This is a band that I loved since I learned about them from the OC. Yes I did say the OC. Yes, I am not some highschool teen age girl, but I really did like the OC and the premise under which the plot occurs. The hot women and fast cars aside. The music of these shows are fantastic. Whomever was the music director was that lined up these bands, well that person had fantastic taste. Many bands that have become relatively well known bands today got their main stream attention from this show. Bands and artists like: Phantom Planet, The Dandy Warhols, Jem, Imogen Heap, Modest Mouse, Bell X1, Death Cab For Cutie, and the Walkmen have all had some serious, wide-spread attention from the show.

I loved these guys with their previous videos. The quality of the work they do is beyond that of musicians, they are artists and entertainers. I loved their “Here It Goes Again” treadmill video. They have no done it again:

This Too Shall Pass

I am going to let this video speak for itself. However one should remember that facebook, myspace, twitter and all technology fall into this category, and that this doesnt just apply to guys.

I though in review of one of Canada’s best performances in the Olympics I would include a few videos covering our love of Hockey and a little Canadian patriotism and yes we do have some! Congratulations Team Canada on winning more gold medals than any other nation ever in history.

Now on to a commercial that I love from the Olympics :

So here is Canada’s original hockey song:

GO TEAM CANADA!!!

I know this was in the news awhile ago but I had never heard the tape. This little girl…as my friend would say, bless her heart. This truly is the cutest 911 call you will ever hear. “Don’t worry daddy, everything will be ok!”

Recently I have been reading Robert Bolt’s A Man of All Seasons. My new hero, a man of great honor and integrity, Sir Thomas More. My own religious upbringing aside, Thomas More’s take as a humanist and man loyal to his faith and his friends makes him one of the most inspirational people I have ever read about. My thoughts and feelings on his virtues can be reflect by this song. I think of the deep sorrow that man felt as he left the tower of London to die and his final moments of reflection as he cried out before his death, “I beg you earnestly to pray for the king, tell him I died the King’s good servant, but God’s First.” I dedicate this song to those who are of good faith and kindness yet who have lost their internal struggles with whatever demons might haunt them. The Fleet Foxes say my feelings best in Your Protector

I was on Digg today and found an amazing time lapse video that was made in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

I am always looking for news sounds an ideas.  I am definitely interested in looking at different cultures and especially their music and pottery.  I have a thing for collecting find pottery from around the world.  The over tones found in this Tuvan throat singing I find fascinating. If I was making a movies I could find a million places put a song or two of this into the script.  Here are two examples that I really like: