This probably makes more sense if you've already seen the previous Keynes/Hayek Rap Battle. Go check it out, I'll wait.

Now, please enjoy the lyrical stylings of Billy Scafuri and Adam Lustick, featuring Richard J. Murphy:

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Obviously I am backing Team Spontaneous Order; Freddie wuz robbed! I'm not sure how well these videos actually communicate ( Read more... )

By way of Jeff Atwood at CodingHorror, the literal music video version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart".

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I'm not sure which makes less sense, the original or this one.

Everyone has their guilty-pleasure music -- the tracks you'll gladly belt out along with the car stereo as long as no one else is in the car with you, the CDs you listen to over and over but don't keep out on the shelf where people can see them.

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The song's pretty good, too.

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I learned a few weeks ago that the Pet Shop Boys had released a new album, Fundamental, back in May. I hadn't gotten around to previewing it on iTunes until this morning, and while most of the clips didn't do a whole lot for me, both the music and the lyrics of one track, "Integral," got my ears pricking up. I quickly grabbed a copy, and a quick ( Read more... )

Dear music industry,

The world did not need a techno remix of "Listen To Your Heart" complete with the original Roxette vocals, but you have given us one anyway. Why?

Yours truly,
--mlp

If you're a geek, then run, do not walk, to the nearest machine with a sound card and treat yourself to So Much Drama in the PhD, a computer-science gangsta rap that puts MC Hawking to shame. Check out the lyrics here, as well. /i/ is a popular terminal vowel in English, apparently ( Read more... )