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One “Lover’s Nest” omelette, two pancakes with Chantilly, three orders of hash browns, four Saint-Malo sausages, five espressos and six chocolat mousse puddings! Read More

Video of the Day: The Brunettes, “Red Rollerskates” March 01, 2010 The Brunettes / Red Rollerskates The Brunettes | MySpace Music Videos Not sure who the marketing wizard was who replaced Heather Mansfield with a mannequin for this video, but it doesn’t matter — this song is an instant earworm. From the uber-twee New Zealand duo’s Paper Dolls disc. Read More

Video of the Day: Tegan & Sara, “Alligator” February 26, 2010 Alligator Tegan and Sara | MySpace Music Videos Synchronized dancing and woolen hoodies! Can a Quin Twins/Dirty Projectors project be far behind? Read More

Video of the Day: Rox, “My Baby Left Me” February 25, 2010 ROX - My Baby Left Me ROX | MySpace Music Videos As I frequently say, the British generally have more of a taste for good soul than we do here in R&B’s birthplace. Face it: whatever happened to Lauryn Hill, it looks to be permanent, and most of the charters are AutoTuning themselves so much they’re... Read More

Video of the Day: Vampire Weekend, “Giving Up the Gun” February 24, 2010 As he is in life, RZA is the line judge in this second video from Contra. Meanwhile, a Jonas gets clobbered and Jake Gyllenhaal gets his drink on. Read More

Video of the Day: Kanye West, “Coldest Winter (Remix)” February 23, 2010 KANYE WEST "Coldest Winter" Directed by: NABIL "ITUNES link below" from nabil elderkin on Vimeo. Yes, “Coldest Winter,” as in it’s late freaking February and normally we’re getting half a break right about now with some 60s, maybe even a stray 70, but all the weathermen/women are predicting 30s and... Read More

“Shutter Island” and the Cinematic Novels of Dennis Lehane

February 19, 2010 Leonardo DiCaprio in “Shutter Island.” BY GEORGE LANG When readers pick up Dennis Lehane’s novels, they are transported into a world where the grimiest details come so thick they can smell the mildew in the row houses of South Boston. But when a director picks up a Lehane, as Martin Scorsese did with... Read More

Video of the Day: Caribou, “Odessa” February 19, 2010 Personally, I’d prefer sandy beach imagery, but a new Caribou single is worth celebrating, so be careful on those icy patches. Swim is due in April. Read More

Video of the Day: Michoacan, “In the Dark of the Night” February 18, 2010 Art-damaged disco from the DFA labs gets a “too much cough syrup on the dance floor” visual treatment. Read More

Video of the Day: The Pipettes, “Our Love Was Saved By Spacemen” February 17, 2010 StaticBlog fave-raves circa 2007, The Pipettes originally had an early 1960s girl group/Petula Clark thing going, but then Rosay (sigh) and Riot Becki left, replaced by lead singer Gwenno’s sister Ani and two turnstile spinners, Anna McDonald and Beth Mburu-Bowie, both of whom left the group after microscopic... Read More

Video of the Day: Neon Indian Performs “Terminally Chill” and “Ephemeral Artery” on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” February 16, 2010 This is absolute Moog heaven from the Austin band led by Alan Palomo and featuring Leanne Macomber of the Denton shoegaze duo Fight Bite on the keys. Read More

Kevin Smith and the Not-So-Friendly Skies

February 15, 2010 As a longtime fan of his films, a follower of his Twitter feed and a Smodcast listener of two years standing, I know two things for certain about Kevin Smith: he documents his life and interests with a kind of breathtaking detail that mere journal writing cannot remotely touch, and crossing this man is a terrible,... Read More

Holiday Video of the Day, Part 1: Amanda Palmer and Vermillion Lies feat. Annie Clark, “What’s the Use of Wond’rin’?” December 23, 2009 What's the Use of Won'drin'? -Amanda Palmer & Vermilion Lies- from Amanda Palmer on Vimeo. This is not a Christmas song per se — it’s a Rodgers and Hammerstein classic from “Carousel” — but it was shot at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair in San Francisco last year, and it’s quite beautiful in a... Read More

Holiday Video of the Day, Part 2: Greg Lake, “I Believe in Father Christmas” December 23, 2009 Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas Uploaded by newcanadian. - See the latest featured music videos. Near the beginning of the season, I featured U2′s version of this song from 2008, and it’s just fine, but the Christmas season gives us license to be a little sentimental, and Greg Lake’s 1974... Read More

A Very Static Christmas with The Flaming Lips December 23, 2009 A Merry Christmas to all StaticBlog readers, and thank you to Wayne and Steven for this wonderful performance. “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” “White Christmas” “Silent Night” 8 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post... Read More

Holiday Video of the Day: The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, “Fairytale of New York” December 22, 2009 The Pogues - A Fairytale Of New York Uploaded by vince_suelze. - Music videos, artist interviews, concerts and more. Beyond the beautiful melody, most people remember this song for the third verse, a venal shouting match between two addled, disillusioned lovers gone to seed. Then in the final verse, Shane... Read More

Holiday Video of the Day: Julian Casablancas, Horatio Sanz, Jimmy Fallon and the Roots, “I Wish It Was Christmas Today” December 22, 2009 Casablancas recently released a limited-edition 7″ of this song, made infamous by Fallon and a much jollier Sanz on “SNL” many ages ago, but this version gets the full Spector treatment, minus the weaponry. Read More

Holiday Video of the Day: John Lennon and Yoko Ono, “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” December 21, 2009 An essential — the only decent substitution is the Polyphonic Spree’s version. Recently, the clock radio woke me up with Celine Dion singing this song. There ought to be a law. 1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post Jennifer Petranek-Angulo... Read More

Holiday Video of the Day: Kim and Mel, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” December 18, 2009 This is an example of the Merry Kitsch-mas genre of Christmas music video, and while Hall and Oates’ “Jingle Bell Rock” is the most recognized classic of the form … um, this one has Kim Wilde. And as this clip indicates, that meant something 22 years ago. In Britain. Where they know who Mel Smith is. Read More

Video of the Day: Alicia Keys and Stephen Colbert, “Empire State of Mind” December 17, 2009 Colbert rocks the upper middle class with the EZ Pass in his duet with Keys, promoting her fifth album, The Element of Freedom. Read More

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Skating Polly - Lost Wonderfuls

Delo Creative produced this video for the title track of Skating Polly's new album, "Lost Wonderfuls," which was produced by Exene Cervenka with engineering by Kliph Scurlock.