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image from National Geographic

music:
Altona - The Voltarenes
Odessa - Caribou

mps via coast is clear & pretty much amazing

A Song for the New Year

"Shine" is from Take That's 2007 comeback album Beautiful World

Take That - Shine

Christmas M.A.G.I.C.

From The Sounds of Arrows (check out the remix on myspace). They claim to be from Pop Heaven, Sweden. The cynic in me wants to doubt the existence of such a place, but they sound so right I want to be fooled. Bring on the unicorns! (narwhals can come too).

The Sound of Arrows - M.A.G.I.C. (Mini-video) from The Sound of Arrows on Vimeo.

do re mi oh em gee

Kickin' the Peanuts!, a really fun music blog based on the presumed musical tastes of the Peanuts characters, has put together the Best Songs of 2008 accordingly.
I think Sally and I have the most in common, but I do like a lot of Snoopy's picks.
A few from Sally:
Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?- She and Him
Little Bit - Lykke Li
That’s Not My Name- The Ting Tings
Right as the Rain- Adele

A few from Snoopy:
Gallery Piece- Of Montreal
Bedroom Costume- Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head
Electric Feel- MGMT
I Can See You, Can You See Me?- Rex the Dog

Click here to listen to all the Best Songs of 2008 according to Linus, Lucy, Sally, Snoopy, & Woodstock.

Segue!


They have also put together a Christmas Playlist, which I have commandeered, for your listening pleasure.
Here are my favorites:
You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch- Thurl Ravenscroft
Last Christmas- Gwenno (1/3 of The Pipettes)
O Little Town of Bethlehem- Belle and Sebastian
All I Want For Christmas (Is To Get It Crunk)- Dirty Boyz
Click here to listen to the rest.

Note, these can all be downloaded for free (for now).

Sia

A couple of music videos from Sia. The first, trippy, but gorgeous. "Soon We'll Be Found" is from her latest album Some People Have Real Problems. The second, "Breathe Me", is a bit older and from her album Colour the Small One, but it's my favorite and it shows that Sia has a habit of making really beautiful music videos. If you recognize her swooning voice, it might be from her work with Zero 7.

Soon We'll Be Found

Sia - Breathe Me

p.s. I'm back.

Craft Rock Fridays at Magpie & Cake

Fridays at Magpie & Cake are often "Craft Rock Fridays". On Craft Rock Fridays the crafty Canadian duo, Siobhan and Lindsay, post artfully beautiful music videos to their blog. It's definitely worth tuning in. Help yourself to a few samples...

Bjork - Human Behaviour

Deerhoof - Chandelier Searchlight

Feist - 1,2,3,4 (sort of)
Did I tell you that the Center for Puppetry Arts has a fabulous (and interactive) Puppet Museum and that right now they have a Jim Henson exhibition? You can stand next to Big Bird and learn how he moves. It's worth a visit.

Visit Magpie & Cake every Friday (or every day...) for more videos and other great stuff, but def go watch some vids.