It’s Ash Wednesday! Sharing this song by David Bowie is a bit of an Ash Wednesday tradition and I’m going to keep it going this year. (Yes, I understand the song isn’t actually about Ash Wednesday but, for me, it is.)
This is from a 2000 performance in London.
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Today, we celebrate Mardi Gras with a song that was featured in the first James Bond film to take place in New Orleans!
Happy Mardi Gras to all!
What can I say about this video other than it’s definitely authentic? There’s a lot of people who will be able to relate to every word of this song. This guy actually reminds me of more than a few of my cousins. The fact that the song features more than a little Cajun French only contributes to the authenticity.
Robert Duvall missed out on his chance to play Haven Hamilton in Robert Altman’s Nashville but 8 years later, he gave a performance as a country musician that would him his only Oscar.
This is from 1983’s Tender Mercies.
Robert Duvall, RIP
For Presidents Day, here’s a music video featuring a different group of Presidents singing about their love of peaches and fighting off a group of Ninjas. How many other presidents can do that?
This video was directed by Roman Coppola, son of Francis Ford and future collaborator with Wes Anderson. Coppola made his feature directorial debut with the excellent CQ in 2002.
The Presidents of the United States of America, one of the more refreshingly angst-free bands of the 90s, broke up in 2015. Lead singer Chris Ballew explained the break up by saying, “We’re old people now.” If only all presidents were as honest.
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Today’s music video of the day is the latest from the great Black Keys!
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Today’s music video of the day is for the song that was, of course, the theme song for the 1983 James Bond film, Octopussy. Apparently, the producers realized that there weren’t many words that comfortably rhymed with the movie’s title so they tasked John Barry and Tim Rice with coming up with a theme song that would still be radio friendly. They came up with All Time High. I know that some consider this to be a lesser Bond theme song but I absolutely love it. Some of that might be because this is one of the few songs that I can actually sing all the way through without going off-key.
And it’s the perfect Valentine’s Day song! I’ll be singing this song later tonight. Actually, I’ll be singing a medly of James Bond theme songs tonight. It’s kind of a Valentine’s Day tradition….
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Happy Friday the 13th!
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As we approach Valentine’s Day, this music video from Haim feels appropriate. Back in the day, Paul Thomas Anderson directed video-after-video of the Haim sisters walking around Los Angeles and it was the greatest thing ever.
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Today’s music video features Jessica Simpson, back in happier days. This was the last video she made with Nick Lachey. (They would get divorced three years later.) It’s essentially just an advertisement for the reality show that was their life. When Jessica and Nick split up, a generation stopped believing in love. They probably should have stopped believing in reality television instead.
Jessica Simpson and I went to the same high school, though Jessica had dropped out and moved to California long before I started going there. Still, I had some teachers who remembered her as being a nice person.
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Through the Shattered Lens 