It's an all video Music Monday. I think you will enjoy these.
First, Coldplay's new Sigur Ros-ish video to "Violet Hill"...
Justice's Cross album is often fun and full of cool vibe. The song "Stress" is full of stress (go figure). This video illustrates the intent of the song in stunning fashion. WARNING: Not for young, impressionable future ruffians or people who don't appreciate an occasional middle finger.
UPDATE: Congratulations to the Thorns on the birth of Madeline Ember Thorn, a 5.4 lb hottie born this afternoon. My wife is known for her huge babies, nearly doubling the size of Madeline with all of them. We always wanted to hold one of our own this small. Wonderful. Congrats Jen and Joe. More at Joe's blog, Twitter, and Flickr.
Good to hang for a couple of hours with Darryl Dash of DashHouse last night. He is in a city just north of me for a conference and decided to look me up, so we found some time for coffee. Great guy.
Molly and I saw The Avett Brothers on Saturday night. What an amazing show! High energy. We were bouncing and dancing and screaming and singing. I was fortunate to have a voice on Sunday morning. And though we were in Milwaukee for the concert we were still in bed by 12:30am, which is a typical time for me to get to sleep before preaching.
If you don't know The Avett Brothers, shame on you. Seriously. I've worked hard to introduce them to you on this blog. For all you who are slow to catch on, here...
By the way, the opening act was Jessica Lea Mayfield (MySpace). Outstanding. Blew us away. (That was her in an above Avett video.) Her only recording is her White Lies EP that seems impossible to find apart from going to the concert or ordering from her website. It's not on iTunes. I picked it up at the concert. Her stuff is alt/country, her recordings are very acoustic, her concert added a deep level of power and mystery. Holy cow. Also check out David Mayfield's stuff, Jessica's brother, who was her bassist and a fun stage presence.
This is the best video I could find of Jessica. It's cluttered at the beginning with crap, but get through it and you will be rewarded. By the way, this is the song from the second Avett video above. They covered her song.
WARNING: Some unbaptistlike content to come. Some of you won't like this.
Jessica sings a song called "Bible Days" which was outstanding in concert. Here is a stripped down version and a pretty good recording. I love when the world helps me know how they think. Listening is such a great tool.
My wife is a more than just a totally hot babe, she is also an amazing Mother. We spent time driving in the van today and I had the kids take turns saying why they think their Mom is so great. Their answers were great, but they barely scratched the surface explaining the many ways my wife is a Mother worthy of admiration and honor. I love you Molly.
Our kids were really wanting a donut, so we obliged. I really don't like sweets very much, but that Chocolate Kreme really hit the spot. The second photo is of Elijah at his Little League "Pitch, Hit, and Run" competition. Yeah, that's the "Run" part. See all my photography.
There are several clips of Portishead's new stuff, but none are great quality video. So to introduce you to Portishead's trip-hoppy goodness, here's "Roads" from a live 2006 show...
"Go Cubs Go!" is the song played at Wrigley Field after a win. My kids and I sing along. Here's a fan video...
You heard me. McDonalds is Chick-fil-A for notherners who can't get Chick-fil-A's delectable chicken sandwich up here. You should try the new Southern Style Chicken Sandwich at Micky D's, or the chicken biscuit in the morning. It's not Chick-fil-A, but it's the closest thing we've got. And it's pretty doggone good.
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