{"id":1476,"date":"2012-07-13T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2012-07-13T13:38:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T17:38:00","slug":"friday-link-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/07\/13\/friday-link-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Link Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/watch\/372957\" target=\"blank\"><i>Viva Joe Strummer: The Clash and Beyond<\/i><\/a> turned up for free viewing on Hulu recently. I haven&#8217;t watched it yet, but a glance around the web shows fair-to-middling reviews. (But I&#8217;m a completist, so you know it&#8217;s going into my eyeholes.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nThrough some happenstance of internet serendipity, I learned of Cleveland band <a href=\"http:\/\/harveypekar.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"blank\">Harvey Pekar<\/a>. As a fan of late Cleveland comics writer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithmag.net\/pekarproject\/\" target=\"blank\">Harvey Pekar<\/a>, I can&#8217;t imagine the jazz-loving worrywart listening to this heavy band, but I feel better about the world just knowing they exist.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\nA recent episode of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nerdist.com\/2012\/07\/nerdist-podcast-complaint-unit-for-nerdist-trollery\/\" target=\"blank\">Nerdist podcast<\/a> had me digging up this &#8217;90s treasure:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm&#8221; &#8211; Crash Test Dummies<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_vIbcqgXh5-4\"><div id=\"lyte_vIbcqgXh5-4\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/vIbcqgXh5-4\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/vIbcqgXh5-4\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/vIbcqgXh5-4\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I still like the song, but I know haters are gonna hate. I wouldn&#8217;t have brought it up here, though, if it hadn&#8217;t led me to this &#8220;Weird Al&#8221; Yankovic parody. Those of you who were cognizant in the &#8217;90s might want to brace yourselves for the time warp.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Headline News&#8221; &#8211; &#8220;Weird Al&#8221; Yankovic<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_dU95v23MQ4c\"><div id=\"lyte_dU95v23MQ4c\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/dU95v23MQ4c\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/dU95v23MQ4c\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/dU95v23MQ4c\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then, confluence as Al joins the Crash Test Dummies for a performance at the 1994 Canadian Music Video Awards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Headline News&#8221; (snippet) &#8211; &#8220;Weird Al&#8221; Yankovic with Crash Test Dummies<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_cCbg3_Yp8dg\"><div id=\"lyte_cCbg3_Yp8dg\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/cCbg3_Yp8dg\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/cCbg3_Yp8dg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/cCbg3_Yp8dg\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now step outside for a moment and appreciate the fact that it is no longer the &#8217;90s.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Viva Joe Strummer: The Clash and Beyond turned up for free viewing on Hulu recently. 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