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2 days ago
Double Fine Adventure! // Kickstarter Update #4
To back this campaign before Tuesday, March 13th, please visit:
http://www.tinyurl.com/doub...
Tim Schafer shares details on Kickstarter Backe...
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2 days ago
Nice To Meet Me
what am I? Not good enough to meet your friends? New (magic) video soon. If I can get that magic trip right. Don't forget to thumb me, keep up to d...
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I'm usually like, "Hello *insert person's name* 's friend!" Hasn't turned out badly yet.
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6 days ago
Y U NO REVIEW: February '12
This is a series of short spiels discussing albums that I've failed to review for the past month or so. Sorry I didn't get to them. I would have li...
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Andrew Bird "Break It Yourself" ?
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6 days ago
Plant Cells: Biology #6
Hank describes why plants are so freaking amazing - discussing their evolution, and how their cells are both similar to & different from animal cel...
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Plants require water and sunlight AND nutrients from the soil. Lots of our food these days has all sorts of ingredients that weren't from plants, like preservatives, flavoring, minerals,and other chemicals food companies like to put in our food.
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1 week ago
DON'T GET ANGRY!
Because if you promise, it means everything. New Vid in 4 days, Don't forget to rate/subscribe. Keep up to date- Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/na...
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So Natalie, I heard you love your cat....enough to let your friends have sexual intercourse with it, you sick sick fuck.
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1 week ago
Buddha and Ashoka: World History #6
In which John relates a condensed history of India, post-Indus Valley Civilization. John explores Hinduism and the origins of Buddhism. He also get...
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1 week ago
Great Albums: February '12
1. Christian Mistress- Possession
Review: http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Album track: http://www.youtube.com/watc...
2. Pe...
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Review Andrew Bird - "Break It Yourself" !
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1 week ago
WZRD- WZRD ALBUM REVIEW
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With WZRD, rapper Kid cudi tries his hand at producing a rock-influenced record with a longtime...
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I'm not a big fan of this album either. BUT, "Efflictim" was an awesome song. I have that song on my iPod. I bet if someone else came along, did a cover of it, did some better vocals, and added a little more variation to the guitar riff it could become really popular.
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1 week ago
intervention jessie PART 3/3
intervention jessie bulimic PART 3 /3
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Is stripping that much of a bad thing? I don't think stripping is all that bad.
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1 week ago
Christian Mistress- Possession ALBUM REVIEW
Listen: http://theneedledrop.com/20...
The new Christian Mistress record is a heavy metal throwback that's sel...
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What about the voice of Geddy Lee, how did it get so high? I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy?
The album was okay to me. It's definitely an older style of Heavy Metal which is much more tolerable to me but I just wasn't feeling any of the songs on here.
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1 week ago
Gorillaz- "DoYaThing" TRACK REVIEW
Listen: http://theneedledrop.com/20...
Gorillaz, James Murphy, and Andre 3000 go above and be...
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Art is the process of stitching together Frankenstein Monsters from the pieces of other Frankenstein Monsters. This track is even worse I think.
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2 weeks ago
Pallbearer- Sorrow and Extinction ALBUM REVIEW
Listen: http://theneedledrop.com/20...
Though it runs out of ideas a little too fast, Pallbearer's debut album ...
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I've pretty much been listening to every album you review and making my own opinion on them with you the exceptions being Heavy Metal albums. Nope...not unless you rate them really really high. I did check out Vector though last year...
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2 weeks ago
Sleigh Bells- Reign of Terror ALBUM REVIEW
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Sleigh Bells' latest album features a high-fidelity recording quality that makes its so...
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I don't love it. I don't hate it. Why? Because there isn't anything particularly special here, but there isn't anything to hate either.
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2 weeks ago
Perfume Genius- Put Your Back N 2 It ALBUM REVIEW
Listen: http://theneedledrop.com/20...
With loads of beautiful sounds and intensely sad emotions, the new Perfume Gen...
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There wasn't anything that I found to be offensive about this album. But, on the other hand, it didn't give me any good reason to love it. It's good, just not amazing.
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2 weeks ago
Grimes- Visions ALBUM REVIEW
Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watc...
On the third album to come from the Canadian synth pop project Grimes, the songs feel a little ...
theneedledrop • 19,969 views
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I didn't like it. Myeh, okay. Sounds too cheap.
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3 weeks ago
Too many musicians?
Watch PressPausePlay: http://theneedledrop.com/20...
Of course everyone on the planet can't be a career m...
