http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2010/mar/17/chatroulette-ben-folds

ChatRoulette piano player

Play it again, ChatRoulette

Hooded pianist entertains strangers on webcam service ChatRoulette – could he be Ben Folds?

It’s what ChatRoulette was invented for – so a chap in a hoodie at the piano can make up songs about whatever you are doing – immediately! The keyboard guy clearly knows his stuff, and fortunately wasn’t required to make up a song about anything too, you know … un-family friendly. The voice, the piano skills, and those big glasses prompted speculation that it could be none other than Ben Folds, formerly of Ben Folds Five fame and now just plain old BF. The piano man later denied he was Ben Folds, according to reports. But he would say that wouldn’t he? Looks familiar?

It does sound a lot like him, but there are bits where it couldnt be him either… Makes me almost wish I had a webcam.. Almost.

Oh Courtney oh how love thee..

New video from OK GO!

Which is so completely cool its not even funny.

Just hope they dont have a case of the Weezer syndrome where the videos make the band…..

and no it not pop… lol.

Florence + The Machine’s album Lungs. Its so beautiful and Im so mad it took me over a year to sit down and really listen to it. Im ashamed to admit it took ‘Dog Days Are Over‘ to be used for the promo of the network debut of Slumdog Millionaire on Channel 4 back in January to make me pick the album up. Totally and utterly in love with it. Beautiful.

I love my chicks with guitar thing. If you love Kate Bush or Grace Slick, you will adore Florence and the Machine…

Oh and if you still doubt her, check her collaboration with Dizzie at the Brits in February

Best. Commercial. EVER!!!!
Why cant we get anything like this in the UK?

‘Samantha’ As performed on Jonathan Ross on Friday night.

Makes me excited if theres a new record out. Even if its without Melissa and Eric

Im not a huge Pink fan (well LOVE the colour, but not so much the singer) and just saw a video of her performance at last nights Grammys and Im in awe of her.

She did this ALL live.  Amazing. No lip synching, no help from ‘backing vocals’ etc. A straight performance.

“When I do it [on tour], I don’t have lights above me. Tonight, there were lights above me, so it almost went into a strobe thing, and I actually did get a little turned around. I thought … I was going to fall on my nude butt. But I worked it out. I would say that no one ever has another excuse to lip sync.”

Amazing. She totally gets loads more of respect from me (and maybe ill venture to listen to more of her music…..) Plus its pretty beautiful to watch. Very Cirque du Soleil-esque…

Hes kinda been on a sabbatical for me. I dont know, maybe it was the whole releasing too much new material at once. Maybe it was the bad taste left in my mouth when I saw him play the Manchester Apollo back in Nov 2007. Either ways its been a while. Im slowly starting to re-listening to him again and just rediscovered a track off Easy Tiger called ‘Two’ Its simply beautiful.

It takes two when it used to take only one

Simply beautiful….

(BTW what prompted me to re-listen to that track in particular was it was in the background of a True Blood Season 1 episode I was watching)

One of my all time faves. Enjoy

I will update accordingly. But with it being Christmas and all cant keep up. Will search and post what I can find. Apparently the set list was as follows:

One Song

Step By Step

Single

Coming Home

Dirty Dancing

Full Service (Featuring Johnny Gill & Ricky Bell from New Edition)

Merry Merry Christmas

Have Funky, Funky Christmas

Last Night I Saw Santa Claus

The Christmas Song

O Holy Night (Joey McIntyre Solo)

This Ones For the Children

Tonight

The Back Rub (Donnie)

You Got It (Right Stuff)

Hangin Tough

Should note, that thanks to the Nor’Easter Joe almost didnt make it! His flight was cancelled the day before. Must have had Danny pull a few strings and had a private jet get him home for the gig!

Will update with videos (including Jon kissing a fan!!!!) and pics when I find em. Like I said, busy busy bust thanks to Christmas.