i’m really liking the new video. his new record came out last tuesday.

holy gosh! will be in san francisco tomorrow night. august 29. he’s the electronic music pioneer who brought you . he’s 77 and apparently still going strong. a very rare and special treat. (thanks, .)

listen to:
jean-jacques perrey “groovy leprechauns”

has remixed ne-yo’s super big hit single, “so sick”. acoustic guitar and hand claps abound. it starts slow and builds to a chorus that might just give you goosebumps. you gotta love love songs about hating love songs. also, dang this young fellow can sing!

listen to:
ne-yo “so sick (quarterbar remix)”

threw a dance party this past weekend and invited his pals (from ) and (of meanest man contest) to torture the crowd with an overstimulus of awesome music and rad times.

check out this dark but sweet vid of passage laying down some verses while djrl cues up the next track. couldn’t have been better framed than having the go-bots movie rolling in the background.

i don’t consider time magazine a great place to go for what’s cool, but they have an .

you remember a year ago, ha? rain fallin’ and that wind would blow, ha? 81 million dollars of damage, ha? that’s more than you can imagine ha? you know was from the nola, ha? family’s house was ruined in katrina, ha? in 2000 though he had a lotta bling, ha? from all those songs off 400 degreez he would sing, ha? music sounded a lot like crappy noise, ha? all the bounce music from 504 boys, ha? i still bumped it in my discman, ha? riding through iv it was the jam, ha? enough of this huh talk, ha? i wonder how katrina rebuilding is going? i hope well, one year later.

juvenile, , from

last week, the pitchfork staff compiled their — ridiculous in typical pitchfork fashion because they actually rank them from #200 to #1, and because, as an associate reminded me, the list was drawn up by 21 year olds.

regardless, there are some amazing moments included in the feature, and i wished pitchfork had the nuts to post the mp3s for these. and then, to the rescue! thanks guys, you’ve just helped us all round out our itunes and try to reach the coolness level of the pitchfork gang.

quick, before the links expire.

hard to pick a personal fave, but it might be serge gainsbourg: bonnie and clyde

sure, this vid has gotten around a bit but i really like it. partly because i like kelly clarkson and partly because i like metal classics. as kelly gets spotted in the crowd, pulled onto stage with her bf(?)–the singer of yellowcard–and they engage in some “crowd participation.”

here’s my question: who’s the band? i can’t figure it out. almost like they’re some phony las vegas “metal variety show” — the banter and personalities seem so contrived and over the top, and their repertoire of songs seems a little fishy. but i guess that IS metal…

like so many of us, i’ve been guilty of sleeping on jamaican music. a thousand or so kids blasting copies of bob marley’s legend on the streets of during the 90s can’t help but prejudice you a little. anyways, let’s make up for lost time.

listen to:
niney the observer “blood and fire”
the jahlights “right road to dubland”
the gladiators “sweet soul music”
pablove black “push pull”
sly & robbie “flight of africa”
burning spear “swell headed”

read an interesting commentary about recent . very snotty sounding stuff.

I don’t know what’s going to happen to me but I know I’m more than a singer and I have so many other things in my life to keep me focused. I hope and pray that I stay as comfortable in my own skin as I am right now.

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