Morning Cup: Cannonball's Battle Hymn

Speaking of David Carradine... (*sort of) I give you everyone's favorite Cannonball Adderley video. Okay, so maybe it's not everyone's favorite, but it's certainly a goodie!

And now I can't decide if I want to put on Mercy, Mercy, Mercy or Kill Bill... Perhaps just another cup of coffee would be best.

*yesterday I posted a video of Zamfir playing the soundtrack to Kill Bill, who of course, is played by David Carradine.

Morning Cup: Spontaneous Train Station Dancing?

Not quite... but still pretty cool!

Apparently...

VTM, a television station in Belgium, recently used a flash mob dance stunt to announce their newest reality television program “Op zoek naar Maria”. The promotion, similar to T-Mobile’s ad set in Liverpool St Station In London, is promoting the program’s search for an an actress to play the leading role in the The Sound of Music.

On Monday morning, March 23, commuters were introduced to the recording of Julie Andrews singing the song, “Do Re Mi”, as recorded for the 1965 musical, Sound of Music. 200 dancers strategically placed in the crowd began to dance as a remix of the track came through the speakers.

Would this stunt have worked at NYC's Grand Central Station? Or would disgruntled commuters pushed their way through the cheerful dancers? Either way, if this idea gets repeated here, I hope I'm present to witness it!

Morning Cup: Happy St. Patrick's Day

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Enjoy your day with a Guinness, Irish coffee, or Shamrock Shake!

Morning Cup: An Evolution of Art

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo

This is truly amazing and quite inspiring! It's a bit long (in internet time), but perfect for a morning coffee break.

via @rainnwilson via SoulPancake

SoulPancake, by the way, is a pretty interesting blog that asks explores creativity and spirituality. Read the comments to this video on SoulPancake's site (click the via link above)- many interesting interpretations of the video.

Morning Cup: Learn 5/4

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Over your morning cup of coffee, I invite you to learn to recognize 5/4 timing in music... or not.

Don't know if this guy is for real or not (let's hope not) but you can check out his additional learn to play jazz piano videos here including how to play the "piano part" of "experimental jazz." Actually, I'll save you the trouble of a click; McBride advises you to just play like a child would and that's experimental jazz in a nutshell. (well... maybe he's not too far from the truth after all!)

Morning Cup: Mother of all Funk Chords

Pure Awesomeness!

Courtesy of Kuitman, a super-smart dude who collected YouTube clips and sequenced them together to form not only a brand new video, but a brand new song! Genuis!

Morning Cup: Plavalaguna Motivation

A little sci-fi Lucia di Lammermoor to inspire a day of kick ass composition?

Morning Cup: WW Flies!

Stolen from Andrew:

I totally want one!