Behind The Scenes Of "Pork And Beans"

You thought it was when Tay Zonday covered the song with Weezer, but it is this, dear friends, that marks the logical conclusion of the "Pork And Beans" meta-meme. We hope. Until the DVD version comes out with Rivers' audio... CONTINUE READING BEHIND THE SCENES OF "PORK AND BEANS"»

Posted on June 6, 2008 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Tay Zonday | Weezer

Weezer Release Japanese Bonus Track, Interview With Tay Zonday, Details On Hootenanny Tour

For the Japanese version of Red, Rivers puts his heart into a cover of Korean-born j- and k-pop star BoA's "メリクリ," or "Meri Kuri." It's not very good. It helps if you've heard the original, too. But it's still not... CONTINUE READING WEEZER RELEASE JAPANESE BONUS TRACK, INTERVIEW WITH TAY ZONDAY, DETAILS ON HOOTENANNY TOUR»

Posted on June 5, 2008 in Video (17 comments)
Tags: Grammys | Lil Wayne | Tay Zonday | Weezer

Tay Zonday Covers Weezer. With Weezer.

Didn't we already exhaust Tay's 15MB of fame? No. We did not. Because Rivers discovered YouTube, and then hired YouTube's Most Viewed alum for Weezer's "Pork And Beans" video, and then had Brian sit down with Tay to do an... CONTINUE READING TAY ZONDAY COVERS WEEZER. WITH WEEZER.»

Posted on June 3, 2008 in Video (24 comments)
Tags: Tay Zonday | Weezer

New Weezer Video - "Pork And Beans"

Red has been leaking bit by bit -- three songs here, four songs there -- and so far we're all a little less than enthused. Remember when people were enthused, though? Way back when we first sampled "Pork And Beans"?... CONTINUE READING NEW WEEZER VIDEO - "PORK AND BEANS"»

Posted on May 23, 2008 in Video (42 comments)
Tags: Dramatic Chipmunk | Kevin Federline | Tay Zonday | Weezer

Tay Zonday Covers "Smile" On The Lily Allen And Friends Premiere

The next chapter in Lily Allen's turbulent time in the public eye got its premiere broadcast Monday night on BBC 3. Early reports from the talk show's first filming were discouraging: over a third of the audience members allegedly walking... Lily Allen And Friends Premiere'">CONTINUE READING TAY ZONDAY COVERS "SMILE" ON THE LILY ALLEN AND FRIENDS PREMIERE»

Posted on February 13, 2008 in Video (8 comments)
Tags: Cuba Gooding Jr. | Lily Allen | Tay Zonday

Tay Zonday For Cherry Chocolate Dr. Pepper

The rise, the late night TV performance, the cover by an international act, the hipster concert bill. Now, at the stroke of 14:57, the Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages company comes rolling in to scoop up Tay (and Mista Johnson) on... CONTINUE READING TAY ZONDAY FOR CHERRY CHOCOLATE DR. PEPPER»

Posted on November 29, 2007 in MP3, Video (12 comments)
Tags: Tay Zonday | Ted Leo

Tay Zonday/Dan Deacon/Girl Talk @ First Ave, Minneapolis 10/9/07

Difficult to do anything aside from IM and email about here on what feels like Christmas morning, and it makes us feel dirty to post anything when all we're thinking is In Rainbows ... but we've gotta start the non-Radiohead... CONTINUE READING TAY ZONDAY/DAN DEACON/GIRL TALK @ FIRST AVE, MINNEAPOLIS 10/9/07»

Posted on October 10, 2007 in Concert, Video (12 comments)
Tags: Dan Deacon | Girl Talk | Tay Zonday

Girl Talk Talks Tay Zonday

All it takes these days is telling a newscaster that you like turtles, and a few clicks later, your internet ubiquity has been cemented: Welcome to your 15 megabytes of fame! And just maybe, once you cross the 5 million... CONTINUE READING GIRL TALK TALKS TAY ZONDAY»

Posted on August 14, 2007 (8 comments)
Tags: Dan Deacon | Girl Talk | Tay Zonday

Green Day Play Springfield, "Chocolate Rain"

Anecdotal evidence and box office stats indicate that there are two or three of you that have yet to see The Simpsons Movie, but this is the no child left behind era, and we don't want the theater-averse among you... CONTINUE READING GREEN DAY PLAY SPRINGFIELD, "CHOCOLATE RAIN"»

Posted on August 13, 2007 in Video (7 comments)
Tags: Green Day | Tay Zonday | The Simpsons

Tay Zonday Live On Kimmel

Well? Is he faking, or isn't he? 4 million YouTube views later, you thought you had it sussed out (or, more likely, stopped caring). So did we. But then Tay dropped by Kimmel's studio to bring the thunder of "Rain"... CONTINUE READING TAY ZONDAY LIVE ON KIMMEL»

Posted on August 9, 2007 in Video (13 comments)
Tags: Jimmy Kimmel | John Mayer | Matt Damon | Radiohead | Tay Zonday

Tay Zonday, Do You Do Covers? Of Breakup Letters?

Today's B3ta Newsletter mentioned "Chocolate Rain" by way of flogging a parody version. Fearing that we'd missed something so awesome it had already spawned parodies, we went straight to YouTube for the search: Best comment: snapric (11 minutes ago) what's... CONTINUE READING TAY ZONDAY, DO YOU DO COVERS? OF BREAKUP LETTERS?»

Posted on July 13, 2007 in Video (10 comments)
Tags: Tay Zonday