Incongruent: ALL THE LINKS

From: dftba.com

I know I've done two posts regarding the Green brothers already, but this time I want to focus on Hank.
If you haven't read my vlogbrothers post, you should go read it. It's very informative.
So recently (last Wednesday) Hank Green & The Perfect Strangers came out with their new album, Incongruent.
I bought the special pre-ordered copy that's SIGNED.
Cus I'm that cool.
Unfortunately it hasn't arrived yet because I ordered it with the TFiOS preparedness kit which is still in preorder.
BUT since the people at dftba records are so nice and realize that a lot of computers now don't have disk drives (looking at you eighth graders with your dumb macbook airs), they sent a digital download of the whole album!
Which means I can review it for you guys!
Unfortunately, the songs are still too new and I can't find them on Grooveshark so I can't put all them on here for you.
However, Hank performed a few of them on the vlogbrothers channel, so I can at least link you to those videos.
Also, there are two versions of the album (a clean and an explicit) and I bought the explicit but I don't think they're very different anyway.
If you're interested in the clean version, I'm sure there'll be some review somewhere else that's available by now.

1. I F***ing Love Science
This one is pretty self explanatory. Hank runs around singing about how science is great and everyone should be happy that it's a thing.
Here's a link to the music video (it's the clean version but you can get to the explicit version from it if you'd like that better).

2.T-Shirt and Jeans
A song about how t-shirt and jeans are a great outfit that you can use to express yourself (or not).
Here's the acoustic version.

3.Hug Scream
I don't really know what to tell you with this one. Just.....hug someone and scream while you're doing it. There's also something about armadillos worshiping lions.
Now hold this awesome person oh so near
and scream your loudest scream
but not directly in their ear

4.Mother Pheasant Plucker
I'm pretty sure that they just wanted to make a massive tongue twister and make a bunch of people accidentally sing fucker. Go on, try it. I DARE YOU.
But my life as a mother pheasant plucker is pleasant
Just listening to music as I pluck mother pheasants
I'm a pleasant pheasant plucker and no ones
heard a pleasant pheasant plucker ever say the f-word

5.Marilyn Hanson
I think this one of those songs that's about a girlfriend he (the singer) had a long time ago and is being all nostalgic about it, but I can't really tell cus I can't find the lyrics anywhere so I have to go by ear which I suck at. The song has a rocking saxophone solo and it's the only song that actually says incongruence.
By the way, incongruence means incompatible.
It didn't matter
To anyone but ourselves

6.The Universe is Weird
Again, self explanatory. Hank is flipping out about how the universe is really weird and amazing and that it's pretty great for us that it's a thing cus if it wasn't, we wouldn't be here.
Here's a link to the acoustic version of this song.

7.Gangnam Style (Full English Translation)
Again, pretty self explanatory.
Here's a link to PART of the song. It's with a bunch of other songs that are translated to English, but just watch the video because it's funny.

8. I'd Rather
You know when you're like 'I'd rather gouge both of my eyes out with a rusty spork than _____'? This song is pretty much that.
No, I don't think we'll get together again
And no, I don't think we can still be friends
Because there's so many things I'd rather do
Than spend another day with you.

9. Oh JK Rowling
A song about how JK Rowling should really write something new because she's amazing. Ironically, this came out a few days before JK revealed that she wrote The Cuckoos Calling. Actually, Hank is pretty psychic when it comes to Harry Potter. I should also mention that he does an anual Harry Potter song, so this psychic-ness comes to light pretty frequently.
Here's a link to the song (album version!)

10. Undigested Lump
Mr. P, if you skip everything in this post, at least don't skip this cus you'll like it.
This is a song about how awesome Shakespearean insults are.
We can't use them for the smackdown or anything, but it's a good song.
Here's a link to the acoustic ((you can skip the first minute of the video if you aren't interested in the statistics of the vlogbrothers channel)). I like the album version better but I can't get that to you without things being sort of illegal and I'M SORRY.

11. My Favorite Pony
A song that's making fun of bronies (but in a 'ya this is lame but it's still fun' way).
Here's a link to the acoustic version.

12. Video Game Books
I really don't know what they were trying to do with this song. Maybe they just wanted to make a slow song and had to put something that you could maybe pretend was lovey if you didn't listen to the words?
And I'm starting to see
Not just what you want from me
But you want to get
From what you've got

13. Accio Deathly Hallows
This is a song from back in 2007 that Hank wrote about how Deathly Hallows was coming out in a few days. Listen to the song, and you'll know what I mean about Hank's psychic Potter powers.
Here's  a link to the acoustic version. I actually like this version better, but only because in the album version they move into this weird reggae thing that sort of ruined it.

