Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Video. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Swingline Windchime
Hotter than hell today, and looking to get toastier as the days progress. Tomorrow's high is supposed to be 95!! And that's up here in Chicago!! I can't imagine how hot it'll be for folks living south of here.
Had something amusing happen tonight: a Swingline stapler I had on my windowsill (actually, one of the boys put it on the windowsill for some reason), anyway, it turned into a kind of a windchime this evening. The wind was blowing through the window, making this agreeably soft clanging, and it took me a moment to isolate where it was coming from. It's been clanging all evening as the wind blows, and I've enjoyed it, the serendipity of it, the Zen stapler...
Had something amusing happen tonight: a Swingline stapler I had on my windowsill (actually, one of the boys put it on the windowsill for some reason), anyway, it turned into a kind of a windchime this evening. The wind was blowing through the window, making this agreeably soft clanging, and it took me a moment to isolate where it was coming from. It's been clanging all evening as the wind blows, and I've enjoyed it, the serendipity of it, the Zen stapler...
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Telekinesis
This band, Telekinesis (kind of amused nobody has ever named their band that by this time), is really mining the Cure's sound in this song "Please Ask for Help." Kinda funny to hear that signature sound adopted in someone else's tune, but it makes sense -- for the kids today, the Cure qualify as "classic rock." The video is mildly amusing -- packed to the gills with hipsters, and there's even a Limoncello cameo around 1:01, one of the partygoers dancing.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
To Hell With Poverty
Great tune by Gang of Four, and well-performed, here. Gotta love those bass grooves. Their sonic attack was always papercut-sharp, which lent a cold, crisp, taut-n-fraught trebly tone to their music that was nicely juxtaposed by the incredibly fat bass lines they would always throw in their music. And I always loved their brilliant use of feedback. Nobody's ever hit it like they did...
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Mansun, "Take It Easy, Chicken"
I always liked Mansun, back in the day. Not as much as some of the other big Britpop bands, but their "Dream of the Grey Lantern" was a solid album, still holds up nicely. This is one of my favorites from that one...
51,000 words.
51,000 words.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
The Look of Love
Need another video...
ABC, "The Look of Love"
...something to capture the absurdity of love, and of 80s videos, in general. Still, ABC cranked out nice dance-pop tunes in their prime.
ABC, "The Look of Love"
...something to capture the absurdity of love, and of 80s videos, in general. Still, ABC cranked out nice dance-pop tunes in their prime.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Okay, I didn't even know there was a video to this tune, which was always one of my favorite Queen tunes. The psycho-sexual subtext of this video makes it particularly amusing these days, since there are the obligatory video babes in it, whereas we know that Freddie Mercury could give a rat's ass about those babes, but the demands of the time required those dancing pretty boys to be off on the margins, instead of right next to Mercury. It would've been far more amusing and subversive had they actually done that, and put the video babes on the fringes, but the times required that to be all under the radar. So, the leather daddy rockabilly vibe of this video is just damned funny, making it a worthwhile addition to the love videos...
Thursday, February 10, 2011
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
This is one of my favorite Beatles' tunes, one that comes to me unbidden at times (along with "All My Life"). Paired with this odd, very 60s video, it's kind of amusing. The prim, uptight, man-faced English Mod babe in pink sitting with them, what's that all about? Anyway, I add that one to my list of love-themed (or at least titled) songs...
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Trippy
Ever have a day like this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUi6UEQh00
Of course not. Nobody ever does. Bahahah! The babe at :34 is my favorite, busting some serious moves! That was from way back in 1972. Trippy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUi6UEQh00
Of course not. Nobody ever does. Bahahah! The babe at :34 is my favorite, busting some serious moves! That was from way back in 1972. Trippy!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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