Matters Best Solved with Fisticuffs.

For all of you rhythmically-challenged, or otherwise just too white readers out there who might not understand the strange, foreboding world of hip hop, I offer you this. It is a freestyle rap battle, translated for your edification. Enjoy.


[via Monkeys for Helping.]

Mashup Monday: Kirby Doggy Dogg.

This has gone around the 'net a couple times already, but let's send it around again just for the hell of it. It's Kirby vs. Snoop Dogg:

Jukebox Friday: More Improbable Covers.

The internet is lousy with clips of musicians taking a stab at other people's songs. Here are some more.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain tackles the theme from "Shaft":


A Thai karaoke version of "Dragostea Din Tei" (better known as the "Numa Numa" song):

(Other versions of this are also available in Vietnamese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian and Spanish).

A one-man-band version of AC/DC's "Back in Black":


And finally, the horror that is Kidz Bop. (I post this mainly to point out the insane intensity of the kid at 2:37):

Hi-Fi Dorks (plus a remix).

Maybe you're a devotee of the Sharper Image Catalog (and who among us is not?) and you've already seen this. But if not, I present to you the sublime genius of the Beamz Music System:


Good thing someone came along and did a remix:


[via Monkeys For Helping.]

Mashup Monday: Ante Up.

"Sesame Street" mashes never get old. Here are Bert and Ernie breakin' it down:

Jukebox Friday: Another Trip to Japan.

What can I say? I'm a sucker for Japanese music. Here's another batch of videos:

"Love Message" by The Possible:


"Robo Kiss" by W, a Morning Musume side project:


And just to show that there's more to popular music in Japan than bouncy girl groups (not that there's anything wrong with that at all), here from 1965 is Akira Fuse and the Blue Comets with "Do the Clam":

Not the Jackfruit Ghost.

In Thailand, they do things just a little different, as this commercial attests:


[via WFMU's Beware of the Blog.]