Reinterpreting 'Friday'

I don't think 'Friday' is the worst song ever written - I just think Rebecca Black has done a pretty bad version of it. The video below illustrates my point: I don't want to hear parodies of this song; I want to hear interpretations. (In particular, I want to hear Nicki Minaj's take on it. I hope that's coming.)

Music: March

I fell in love with Spoon's Mystery Zone a little bit - bouncy, catchy. Here's a live version:




I'm becoming a fan of LCD Soundsystem. Time to get away is a nice taste of nerd funk:



Oh yeah. I road-tripped up to Auckland to watch The Pixies peform Doolittle and a cross-albums encore. Frank Black is oddly disconnected from the audience, Kim Deal rocks. Gigantic was great, but from listening to the Pixies in the car on the way up, this song stands out:



Finally became curious enough to check out a few Lady Gaga videos. My conclusions:
- Bad Romance is a good song
- the costume design in the videos is so aggressively NOW that it feels dated already. But it's way more interesting than either Paris Hilton or Taylor Swift, so I cannot wait for the Gaga imitators to arrive
- I'm fascinated by the financials of the Lady Gaga business; who earns the money?
- She seems like she's a strong contender for being a pop star with some longevity
- She can't dance, as evidenced by Telephone (youtube it if you want; it's 10 minutes long)


However, watching Telephone reminded me to check out Beyonce's Single Ladies - in the interests of triggering Helen's ear-worm again, here's the vid:




And, fuck it, here's Gigantic. Go the Pixies!

Music: February

Image via Wikipedia

Pearce lent me Neko Case's album Blacklisted.

Stand-out track for me so far is Deep Red Bells, which is all haunting and yearning.

... Whoa: according to Wikipedia, Deep Red Bells is inspired by her memories of growing up in Seattle while the Green River Killer was still at large.

So, yeah maybe less yearning and more melancholy.




I'm in love with the drive and intensity of this new track from Massive Attack - Babel. Here's a live performance in Moscow




Fluxblog has been posting links to Animal Collective for a while, but I'm only now starting to really let their album, Merriweather Post Pavillion, sink in. My Girls is obviously awesome, but the track I get drawn back to is Summertime Clothes.

Go Zack Kim!

If you are into guitars, music, the Simpsons or things that are awesome, then this is worth 1 minute and 38 seconds of your time.

Another brother video

Again for Samuel Flynn Scott and the B.O.P. Made for absolutely no money.

I think this one's even catchier:

Keeping it in the family

My brother directed and edited this music video: