Engineer's Daughter

elephant gun

Beirut - "Elephant Gun"

Elephant Gun - Beirut
Director: Alma Har'el

Very special new year wishes from me, full of mustachioed debauchery and set to a ukulele-accordian waltz. 
See you in 2008!

kitaj's kitchen

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Inside the art collection of RB Kitaj

earth intruders

Björk - Earth Intruders

Earth Intruders - Bjork
Director: Michel Ocelot

Yes I did program this video on the Wal-Mart network, why do you ask?  Sometimes I like to sneak something truly wonderful in amongst the ads for toothpaste and razors.  As a first taste of her new album Volta, I found this clip utterly entrancing, in both visuals and in message.  And I can't tell you what it was like when she opened her show at Shoreline with this song, the first glimpse of her in her tin foil dress.  Ball of light and energy indeed.

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down the line

José González - Down The Line

Down the Line - Jose Gonzalez
Director: Andreas Nilsson

I don't know that I would have expected a video about a lonely pig-man from Jose Gonzalez, but it totally works.  Also, just in case you've thought the videos so far have been too cheerful...

don't you evah

Keepon dancing to Spoon's "Don't You Evah"

Don't You Evah - Spoon
Director: Jeff Nichols

Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is one of the albums of the year.  Keepon knows.  And I boogie like Keepon every time I hear this song.

holy banksy

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See the artist's latest creations on the West Bank barrier
-Bethlehem residents vandalise Banksy graffiti

bowyer

The Anniversary Party

"Have you got a DP yet?"
"Is that the guy with the camera?"
"Yeah."
"Yeah, they gave me a list."
"...Do you even like film?"
"Not really, no."

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I'm DJing this weekend!
Matokie
Sunday morning
9am - noon PST, Sunday, December 30
KALX Berkeley 90.7fm
My last show of 2007!  Tune in or stream it from the link above.

det snurrar i min skalle

Familjen - Det snurrar i min skalle

Det Snurrar I Min Skalle - Familjen
Director: Johan Soderberg

Fun with found footage!

Rough translation of the lyrics:
I made a fire for you
And now the whole forest is on fire
I know what you will say
And it feels like the first time
Come, We'll show them that it's us
But everyone already knew it
Out, Will you run away with me
Do you hear them singing

enemies of thought

Mcginnhond37272

from the Guardian:
Instead, the feud is escalating into philosophy's equivalent of a prize fight between two former colleagues who are both among the showiest brawlers in the philosophy dojo. In one corner is McGinn, 57, West Hartlepool-born professor of philosophy at the University of Miami, and the self-styled hard man of philosophy book reviewing. In the other corner is Honderich, 74, Ontario-born Grote Professor Emeritus of the philosophy of mind and logic at University College London, and a man once described by fellow philosopher Roger Scruton as the "thinking man's unthinking man". They are using all the modern weapons at their disposal - blogs, emails, demands for compensation from the academic journal that published the original review, an online counter-review, and an online counter-counter-review.