Engineer's Daughter

leave before the lights come on

Arctic Monkeys- Leave Before The Lights Come On

Leave Before The Lights Come On - Arctic Monkeys
Director: John Hardwick

This one's actually hard for me to watch, but that's actually a credit to the great acting in it.  Yup, that's the chick from Shaun of the Dead and the dude from In America.  I heart the Monkeys and they reactivate my Anglophilia every time I hear Alex Turner delivering some clever turn of phrase.

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Ha Ha Ha - Flipper
Suspicious Character - Blood Arm
Cosmic Speed Rapping - Eric B & Rakim
My Bubblegum World - Sonic Dolls
Tarrilup Bridge - The Triffids
Las Cruces Jail - Two Gallants
Been So Long - Vetiver
Upside Down - Jesus & Mary Chain
The Attraction - Evening Ocean
Le Souleves - Gypsophile
Like Winter - Former Friend
Love - Plan B
Time Will Tell - Polnareff
Introduction: Glagothic Mass - Janacek
I'm Ready - Royal Trux
(Just Like We) Breakdown (Booka Shade Vocal Remix) - Hot Chip
Nashville Rebel - Waylon Jennings
Radio Drill Time - Josef K
Tragedy Of The Commons - The Most Serene Republic
Worse Than 43rd - The Feelings
Be Safe With Me - Cynthia Dall
Death Prayer In Heaven's Orchard - Howlin' Rain
Closer - The Legends
From Bedrooms To Bass Bins - Mochipet
Red Eye Fly - Ouija Radio
Good Times - Kid 606
St. Swithin's Day - Billy Bragg
Our Swords - Band Of Horses
Wood Flute Song - William Parker Quartet
Fall On Me - R.E.M.
Solitaire - Stanley Myers
When I Arrive - Standing Nudes
R U Making Friends - The 1985
Authentic Celestial Music - Dirty Three
Hava Nagila - Hip-Hop Hoodios
Out Of The City (Into Country Life) - Allen Toussaint
Goodnight Irene - Tom Waits
Jaded Lover - Jerry Jeff Walker
The Love Song - K-Os
Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives - Voxtrot

jesse

Scott Walker - Jesse

Jesse - Scott Walker
Director: Graham Wood

This is less a video than it is a meditation, with gorgeous animation by Ian Freeman.  Most creative use of icons I've seen since the 2x4 design exhibition at SFMOMA, too.

fete accompli

Sometimes being a celebrity and having to go to all those parties seems like a lot of work, but if anyone could swing me an invite to either the Costume Institute party or the CFDA awards, I'd rustle up a dress somehow.  In the meantime I take pleasure in trawling through pics online and trying to guess who's totally high.

Up All Night

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Gandhi

"Whenever I despair, I remember that the way of truth and love has always won. There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they may seem invincible, but in the end, they always fail. Think of it: always."

I'm DJing tomorrow!
Matokie
Saturday morning:
6-9am PST, Saturday December 30
KALX Berkeley 90.7fm
Next weekend I move into my temporarily regular Sunday 9am-noon slot, and then coming up on January 21 I'll be doing a show of some of my favorites of 2006 as part of Best of KALX 2006 Week.  I had started a list but then I left it on my old computer.  Oops.

it fit when i was a kid

Liars - It Fit When I Was A Kid

It Fit When I Was A Kid - Liars
Director: Julian Gross

What do you get when you illustrate quite literally every line of a Liars song?  A flying cat, that's what.  Among other things.  Your whale sank my battleship!  Though I'm looking at the lyrics right now and see nothing about cats or whales.  Wacky bastards.

raaaaar

of course i'm taking cat pictures first

This totally gratuitous cat shot is brought to you by Lori!  Whose old camera was waiting for me on my doorstep when I got home tonight.  Which camera is like 20 gazillion times better than the 1 megapixel dinosaur I've been taking photos on for the last five years.  This is Richter showing his gratitude by chewing on the strap.

suspended animation

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Next up on my spring shopping list, a one-shouldered frock.  I absolutely adore the stripey number from Giles above.

The Right to Bare Arms

In other news, Why American Apparel Still Sucks Ass, from the New York Times:

As a result of the lawsuits, however, American Apparel employees must now sign a document that declares: “American Apparel is in the business of designing and manufacturing sexually charged T-shirts and intimate apparel, and uses sexually charged visual and oral communications in its marketing and sales activity.”

American Apparel to Be Sold to Investment Firm

May I once again suggest Alternative Apparel for your t-shirt needs instead?  Better fabric, better cut, still no sweatshops, much less slimey.

dandle

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After a string of incredibly stressful movies, it was good to relax last night with Thank You For Smoking.  I love me some razor-sharp satire.  And William H. Macy has perhaps the best line about the "great state" of Vermont ever.  Highly recommended.

here it goes again

Ok Go--Here It Goes Again

Here It Goes Again - OK Go
Director: OK Go

Do you remember where you were the first time you saw it?  And I'm still all kinds of hot for the guy in the red pants.  Him and his slinky walk.