2-4-Tuesday

I was thinking about what I wanted to post today on my weekly two-fer, I thought about pitting the Carpenters against last weeks looser, Sonic Youth, with their respective versions of Superstar; then I remembered that was a conversation from Juno and, not wanting anyone to think I had been influenced by that movie (I actually didn't know the Carpenters had recorded that song until years after I had listened to the Sonic Youth version) decided to go in a different direction.

Which brings us to today's match-up. The past couple of weeks I have felt confident that I could predict which song would take the win (though, I was surprised that Vampire Weekend didn't win last week). This week, I'm not so sure; the song, Feeling Good:

Nina Simone

Muse

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Snow and Art and History

So, I promise I will get to my "2-4-Tuesday" later today, but I wanted to say this about the art world: some people have odd ideas that end up looking really awful, some people have odd ideas that end up looking really cool.

Whatever your take on the modern movement in art is, there are two things that I think will stand out to you in these painting from Nick Gentry: First, he seems to be a pretty good painter. He has a good grasp on composition and though he uses color more as a highlight than a component, it does work. I don't know if I would call any of his works "beautiful", but they are intriguing. And that is my second point. His paintings would be just "okay" if it weren't for his choice of medium. It's like buying a bottle of wine because of the label... it doesn't make the wine any better, but, even if the wine isn't that great, at least you got a cool bottle.

What do you think?

Lots and lots of snow

We have lots and lots of snow. I know that those of you who have to shovel may not love it

(ie--may intensely dislike it), but I think it's beautiful, so here are some pictures.

2-4-Tuesday

Usually when something hits me in French, I hit it right back again and it starts to cry. Not in this case, Ca Plane Pour Moi. I seem to recall Matt saying that this is his favorite Vampire Weekend song... so lets see how it stacks up against the original (and the in-your-face version from Sonic Youth). That's right, a 3-4-Tuesday. Take that Punxsutawney Phil!

Vampire Weekend

Sonic Youth

Plastic Bertrand

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In case you missed it...

That's right, Conana O'Brien, Will Ferrell, Beck, Ben Harper, That guy from ZZ Top, and more....

O'Brien's guitar sounds terrible and Will Ferrell sings flat but it's still super cool.

2-4-Tuesday

I have been thinking a lot about what song to do this week. I kept coming up with songs where the re-make is soooo obviously better than the original (you can guess what these may have been) but I wanted to do something where there was such a different approach to the song that they were almost different songs entirely. This track, Such Great Heights, started out as a techno-beated love song (you should check out the music video or the Apple rip-off) and then got taken into an entirely different direction.

Well, enough jibber-jabber. Time to listen and vote.

Postal Service

or Iron & Wine

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and this for your additional listening pleasure:

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