Blu are definitely on some OTHER shit. As usual, thanks to Thug E Fresh for the heads up on this rad video. Hopefully those dudes won’t get pissed that our “commercial website” is displaying their video….that they put on YouTube.

Here’s a great song and bizarre video from the under appreciated cult alt-indie band, Chavez. “Break Up Your Band,”circa ‘95.

Those wily Alaskans, Portugal. The Man stopped by Synthesis Weekly Managing Editor Ryan Prado’s apartment above the Senator Theater in Chico,CA a few days back during their tour with Minus the Bear to chop it up and perform a few of their amazing songs acoustic as part of our Live @ Ryan’s video series. Check out the band belting out “Church Mouth” above and stay tuned to our YouTube channel for more songs and an interview with the guys.

Benjamin Franklin invented the glass armonica in 1761 after being profoundly moved by the sounds of the glass harp. Little did he know that his instrument WAS THE DEVIL:

photo cred: Tyler from oddstrument.com

German musicologist Friedrich Rochlitz stated “the armonica excessively stimulates the nerves, plunges the player into a nagging depression and hence into a dark and melancholy mood that is apt method for slow self-annihilation. If you are suffering from any nervous disorder, you should not play it; if you are not yet ill you should not play it; if you are feeling melancholy you should not play it.”

The glass armonica’s sound is perceived by human ears differently than other instruments because its range is between 1,000 and 4,000 hertz. When sounds are below 4,000 hertz, the human brain compares “phase differences” between the left and right ears to triangulate the origin of the sound rather than comparing volumes. This causes hearing disorientation and a “not quite sure” feeling about where the sound is coming from.

See for yourself, BUT BE WARNED! YOU COULD GO INSANE!!!

The Dana Carvey Show had a very brief run in the early nineties. And by brief, we’re talking weeks. But the show was actually pretty funny at times, and featured Steve Carell in a right-hand man type of roll. Here’s one particular sketch featuring the pair in a “drive-off” video sketch. It’s worth the minute and a half.

Apparently it’s YouTube Day for Ms. Nickels. Anyway, remember little Charlie and the finger biting incident? People LOVE that Charlie! What an effortless lil comedian! He’s got 20something MILLION EFFING VIEWS and has our Video Matt steaming from jealousy.

And here’s the semi-decent Charlie Bit Me song that the talented Ainslie Henderson wrote just for him. It has almost 40,000 views. See, kids, putting effort into shit makes it not as funny.