Showing posts with label SNL. Show all posts
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Idiot Box - Lots of Videos About Music 5/21/09
Idiot box
n. Slang
A television.
Little Joy's self-titled debut album was easily one of my favorites from last year. Heretofore (I use that word ever chance I get), Little Joy has been known as (former Stroke's drummer) Fab Moretti's band. Now he is out (and performing under the Strokes moniker again) and Little Joy are still getting attention. I like that. I would like to encourage that behavior. Pavlov says salivate over the video.
This has absolutely nothing to do with music except for maybe the Jeoparody (see what I did there?) theme song. It's just ridiculously funny. Tom Hanks, so hot right now. Tom Hanks.
If you ever need to explain the concept of "ignored," you could adequately reference what I have heretofore (told ya) done to the Vivian Girls. Also, if you wanted to explain the concept of "short," you could reference this video. It clocks in it at an overwhelming 2:05 and the first 12 seconds are silent. Lo-fi jangly pop for the way too busy. But I actually really like this song. Its got the whole Deerhunter vibe to it and its fairly similar The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, for whom my love is well documented. Lastly, if you wanted to give a presentation on the concept of "panning," you could totally show this video.
Here we have friendly Sub Poppers The Vaselines performing at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg with a backing band that included members of Belle & Sebastian. This is a new song entitled “Picked a Cherry Tulip,” in which they say things about having nothing to say. Awesome.
The Vaselines @ MHOW (New Song!) from Patrick Duffy on Vimeo.
Also, as a special note, the 35th annual Seattle International Film Festival begins this Today. Along with Bumbershoot, Hempfest, Sasquatch and Folklife, SIFF is one of the things that I love about Seattle in all its hippy-west-coast-arty-gloriousness. Definitely try to catch a film or two if you can. Its running through June 14th so you have some leeway as to when you go. I think we here at BCB might try to give you a few suggestions/reviews of some of the films if all goes well. For the time being, check out Three Imaginary Girls' SIFF coverage here.
Idiot Box - Lots of Videos About Music 5/14/09
Idiot box
n. Slang
A television.
I am pretty sure that the best podcast ever is This American Life from NPR. And even more sure than that, Andrew Bird is pretty much the most NPR friendly musician ever. This all makes this video not only make sense, but be really awesome. The track is called “Eugene”, via here.
One of the albums that I absolutely cannot get enough of this year comes from the francophone Amadou and Mariam whom Scott turned me onto last year. The song is right from the middle of their album Welcome to Mali and is called "Masiteladi." For sure worth a watch. The whole album is this immediate and listenable so if you dig this, definitely check out the album.
On the Shins current tour they have been playing a couple new songs. One is called "The Rifle's Spiral" and the other (below) is called "double bubble" which features the rhythmic stylings of Modest Mouse's drummer Joe Plummer. It certainly is a lot more bouncy. Look for a new album 2010ish maybe. Via Stereogum
SNL. JT. Blah Blah. Funny etc.
Here we have The National playing their Dark was the Night Favorite "So Far Around the Bend" on Fallon. I really dig this track even though its a little peppier than most of Boxer. I would love to see them center around an album around this "its fall and I am melancholly but still in a good mood" vibe.
Uhhh. Half of Death Cab doing an interview on...CNN? Yeah idk why. For ten minutes too. Best question ever "How do you guys get your mojo?" Chris Walla looks like Luke Skywalker. Also apparently Death Cab is the "perfect marriage of four guys."...Sexy.
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