song of the day: caught by the river by the doves

Just an amazing amazing song. Nothing more to say.

song of the day: here it goes again by ok go

work has been taking over my life.

I guess I can't complain though; it's probably better than sitting on my ass watching TV all day, hopelessly applying to scam jobs.

yeah, this is better.

Anyway, here's your song of the day. Or, as it seems to have been lately, your song of the week.

song of the day: sister rosetta goes before us by robert plant and alison krauss

Dear Reader,

Sorry I haven't posted in a while - work has been absolutely crazy. Here's your song of the day.

Led Zeppelin lead singer and legend, Robert Plant, teaming up with folk goddess Alison Krauss.

Odd pairing, you might be thinking.

But I promise you, it's a match made in heaven.



Note: this is not the actual music video. Just the song.

song of the day: an animated description of mr. maps by the books

The Books are a little too experimental for some people. Thankfully, I'm not put off by them at all. I guess I wouldn't be though...I did spend seven years trying to find a Steve Reich album that I heard when I was 16.

The Books are a little less out there than Steve Reich. Formed in 1999, the band is kind of an ethereal mix of folk, electronica, and indie rock. Band members, guitarist and vocalist Nick Zammuto and cellist Paul de Jong, mesh together traditional instrumentals and vocals with seemingly random sounds and speech samples

And when I say random, I kind of mean it (even though each audio placement is, in actuality, very deliberate). A Salvador Dali audio file made it onto "Venice" from their 2005 album Lost and Safe. A snippet from Lewis Caroll's "Jabberwocky" is included in “Vogt Dig For Kloppervok”, from the same album. In "If Not Now, Whenever" Mal Sharpe asks a passerby "How're you doin' today?"

The song I've chosen, "An Animated Decription of Mr. Maps" is a perfect example of The Books' style. Weird, eerily beautiful, and incredibly awesome.

Enjoy, tell me what you think.

An Unlikely Coupling

Wait, what? What happened?

Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor were knighted in the prestigious National Order of Arts and Letters this morning by Minister of Culture Frederic Mitterand.

And to celebrate, apparently, they made out.

Which, you know, is totally normal.

Right?

No?

Sorry.

song of the day: tombstone blues by richie havens

Originally a Bob Dylan song, "Tombstone Blues" is, musically, a straightforward blues song. Lyrically, it's kind of typical of Dylan's surrealism.

As he sings, "the sun's not yellow / it's chicken."

Richie Havens recorded his version of the song for I'm Not There, the completely trippy film based on Dylan's life.





Here's an interesting little factoid for you. Stephen King actually quoted the "Tombstone Blues" at the end of his first novel, Carrie.

"Now I wish I could write you a melody so plain
That could hold you dear lady from going insane
That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain
Of your useless and pointless knowledge"

[Image via seatwave]

song of the day: fake empire by the national

I actually didn't like The National when I first got their CD Boxer back in 2007.

I can't really remember why, honestly, because when I set my iPod to shuffle this morning and "Fake Empire" came on, I kind of fell in love with it.

Matt Berninger's deep baritone voice is sexy.

Listen to the song. Let me know what you think.