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The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero

May 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Another video – this one actually released very recently. I am catching up with the music world! YouTube Direkt

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New Pornographers with a twist

May 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Sing me Spanish Techo. YouTube Direkt

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Merry Christmas

December 24th, 2008 · No Comments

The best way I can say it is to play my favorite Christmas song: Joni Mitchell singing “River” with Herbie Hancock and his band. YouTube Direkt

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Obama wins!

November 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Come January 20, Bush will no longer be President – the end of an error. The next President will be Barack Obama. Obama wins. Democrats win all around. Two Republican congressmen voted out in the Orlando area. It’s a beautiful day! u2-Beautiful day

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I can’t let go either

September 21st, 2008 · No Comments

I don’t know, but lately I have been playing a lot of songs about women who can’t give up their bad men. Here is one of the best of that genre, Lucinda Williams singing a fabulous blues song “Can’t Let Go.” YouTube DirektLucinda

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Zooey can sing!

August 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Some of you may know Zooey Deschanel from various movies (Elf, Bridge to Tarabithia, Failure to Launch), but lately she has turned her attention to music. She did sing Christmas carols in Elf, but her latest material with She and Him is impressive. Not only that, she is pretty darn cute! Check out the video [...]

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It’s Gnarls Barkley! Run!

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s the first video from Gnarls Barkley’s new album, Odd Couple – Run. The duo has the enviable problem of trying to follow up St. Elsewhere and its smash hit “Crazy.” It’s like Springsteen trying to follow “Born to Run.” “Crazy” not only topped the charts, it competed for Grammy’s. Gnarls could have gone down [...]

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Words

March 21st, 2008 · No Comments

I was listening to “Words” from Lucinda Williams’ latest album West. Although I could not find a clip of the song online, I did find the lyrics – the best part of the song. Lucinda ‘s always been a poet. Had she not been able to sing the blues, she is good enough to make [...]

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1, 2, 3, 4, this is what You Tube is for

February 24th, 2008 · No Comments

The Oscars are this weekend, honoring the best movies of 2007. Since I don’t go to movies much, I thought I would show my favorite video of the past year – Feist’s “1 2 3 4.” For those who never venture over to YouTube or have been in a cave every time the IPod commercial [...]

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Queen of the Silver Dollar

February 7th, 2008 · No Comments

I have been tempted to write a post of the “Top 10 Sexiest Women I’ve Never Met.” While I keep debating on other women, Emmylou Harris is definitely on the list. She just turned 60, let her hair go gray years ago, and wears simple clothes and little makeup. Yet she still looks better than [...]

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