This video made me quite happy, even after I realized it was for a commercial.
(Update — while we’re on adorable animal videos, let’s discuss baby lambs.)
This video made me quite happy, even after I realized it was for a commercial.
(Update — while we’re on adorable animal videos, let’s discuss baby lambs.)
Song For The Moment
“The Worst Day Since Yesterday” by Flogging Molly
Nothing like a little Celtic Punk to start off Lá Fhéile Pádraig. So, for all my Irish pals (and everyone else who becomes Irish on the 17th of March), this one’s for you. Sláinte!
[*click above to watch the video]
Last week, the Onion A.V. Club announced a wicked new project: “A.V. Undercover”. The premise is a fun one — they compiled a list of 25 songs for 25 different bands. Each week, one of the 25 bands comes in, takes a look at the list, and picks a song to cover. Once a song has been performed, it is crossed off — leaving the final band with only one selection to play (my money is on “Kokomo”).
For the first song, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists chose “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears. As you will see in the video, they tore it up something fierce. My esteem for Mr. Leo (already quite high: Bloomfield, NJ raised!) has risen a few more notches.
The real question on everyone’s mind, though, is whether or not Starbucks will be releasing these bad boys for download and/or purchase. For my iPod’s sake, I hope the answer is yes.
(Note — for some odd reason, the Onion won’t allow for the resizing of their embedded videos. You can still watch and listen above easily — just click on the screen to start/pause — although a little of it is cropped. If you would like to see it in full screen, check out the A.V. Club Site.)
This crispy fried pork hock was my birthday meal this year. I think about it often. The crispy outside + succulent inside, falling off the bone = Best. Pork. Ever.
Big congrats to Chef Jim & Joseph Leonard.
Four years ago today: Best. Birthday. Present. Ever.
Song For The Moment
“Fall Hard” by Shout Out Louds
Matty tipped me off to the new album by everyone’s favorite Swedish indie rockers earlier this week. I procured it from a well placed source, and have now been enjoying it for the past 24 hours. These boyos write some sweet-ass pop tunes that never fail to put a smile on my face.
Can’t really ask more of a band than that.
In the world of elaborate one-take videos, Ok Go are, for the most part, tops. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that their latest video is taking the internets by storm (and rightly so). Fan of their career-making treadmill video (or fans of Mouse Trap) would be hard pressed to find a more entertaining 3:54 to watch.
Check it.
(Or, it’s almost baseball season, but there still isn’t anything else of significant interest to report about.)