April 2010
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Watch#575: sufjan stevens - the lord god bird (2006)
too bad that sufjan stevens has more or less disappeared. i’m sure wherever he is he’s very happy—probably in brooklyn stirring homemade cold cocoa in the sun this very moment, thinking about milton and william blake. i hope he gets back to making sprawling masterpieces of twee americana sometime soon. this morning’s alec...
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Watch#574: anthony kiedis - raps about ocean pollution (green heaven) (1990)
i don’t blame the giant oil company bp for the increasingly horrible crude oil spill off the coast of louisiana. i blame the red hot chili peppers’ anthony kiedis, whose 1990 video on ocean pollution might have prevented the problem in the first place had it only been a little bit better. here is a sample kiedis...
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Watch#564: weezer - say it ain’t so (1994)
the say it ain’t so bridge (and subsequent guitar solo!) still makes me cry for the hard-drinking and emotionally distant stepfather i always wanted. somebody’s ric ocasek is giving me chills.
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Watch#561: mariah carey ft. nicki minaj - up out my face (2010)
the inscrutable r&b starlet nicki minaj just released her first official solo music video, massive attack, and it’s mostly unmemorable—except for a synthesized melody line that will stick with you, unpleasantly. as for the video, hype williams’ real first name is harold, and he’s starting to direct like it. not...
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