Monday, August 27, 2007

Supergrass and the Florida Mermaids

This article about a legal action against the Weeki Watchee Mermaid Attraction ("a perfect piece of roadside kitsch") in Florida, reminded me of one of the loveliest music videos of recent years. Supergrass travelled to Weeki Watchee and made a sort of short film/music video that manages to make the whole surreal and trashy enterprise appear extremely moving and lovely.

Take a few minutes to enjoy this video (oh, and it's a great song, too: "Low C")

Monday, August 6, 2007

Playlist From August 1

Ballboy – Avant Garde Music (Guide for the Daylight Hours)
Reindeer Section – You Are My Joy (Son of Evil Reindeer)
Belle and Sebastian – Jonathan David (Push Barman to Open Old Wounds)
Jesus and Mary Chain – Down on Me (Darklands)
Franz Ferdinand – Tell Her Tonight (Franz Ferdinand)
Camera Obscura – Number One Son (Underachievers Please Try Harder)
Echobelly – Great Things (ON)
Wreckless Eric – Whole Wide World (DIY: UK POP 1)
Brakes – Heard About Your Band (Give Blood)
Arctic Monkeys – What if You Were Right First Time? (Brianstorm EP)
Thrills – One Horse Town (So Much for the City)
Jakob Dylan and Dhani Harrison – Gimme Come Truth (Instant Karma)
Art Brut – Late Sunday Evening (It’s a Bit Complicated)
Madness – It Must Be Love (Divine Madness)
Basement Jaxx – Lucky Star (Kish Kash)
Bjork – More to Life Than This (Debut)
Stereolab – Ping Pong (Mars Audiac Quintet)
Stereo Total – I Am Naked (Do The Bambi)
Hot Chip – Over and Over (The Warning)
Rakes – Retreat (Capture/Release)
Electronic – Getting Away With It (Get The Message)
Fields – Skulls and Flesh and More (Everything Last Winter)
Maccabees – Precious Time (Colour It In)
The View – Superstar Tradesmen (Hats Off For the Buskers)
Cribs – Men’s Needs (Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever)
Baxter Dury – Lucifer’s Grain (Len Parrott’s Memorial Lift)
Mojave 3 – She’s All Up Above (Spoon and Rafter)
Elbow – Powder Blue (Asleep at the Back)

Playlist From July 18th

Hot Chip – The Warning (The Warning)
New Order – True Faith (Substance)
Wonder Stuff – The Size of a Cow (Never Loved Elvis)
The Streets – Fit But You Know It (A Grand Don’t Come For Free)
Jamiroquai – Too Young to Die (High Times)
Lemon Jelly – Nice Weather for Ducks (Lost Horizons)
Divine Comedy – Booklovers (Promenade)
Blue Aeroplanes - …and Stones (Swagger)
Art Brut – Jealous Guy (It’s a Bit Complicated)
Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Poodle Rockin’ (Spanish Dance Troupe)
The View – Street Lights (Buskers)
Maximo Park – Books from Boxes (Our Earthly Pleasures)
Field Music – Not Supposed To (Write Your Own History)
Maccabees – Mary (Colour It In)
Fields – If You Fail We All Fail (Everything Last Winter)
Bloc Party – I Still Remember (Weekend In The City)
Cribs – Men’s Needs (Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever)
Bryan Ferry – More Than This (Street Life)
Electronic – Get the Message (Get the Message)
Maps – Elouise (We Can Create)
Kate Bush – How to Be Invisible (Aerial)
Echo and the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain (Ocean Rain)
The Cure – Plainsong (Disintegration)
Blur – Sweet Song (Think Thank)