Category Archives: Music

A Musical Sampling of Subcultures With Feels All Their Own

There are various subcultures I’ve dipped my toes into, but not all are created equal. Some have that “wherever you go, there you are” feel about them (eg. the otherwise excellent fan-music scene for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), … Continue reading

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Music – Instrumental MLP Fan-songs

Sorry for not having a fanfic review ready today. Not only was my week a mess, a programming project consumed all of the leisure time I’d normally use for re-reading an old favourite fanfic. Instead, I decided to spotlight some … Continue reading

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Beautiful Songs About Heartbreak and Regret

A couple of months ago, I ran across the Pentatonix cover of Hallelujah. It’s a beautiful rendition… except for one problem which really got under my skin: The lyrics are clearly about heartbreak, yet, just when the vocal line should … Continue reading

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Music – MC Chris – Nrrrd Grrrl

MC Chris’s Website MC Chris’s MySpace Page Ever seen the Fett’s Vette vid? What about this part of AMV Hell 4? Well, in case you haven’t, both “The Tussin” and “Fett’s Vette” are by MC Chris and he’s currently running … Continue reading

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My new lists

Long story short, I wrote up a list of all the gender-bending fiction I knew and had so much fun that I did another one for music with decent lyrics. You’ll probably want the master list though. Enjoy. I’ll be … Continue reading

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The best of both worlds

For the record, the title of this post refers to the combination of an American song and a Japanese comic… not that I’m not also messing with you, as you’ll see when you start reading. Now, with that out of … Continue reading

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Music with Good Lyrics

My Last.fm forum thread A week or two ago, I started a Last.fm thread asking people to point me to music with unusual/uncommon lyrics. I didn’t really get much, but the list of examples I provided (which is still growing) … Continue reading

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