tenor saw, skateland, mmmassive

Some of the best videos on YouTube are the few floating around of these old early dancehall parties in Kingston Jamaica. And my favorite of all those is the mmmmmmassive rrrankin'est skankin'est a'dem all, Tenor Saw. takin it live n direct at Skateland. with Nicodemus and others. ere dis:



n more where dat a'come:
YouTube, search Skateland (ignore the skating videos)

By the way, if you don't know the tragic story of Tenor Saw its time ta lern aboooot eeet:
Tenor Saw, aka Clive Bright [wikipedia]
huge reggae sensation in Jamaica, finally came to the US, was sure to make it big, got hit by a car and died in Texas. as if we needed another reason to hate Texas.

to prove to move in my own way

great live version of Fiona Apple's amazing "Extraordinary Machine" -- which maybe possibly just might feel like my theme song these days.

folk off

Its Friday ... that means its time for another YouTune ... this one is pretty fascinating ... One of apparently only two surviving video recordings of Woodie Guthrie performing. Sit through the long talking-heads intro for a pretty great little song. "That'll be the death of me." amen.



(ps -- and here is what the poster claims to be the only other video of Guthrie. again, sit through the annoying intro. amazing.)

The Slits vs. Takako Minekawa

I love how these two songs go together in some bizarre way.

Early reggae-punk OG grrl-power group The Slits and contemporary Japanese cutesy rocker Takako Minekawa who's music (like the latest wave of Web 2.0 startups created just to be bought by google) is perfectly suited for the next Sofia Coppola project. enjoy.

waltz for debby

The first installment of my YouTunes posts ...

I absolutely love Bill Evans. And this is probably my all-time 2nd favorite of his songs. So I was so happy to come across this old video. Check out Bill employing his fancy finger work and his characteristic slouch -- which the bassist does a pretty good job of imitating on and off throughout. oh man its so good.