Sour - Tone of everyday

Beautiful music video by Sour

Not Much

I am not much of a philosopher, but here it goes. Momentum is the essence of life. It is the small kinetic energy of each step and gesture. It builds and builds until it changes the world. If you don't know where to go or what to do. Turn yourself in a direction and move. Just the movement itself changes life and if you're not careful your feet will carry the body away.

I don't know much about Andrew Bird. I saw one of his videos on a forgotten website and really liked it. In #45.3 Spare-Oh, he takes a stroll down a street in Montmartre, Paris. After a short introduction, it all starts with one step into an intersection. As he moves through the crowd, he plays his guitar and sings. Funny, that I'm not interested in the destination, but in the travel of the song. Before I know, I am far away from that first step.

#45.3 - Andrew Bird - Spare-Oh
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Great Bands of the 80's

These 80's bands really set the trends for punk and rock that we see today. This was before Nirvana. These were the innovators. Click on the song to see it on YouTube:

Oingo Boingo: Dead Man's Party
Violent Femmes: Blister in the Sun
Talking Heads: Psycho Killer
Strawberry Switchblade: Jolene
Elvis Costello: Veronica
Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams
Sex Pistols: Holiday in the Sun
Queen: Killer Queen
Joe Satriani: Surfing with the Alien
The Knack: My Sharona
Pat Benatar: Hell is for Children
Cheap Trick: I Want You to Want Me
Clash: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Timbuk 3: The Future's so Bright
Suzanne Vega: Tom's Diner
Kim Wilde: Kids in America
Madness: One Step Beyond
Billy Idol: Rebel Yell
Henry Rollins: I'm a Liar

I know, I go a little bit into the late 70's and early 90's. I hope you enjoy (real) music. Now back to Hannah Montana.

**Addition** After thinking about it for a bit, there are some more bands that have influenced modern day music. I tried to avoid the obvious like Madonna or Chicago. Anyway, Here is the rest of the story.

Prince: Purple Rain
Pretenders: My City is Gone
Katrina and the Waves: Walking on Sunshine
Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run
Blue Oyster Cult: Burnin' for You
The Smiths: Girlfriend in a Coma
INXS: Devil Inside
Joe Jackson: Is She Really Going Out with Him
Psychedelic Furs: Sister Europe
New Order: Blue Monday
Fishbone: Sunless Saturday
The Replacements: Another Girl Another Planet

Speaking of Skeletons

I don't know why, but I'm stuck on animated skeletons lately. It's like my fascination with giant killer robots. Anyway, here is one of my favorite short animations called, "Starving in the Belly of a Whale", sung by Tom Waits and animated by Gal Shkedi.

I really like the stylized characters and the cutout figures. The storyline of the animation also does not follow directly with the lyrics, but instead compliments the lyrics.

The following YouTube video has some artifacts in the very beginning. These clear up about twenty seconds in:

Viva Calaca!! - The new Oingo Boingo

I found this on YouTube. It sort of reminds me of 80's group Oingo Boingo's, "It's a Dead Man's Party." The animation is just great and authentic. I like the old-style type cutouts. Well, anyway - watch and enjoy.

Viva Calaca!! is an animation project by Ritxi Ostáriz (iikki.com) based on the Mexican Day of the Dead. Original music by Voltaire (voltaire.net). - From YouTube