14. Perfect Strangers
This is ones of those songs that they put in cheesy kids movies where the kids are spending the summer together and bonding and it's all sweet and stuff.
Now picture that scene with 5 (maybe) men who are 30-ish years old, and I'm pretty sure that is the inspiration for this song.
Sometimes the world looks perfect
Nothing to rearrange
Sometimes you just get a feeling
Like you need some kind of change


That is a lot of links, which all took a long time to find.
Phew.
Overall, the album isn't my favorite (I only bought it because I like Hank and want to support him ((plus it's SIGNED))), but it's quirky and fun so I like it well enough.
Honestly, I'd wait till some people put it on grooveshark for the album versions, but go and listen to all the links up there!


UPDATE:

THAT IS A GENUINE SIGNATURE/HANKLERFISH YOU GUYS. THIS IS AMAZING.

Unfortunately my parents were there when I opened up the package and started flipping out, and they saw the parental advisory sticker and freaked out a bit. They were a little better when I explained that Hank swore in the name of science.

BUT ANYWAY THIS IS REALLY GREAT AND GEEZE.

RWBY be a Gem (sorta?)

Any Roosterteeth fans out there?
Does Roosterteeth even HAVE  fandom?
*hears shouts of the roosterteeth fandom* Ah, there you guys are.
How many of you non-roosterteethers know what I'm talking about?
*chirping crickets*
As I thought. Okay, first an explanation of Roosterteeth is in order.
(Keep in mind that I didn't know anything about Roosterteeth prior to this post, besides the fact that they made RWBY.)
Apparently, they're an entertainment company that works out of California. They've made a bunch of other webseries like Red vs. Blue and A Simple Walk Through Mordor.
That's all that I could wrestle out of the wikipedia page. I'm sorry.......
Anyway, let's talk about RWBY now.
So RWBY is this CG cartoon made by these Roosterteeth people. It's about a girl named Ruby Rose, who wants to become a huntress. In this world, there are demons and monsters that run around and hurt people, so there are hunters/huntresses to keep people safe. They use magical weapons that run on this fancy stuff called dust.
Of course, to become a hunter/huntress, you have to go to school. Ruby is accepted into Beacon Academy (the best hunter school EVER), along with her sister Yang. On their very first day, all the new students are sorted into teams. Ruby is on a team with a girl named Weiss (the heiress to the biggest dust company ever), a girl named Blake (a book worm) and Yang. Together, they make team RWBY.

From left to right, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang
Picture from: www.dek-d.com

There are other students at the school such as Jaune Arc, Nora Valkyrie, and Pyrrah Nikos (and others) that become friends with these girls.
Of course theres more to the story than just school. Outside the school, a war is brewing. There is a group called the White Fang, that is made up of people that have animal traits. You know, cat ears, monkey tails, etc. These people (Faunus) have long been discriminated against by regular people. In the past, the White Fang have peacefully protested this discrimination, with no violence involved. But in the past few years, the White Fang have changed, and become a violent terrorist group. The girls have constant encounters with the White Fang, and have to fight to stop them.

So I'd heard a lot about Roosterteeth before I'd seen this series. My friend Bailey was freaking out about this show, and wouldn't stop talking about it until she got someone to watch it. Since I'm weak, that someone ended up being me. Besides, there were only sixteen episodes. It couldn't be that bad, right?
It wasn't actually. I finished the series in a day, and it was very fun. There weren't any traumatizing feels or anything, so it spared my soul at least.
I'm going to admit, I was a bit underwhelmed by the animation. In the show, there are some AMAZING fight sequences. Seriously, in the first episode alone there is a great fight between Galinda Goodwitch and this other lady, and it's the freaking coolest thing ever.
But besides the fights, they were lacking a bit. The character's movements were jerky, or they had confusing body language. They had strange angles in a lot of unnecessary places (though that might just be artistic choice or something). Now, I get that there were complications with this type of animation.
The way they animate this (at least I'm pretty sure they do it this way) is that they get these special suits on the actors, and put them in front of a green screen. The actors do the motions of their character, and later the skin of the character is put over the suit, so it looks like the character was doing it. Then the background and sound effects and stuff is put in, and VOILA! You have an animation thingy.
You'd think that the gestures and stuff wouldn't be a problem since they do it like this. But apparently it is. *shrug*
The story was a little dry too. There wasn't a ton going on in most of the episodes. It was a one story plot, which I don't think is complex enough nowadays. They'd move from one story to the next, rarely even hinting at other storylines.
Something I REALLY liked about the show was the music. Seriously, the theme song is amazing! Here's the grooveshark thing for it so you can listen to it. The background music is also really pretty, and each character's song is excellent.
So, I guess I'd give this a 6/10. I like it, I really do, but it has some flaws. However, they do get some elbow room since this is only the first season, and they have yet to figure it out.
You should make an opinion for yourself! This goes to the first episode. Go watch it. Have some fun.
Bye!

