More Good Stuff
WARNING: RARE SELF PROMOTION POST. The Life of the World to Come, the Mountain Goats performance film I directed, is coming to DVD and screening at select venues in March and April. The DVD is limited edition, and should be something really special - John Darnielle has designed the packaging himself, and he claims it is a thing of rare beauty. More details here.
Watch: Pomplamoose Cover Lady Gaga - “Telephone”
Ever since becoming one of the 3.5 million people to view Pomplamoose’s jazzy twee version of Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” last year, I’ve been glued to the Northern California duo’s YouTube channel. Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn have yet to stumble in their ongoing cover song series in which they’ve taken on the likes of Michael Jackson, Earth, Wind & Fire, Simon and Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson,” and many more. (Conte has even pulled off Radiohead’s “National Anthem” while wearing pajama pants. Pretty twee, right?) I swear if Pomplamoose ever collaborates with the PS22 kids, then never mind the anti-aging cream — you’ll look and feel years younger.
Now they’ve responded to Lady Gaga and Beyoncé’s insane “Telephone” video by making the song 10,000 times more listenable. Not to mention this version features “Shameless Product Placement” brand bottled water FTW.
Lovin’ it.
Typographical Rant of the Day: Hungry Beast’s Marc Fennell goes off on Helvetica’s grotesque cousin Arial in a recent installment of “Things We Think Might Be Bullshit.”
Also: i’m so goth i shit bats (come to my party).
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so beautiful.
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Stevie Wonder - We Can Work It Out
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TwentyFourBit: David Byrne Discusses St. Vincent Collaboration
Though David Byrne’s online journal often takes on daunting subjects, such as Czech Republic steel foundry/coal mine complexes, “The Kindle Experience,” Bono, and the “Internet Antichrist,” that doesn’t mean he’s short on words about music. In fact, his latest entry consists of…
Please finish this record soon. I must hear it!
Think Progress » Church Uses Marquee To Speak Out Against Beck: ‘Sorry Mr Beck, Jesus Preached Social Justice’
Yeah, I knew that David Byrne was cool back in 1978. That is why I waited by the side of the stage to get this provocative moment.
Low - Shame (via stiltedattitude)
The National - Terrible Love
The National went on Jimmy Fallon this week to perform the first ever listen of a new track from their upcoming album, High Violet, being released on May 11th. The song is a bit of a slow-build, like many tracks from the band, but once it kicks into gear your patience is infinitely rewarded.
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Bix Beiderbecke’s golden cornet made by Vincent Bach in New York, 1927…
(Source - the ever excellent If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, via the also excellent Bix’s Diary whimsy at The Beiderbecke Affair)
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Bix Beiderbecke: Basin Street Blues (1928)
(via Internet Archive & furabo)
Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World)Awesome-looking show at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Pennsylvania
Oh this does look good! Wish I had some reason to get down there.
