More Mohawk Love

For the second time, Mohawk Bomb Records (link goes to previous coverage) has featured one of the tracks off my forthcoming album.

The song is called “Life Injection” and here’s what they had to say:

This is the second song from RWB & the MIDI16’s upcoming album “Happy Friday” that we have showcased. This slow jam about saying goodbye to your vices for an addicting lady. I can already hear the South Tampa clubs pumping this ditty. Brilliant wordsmithing and gratuitous use of autotune. For fans of Flight of the Conchords and Prince. Enjoy!

Right on, guys! Thanks a lot! As always, you can sign up for their Mohawk Bomb Record’s awesome “Free Song of the Day” email by visiting their site.

Herbie The Love Rockit

Everything about the following video makes me happy.

I think YouTube commenter DutchMatrixBoy put it nicely:

“peewee’s playhouse meets acid jazz meets miami vice meets soultrain meets peter gabriel’s sledgehammer video meets max headroom meets roller skating meets a psychotic break meets a visionquest meets a kappa halloween party!!!!”

Riding The Mohawk Bomb Like Slim Pickens

Check it out homies!

My song “Happy Friday” was featured today on the Mohawk Bomb Records free song of the day email!

From the blast:

Ryan Wendell Bauer and the MIDI Sixteen’s “Happy Friday” is a light-hearted danceable ode to office pleasantries. Makes me thinks about The Talking Heads and Flight of the Choncords while making a cameo in an episode of The Office playing Nintendo. This is dedicated to anyone listening from a cubicle. Enjoy!

Mohawk Bomb Records crashed onto the scene earlier this year with the fantastic “No Lip Vol. 1” compilation which features fantastic Florida bands like Drew Street Mary, Knowing Stu, and other SMAsh Radio favorites. Get it here.

Want proof that MBR is a different kind of label? Here’s their mission statement in the immortal words of Soulfound’s Ivan Pena:

Enjoy. Share. That’s our motto. Mohawk Bomb Records is a new kind of label, focused on sharing new music with the World. Finding new ways to make our artists known. Adopting technology to provide better distribution. We are still a young label, but we hope to bring new music to music lovers all over the World. Spread the word, spread the love.

You can read more about MBR and sign up for their awesome song of the day email blast by visiting mohawkbomb.com.

A Lite-Brite For Grown-Ups

Gizmodo’s got a great feature (via Technabob) about a new Japan-only (sigh) HD Lite-Brite by Bandai called the Lumnidot.

The pixel artist in me is frothing at the mouth for this to come stateside; the kitten owner in me doesn’t want to deal with the nightmare of keeping track of the 3,500 pieces.

There’s also an online application that will convert your photos into a Lumnidot-ready PDF. Drooooool!

Here’s a video of it in action.

This Excites Me.

Here’s my latest feast-o-the-senses obsession.

It’s Zappa conducting an orchestral arrangement of his “Jazz From Hell” arrangement, G-Spot Tornado. And look at that crazy dancing!

Gonna’ Be A Mental Toss Flycoon

Want to know what makes Zappa fans tick? Just take a look at this.

The bit around 3:30 still makes me giddy like a schoolgirl. What a fantastic piece of music!