Pomplamoose

[Fred]

I just had to find out who did those Christmas 2010 Hyundai commercials. They're called Pomplamoose and they make VideoSongs, an art form they define precisely on their YouTube page. I find their stuff irresistible. Try this for a start.

[Fred]

And all of you lucky Bay Area people can see them live, supporting the Dresden Dolls (!), on New Year's Eve!

[aaparallel]

I actually finally discovered them following a recommendation by Mr. Paul Freeman. They covered "Makin' Out," which Paul wrote with Mark Owen. Oooh 6 degrees of Vienna Teng.

[Fred]

Thanks! I hadn't gotten to that one yet. They are just ridiculously cute, and so are their songs. Guess there is a fair amount of interest in them, too. That one had about half a million views and over 100 pages of comments.

As for 6 degrees of Vienna Teng, I think I discussed maybe posting a thread of that (a poll, I guess) as a game. Maybe discussed it in a pm with somebody. Seemed like it might be fun if the forum gets in the doldrums sometime, but that hasn't really happened, so I think I'll hold off on it. Playing strictly by the book (not using tenuous acquaintances when solid ones are available, and of course nothing related to knowing other fans), I score 5 degrees.

[Kalenabear]

I first heard of Pomplamoose on CD Baby's DIY podcast. Here is an interview they did with one of the band members, Jack Conte.

http://cdbabypodcast.com/?p=877

Really interesting discussion about media platforms and record labels, or the lack thereof.

Enjoy!

[Fred]

I happened to catch Pomplamoose's weekly Tuesday night webcast lastnite. As one might expect from such a pair of media geeks, it worked really well. In addition to audio/video feed it featured real-time text chat and interactive polling (and merch/download links, naturally). And of course they were as crazy/endearing (and musical) as expected. If interested take a look at www.pomplamoose.com any Tuesday at 6:30 P.M. PST.