#31: Virtual iPod, Disaster Preparedness, Nashville Sighting & New Pipas.For those who work in an office setting and occasionally neglect to bring along an MP3 player, the Beta version of BlogMusik.net seems like a promising new tool. Billing itself as a "virtual iPod," the site allows you search for artists and listen to songs on demand free of charge. I'm not quite sure how legal this is, but they've got a nice range of artists: Blur, The Radio Dept., Van She, Soulwax, and even Bell Biv Devoe came up winners (although the latter required a search for BBD). "(That Girl Is) Poison" anyone?
The last blog post covered Enid Crow's "Disaster" photographs, and in that spirit I recommend checking out this site. It takes ambiguous graphics (in the style of airplane emergency landing cards) from the Department of Homeland Security's "Ready" website and offers alternative interpretations. Simple gimmick, but it's surprisingly funny.
Found this Nashville Craigslist post yesterday; we didn't put it up there, so it seems like an inspired bit of electioneering on the part of one Tennessee resident.
One of the most adorable bands ever, Spanish/British collaborators Pipas, are back with a new record. Sorry Love is love at first listen. Plus, they're playing one of their rare U.S. shows tomorrow in Brooklyn, so you should check them out if you're in the NYC area. More info is available on their MySpace page and here is the new video for "Riff Raff" (which is not about the cat in the hat from Heathcliff, sorry):
xoxox
Danny
Labels: Music, Music video
posted by Danny&Nina @ 10/25/2006 10:06:00 AM
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Here's my translation of Ehrensenf-TV:
"There is only one reason to travel to USA: Danny and Nina. To recomment them a city with a clear conscience. Where they can move to.
Danny and Nina from New York let decide the internetusers from a pool of 250 cities where to life for at least one year.
Everyone can vote! As much as he will!
The first City reaches one million votes will get the award.
Well, great thing!
One moment! We don't want to pass up a golden opportunity to play god!
Well, a the moment fort collins, colorado with over 100.000 votes is at the first position. Favorites exists to get beaten.
I'm think it will be no problem to send Danny an Nina to a nice place... like... Plao, Texas?
Hurry up! Click, click, click! The voting, not the advertising!
Told your friends! And click again: Plano, Texas!
Of course, for two young modern people from NewYork this will be very relaxitive.
Rough Translation of today's Ehrensenf show (only the parts about Danny and Nina):
"I didn't think the americans would even notice... an election fraud like this. //
Respect! Really, unbelievable, we're proud of you! The constitution couldn't dream about a turnout like this. Danny and Nina should gradually consider buying cowboy hats. Ok, ok, I know, a silly chliché. And of course Plano isn't an accumulation of cabins in the desert. [...next topic] //
As we could see, Danny and Nina will have a lot of fun in Texas, IF we continue voting - we're still wide of the mark. But don't cheat! [...continues in english]"
So long,
see you in Texas baby
Chris
what chris wrote is utter nonsense!!!
what are you trying to achieve? make the americans hate germany?
i don't know what you saw, but each and every word you 'translated' is false! not a single sentence was part of the original ehrensenf-episode...
next time you wanna play mr.wiseguy, take some german-lessons first.
by the way, hessi's translation is correct.
jens
What about both are. There are two episodes this site is bein' mentioned in...
And by the way, Texas isnt even that bad...compared to [fill in whatever you hate the most here].
No, no, no.....
Germans don't hate americans - probably exept Bush (but even over 60% of the americans don't like him as well)....!
We like the Idea of choosing this special place for Danny and Nina (maybe because of the Southfork Ranch and "Dallas" - very Popular in Germany)...
EHRENSENF has become very popular in Germany as it is Germany's "first" daily Internet-TV Shows like other shows (i.e. Rocketboom in UK)....
Ehrensenf is extremly funny and extremly creative. The created a huge fanbase in about one year....
As Karin said: "One moment! We don't want to pass up a golden opportunity to play god!"
So try to get you Uhaul and start packing your things, tomorrow will be the date of your depature....
right. jens: chris translated today's show (october 27) and did fairly well.
try to remember that ehrensenf is chiefly some kind of a satirical infotainment show and no one is to take everything they say seriously.
and speaking of which, clichés and generalisations are only dangerous if taken at face value which is a sign for extreme superficialty.
In opposition to one of the previost speakers i have to state, that "ehrensenf" ist far from being funny at all. dull jokes whithout any punchline an a host, that acts stiff and compketely uninspired. the baffling "ehrensenf"-hype was unfortunately supported by the fact, that some producers of the show once worked for a german tv-station and used their connections.
in my opinion, danny and nina should take plano from the list.
A matter of taste, isn't it?
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