Category Archives: Music

Movie Mix-a-lot

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Gill

Youtube user dondrapersayswhat has created a wonderful pop culture tribute in the form of this supercut that splices together movie clips so that the characters sing the famous Sir Mix-a-lot tune about enjoying large posteriors. You can bet this song will … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – August 20

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Gill

James Marsters began his acting career on that stage in productions of plays such as The Tempest and Antigone. In the early 90s, Marsters moved into television acting with appearances on Medicine Ball, Maloney, and Northern Exposure. >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqEd0afXei4 In 1998, … Continue reading →

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Last Link of the Day: Johnny Cash is Alive and Well…

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Gill

…and he needs to team up with this Kurt Cobain busker.

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Embrace the Remix

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Gill

Kirby Ferguson, creator of the awesome webseries Everything is a Remix, gave a TED talk recently…and it’s about damn time! I love Kirby’s ideas about how everything, literally everything, created by humans is influenced by the creations of others. Everything … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – August 12

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Gill

I’m a big fan of Bruce Greenwood’s work, and I feel like he’s an often underappreciated actor. Canadian-born, Greenwood got his start in TV shows such as The Beachcombers and Huckleberry Finn and his Friends in the late 1970s and … Continue reading →

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Last Link of the Day: The Cantina

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Gill

Definitely one of the best renditions of all time.

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Before They Were Stars: 13-Year Old Anna Kendrick Sings at Carnegie Hall

Posted on August 8, 2012 by robin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0l3WemmIjI In today’s “Celebrity Birthday of the Day” feature on Anna Kendrick, Gill makes mention of the distinguished career she had on stage during her childhood, where she garnered a Tony nomination at the age of 12. Not long afterward, … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – August 9

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Gill

Anna Kendrick is so talented and downright pretty that I’m totally willing to forgive the fact that she was in the  Twilight movie franchise. Kendrick got into acting at the young age of 10, and at the age of 12 … Continue reading →

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Was the Joker actually Tom Waits?

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Gill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjYC7VDM8eg Yesterday I posted a couple of videos focussing on Bane’s voice in The Dark Knight Rises that had been floating around the internet recently. Well, here’s another video that’s been making the rounds online which posits that Heath Ledger’s … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Birthday of the Day – August 5

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Gill

If we’re not celebrating the birthday of a character actor on The Back Row, chances are good that we’re celebrating the birthday of someone associated with auteur Joss Whedon! That’s the case with today’s celebrity birthday boy – Jesse Williams. … Continue reading →

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