eclectic dialectic

"feet on the ground, head in the sky"
-talking heads

Coldplay - “Viva La Vida”

vs.

Joe Satriani - “If I Could Fly”

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

Radiohead - “Banana Co.” from the single Street Spirit (Fade Out) [US #2].

Billie Holiday - “Strange Fruit”

Depressing, macabre, genuine, but beautiful…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Fruit

The trailer for Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are.

Delroy Wilson - “This Life Makes Me Wonder” from Jonny Greenwood Is the Controller, a reggae and dub compilation put together by Radiohead’s lead guitarist from the vaults of the legendary label Trojan Records.

Scotty - “I Worry” from A Placed Called Jamaica.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotty_(musician)

Fela Kuti - “Amaechi’s Blues” from Lagos Baby 1963-1969 (Vampisoul Records, 2009)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fela_Kuti

Telepopmusik - “Breathe”

Thomas Newman - “Any Other Name” from American Beauty (film not the album haha)

“Created by XVIVO, a scientific animation company near Hartford, CT, the animation illustrates unseen molecular mechanisms and the ones they trigger, specifically how white blood cells sense and respond to their surroundings and external stimuli.”

MJ and Sonic!!!

The Decemberists - The Rake’s Song

New album — The Hazards of Love — on March 24!!!!!!

del shannon - gemini (pilooski edit)

Great cover of “All Along the Watchtower” featured in the last episode of Battlestar Galactica’s third season. Fits well with the episode tooooo…

Power pop absurdity

http://www.tintedwindowsmusic.com/ 

http://www.myspace.com/tintedwindows

A new supergroup with James Iha of the Smashing Pumpkins, Taylor Hanson of Hanson, Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne, and Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick! Absurd, but awesome.