I’ve been hearing a lot of Def Leppard since my ship docked in Indiana, so it has to go this way this week. I apologize, but then again I don’t. You know you love them. After all, it’s better to burn out than fade away, right?
They Might Be Giants realized a while back that their appeal as musicians and songwriters stretches beyond the worlds of stoned and tripping college students who want to jump up and down like 8-year-olds, and into the worlds of 8-year-olds who want to jump up and down like 8-year-olds. I think that’s swell. Their new album “Here Comes Science” is another in their series of CD/DVD releases that are made for kids, and are meant to educate and entertain. Turns out adults still like them, too…
These pomplamoose people have gotten a lot of attention for this beyonce cover that they did, but i just heard this one and think it’s a winner. Plus, these guys are funny. I like funny.
I heard this last night and it reminded me of the fact that Jim Carroll died a couple weeks ago, sadly joining the ranks of the people in this song. This amazingly energetic, kick-ass song is a uplifting tribute to people who died, but not before they left an impression on Carroll himself.
I actually like this song by Portland band Hockey better, but they’ve joined the ranks of music industry trouble makers and disabled that video for embedding. But this one’s pretty good, too:
this weekend’s just a song away – make it a good one.
This one is the fault of one of my mins. She planted it in my head yesteraday and I’ve (sadly) not been able to shake it. Posting it as song of the week will hopefully get it out of my skull.
This video is great because it was shot back in the days when a leaf blower and a bunch of leaves was all you needed to make a “bitchin” video. Plus, everybody either looked like Tears for Fears or Rick Astley or some bastard child of theirs.
Not sure why this one is the one this week. Could be the poor spelling. Could be the oh-so-clever use of the rhyming oxymoron in the band name. Could be the head banging head bangerness of it. I’m just not really sure. Anyhow…
“Everybody needs a little time away,” I heard her say, “from each other. Even lovers need a holiday. Far away from each other.” She said a bunch of other stuff, too, but I didn’t really hear it because I was trying to not let the door hit my ass on the way out.
have a great labor day weekend. burn it up. don’t apologize. it’s hard.