Glittery Ephemera

Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester — Big Band Insanity!

By J. Wesley ⋅ May 9, 2008 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

This is one of my glitteriest of glittery ephemera. Max Raabe is a German madman who, along with his big band, cover American pop songs in the style of 1920s and 30s German dance music. They also do actual Weimar dance tunes, but the real fun is their renditions of songs such as Britney Spears’ “Oops I Did it Again,” “Let’s Talk About Sex,” by Salt-n-Pepa, and Tom Jones’ “Sexbomb.” I find the whole experience profoundly disturbing.

Politics and Foreign Policy

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Society and Culture

Some naval history (plus video!) from Walk Thru History.

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