I took and edited this footage of The Raconteurs complete performance of the Bob Dylan Hurricane-esque song Carolina Drama that’s on their new album, Consolers of the Lonely.
Carolina Drama, Raconteurs, May 4th, 2008. JazzFest, New Orleans, LA

Half the pleasure of the song is figuring out the words, and thus figuring out the drama. But [...]

At the New Orleans JazzFest this year just one of the many standout acts we happened to catch (vs. all those we didn’t) was an adorable 17 year old firecracker of a violin player named Amanda Shaw. I took some video of her and her band, The Cute Guys, simply ripping up the Fais Do [...]

Ryan made a fierce video fwith Phillip Niemeyer of Double Triple for and with Spoon. It seems inspired by Harry Smith (e.g. Heaven and Earth Magic).
Whatever. It’s pretty fracking cool. Watch the video.
Don’t look at these they are just stills. Watch the video.

A couple weeks ago I blogged how the internet meme Chocolate Rain had jumped the virtual fire line. Gavin pointed out that it wasn’t the first line it had jumped.
But Tay Zonday has pulled a William Hungian move and released a high quality video remix that is one-part self-paradoy, one-part chest beating, one-part internet stunner.

The [...]

At this point I am positive you want to know who sang the song ‘Baby Come Back’
It’s stumped everyone I know … except the internet.
The infectious riffs, harmonies and lyric hooks (verbage lifted from wikipedia) made it a 1978 #1 hit for ….. a band naaaaaamed …..Player.
Now sit back and enjoy a song any fool [...]

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I went to the Daft Punk show last Friday at The Greek thanks to Fauxnique and Silence Fiction.
It was off the fracking chizzain!
Daft Punk’s live show is *fierce* and well worth the wait. This guy Max said it was mind blowing
The videos on YouTube are low-res and aurally demanding, but give it a second and [...]