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Some of the summer continents are gearing up for a fight.

I find this fascinating:



The Arctic is once again the contested Frontier.

here it is:

Sorry Will, it says "US only" so yer Korean IP address may block the video. Just another reason to get back stateside as soon as possible!

Reaction: Pretty good. Not Great. I built it up a lot in my mind, so maybe I set myself up for disappointment. They pick up where Season One left off: Maury is managing Crazy Doggz and the Conchords fire him because he isn't paying any attention to them. Is this the start of a new story arc? Not really. By the end, everything is status quo ante and we're back to the old formula, which is what we really want anyways. The banter and story are right on. The scene when they conduct their own band meeting (and keep the role call) and go over their "merchandise" is priceless. What seems like a glaring hole here is the lack of a great new song- there's nothing like "Beautiful Girl" that got Season One started. Which may mean exactly what Bret and Jermaine have said: Season One used up most of their stand-up songs, so now they have to write on the fly for the show. Let's hope they're just getting warmed up. They've said that Season Two is it for the series, so if this is all we're going to get, let's hope they've got some killer new songs up their sleeves.

Time to descend into dark winter, and listen to music that reflects it.


Bon Iver - Hazelton [mp3]


Bon Iver - Beach Baby [mp3]

See Also: Sufjan Stevens, Nick Drake, Boards of Canada

The flower one is genius.

[A preview of the first episode will be in Funny or Die on Dec. 17]

This is from one of my favorite shows. As we all know, nothing is as funny as puking.

hammer dulcimer + Of Montreal = killer song intro = stuck in my head



mp3 link

Skeletal Lamping is a weird and awesome album.

For Colleen:



Apparently talented animators hook up with talented musicians for awesome videos. Take note Colleen and C-Dub.

Things in the Gulf of Aden have gotten pretty ridiculous. Piracy in the 21st century? Sounds like the early nineteenth. The warships there are having a hard time keeping up, so I say let's try something else:

Q ships. During WW2 they took merchant ships and armed them with concealed weapons to lure in U-boats. The idea was to make them think the target was harmless, then blow them out of the water when they got close. An old tanker with some concealed rocket launchers, Phalanx guns and a few platoons of Marines would do the trick.