ratatat + predator = sweet

Matt Flint can't break all the Ratatat news.

-steve

yes we can

Barak Obama is doing something amazing.  And it's much more than being a charismatic candidate who promises change.  It's much more than having an amazing chance of being the first black president.  It's more than what he stands for and what he believes in and what he will accomplish.

At least it's more than all of that to me.  Because what Obama is doing for me, and for many others like me, is more remarkable than any of those other accomplishments combined.

He's making me care about America and its future.

For the past few years, I've been giving serious thought to just jumping ship.  The state of our economy, education, healthcare and social security program.  Our participation in foreign wars where we aren't wanted, and our lack of participation in global environmental treaties where we are.  It all seems like too much, and I feel like I would be much more at home in Canada or Europe.  Maybe that will still happen, but I have good reason to believe that if Barak Obama really is the harbinger of change that he, I, and millions of people believe him to be, maybe it won't have to.  

reposting

I know it's kind of lame to publish things that other people have posted, but everybody needs to see this video, and the more times it's out there, the better the chances that somebody will find it.

I really have no words for it.  The only ones that come to mind are "fucking wow."

Oh, and notice how two of those dudez have the same unridable (for all practical purposes) super narrow straight bars.  I kind of miss those...

Yeah, do a search for "rip slyme" on youtube and you'll see that these guys pretty much have the most amazing music videos.

-steve

posting videos is easy

So here's another.  This one's from Final Fantasy - basically Owen Pallett, his violin and a sampler.

Simply said, he's the shit when it comes to one-person-making-enough-sound-to-make-you-think-it's-a-whole-fucking-band.  He's what Panther would be if he were from Canada and more indie instead of crazy (and sweet, don't worry).

Check out some of his live videos if you feel like being impressed.

-steve

2 minutes 15 seconds

In the same vein as posting fly pics and videos, here's a video that Sarah showed me (how the hell I didn't find it first baffles me - I introduced her to Emily Haines and the Soft Skeletons).



The song is good (obviously) but just how well the video accompanies it is what I find most impressive.

-steve