Q: Does the YouTube artistic wonderment never stop?

A: I was a little slow to take to the YouTube revolution, given that it seemed to be a whole lot of grainy video of culturally meaningless camp. But I'm totally coming around to that shit!

(If you read Perez Hilton, you'll have already seen this, apparently. But then, if you read Perez Hilton, you have bigger problems to deal with than stale videos.)

[via Wesleying]

Hurray for vacuous post-pomo confection!

RELATED: It goes without saying but hurray also for the continued existence of Andre 3000. Last October, Dre did a highly enlighten-taining interview with Terry Gross. Break out the headphones and check it out.

Q: Has Papa got a brand new bag?

A: Yes. But it's a body bag.

James Brown: 'I feel...not so good.'

As you've already heard, James Brown is dead, after succumbing to a five-decade-battle with insolent backing musicians. That's bad news for funk, but good news for the rave scene's L.A. Style, who're enjoying a (first and final) resurgence thanks to the sudden relevance of their 1991 hit, "James Brown Is Dead."


Seriously? This was a hit song? What is wrong with you, early 1990s?

Anyway, just to get that horrible taste of rave out of your mouth, here's my favorite James Brown song.

James Brown - Don't Be a Dropout
Star Time, 1991

Star Time, also from 1991, is one of the greatest box sets of all time. Check it out.

RELATED: Terry Gross ran a nice tribute to the Hardest Working Man in Show Business on Fresh Air today; listen to it here.

OH, ANDBYTHEWAY: Gerald Ford = also dead. Sorry I don't have any mp3s relevant to that. Ford did appear on The Simpsons, but I can't find a picture of it on the Internets.