Zombie Obscurity

Springfield Squidport

2009-06-25T21:02:00.000-07:00

Auto-Tune the News

2009-04-24T12:06:00.001-07:00

Music for Tuesday

2009-03-31T12:25:00.000-07:00

SeeqPod - Playable Search

THRU YOU: Kutiman Mixes YouTube

2009-03-18T13:34:00.000-07:00

Scraped From Analog Medium

So electronic musician Kutiman took a bunch of YouTube clips of regular people playing music or demoing instruments, and chopped and mixed the videos into new songs. Video mixes accompany the songs, and the result is fucking amazing. The songs all feature different styles of music, and the credits link to each individual video that was sampled. Now if only we could download MP3s, Kutiman would have one of the best damn mixtapes out there. Still, all the tracks are available for free on YouTube. Don't sleep on this!

We couldn't have said it better! Thanks AM!

Ryan Started The Fire

2009-03-06T09:07:00.000-08:00

Bill'y Joel's "We didn't start the fire" meets the Office. A well written parody.

Hombre Secreto - The PLUGZ

2009-03-05T09:10:00.000-08:00

The Plugz, Hombre Secreto. The Plugz kick uber ass, a latin punk rock band featured throughout the REPO MAN soundtrack.

Repo Man Trailer

2009-03-03T10:11:00.000-08:00

BEST MOVIE EVER!
Repo Man

Take That Ride

2009-03-01T17:48:00.000-08:00

C'mon stupid... hop inside.

David After Dentist

2009-02-28T23:21:00.000-08:00

Just Add Meat!

2009-02-19T00:07:00.001-08:00

Computers Inspired By Computers

2009-02-18T12:57:00.001-08:00

This kid is too funny! Pure genius.
"I is at your data center, deleting all your data!"

We're Back!

2009-02-16T22:03:00.000-08:00

Sorry about the hiatus, but after we relocated we were without a internet connection for 2 weeks or so. The team is hard at work scraping all the goods this very moment. Stay tuned... we'll have the goods for you soon.

Zombie Obscurity Mix Tape

2009-01-09T08:13:00.000-08:00

Decemberists Mixtape

2009-01-08T09:53:00.000-08:00

SeeqPod - Playable Search

Specials Mix Tape

2009-01-07T09:31:00.000-08:00

SeeqPod - Playable Search

Hilarius

2009-01-06T12:48:00.001-08:00

Yah yah yah, we know the campaign is way over, but this pic is too funny. Let us not forget that G.W. Bush is still better than Palin. She is such a joke. We here at ZO are amazed that fox news is still trying to ramp her up to be some kind of republican leader, they'd probably have better luck with a three legged rocking horse.

Zombie Obscurity BTW:

2008-12-29T08:20:00.000-08:00

An act of US Congress in 1964 declared bourbon to be "America's Native Spirit," i.e. America's official drink.

`Bourbon whisky', `rye whisky', `wheat whisky', `malt whisky', or `rye malt whisky' is whisky produced at not exceeding 160 deg. proof from a fermented mash of not less than 51 percent corn, rye, wheat, malted barley, or malted rye grain, respectively, and stored at not more than 125 deg. proof in charred new oak containers; and also includes mixtures of such whiskies of the same type.

Distilled spirits in which at least 51% of the sugar in the wash comes from corn and the distillate is aged in charred oak barrels.

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King Missile: Detachable Penis

2008-12-22T10:47:00.000-08:00

SeeqPod - Playable Search
King Missile: Detachable Penis

Space Shuttles For Sale

2008-12-19T07:50:00.000-08:00

From Scientific American

In the market for a used space shuttle? You're in luck. If, that is, you happen to have a spare $42 million—and are a U.S. educational institution, federal agency, state or municipality.

NASA yesterday released info about its shuttles' post-retirement plans and put out feelers to gauge interest from potential buyers. (The shuttle program is currently scheduled to end in 2010.) The agency estimates it will cost $42 million to detoxify the fuel systems and conduct other "safing" measures, prep the orbiter for indoor display and transport it by air to its final destination. NASA says it may cost more to reach far-flung locations requiring a long-distance haul "over public roadways which may require removal of light posts and traffic signals or transport by barge over water." The shuttles, after all, have a 78-foot wingspan, about as broad as 11 Hummers.

