Hard to be soft, tough to be tender

To set the scene, today has been too long, and it's cold and rainy and the wind is like freakkkky right now... It's just one of those terrible November days, and my lights keep flickering, if my power goes out I will be very sad. Did I mention the insane winds buffeting the house? Despite this, and my tiredness, and despite a rather depressing text message exchange with a friend (remind me to stay single), I am actually feeling rather upbeat.

Current song stuck in my head - "Help I'm Alive" - Metric:



They are just so good.

99 Problems? Try Hugo

OMG so I was out getting drinks with the coworkers (and I am mildly tipsy, wheee) but I heard this cover of the Jay-Z song '99 Problems' and I was instantly smitten!! Best cover I have heard in a lonnnnng time!!!

(The video is kind of just random and pointlessly slasher-vibed(?) though, IMHO. Song/banjo = super!)



See how excited I get when I drink?!

Toast!

If you didn't see it when I RT'd the link, here's the OK Go video that is adorably, fantastically, entirely made of toast and win:


Last Leaf

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Yay Conan!

Because Conan triumphantly returned to the air last night - The Denial Twist - The White Stripes (featuring a Conan cameo). It's really cute that they're buddies, and it makes perfect sense for them to be the first musical guests on his new venture. The song is great too.


The white stripes - the denial twist
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Good mix day

So this morning on the drive to and from church, the music on 107.7 The End (Seattle) was pretty great.  Because the first thing I heard when I started the car? The Dresden Dolls! "Sing." Which is a fantastic song, and  shows the station has decent taste, LOL. Then they played some Bush, which is just awesomesauce. It was the station's Unplugged show, so it was all nice and acoustic.  The mix on the drive back was also good.
Some days, you just luck out on what is playing. Also good: when the shuffle on your mp3 player is working well and the right songs just flow into each other... soooo satisfying.
I am not usually a big fan of radio stations, but their mix has been impressing me lately - the generous amount of 90's music doesn't hurt, I like to sing along to things. A lot. If I can sing along badly to every song on a car ride, I count it as a personal victory. Today was pretty close. Here is a selection and 1 other song I thought of:


Sing - The Dresden Dolls - Amanda Palmer is certainly never boring! She is always artful, and her projects generally all include striking visuals.






Glycerine - Bush - I know not everyone likes them, but I have always been a fan. Also, in case you wondered, yes, I find Gavin really attractive. Other than that, the video is pretty simple, nothing too exciting or new. The main reason I like the song is that I really enjoy the use of classical strings in rock music - the cello in this song just kills me! Love love love it. I will have to post my epic 'Strings' mix here someday.




Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers - This is my favorite RHCP song, by far, and one of my favorite songs in the universe. From the lonely lyrics to the chorus of ladies breaking in at the end, it's all around a winner. I think the video is kind of a classic, really - walking around, shirtlessness, backgrounds, stars and lights and clouds, running... very dated, but once you've seen him wander around and make arm motions - it sticks with you, LOL.

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Somebody Told Me - The Killers -  I haven't heard this song in a while, and that's too bad because it holds up so well. The video, not so much. They take the boring concept of 'stand around and play' in a video to a new height by standing around in front of a background of themselves standing around.





But thankfully, their videos have GREATLY improved, on the whole. For example, that song made me think of this video, which would probably also have been appropriate for Halloween. So much more fun.Their more recent videos have been pretty solidly entertaining, I think, I will have to devote a post to them in the future. In the meantime, content yourself with the fantastic good times and skeletons of - Bones - The Killers:





And that wraps it up for me. I am also making a pathetic half-hearted attempt at NaNoWriMo and I am already several thousand words behind, hahahaha. So sad. Which is why I this evening I am sitting around watching videos and baking cookies and not at all being productive. Yay!

Hackysack THAT

To start your Monday off right (here it is pouring rain, as usual), enjoy this fantastic video from Jack Johnson, featuring the Lonely Island boys. I would say Jack Johnson is not known for very edgy or even all that entertaining music videos, but this one is a positive delight. Bravo! Genius. Bonus points for use of a fork.



Happy Monday everyone! Don't die this week.