Lots and lots of snow

We have lots and lots of snow. I know that those of you who have to shovel may not love it

(ie--may intensely dislike it), but I think it's beautiful, so here are some pictures.

2-4-Tuesday

Usually when something hits me in French, I hit it right back again and it starts to cry. Not in this case, Ca Plane Pour Moi. I seem to recall Matt saying that this is his favorite Vampire Weekend song... so lets see how it stacks up against the original (and the in-your-face version from Sonic Youth). That's right, a 3-4-Tuesday. Take that Punxsutawney Phil!

Vampire Weekend

Sonic Youth

Plastic Bertrand

Vote

poll by twiigs.com

In case you missed it...

That's right, Conana O'Brien, Will Ferrell, Beck, Ben Harper, That guy from ZZ Top, and more....

O'Brien's guitar sounds terrible and Will Ferrell sings flat but it's still super cool.

2-4-Tuesday

I have been thinking a lot about what song to do this week. I kept coming up with songs where the re-make is soooo obviously better than the original (you can guess what these may have been) but I wanted to do something where there was such a different approach to the song that they were almost different songs entirely. This track, Such Great Heights, started out as a techno-beated love song (you should check out the music video or the Apple rip-off) and then got taken into an entirely different direction.

Well, enough jibber-jabber. Time to listen and vote.

Postal Service

or Iron & Wine

Vote

poll by twiigs.com

and this for your additional listening pleasure:

Another poll

poll by twiigs.com

2-4-Tuesday

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am introducing a new music related blog post series for this year, "2-4-Tuesday". In this segment I will be posting two versions of the same song and you, the reader/listener get to vote on which one you like the best.

Today, in honor of Matt, Tom Cruise and the 80s (even though neither of these versions was recorded in the 80s)... You've Lost the Lovin' Feeling

The Righteous Brothers

Hall & Oats

Vote

poll by twiigs.com

This is a sweet picture in real life

In case you haven't been on facebook this week... I just want to let you know that Katie (that girl I'm marrying) has posted a selection of our engagement photos and you should check them out, and post silly comments or cute comments about them, or about random things that interest you, because those comments are probably going to be read by a bunch of people who have never heard of you. I mean... you could plug your blog or your political agenda and you would have a whole new crowd of baby birds just waiting to get fed.

Music on a Monday

I know I post about the same artists over and over again and, if you don't like my music, this may get old... sorry.

This song from Elvis Perkins (this video was only posted 11 hours ago) is really good. Michal and I had the opportunity to see Perkins live in concert a couple months ago. Great show.

Unfortunately the only show he has listed in his tour section on MySpace is the New Orleans Jazz Fest in April --- I don't think we'll be making it down for that one.

Elvis Perkins "Weeping Mary" from Lake Fever Sessions on Vimeo.

New Year

I nearly kept my New Years resolution from last year. I only posted about movies once or twice.

This is a new year and I thought you might find this interesting:

Once was lost...

The newest Dlog is somewhat nostalgic. Nate and Thomas make an appearance, while Jon shares his thoughts...

When is the last time you ventured over to...

...my blog?

A Substitute

Dumb Dumb is still vacationing in Barbados, so to hold you over for the next few weeks there will be an assortment of guest-hosts and even some older, thought to be lost footage. I know it's not the same, but it'll have to do for now.

A little dance for Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone, from Daniel, Zion and the rest of us.

Time for a smurfing good movie...

Ever since I was a little kid I had a dream that they would make this movie. I could never quite imagine how they would turn those little blue guys (and girl) into realistic, live action characters for the big screen... apparently wizard James Camron knows best. Now I am on my way up to Indianapolis to see my dream come true (in glorious IMAX 3D). All I know is this; I don't care that Gragamel is being interpreted as a cigar-chewing x-soldier, that Papa Smurf is being played by Sigourney Weaver or that Smurfette is not actually blond... the only thing I care is that they actually refer to that giant saber toothed beast from the previews as "Azrael". That's all I need.

Kid can't sing but sure can play!!!

California English Pt. 2

This is the new Vampire Weekend that was released with Cousins on the 7" single. It rocks the socks.

VW

Ben posted this a while back... worth another listen.

Fun w/ Photoshop

Lala

Want to know what the absolute best site on the interwebs is? Currently it's called Lala.

You may have seen Lala in the news recently since they were just purchased by Apple, but they are a free music/social network site. Here's how it works:

1. You sign up (click here)
2. Download the music analyzer. This will comb your computer for music then compare that list to Lala's catalog and make all matches available for you on their site. That means you can listen to your music anywhere, from any computer (with a high-speed connection). This of course might not work for all your chamber music or Nigerian Hip-Hop, but there is a huge library.
3. Add friends. With Lala you can find people you know or people with similar tastes and 'follow' them. That means you see what they are listening to and you can discover new stuff. They can also follow you and see that you listen to an inordinate amount of Kenny G.
4. Listen and discover. Listening to music is, of course, the main point. You can listen to any 'web' song for free (once) and buy it for 10c. You can download songs for 89c (unless Apple changes that).



There are a lot of cool features. For example you can be listening to a song and start building your queue on-the-fly. There is also a 'Mix it Up' option on artist pages where Lala builds a playlist for you. Check it out, friend me, and tell me what you think.

Christmas Tree Cutting

As I was thinking about cutting a Christmas tree tonight after work, for some reason, this got stuck in my head.

Have a great Christmas season: