I really don’t know how I missed out on the whole Paul is Dead, urban legend. But this piece sums it up rather nicely.

A homeless man trying to support two children surely knows the meaning of being under pressure.

Wanted to apologize for my absence and promise you some soon-coming scintillating Mep content. In the meantime, here’s a (backhanded) ode to the busy…

This is my new favorite rendition of the REM classic. Apparently this young man not only has severe Tourettes syndrome, but also Aspergers and mild Autism. It’s very interesting to notice the buildup of the various ticks and exclamations as he forces himself through the lyrics. Some of them even fall exactly on the beat. Seems a similar phenomenon to the singing therapy that allows stutterers to enunciate without difficulty.

Ah, the halcyon days of socialist college indoctrination. I remember them well…

Glenn Donnellan, a fiddler for the National Symphony Orchestra, crafted an electric fiddle out of a Derek Jeter-model baseball bat.

His fiddling rendition of the national anthem on July 4, at a Washington Nationals game, gives me the chills. It sounds like something out of a Ken Burns’ Civil War documentary.

Here’s some skillfully assembled montaging by Broken Social Scene. The video draws an important connection between the riot police defending consumerist society to the last and vapid pop icons distracting would-be supporters of future protest movements.

This is one of those serendipitous finds that is a little bit too Meppy for coincidence’s sake. Here we have footage from Mep favorite Koyaanisqatsi set to music from progressive rock band, King Crimson, which just happens to be one of the major influences of The Road.

I’m a bit late to the party on this, but something this absurdly awesome really has no expiration date.  Next question: what’s it going to take to get this to the top 40?

There has been a great deal of sickness, sadness, and strife in Mep Land recently. I don’t feel the need to get into grizzly details as of yet, but hopefully you will excuse the lack of posting as a consequence of that.

In an effort to distract you, here’s a dazzling video entitled ‘Internet Warrior’ by Oh No Ono.