Three for Three
Ah, discovering the ever-present indie collaboration triangles is always sweet when you can piece together people and lyrics like some obscure chain-smoking, city-based, melancholy, vintage garbed, ironic puzzle.
THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER: a playlist in which indie biffers unite for the good of mankind. yes, there is a god.
JIMMY TAMBORELLO + JENNY LEWIS = ROLL ON (a track off of Dntel's latest "Dumb Luck" which features the Rilo Kiley frontwoman, full of static and classic Dntel experimentation)
JENNY LEWIS + BEN GIBBARD = HANDLE WITH CARE (you might recognize that sweet melancholic voice intertwining in this duet with Ms. Lewis on this song as the very frontman of Death Cab for Cutie. This alt/country anthem is way better than all of that sappy blue moon cowboy country crap. Plus, it's wicked smart.)
BEN GIBBARD + JIMMY TAMBORELLO = SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS (a clever blend of Dntel and DCFC, the duo, called the Postal Service, are known for attracting a quirky following with their "Such Great Heights", a deliciously sorrowful techno-plead. In fact, their 2001 debut landed them the title of Subpop's most successful album since Nirvana's "Bleach" debut. Talk about wow factor.)
JENNY LEWIS + JIMMY TAMBORELLO + BEN GIBBARD = THE DISTRICT SLEEPS ALONE (this Postal Service track features Jenny as well as so many other PS tracks do. It's like a three way handshake, sealing the whole deal, isn't it?)
This is way overdue, but it turns out that a lot goes on behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live that we don't know about. For instance, in a clip worthy of the title "Writer Gone Wild", Jorma (of SNL writing and Lonely Island fame) dances spastically in his boxers and sneakers with socks to the Arcade Fire song "Keep the Car Running". He does this in front of a (jokingly) disaproving Bill Hader, the man running the camera (who I suspect MUST be another SNL writer and LI alum, Akiva), and a cracking up Arcade Fire. Note that Richard Parry, aka the redhead in the middle, cracks up harder than anyone else.
hopeisemo.com is a fantastically hilarious website of short clips from an actress' (ironically) named character Hope. Her portrayal of a member of our youth's emo subculture that the adolescent generation is so fascinated with, is a slight hyperbole in itself yet a comical view into the lives today's teenagers.
More later,
Kit
THREE IS A MAGIC NUMBER: a playlist in which indie biffers unite for the good of mankind. yes, there is a god.
JIMMY TAMBORELLO + JENNY LEWIS = ROLL ON (a track off of Dntel's latest "Dumb Luck" which features the Rilo Kiley frontwoman, full of static and classic Dntel experimentation)
JENNY LEWIS + BEN GIBBARD = HANDLE WITH CARE (you might recognize that sweet melancholic voice intertwining in this duet with Ms. Lewis on this song as the very frontman of Death Cab for Cutie. This alt/country anthem is way better than all of that sappy blue moon cowboy country crap. Plus, it's wicked smart.)
BEN GIBBARD + JIMMY TAMBORELLO = SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS (a clever blend of Dntel and DCFC, the duo, called the Postal Service, are known for attracting a quirky following with their "Such Great Heights", a deliciously sorrowful techno-plead. In fact, their 2001 debut landed them the title of Subpop's most successful album since Nirvana's "Bleach" debut. Talk about wow factor.)
JENNY LEWIS + JIMMY TAMBORELLO + BEN GIBBARD = THE DISTRICT SLEEPS ALONE (this Postal Service track features Jenny as well as so many other PS tracks do. It's like a three way handshake, sealing the whole deal, isn't it?)
This is way overdue, but it turns out that a lot goes on behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live that we don't know about. For instance, in a clip worthy of the title "Writer Gone Wild", Jorma (of SNL writing and Lonely Island fame) dances spastically in his boxers and sneakers with socks to the Arcade Fire song "Keep the Car Running". He does this in front of a (jokingly) disaproving Bill Hader, the man running the camera (who I suspect MUST be another SNL writer and LI alum, Akiva), and a cracking up Arcade Fire. Note that Richard Parry, aka the redhead in the middle, cracks up harder than anyone else.
hopeisemo.com is a fantastically hilarious website of short clips from an actress' (ironically) named character Hope. Her portrayal of a member of our youth's emo subculture that the adolescent generation is so fascinated with, is a slight hyperbole in itself yet a comical view into the lives today's teenagers.
More later,
Kit
posted by Kit "Blanche Deveraux" @ 7:56 AM
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