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Aha, but there are the same number of major label artists and indie artists attaining commercial success. This whole idea that more content = less content becoming commercially successful is silly.
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3 weeks ago
A Brief History of Santa
How the modern Santa Claus came to be.
Full script available here: http://blog.cgpgrey.com/bri...
If you would like to help me...
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Lol, the japanese santa. It looks like a piece of artwork from Disgaea.
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3 weeks ago
Coffee: The Greatest Addiction Ever
Why you shouldn't feel guilty about that coffee addiction.
More information at: http://blog.cgpgrey.com/cof...
Italian...
CGPGrey • 1,098,801 views
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I have a weird reaction to the stuff. I get zits, I have to shit like crazy, and my muscles get all cramped up.
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3 weeks ago
What is a Leap Year?
Why do some years have an extra leap day and what is it for?
Also check out MinutePhysics' video: http://www.youtube.com/watc... & SciS...
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3 weeks ago
Ancient Egypt: World History #4
In which John covers the long, long history of ancient Egypt, including the Old, Middle and New Kingdoms, and even a couple of intermediate periods...
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Parle UN mot de Francais. Not "parle UNE mot de francais". "Mot" is masculine.
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3 weeks ago
Tennis- Young & Old ALBUM REVIEW
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On the sophomore effort of the indie pop band Tennis, the production and singing is noticeably...
theneedledrop • 10,706 views
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I thought what was there was pretty catchy. It's not something I'd listen to again and again, but it is listenable. I liked the opening track especially.
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3 weeks ago
Double Fine Adventure! // Update #1
http://www.kickstarter.com/...
The project is still running, become a part of it and visit the link above!
Su...
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Offering a DRM free version totally makes sense. I mean, even if the game is pirated, it doesn't matter all that much, they already have their money as it is. The project is already funded. This whole donation thing is really more like a pre-order than anything else.
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3 weeks ago
Portico Quartet- Portico Quartet ALBUM REVIEW
Listen: http://theneedledrop.com/20...
On Portico Quartet's third album, the London-based band creates an impressive mixt...
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I thought this was a really good album, certainly deserves the high score you gave it. There wasn't a song I hated. I'm listening to every album you review before I watch your review of it, some of these albums are a little difficult to come across and listen to. Do you buy all of these albums? O...
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4 weeks ago
I Can't Win - The Strokes
I Can't Win by The Strokes from their album Room on Fire (RCA RECORDS)
hice este video porque me gusta mucho esta banda y no intento infringir nin...
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4 weeks ago
Lapalux- When You're Gone EP REVIEW
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On the new Lapalux EP, there's a lot of creativity to go around. Despite a lack o...
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I liked this EP a lot. The messyness of it is what appeals to me. I remember this one part in "The Shrine / An Argument" off of the new Fleet Foxes album towards the end that I really liked where the song went into chaos, and this EP reminds me of that in some parts. It's a little complex and it ...
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1 month ago
of Montreal- False Priest ALBUM REVIEW
Listen: http://bit.ly/9Eljso / http://bit.ly/bwT1sF / http://bit.ly/cXPY4g
NPR Stream (Ends Sept. 14th): http://n.pr/9bk4Ud
Tallest Man On Earth ...
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1 month ago
Heems- Nehru Jackets ALBUM REVIEW
Listen: http://www.datpiff.com/Hima...
On Nehru Jackets, New York rapper Heems rekindles the witty and hi...
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The mixtape is just drowning in personality. Everything else is really good as well, but the personality is what makes the mixtape so much fun. :P
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1 month ago
Lamb of God- Resolution ALBUM REVIEW
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Lamb of God's sixth studio album is big on aggression, which is to be expected, but it doesn't ...
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I was pretty "myeh" on this album as well. Thought it was just...alright.
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1 month ago
Chairlift- Something ALBUM REVIEW
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Chairlift's sophomore LP is much more mature than the first to come from the New York indie pop...
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I thought it was pretty "myeh". I liked "I Belong in Your Arms" a little bit, but I don't think this band is for me.
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1 month ago
Lost Cause - Beck
Your sorry eyes, they cut through bone.
They make it hard to leave you alone.
Leave you here wearing your wounds
Waving your guns at somebody new.
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1 month ago
Foldit Gamers FTW
Hank tells us how some gamers are outperforming sophisticated computer programs to help solve the puzzle of protein folding and to assist scientist...
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1 month ago
Destroyer - Plaza Trinidad [Trouble In Dreams 2008]
This is only a fan made video.
