Showing posts with label Flight of the Conchords. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flight of the Conchords. Show all posts

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Hiphopopotamus

From the famous gangsta-folk crossover duo from New Zealand, Flight of the Conchords, here's the Hiphopopatomus vs Rhymenoceros:

Other rappers diss me
Say my rhymes are sissy
Why? Why? Why?
Be more constructive with your feedback

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Ngram

If you haven't seen it before, Google Books has a really neat app called Ngram Viewer.  It allows you to search Google's scanned books and compare frequency of words and phrases over time.  Easy to use and a lot of fun to play around with.  Here's one I ran comparing Punk, Hip Hop and Heavy Metal.



Given the fast rise of Hip Hop I guess I need to stay relevant so here you go:


This is a more politically oriented Ngram:  Jeffersonian v Hamiltonian.  Interesting results.

Saturday, May 5, 2012

The Distant Future, The Year 2000

The future was here in 1960. 



 "May 9, 1960. Case Study House #22. Stahl residence at 1635 Woods Drive, Los Angeles. Architect: Pierre Koenig." Color transparency by Julius Shulman.  From Shorpy

Blog post title taken from Flight of the Conchords.