throws his considerable political clout behind Senator Obama.
There is screeching.
[huffpo]
iPhones as guitar, synthesizer and bass.
[psfk]
*Kanye West rolled a bunch of accompanying video at the big launch party for his album Graduation last summer. Now, he’s running them for the public. Watch: Good Morning 2001. Stronger.
*In today’s New York Times, Billy Bragg says that social networks like Bebo and MySpace should pay musicians for the rights to play their music.
*[New to me.] A gorgeous site for the cassette tape enthusiast: Tapedeck.org. Now all they need is a YouTube channel that features each of these tapes playing (preferably blank ones). [cocaine blunts]
*Rock Band has sold 6 million song downloads since its November release. It is a video game. [hypebot]
*Local: Tay Zonday’s Chocolate Rain named as one of YouTube’s best. [ypulse]
*Stereogum continues with the Bon Iver love fest, posting video of fanny pack fan Mr. Vernon wailing and singing at SXSW.
*Brainiacs: If you would like to know how music is processed. [murketing]
