Music Buzz The internet is a great place to showcase musical talent without having to bother about a record deal. Thousands of people use YouTube to show off their skills and these are some of the best. What did I leave out! Add yours!
Culture Buzz YouTuber Shoenice22 downs a whole bottle of vodka in 15 seconds flat. Real or fake? Dumb or really dumb? You decide!
500 people in Israel holding 1,500 separate photographs make this lovely stop-motion music video. Don't get dizzy! (via Ze)
The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra invites musical fans of Doctor Who to take part in an online collaborative celebration of Murray Gold's music. This is their first attempted work, and it's a winner.
OK, maybe YouTuber OHADI22′s ambitious tribute to “Paranoid Android” tributes doesn’t include every cover on YouTube, but it's got most of the good ones, as evidenced by the 36 credits on the source page. Considering the original song itself is essentially four different songs and I know less about sound editing than I do about beekeeping, color me impressed.
This Reno park ranger goes on a 5 minute Charlie Sheen-worthy rant. The characters from “Reno 911” got nothing on him.
There is pretty much no need to ever check out any other game review after you watch this. This is also proof that the right voice actor and music can make anything epic.
THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH GUITARS FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE. They seem to make do surprisingly well, though.
These two “badasses” go at it for 5 minutes over a stolen bong. Let's hope the excuse for this pathetic display is being way too high. The only consolation in this mess is the epic “Say goodnight” @2:36 mark.
11-year-old Vicus from South Africa covers All-4-One's “These Arms”, and does so in an amazing fashion. (Via.)
Youtuber Sp0ntanius delivers an amazing rendition of “The Song Of Healing” from The Legend of Zelda! If Link doesn't save us all, this song will. (Via TheDailyWh.at.)
I'm a total fan of Willow's version, but Katie is making this song her own!
Culture Buzz In an attempt to make history more accessible to students, the group behind Youtube channel historyteachers has remade a number of popular songs into history lessons. You can decide for yourself if the videos help you to remember the facts, but you know you needed to hear about the French Revolution to the tune Lady Gaga's Bad Romance today.
This is the coolest new vlogger right now. I'm totally going to SUBSCRIBE! KE$HA! [Ed. note: You should check out the rest of Scott Gairdner's stellar work.]
Culture Buzz Mike Caracciolo, aka The Kid from Brooklyn, is batshit insane. Here's just a smattering of his most outrageous, most offensive, and most hilarious rants.
Style Buzz Apparently last year there was some movement where people took out all the stuff they been had, showed it to the viewer, and told them they been had it. I been had been had videos.