Music:
Plaza Trinidad by
Destroyer
Trouble In Dreams (2008)
Film:
Various Public Domain Films
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Boobies = Awesome.
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1 month ago
Young Fathers- Tape One EP REVIEW
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Young Fathers' debut tape, Tape One, is as pretty fun, freaky, and lo-fi mix of h...
theneedledrop • 17,082 views
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I don't really like Hip-Hop all that much but this EP really hit home for me, I liked it a lot. "Rumbling" is also my favorite track, pretty badass. It's so many different things it's hard to really put it into a category, it's different than most hip-hop.
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1 month ago
Cloud Nothings- Attack On Memory ALBUM REVIEW
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Cloud Nothings' latest album is a lean and muscular improvement on the lo-fi...
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I feel as though you reviewed this album twice with two different opinions and then spliced the two reviews together. It seemed like a lukewarm on the fence kind of review and yet it was given a light 8....
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1 month ago
About The Needle Drop
Everything you need to know about The Needle Drop.
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2 months ago
Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- Come Sunday ALBUM REVIEW
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Come Sunday is the second installment of traditional songs and spirituals from jazz veterans Ch...
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@TheSeventhHorseman He has before, I know he has, look in the many videos that he has up.
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2 months ago
Joy Formidable - Whirring
Jednostka szturmowa zaprasza do umilenia sobie czasu.
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2 months ago
Beach House - "Walk In The Park" (Live at WFUV/The Alternate Side)
http://www.thealternateside.... Beach House performing "Walk In The Park" live in Studio-A.
Find more exclusive content at wfuv.org and thealtern...
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@javorst Shea little too unique unique-looking to properly figure out just how attractive she is.
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2 months ago
Has anything ever changed the way you listen to music?
Has there ever been an album/band/song that changed the way you listen to music? Now you're hearing things a little differently, or maybe your tast...
theneedledrop • 10,342 views
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Loveless by My Bloody Valentine.
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2 months ago
Guided by Voices- Let's Go Eat the Factory ALBUM REVIEW
Listen: http://theneedledrop.com/20...
Guided by Voices' first release release since they're reunited t...
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I liked it. It wasn't all that spectacular or amazing but it had some catchy songs. It's not great enough to make feel like getting the album though, all I did was listen to it once on NPR.
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2 months ago
The Internet- Purple Naked Ladies ALBUM REVIEW
Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watc...
California hip hop collective Odd Future finishes off the year with a new release from the Inte...
theneedledrop • 27,392 views
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Yeah, the lyrics suck and the production and mixing wasn't so great. With a little bit of fixing up I'd give it a decent 7 personally.
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2 months ago
Frank Zappa- Hot Rats ALBUM REVIEW
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A review of Frank Zappa's seminal album Hot Rats. I'm reviewing some of my all-time favorites t...
theneedledrop • 15,801 views
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The reason why people ask for classic reviews is because they want suggestions for music to check out. Or at least, that's what I want. You could say....make one long video of "stuff you should check out" and most of us would be satisfied. Or, not making video and just releasing a list.
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2 months ago
Was 2011 better than 2010?
How do you feel about this musical year? Was it better than last year? The year before? Worse? What artists, albums, and songs make you feel that w...
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I'm not entirely up to date on everything that happens, to be honest. Well, I know what's coming out, and what you say about particular albums, but I only get an album if you rate it really really high, and I'm still looking to see what's good from other decades and other years. Like, I only got ...
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2 months ago
How many times I listen to an album.
How many times do you listen to an album before you decide you like it or hate it. Me? I don't have a number, really. I'm shooing for more of a fee...
theneedledrop • 23,940 views
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The thing that is different from our situation and your situation is that you have to form an opinion about an album or track before reviewing...and we don't have to review anything at all. You will do research and make yourself familiar with a particular artists discography while we might be a l...
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4 months ago
4 Reviews: Surfer Blood, Nicolas Jaar, Morta Skuld, Animals As Leaders
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He's a reviewing machine.
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4 months ago
The Science of Overpopulation
Hank talks about the issues of rising global population.
Like SciShow on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sci...
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4 months ago
2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius: World History #7
2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius:
Crash Course World History #7
In which John introduces you to quite a lot of ...
crashcourse • 93,952 views
I'm going to have to donate $100 to this kickstarter project so that I can get one of those special edition boxes. Maybe I can salvage some of Tim Schafer's DNA from the box after he kisses it. Use it for, I dunno, something. Whatever the hell DNA is used for.