Song of the Day: Escort – A Sailboat in the Moonlight

http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=6FNlEfvop0Y Song of the day: Escort – “A Sailboat in the Moonlight” Discovered this one on the CJSW playlist today. Apparently, the secret to making me happy is to turn a standard from the 1930s into a slow-building Caribbi-disco groove. Wholesome and slinky are always a solid combination. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

Song of the Day: Jonathan Kane – Pops

http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=VL0dM34rhNk Song of the day: Jonathan Kane – Pops I’m not sure exactly how a 7-minute post-rock instrumental is meant to pay tribute to Staple Singers patriarch Roebuck “Pops” Staples, but there’s something about the halfway-to-rocking groove of this one that keeps me hooked anyway. And it’s a Periodic Table release, which means that if … Continue reading

Song of the Day: Solla Solla Enna

http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=NWpABztwc3s Solla Solla Enna Perumai (by FouFromage) I stumbled across this a few years ago, and then completely forgot it existed until I started aimlessly perusing my Facebook timeline (still not necessarily a fan of that, but I’ll get over it). Dude’s got moves, no question. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

Song of the Day: Pogo – Jaaam (The Fresh Prince Remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=a4NCnH7RPZY Jaaam (The Fresh Prince Remix) (by Pogo) Pogo’s remixes of movies and TV series are consistently wonderful, in a feel-good pop-culture-savvy Lemon Jelly sort of way. I would recommend going through his full catalogue if you have a few minutes to spare. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

Twisted and Amazing Short of the Day: The Pig Farmer

The Pig Farmer (by Nick Cross) A twisted but utterly engrossing Canadian animated short. Nick’s about 10 minutes into making a feature. It might take a few years before it comes to fruition, but it’s worth getting excited for. (Source: http://player.vimeo.com/)

Song of the Day: Spiritualized – Don’t Just Do Something

http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=AS_3g3-I9CM Song of the Day: Spiritualized – Don’t Just Do Something Keep this in your pocket for when you need a song to justify your inaction. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

A Baraka for ’80s nostalgia

Here is that nostalgia you ordered. Don’t worry, there is more than enough to go around. Skinemax (by Smash TV) (Source: http://player.vimeo.com/)

Hitchcock digs death

curiosity counts – Death scenes from 36 of Alfred Hitchcock’s movies,… (Source: http://curiositycounts.com/)