coming back with a bang!

all righty.

John Cameron Mitchell is the man behind the beauty known as Bedwig and the Angry Inch, one of my favorite movies from high school. He also directed the video for the song "First Day of My Life" by Bright Eyes. I love this song to death, and the video captures the intimacy perfectly.



Enjoy.

i fell behind

i moved to new york and completely got lost in life and stopped updating this thing ever.

i regret that a little bit. so i'm gonna restart it.

more FOTC.

Very simple post here. A lot of my friends are starting to fall for Flight of the Conchords, but this is probably one of my favorites that no one's seen just yet.

Bret was feeling a little down about the ladies, and needed Jemaine to cheer him up, but given the crazy intense fans they have, I don't think either of 'em really need it.

Guillemots make me happy

I'm a huge fan of the "Concerts A Emporter" that LaBlogotheque does.

As I understand it, this lovely little collective of video bloggers takes bands that come to perform in Paris out into the city for "take away shows". Most of them are very good.

But my favorite would have to be Guillemots doing Annie Let's Not Wait. There's something about both the quality of the performance the shooting in the video that make me wish this were the official music video for the song. Fyfe Dangerfield has wonderful pitch and charm in this particular video. Great song to begin with his presence in the video just makes the song that much happier, and Paris in the background doesn't hurt earlier.



How can you not love a song so hopeful?

Silver Lining, Rilo Kiley, nuff said

For the people in the world who haven't seen Rilo Kiley's latest video or heard the tune. I approve of it wholeheartedly, but I never expected not to.




I like comparing it with the video for the Frug, which is a bit older. You can hear that it's a little more grown up, and Jenny Lewis has polished a bit more.

A little Architecture in Helsinki

Ah friends... I've spent a glorious weekend at ye olde Lakehouse in Deep Creek MD with the high school crew. Good times, but that doesn't mean I didn't youtube -- that's the times we're living in, a girl can youtube even on vacation.

But as I came home and found myself craving a little Architecture in Helsinki. These guys are the bee's knees.

First up, here's the video for Heart It Races. I love this song because not only are the lyrics beautiful, but the video has a really great little story to it that brings a big smile to my face and a feeling of joy to my chest. Make sure you pay attention to the intro, that'll enhance your appreciation...




And then for bonus points and those craving a little more... I give you the video for Do the Whirlwind. It's a happy little song that everyone can appreciate.

Flight of the Conchord Texas Odyssey

So anyone who reads this actually knows me and is at least somewhat aware of my recent love affair with Flight of the Conchords. I found this on youtube as well.

Apparently they made a documentary of sorts at SXSW. Enjoy it. Make sure you find all 5 parts. They are all worth watching. Especially part 4 when they meet a woman who really carries a picture of Jemaine's lips in her wallet.




Enjoy!

Feist on Letterman with team everyone in tow.

Okay. Here's a prime example of the type of thing I'd be tempted to message half my gchat list about...

Feist was on Letterman this week and brought all her crazy music friends to help make a beautiful song even better. This is just one of those completely lovely tunes. Sweet lyrics, sweet melody, sweet song.

Gets a thumbs up from me.

what's the point?

Oh blogs. The internet is so full of you. Most of you are self-indulgent at best, so why do I feel the need to have one of you all to myself? because I'm self-indulgent as well... obviously.

Actually, it's more about trying to be less annoying... I've realized that I annoy the crap out of all of my friends by constantly harassing them on gchat at inopportune times to share news that's just broken, or the latest extremely awesome youtube video I've fallen for. So this is easier. I'll just put it all up here, and then I have a record of all the stuff I waste my time with.

So that's the point.