Beaker - Ode To Joy

This is Beaker from The Muppets doing a cute and funny rendition of Ode To Joy.

Lyrics:

Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep-Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep-Meep.

[Video Credit: meepmeepmeepow]

Man Or Astroman - The Miracle Of Genuine Pyrex

Some fun for a sleepy sunday. Man or Astro-man? That's not a question!
Or is it?

Archers Of Loaf - White Trash Heroes

I really love the tone of this song. There are other Archers Of Loaf songs that I like just as much but this is the one I feel like today.

(Video Credit: Johnnysmooth)

Crooked Fingers - New Drink For The Old Drunk

This song really has a hold of me today. I was going to save it for friday so that I could fit an Archers of Loaf song in before it but I think I'll do it in reverse.
For more information on Crooked Fingers click here to visit their official site.

Birdy Nam Nam - Abbesses

This video always impresses me and this was actually my first exposure to Birdy Nam Nam a couple years ago.

Seasick Steve - Cut My Wings

Captain, how long must I stand your evil ways? (A really great live version of Cut My Wings by Seasick Steve)

Vincent Vincent and the Villains - The End of the Night

This is one of the songs that I like to listen to while I'm in the middle of a project and I can't quite drag myself to bed. There's something about it that gives me the energy to finish what I'm doing no matter how tired I am.

Hum - Stars

She thinks she missed the train to Mars, she's out back counting stars...

Introduction

I've been wanting to start a blog to serve as a personal place to share and collect music that I enjoy but I've been putting it off for a long, long time. Why have I been putting it off? Well, I spend a lot of time on my other blog and my shop so I need another project like I need a hole in the head....but.....
sometimes you just can't deny those urges that pull at you for so, so long. I came to the conclusion that I've been spending so much time thinking about this project that if I had started it when I originally wanted to, I would probably have at least 40 posts by now.

The music collection you will find here will not be restricted to any particular genre or era and really will just be music that touches me in some way.

The name: Waking at the Carnival was inspired by the song The Carnival Is Over by the band The Seekers (which was then covered by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 1986).



So, with a song that's more appropriate for an ending than a beginning, We're Waking at the Carnival.