In response to the jewelry heist, Vijay put out a new music remixing/response challenge and I was inspired. So this weekend I thought hard and gathered some video and sound materials and…failed completely to rise to the occasion. Despite what the naysayers suggest, in my limited experience this kind of work requires amazing skill and creativity, and I’m just not there yet. (Though the exercise wasn’t a complete wash. I now have a file folder filled with CSI Miami quotes, Law and Order sound effects, and the theme song from COPS, which I hope will come in handy one day.)
While I was procrastinating, however, the Pantless Knights posted this brilliant spoof/tribute to the “new dorks” spun off from the Jay-Z and Alicia Keys track “Empire State of Mind,” and I am once again inspired. It’s addictive; you have been warned.