I’ve found a new way to enjoy one of my favorite shows because of bittorrent. I’d only really heard about bittorrent before this class, but since we checked the site out in class, I’ve been doing a little bit of exploring. But this post is actually more about the show, Flight of the Conchords. It started this summer on HBO. It was right after Entourage, which was initially why I watched it in the first place. Well thank god for Entouage– mostly because it introduced me to one of the freshest and funniest comedies on television. I mean I love Ari as much as the next guy but there’s something about the awkward sketch comedy of Jermaine and Brett that is in a league of its own.
The premise of the show is this: two New Zealand musicians (Brett and Jermaine) head to the states to debut their self-titled brand of digi-folk in New York City. We get to watch as the two fumble their way through air-port shows, birthday card music greetings, pathetic gigs and numerous failed relationships. But the best part of the series is the musical snippets performed by Brett and Jermaine as members of their band, The Flight of the Conchords. The song I found on bittorrent, titled “Business Time” is all about Jermaine singing the praises of, well sex. The official website of the show has the lyrics of all the songs featured in the show so you can download them and laugh to by your self, which I do on a regular basis. Come to think of it, I don’t know if the show got picked up for a second season…I’ll have to check on that.
Here is one of my favorite songs from the show.
Casey Said:
on February 23, 2008 at 4:29 am
hahaha yesss! Flight of the Conchords, they are hilarious. You should listen to the song about Robots. I’ve never actually seen the show, but I’ve seen their performances on YouTube. Bittorrent is definitely cool for finding hard to find stuff. I usually use it to download music albums. Sadly, illegal…