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Wow! The Beatles Songs page on Wikipedia is a tremendous resource. Lots of interesting background about nearly 200 Beatles songs.

The “No Good” Video (embedded QT) by Plan B is a stop motion work of genius.

There is an awful lot of nudity in the video (QT) for Koufax’s song “Isabelle”. Now, normally, I wouldn’t find that to be too big a deal really except that they’ve gone in and stripped away everybody’s genitals and nipples. I suppose they thought it would be less offensive or something, but it gives everybody this Ken doll type of look that I find to be equal parts mesmerizing and horrifying. It’s like that scene in Silance of the Lambs where the killer is dancing around in his woman suit. Very creepy.

I’ve heard 2 1/2 songs that Pandora has recommended for me, and so far, I’m digging what I’m hearing. This may be worth subscribing to.

So, I’m watching Subterranean on MTV2. And, they’re interviewing Death Cab For Cutie. And, Wow! That lead singer doesn’t look anything at all like I expected he would. This must be a little like how people felt when they heard some of those silent film stars speak for the first time.

You know, I usually pay very close attention to the lyrics in songs (at least when I can make them out). For some reason though, I never really noticed the lyrics to Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. At least I didn’t until I saw This Maxwell’s Silver Hammer Cartoon

It’s kind of dark in a happy kind of way.

Rubber Johnny — Dude, seriously… W! T! F!!!?

Oh…My…God! The scary thing is that they practiced this. You know they did. Holy Cats! OK Go’s Video, A Million Ways To Be Cruel (QuickTime).

I was driving in my car this afternoon listening to the radio, which is already unusual as I usually listen to my iPod while driving. Anyway, the DJ has an in-studio guest who I hear doing a swing version of Van Halen’s song “Jump”.

It was awesome because it works on the comedic/ironic level of “Oh my god. Is that? It is. That’s ‘Jump’!”, and it also worked as a really well done song (actually, I greatly prefer the swing version of that since I never did like the original very much).

I tried to figure out who the guest was, and they never did really say. I later came to learn that it was Paul Anka who has a new album out called Rock Swings. He also did an in-studio version of a swing version of “Black Hole Sun” which I thought kind of sucked.

Anyway, it might be worth a listen at least as a lark. Also, I love all the one star ratings on Amazon from old-school grunge kids who are deeply offended that Anka would dare to mess with a classic song like “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. I mean, I liked Nirvana well enough at the time, but come on. Let’s have a little perspective here.

Some guy has always wanted to be in his own music video, so he creates his own, totally radical version of Working for the Weekend (Embedded QuickTime). Pure adrenaline baby! Whatever happened to Loverboy anyway?

Now, somebody get a camera and do Separate Ways (Worlds Apart).