Video: The Wombats & The Old 97's

How I spent the last two nights:

The Wombats at Casbah 9.3.08.- Let's Dance To Joy Division


The Old 97's on Harbor Excursion 9.4.08.- Rollerskate Skinny


I have several more videos to upload, but this is all you get today. I'm sleepy.

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YouTube: Or, The Whale @ Casbah, 8.10.08

The day job has me working major overtime this week so not much time to write here, so here are a couple videos of Or, The Whale from Sunday night.

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YouTube: Joshua James at the Casbah, 8.8.08

Last night I was recruited to sell merch for Transfer. Jake came over to hang out and we were going to head to Habitat House, but with a few beers already in my system I didn't know if I could handle a quiet living room show, and I figured I'd just get to the Casbah early instead where there was an early show in progress. I missed the Cory Chisel and the opener, who apparently was a 16 year old kid, but I was there for all of Joshua James' set. Holy shit, what an amazing voice, backed by a piano, drums, guitar, bass, and lap steel. The first song he played alone onstage and it sucked me in, reminding me a lot of Conor Oberst, which was funny because it turns out Joshua and the band are from Nebraska. Joshua has an incredible voice. Like, you know when you get laryngitis and you kinda like it because you think you sound sexier with a raspy voice? Like that chick from One Tree Hill? Well, that's Joshua's natural voice and it made me want to curl up on the floor with a blanket. I recorded a few songs and bought his CD.

Here's video. I'll post pics and more about last night later.

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YouTube: Earlimart at Casbah 7.17.08

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YouTube: Johanna @ Kate Sessions

Sunday was my godsister Claudia's 10th birthday and we spent the day at Kate Sessions Park. This is my niece, Johanna, with Jackson, a boy from my mom's daycare. Guess this is officially Johanna's first dance.

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YouTube: Joseph Arthur at Anthology

As promised, I stayed up til 7 am to upload video to YouTube.
First post, Joseph Arthur.



This is video of him training the crowd for a singalong:


and here's the actual singalong:


and here's a part of a song. not really sure why I stopped recording mid-song.


Clearly it was a great show, but I'll write about it and post pics later.

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YouTube: More Swim Party

Another video from Swim Party's CD release show at the Casbah, 6.30.08

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YouTube: Writer "Try And Stop Me"

I have a ton of video to upload on uber-slow and ever-crashing YouTube. I'll continue to do them one by one when I can.

Here's Writer from the Casbah on 6.30.08

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YouTube: Boatloads of Awesome

Just watch.

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Video: The Drowning Men "Disorder Here We Come"

It's been a while since I've seen The Drowning Men, but looks like they've been keeping plenty busy. They just posted a music video to "Disorder Here We Come". Check it out, then check them out for free with irradio at Bar Pink Elephant this Thursday night.

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YouTube: Pig in Boots

I read an article in The Week magazine a couple weeks ago about a pig who suffers from mysophobia, or a fear of mud. The owner's 12 year old daughter suggested they use these boots that had been selling on keychains, and now they have a happy pet pig. Of course, there's video on YouTube. I don't know why this stuck in my head enough for me to search it today, but it makes me happy to no end.

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Political Satire

I'm bunkered in my apartment, trying to keep it as dark and cool as possible, and trying wrap my head around the fact that my vacation time is almost over, then it's nose to the grindstone once again. I came across this lovely little video via a fellow twitterer and I thought I'd share it. If you're opposed to vulgarity, skip this video.

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Robyn "Cobrastyle"

This is pretty much the equivalent of me posting a Pink video, but Robyn was on some late night show last night and the song has been stuck in my head ever since. I pass this curse on to you.

Robyn "Cobrastyle"


And for comedy sake, remember this jam?

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The Silent Comedy Tour Video

The Silent Comedy have added another video to their extensive YouTube library. You can check it out below.

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"This is a divided nation, reeling from betrayal"

Last week Tim Robbins addressed the National Association of Broadcasters and gave quite a speech to them about their role and responsibility as media professionals. It felt like something worth posting today, with the Pennsylvania primary and all.

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YouTube Video: La Ley "Tejedores de Illusion"

This is La Ley, and last night James told me I just had to see this video because of the scenery. He explained that this song was written when their native country, Chile, was still under the rule of Pinochet, and it was a song of hope (title translates to "weavers of illusion"), and the song sounded amazing live.

Here's the video:

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Diving Into The Past

I'm knee deep in this work project, but I'm playing office DJ for the day and we keep playing music from the past. So far, YouTube has allowed me to listen to Lisa Lisa, Counting Crows, Crowded House, Devo, R.E.M., Inspiral Carpets, Jellyfish, School of Fish, Charlatans, Kermit, and a few others. This was, and still is, one of my all time favorite songs.

Crowded House "Fall At Your Feet" (live)


Once again, I love YouTube. I'm even more glad that Google bought it, because I think they can really enhance the search mechanism there, because it could be a lot better than it is. I'm sure my sexy guy over at Google is already all over it.

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New Morning Benders Music Video "Waiting For A War"

I'm still enjoying my memories of the Morning Benders show on Saturday night and was happy to come across this lovely music video.



You can find anything you want on the Interwebs!

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"Falling Slowly"- Snubbed at Grammys, Triumphs At Oscars

I saw two movies at a theatre last year, and one of them was Once, and it still resonates with me when I think about it or listen to the amazing soundtrack. Last night, while we were all at the Casbah, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova took home the Oscar for best original song. Below is their performance and their acceptance speech, which certainly makes me love Jon Stewart even more than I already did.

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Super Tuesday: How Can One Not Love The Bible Belt?

My blog idol, Dooce, posted this today and I thought it was worth sharing.
There really are no words, you just gotta watch.

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