First up - Poetry Time! Well not really but whatever.
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird has a new song that is on a forthcoming tribute album to.... Shel Silverstein! It turns Shel Silverstein was actually not just one of the greatest children's poets ever, but also a Grammy winning songwriter! The tribute album features songs from other great artists like My Morning Jacket. This song is really classic Andrew Bird in times of style, and Shel Silverstein's poem couldn't go better with Andrew Bird's wry way of singing rhymes. It's also great to just hear some new Andrew Bird!
Listen to it over at PMA.
New Pornographers :: Together
New New Pornographers (oh the woes of putting a "new" in your band's name...) up for stream! The album is orgasmic (sticking with the theme...). It's that good. Listen to it here at NPR.
Video Time!
M.I.A. :: Born Free
Now, this video is not for the faint of heart... i.e. not really safe for school/work. It's got some graphic stuff in it, and I don't really know what to think of it. If it is supposed to be about the video, than it does a good job, but if it is supposed to be for the song, it does an awful job... upon rewatching it I still barely noticed the song. Sort of seems like a chance to get "mad blog hits" and "dirt chip publicity" with the potential for a New York Times/New York Mag write up... The video seems like it is trying to look like it has a "message" but I don't think it really does. Well directed I guess.... The end reminds me of the scene in the movie Scanners. Yall know what I am talking about if you have seen it. AGAIN THIS IS GRAPHIC/very long and not really worth the time...
PLEASE COMMENT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF THE VIDEO IF YOU TOOK THE TIME TO WATCH.
M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.
--A Teenage Elephant
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