you talk. you talk a good game.

it's pete doherty's birthday!



my computer died recently. so i can't post any tracks. thus i give you the video for the babyshambles song "you talk"

out of the ash i rise with my red hair and i eat men like air

i came across the most amazing thing ever: poetry meets music they're mash-ups (sorta) of, well, poetry with music. the poets reading their poetry set to the most amazing music. these are my favorite



---> america (the highs and lows) - allen ginsberg & the trouble lights <---



---> for the union dead (metamorphosis) - robert lowell & philip glass <---



---> lady lazarus (l'america) - sylvia plath & the doors <---

you can download them all for free here

falling slowly, eyes that know me

one of my favorite parts of the oscars last night:



---> falling slowly - glen hansard / markéta irglová <---

you are oneiric, that word's a shy pick...

...it means you float around on clouds.


one of the things i love the most about living in the bay area is the local music scene. one of my favorites is timothy rabbit who was voted by the readers of the daily californian as the best local musician in both 2006 and 2007. i did a pretty fun interview with him two years ago. i can't seem to find the link to it, but there is still a link up to the article that went with it.



so i share with you two songs from his it's always snowing . . . in iceland ep and two from the yet to be released swim, fish, swim.

---> long distances <---
---> i spy... <---
---> warm milk <---
---> sina's song <---

you can check out more tunes and buy it's always snowing . . . in iceland at his myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/timothyrabbit

i've just seen a face

i found some random covers of beatles songs on my computer and have no clue where i got them, but they're pretty awesome.



---> i've just seen a face - the dillards <---



---> across the universe - the curtain society <---

http://www.the-dillards.com/

http://www.curtainsociety.com/

mash-up made in heaven

"intro-inspection" by osymyso is maybe the most amazing thing i've ever heard. it's a 12 minute mash-up of everything under the sun. you can read all about it at wikipedia.



---> intro-inspection <---

http://www.osymyso.com/

everybody hates a tourist

william shatner's has been



understated genius? i've always thought so.

---> common people (pulp cover feat. joe jackson <---
---> that's me trying (feat. aimee mann and ben folds) <---
---> real (feat. brad paisley) <---

you can buy has been here at insound.

http://www.williamshatner.com/