Here's What's Awesome: The Internet Sings, and Remakes Star Wars

By Brady Carlson on Sunday, October 25, 2009.

Virginia Prescott sings!

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So what song is it y'all want to type in and have a computer sing?
I hope you didn't have big plans to start Monday morning, because you're probably going to spend it on Let Them Sing It For You. This groovy site takes word snippets from pop music and plays them back based on the phrase you type in. Type in "I love you" and you'll hear Chris Isaak, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC belt it out for you. We're rolling out a spinoff site, Let Virginia Prescott Sing That For You, but our site will only work with words used in the musical "Grease." [via TrendHunter]

...as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and made a movie
Remember those crowdsourced zombie films that everybody was talking about a few months back, where willing hands filmed a scene or two and added them to the whole? Looks like there's a new project in the works - and the Force is with them:

Star Wars: Uncut Trailer from Casey Pugh on Vimeo.

At this rate, the auteur that is crowdsourcing will go through an existential crisis in a year or two, and then produce a crowdsourced version of Fellini's 8 1/2. [via Gizmodo]

RT Mustachioed villain calls hero poltroon, "base coward"
Tweets of Old shines the 140-character lens on the past, pulling choice quotes from old-timey newspapers for your tweety enjoyment. Twitter is just that much more interesting with posts like "Mrs.Stallings, from behind a bower of potted ferns, served delicious punch and sandwiches." I say, I like the cut of their jib. [via Mental Floss]

Now it's your turn: share an awesome link in the comments. Bonus points if you SING!

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