Flight of the Conchords

I've been meaning to make a post about Flight of the Conchords for ages. They are 2 music playing comedians from New Zealand. Last year they were given their own show on U.S. TV which I watched while we were in Canada. After the first few episodes it went a bit downhill but there were some really funny songs in the first few episodes, check them out:

This is the very first song in the first episode and still the greatest:

You're So Beautiful


I've picked a live version of this song because on the TV show they cut too much funny stuff out of it:

The Humans are Dead


Think About It

Fusion Family - flagrance to my ears

It seems big things are happening for the lads! This weekend they are releasing their first single Smoker and Jokers (absolutely brilliant song). They seem to have a pretty hectic schedule over the next few days:

27 Oct 2007 12:00
Tallagh FM RADIO PROMOTION for single. Dublin
28 Oct 2007 21:00
Eamon Dorins Dublin
30 Oct 2007 21:30
The Hub Temple Bar Dublin
31 Oct 2007 23:00
Bruxelles Bar, Dublin Dublin
1 Nov 2007 19:00
I.A.D.T College Dun Laoghaire Dublin
1 Nov 2007 23:00
THE GLOBE and RI-RA Dublin

Also Smokers and Jokers will be played on the late night show on Newstalk 106.8 this Monday 29th (show starts @10pm) which is brilliant for them!

I'll definitely be checking them out this weekend, you should all go along aswell. Also I'm glad to see they got a spot on BalconyTV as I was telling them to do ages ago! Check out the vids:

Great video by Luke:




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Google Your Music More Easily

A few weeks ago I posted about googling music using this code to search:

-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description +size +(wma|mp3) "Nirvana"

Well, I just found a site which uses the same method but simplifies it for you. The site is at www.findthatmp3.com, you can also search for videos, ebooks and files.

The reason you may consider using it is that if you are the type of person who gets paranoid about being sued for copyright infringement, this is by far the safest way to download music. Check it out.

Do Your Dance

This blog has been running for just over a month and by now some of you are probably thinking "How do David and Barra manage to stay so flagralicious all the time? Well the answer is simple, we were born in the 1980's.

For me it is difficult to pinpoint exactly what I feel about the 80's. It's quite the paradox, on the one hand there was Don Johnson, Pac Man, The Karate Kid, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rubik's Cubes, but on the other hand there was (that fucking cock) Boy George, and Bono's hair. I think possibly the paradox can be explained by saying that the 1980's in the U.S was good, but in the UK and Ireland it was bad, very bad.

The only thing I can say for sure though is that the 80's was a period of over-the-top, never-say-die flagrancy. Although sometimes the power of flagrancy was used by dark forces (Pet Shop Boys), it was certainly not all bad. And playing on radio stations when Barra and myself came into this world was one of the finest examples you'll ever find of positive flagrancy: "Word Up!" by Cameo.

Cameo are my idols and Word Up! is their synthesized masterpiece. I mean come on, the guy wears a red codpiece for fuck sake! It's ridiculous!

I realised this blog would not be fulfilling its duty without a tribute to Cameo. So put on your codpiece, sit back, and enjoy...


Now that my tribute is over, I also want to show you a rather good site I found. If, like me, you like to hear different covers of songs, then check out The Covers Project. It contains covers of a pretty wide range of songs. The covers seem to be done by proper musicians/bands so its not karaoke stuff. There's not a whole lot of songs on it just now, but the site still describes itself as a beta version so it will probably grow in future. Keep an eye on it.

To get you started, you can check out the rather good cover of Word Up by Willis by clicking this link. Hope you enjoy it.

Google your music

If you don't have any peer-to-peer programs/can't find what you're looking for, then you might aswell try this shizzlenitch:

-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description +size +(wma|mp3) "Nirvana"

Paste that code into google. Just substitute the term "Nirvana" for any band or singer you might be looking for, and your search will lead you to open indexes that contain downloadable music files.

Taken from here

Perhaps not the most flagrantly stylish means of getting your music, but it definitely works. Remember, once you find your song, right click on it and click 'Save Target As', not that you needed to be told.