Friday Tunes

It's been another long week for me. If you're expecting a coherent discussion of music, it ain't happenin' this week either. That's the bad news. The good news is I'm taking a week of vacation next week. Any of y'all interested in some long ass daytime rides, drop me a line. Next week's big project is Deeee-compression. LSD, eatin' Clif bars in the saddle, and goin' "damn, that's a pretty bit of landscape right there." My bike's my lifeline, my rides bring peace.


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First, you guys remember OK Go? They were that pop band that did the video with the treadmills. What, you don't remember this? What, were you drunk for all of 2005? It's this one. With 2.6 million page views. They did that video because they didn't have the money to do a big budget video. So what do they do when they come up with a new song, and a big budget to make a video? Um, this.



Actually, the official video for it is wayyyy cheesier than the Rube Goldberg machine. And the Rube Goldberg machine is cheesier than Velveeta. I really like OK Go's sensibilities. Does that video remind you of anything?



Now, some videos don't remind me of anything. Black Eyed Peas "My Humps," for instance. What a piece of trash. It's a three minute slice of life explaining why our culture is falling apart. God help me, but I really like it.




Hey, guess what's going to drop in a couple weeks... how's the Black Keys new album strike you?



I'm looking forward to that. Going to be hitting iTunes on May 10th or so when that's released. Now for something totally different - Wu Tang clan reminds mountain bikers that core strength and spinal flexibility is important, in Protect Your Neck. At least that's the message I take from it.



They also remind us that when getting one's party on, it is important to bring one's own ruckus. Lotta good chop socky in this one. (NSFW lyrics. Really NSFW lyrics).



In honor of the Stanley Cup playoffs being underway, I guess I should have a good hockey song for you. I'm not a Bruins fan, but the Dropkick Murphys have one of the better hockey songs ever. So enjoy it.



I have to leave you with something mellow I guess. Here's one of my favorite very old songs by Louis Armstrong. He was kind of the Un-Dirty Old Bastard. On the whole, I like him better than ODB, but I wouldn't want to live life without the both of them.




Good luck at the Bakers Dozen, y'all.