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Favorite Video Friday – Old-School Sound, New-School Band

This Week: Old-School Sound in New-School Bands The Raconteurs – Hands They kind of got an updated Beatles vibe going on here. I dig it. Black Strobe – I’m a Man Bluesy riffs + handlebar mustaches = Solid Gold Duffy – Mercy It’s like they put a beat behind the oldies station.

Favorite Video Friday – Dancing

This Week: Dancing Robert Palmer – Simply Irresistible This video is classic. Love the cheesy sound effects right before the hook. The Avalanches – Since I Left You I’ve been looking for an excuse to show this video for a long time now. I haven’t seen an Avalanches video I don’t like yet. Samim – [...]

Sitting on the Stoop

A while ago I worked in the Locations department of VH1’s Hip Hop Honors. Our job was basically to coordinate the coming and going of various trucks and tour buses so that traffic continued to flow on the street and all our vehicles had places to park and/or unload. This meant that I was outside, [...]

I am a Rock

So, after a year and a half or so of living in Las Vegas, I’m moving once again. It’s weird. I’ve moved a lot in my life, but for some reason, this time feels different. I feel like Hugh Grant’s character in About a Boy, like every day, every activity in which I involve myself [...]

Legends

The other day, I was watching an old episode of Dinner for Five, which is a show on IFC hosted by Jon Favreau (Swingers and Elf), where a group of actors, producers, directors and/or writers get together and just talk about whatever, whether it’s old gigs they worked on, or why the Yankees suck. Anyway, [...]