you know you're gold

make sure you get all the way to 1:43 - 1:47 so you can see exactly 1.5 seconds of music-free dancing, that has never been better.

what can the matter be

this song is perfect for blinking out into bright morning streets and smiling cause it's better to start like that. also - shouts for and to the newhouse fam! this was directed by fellow sometime-Cusians Taryn Gould and Emily Kowalczyk and funnily/happily-enough debuted on MTV2's Subterranean the same day Gay Blades O Shot did way back when. wins for all - it's good to remember to watch it again.

... don't even get me started on my as-yet-unpublished- love letter to Ra Ra's Genesis drums, makin me all shy.

"it's hard to stay cool - oh when you're smilin at me

and i get nervous every time you speak."

sho nuff is killin

alicia keys (liquid smooth speaking voice and positive demeanor or otherwise) at times appears hellbent on annoying the shit out of me. why is that?-- but ... this drum beat pleases me so. it's worth a listen. 2010 in yer face?

mmmm... purply waves of purple.

george, george, george...

could this be the saddest, most beautiful song i'm sure i have to have heard before? what is with every non-vinyl version of this album, ripping me off and withholding this treasure. for shame...surely is welcome now though.

"it's been a long, long, long time."

there is nothing

if last time was an introductory handshake ... this time is a straight-up bang-fest. congrats to James Spencer on this video -- c'est beautiful.

"there is nothing left here to worry about

we are on the ground

we are in the clouds..."

Crystal Fighters - Xtatic Truth

babyloves country

"now there's all kinda songs about babies,

and love that goes right.

but for some unknown reason nobody wants to play them tonight. "

gary, gary, gary. can i come ride in that sweet low riding boat witchoo?