Archive for April, 2008

The Pure Awesome That Is Ronald Jenkees

Ronald Jenkees improvises on a keyboard over his own beats. The guy just oozes talent. His personality and body language is a real contrast to all those posing wannabe indie rockstars out there who all look like they would rather be somewhere else. He obviously loves what he’s doing and isn’t afraid to share that fact with the world.

Actually, more than one youtube commenter has called Jenkees the “saviour of the music industry”. Of course, youtube is renowned for its enlightened and erudite commenters, so this is fairly significant. Seriously though, that’s a big call – even for youtube. But once you see him play, you might not think such comments as hyperbolic as they appear.

Awesome beat on this one:

Piano of “All of My Love” by Led Zeppellin (just to prove he’s not relying on keyboard delays or sequenced music to create his sound):

More here.

Cuteness Overload

Mariachi Vargas – Violin Huapango

Absolutely fantastic:

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Web 2.0 Haikus

Via Andrew Chen:

Viral marketing
Friends who spam you all the time
Aren’t really your friends

Just raised some V C
Social websites make no cash
Google can’t save you

Techcrunch Valleywag
Techmeme Mashable and more
Why work? Just read blogs

Fickle teenagers
Herded ruthlessly for cash
You got an invite

Lack of retention
Viral loops are not enough
You just jumped the shark