NASA has just three shuttles, Atlantis, Endeavour and Discovery, in its fleet. And, according to the space agency, one of those orbiters is likely bound for the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., leaving only two up for grabs.

For those organizations looking for a piece of the action but financially strapped, NASA offers a lower-priced option: six to 10 decommissioned shuttle engines will also be made available at the low, low price of $400,000 to $800,000 each—plus shipping and handling.

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Fucked Up? Flow Chart

2008-12-18T10:39:00.000-08:00

Well, maybe this flow chart will help you next time you screw up major. Good luck!
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Googlechondriac

2008-12-16T09:59:00.000-08:00

Googlechondraic
-verb Slang

1) Fear that symptoms of an aliment relate to a greater disease by self researching symptoms through Google search and online Dr.com type sites.

2) Much like a hypochondriac, the googlechondriac will assume the worst of their health after researching acute health symptoms.

Example:
"Jim is not sick, he just believes everything he reads on those doctor sites, another googlechondriac. "

Everything You Need to Know About Auto Tune

2008-12-15T08:48:00.000-08:00

Auto-Tune is a proprietary audio processor created by Antares Audio Technologies that uses a phase vocoder to correct pitch in vocal and instrumental performances. It is used to disguise inaccuracies and mistakes and has allowed many artists to produce more precisely tuned recordings.

Auto-Tune is available as a plug-in for professional audio multi-tracking suites used in a studio setting and as a stand-alone, rack mount unit for live performance processing. Auto-tune has become standard equipment in professional recording studios.

Auto-Tune was initially created by Andy Hildebrand. Hildebrand realized the work he did on seismic data exploration was applicable to detecting pitch.

While Auto-Tune is a specific product, auto-tune is frequently used in the media as a blanket term to describe any audio processing with a similar effect, perhaps because it was the first product allowing pitch correction in real time.

See Auto Tune software in action in this hilarius clip.

Auto-Tune was used to prominent effect on Cher's Believe, recorded in 1998. When first interviewed about this, the sound engineers claimed they had used a vocoder, in what Sound on Sound perceives as an attempt to preserve a trade secret. The software came to attention in dancehall reggae music from its use on Tanto Metro & Devonte's song “Give it to Her” and Beenie Man & Ms. Thing’s song “Dude.” R&B singer T-Pain has been credited with revitalizing the technique in contemporary popular music by making active use of it in his songs, a style that has since gone on to be imitated by numerous other R&B, Hip-hop (including emcees Kanye West and Lil' Wayne, and R&B singer Akon, most notably), and other pop-music artists.

According to the Boston Herald, "Country stars Reba McEntire, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw have all confessed to using Auto-Tune in performance, claiming it is a safety net that guarantees ticket buyers a good performance." It is also used prominently on much recent Ethiopian popular music.
From Wikipedia

We at here at Zombie Obscurity have mixed opinions about this device. We've been trying to score a vocoder for a while, maybe we'll try to scrape us a copy of this software on torrent or somthing. One thing is for sure, you don't half to have a great singing voice to be a great vocalist anymore.

Auto-Tune Demo:
http://www.antarestech.com/download/demoform.php

G-Snap:
http://www.gvst.co.uk/gsnap.htm

T-Pain Auto-Tune Vocal effect settings:

Key - C
Scale - Major

Retune - 0
Tracking - 75

Rate - 0.1
Variation - 0
Onset Delay - 0
Onset Rate - 0
Pitch - 0
Amplitude - 30
Formant - 100

Man Throws Shoes At Bush

2008-12-14T13:32:00.000-08:00

The Booze Bra

2008-12-12T09:42:00.000-08:00

Well You know what they say, alcohol has a way of making everything better... or at least a little blurry.From About

-Everybody looks better after a few beers, and the Wine Rack -- a $30, booze-dispensing sports bra -- takes that to a whole new level.

This stylish apparatus, perfect for holiday over indulgences, holds a bottle-and-a-half of wine, while increasing a woman's breast size by two cup sizes.

While some women complain that beer goes straight to their hips, that won't happen here unless you buy the matching underwear.

This would be a great way to drink in the theater, on a plane or at a sporting event -pending you are a woman. Zombie Obscurity gives this whack product it's Golden Zombie seal of approval. Cheers!

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The Montey Python Launches YouTube Channel

2008-12-11T11:16:00.000-08:00

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