Controlled Karaoke: Sputniko! Wants You To Feel Menstruation Via Menstruation Machine

ByPatrick St. Michel

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnb-rdGbm6s&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] I only know one fact about Sputniko! and I fear it will be the only one I actively seek out about her – she has built a “menstruation machine” which “simulates the pain and bleeding of an average 5 day menstruation process of a human.” The video above actually outlines a pretty worthwhile albeit…

Controlled Karaoke: “Ring A Ding Dong” Done By Two Kids, Adorableness Ahead

ByPatrick St. Michel

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BYGAxFgs-Y&hl=en_US&fs=1&] “Ring A Ding Dong” only continues to improve with age, and now it gets the added boost of having a really adorable cover version on YouTube. Two young kids sing along to Kaela Kimura’s latest chart topper and it’s stupid cute. They even try to do her weird dance! Heartwarming! Just don’t activate the…

Controlled Karaoke: Chillwave Has Landed In Japan

ByPatrick St. Michel

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrS4etrxb7s&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Two separate articles about 2009’s favorite stoner genre chillwave appeared in the Japanese media this past weekend, all but guaranteeing a new crop of Japan-based artists staying inside and sampling Italian disco records. English publication The Japan Times ran a primer about the genre, featuring interviews with Ducktails and Memory Tapes. It’s a solid…