Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale

Even if you think you’re not familiar with the pentatonic scale, you are. Think of those famous five notes from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. With that in mind, watch this.

Music I’d Like for You to Listen To (pt. 5)

Girl Talk – “Bounce That”

This video was created by a Professor at Concordia University in Montreal and the students in his communications class. Very cool.

And here’s a clip I found on youtube of Girl Talk creating a mashup using Elvis Costello’s “Radio Radio”:

Music I’d Like for You to Listen To (pt. 4)

Two videos from Battles. Their drummer is John Stanier from Helmet. He is a friggin machine.

Battles – “Atlas”

Battles – “Tonto”

Flaming Lips caught on video in Birmingham

Yeah that’s right, I’m still basking in the afterglow a week after the show. You wanna do something about it?

Here’s a pretty cool video of the Lips at City Stages edited together by our friends at the Tuscaloosa News:

If you go to youtube and type in “Flaming Lips City Stages” you’ll find quite a few more videos.

It was absolutely the best concert I’ve ever been to. Period.