Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

OK–the Bears lost the Superbowl, but this is still a video worth checking out. This is ‘Bear Down, Chicago Bears’ as performed by the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Bryan Griffin:

There is another famous individual with the exact same name (only spelled Brian instead of Bryan) that you all may be familiar with:

Listen to the audio version of this story here, and check out the video version as well!
This is the worst gig story ever.
 

I’ve told a lot of gig stories on this blog. Some of them are humorous, some are annoying or cringe-worthy, but none [...]

The regular Jingle Cats video is pretty addictive (I still watch it and sing along even though it’s now February), but check out the Jingle Cats disco remix:

I found this great video Kevin Terraciano put together for his history class featuring ‘They Might Be Giants’ singing their song about James K. Polk:

James K. Polk was unpleasant, ruthless, and somewhat evil, but his acquisition of the American Southwest and Oregon territory (California would be the 6th largest economy in the world if [...]

This is a fun video from two guys with a lot of free time on their hands. I like how the letters melt off of the paper about one minute into the video.

I found these funny but true Transportation Security Administration guidelines for bringing your monkey helper on board a plane from a recent Boing Boing post:
Transportation Security AdministrationSecurity Animals
Monkey Helpers

When a monkey is being transported in a carrier, the monkey must be removed from the carrier by the handler prior to screening,
The monkey must [...]

The recent win by the Chicago Bears made me think (naturally) of the ‘Superbowl Shuffle’ from the 1985 Bears. Most people my age or older probably remember this song, and they probably also remember the awesome 1980s style video that accompanied it (only Mr T’s ‘Treat Your Mother Right‘ can compete in the 1980s [...]

This video combines three of my favorite things–monkeys, cats, and chickens. Watch as the monkey keeps the chicken from messing with the kitten. Cute, funny, and sweet. The soundtrack is a nice song titled “J’Taime”, and it was performed by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg.

OK–this video is really astounding. It is long (12 minutes), and a little dry for the first seven minutes. But hang in there, because right at the seven minute mark the video goes from cheezy to possibly the greatest thing I have ever seen. Fast forward to the seven minute mark if [...]