Category Archives: Music

Four Videos

Brilliant, blog-worthy thoughts continue to elude me.  But I still come across some pretty good links, so I might as well share them.  Today is all video.

First off, the melting bunny.  Weighing in at 2:36, it’s easily worth it.  My mother’s emailed comment is quite telling: “Although the net result was the same as my method, I found the actual dropping of the eyeballs quite distressing.”  I leave her personal bunny story to your collective, fervid imagination.

Second off, same source, “Revenge,” a quick 2:38.  I think it’s poorly titled.  To me, that’s a movie about tension and anticipation – I stared, unblinking and terrified that I’d miss the moment of climax.

Third link is a huge change of pace, so you might want to read your email for a minute to cleanse your visual palate.  Seasame Street sends us on a massive drug trip. I remember thinking this was pretty cool as a kid.  Now, I recognize this for what it really was: a 2:43-long advertisement for drug use.

The last link is for all three of my readers who share my love of all things Annie Lennox.  Evidently she handed the keys of her musical castle to DJEarworm, and the result is pretty impressive.  4:34 of Annie Lennox musical genius.

JazzFest ’08 – Krauss, Plant, and Burnett

Last year I got a catalog from Rounder Records and saw the new Allison Krauss record with Robert Plant on the cover. I thought it was an odd pairing and threw the catalog away. I heard a single off the record – “Gone Baby Gone” and was interested. Then I heard “Fortune Teller’s Daughter,” and I bought a copy. I listened. And then I gave it away as a Christmas present to everyone I could think of!

Fast forward to Friday with Krauss and Plant on the stage at JazzFest. It was even better than I expected. They performed the songs from the album well, but it was the extras that blew me away:

  • From the record, I thought it was Krauss taming Plant, and making it all work. Seeing them on stage, I know realize the glue that binds this unlikely group together is T. Bone Burnett. He’s the mad scientist that puts this all together.
  • “When the Levee Breaks” is a totally different song in a post-Katrina New Orleans.
  • “The Battle of Evermore” was a totally unexpected gift. Sure we have Led Zeppelin’s version to listen to. And Ann and Nancy Wilson did a good version too, as heavily produced as it was for the “Singles” soundtrack. But to get it live? And so well done? It was musical bliss.

There was lots of good music this year, but this act was my favorite by far.

Krauss and Plant