From: rwby.wikia.com

Vlogbrothers: Best Wishes!

I'm a bit of a YouTube nut......
There! I admitted it! I watch Youtube WAY too much!
However, for me it isn't a really bad thing, since most of what I watch is educational.
You know......vsauce, TEDtalks, viheart, etc.
But my favorite YouTubers by far are the Vlogbrothers.

From:dftbaexpressions.tumblr.com

This is John Green (please excuse the sharpie face).
He is the author of The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, Looking for Alaska, and An Abundance of Katherines. He's also collaborated with other authors to make books such as Will Grayson, Will Grayson,  Geektastic, Let It Snow, and more.
This guy is in my top 10 bestest people ever list.

From:effyeahnerdfighters.com

This is Hank Green.
He's a musician.
Also a huge science nerd.
He has released songs such as A Song About An Anglerfish, Strange Charm, and Accio Deathly Hallows.
He was also a producer of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, which he won an Emmy for.
He's pretty cool (at least as cool as the geekiest geek to ever geek can get :).

These two are pretty cool by themselves, but when you COMBINE THEM......it's sort of like the emotional explosion that happened when the guy who made pizza first tasted his amazing creation.
Hank and John started a Youtube channel called Brotherhood 2.0 on January 1, 2007 ((well, technically December 31, 2006 since Hank did a weird starter video :/ )).
This channel was created with the idea that for an entire year, these two would use NO textual communication. No texting, emailing, letter writing (but face it, who writes letters anymore?), or anything of the sort. They could communicate through telephone calls, face to face, and of course, vlogs.
For one glorious year, they made a video every week day, going back and forth between themselves. But then that year ended, and their by then very large fandom ((a.k.a- Nerdfighters)) were thrown into a panic.
 "OHMYGOD THEY'RE GOING TO STOP MAKING VIDEOS!"
"WHAT WILL I DO WITH MY TIME NOW!?!?"
"THERE WILL BE TOO MANY PEEPS WITHOUT JOHNS TO EAT THEM!!"
However, their panic was unnecessary. John and Hank decided to continue the channel, renaming it Vlogbrothers. The channel is still going strong, with John making videos on Tuesdays, and Hank on Fridays.

Pretty cool, right?
What? You haven't seen the educational part of this yet?
Well okay then. Though Vlogbrothers is educational in itself, here are other channels that they've created ((or helped create)) that are VERY smartsy.

1. SciShow: This is a channel run by Hank, that's pretty much him explaining science things. He explains everything from Tardigrades to why we need sleep. Very educational, and very interesting.

2. Crash Course: This is a channel with both John and Hank. Each video is Hank or John giving a 12-ish minute lesson about whatever they're talking about that day. Hank does science lessons, John does Social Studies and Literature.

3.Mental Floss: Yes, like Mental Floss the magazine. John is the one that mostly does this channel, and it's basically him just telling us a list of obscure things. It's a trivia junkie's dream come true.

I guess while I'm listing all of the things that they do, I should include the charity part.

1. Project for Awesome: ((the link is for last year, since I couldn't find one I could get to for 2013. Sorry)).Once a year, the Vlogbrothers call on Nerdfighters to promote their favorite charities in a YouTube video. Then, they get these videos to be the most liked and most viewed to get them on the front page of YouTube, and encourage the online community to give back.

2. This Star Won't Go Out: Back in 2010, John met with a nerdfighter named Esther Earl. She was a sixteen year old who unfortunately had cancer. She was an awesome person, but she unfortunately died a few years ago. Since then, the charity This Star Won't Go Out has been made to support Esther's family and to support other families with kids who have cancer.

So ya, these guys really get around.
I don't think it takes too much explaining as to why I look up to them so much.
They're both super duper intelligent, and incredibly generous with everything they have. They give their time, money, and effort into helping other people, wither it's supporting charities, writing funny songs to get people through the day, or writing heart wrenching books that crush your soul.

From: www.pinterest.com

I'm looking at you John.

Be prepared for a post about this book later.

In conclusion, these guys are great. They're awesome and have really become a big part of my life in the almost year that I've known that they exist. 

So yep.

That's really all there is to say on the matter.

Adios.