John Stamos tweeted today that he is in Low's new video for their beautiful and awesome song "Try To Sleep."  I watched it, then watched it again and realize if you listen closely to the words that no other filming of the song could have done it such justice.

The video is so bittersweet and makes you realize that Stamos, just by using his facial expressions, is a far better actor than I ever imagined during his "Full House" days.

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The ending truly captures how deeply sad it is to wake from a world that was never real, no matter how much it seemed so.

  


On her new EP Beth Ditto sounds a lot like Madonna, circa 1983/84.  And on the song "I Wrote the Book" she really reminds me of the Material Girl.

 iTunes is currently offering the single for free so check it out. Meanwhile, here is the video:

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Disco and Depeche Mode with a little LCD thrown in...

I'm definitely not complaining, but lately it seems everything new is old again..."old" somewhere between The Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode in all their glorious 80s sound.

On their self-titled album (just released today on Amazon's MP3 store) Holy Ghost sound like they've come to town just to party, even if there is a little bit of anger and angst thrown in the mix, with some LCD Soundsystem for good measure.

All of the tracks sound pretty darn good to me, but the best one (and what would  probably be the most sizzling on the dancefloor) is "Some Children." I couldn't believe it when I heard Michael McDonald's voice join in, but he sounds very hip here and his always soulful sound is most certainly welcome!

Well, that it's for now...Holy Ghost is too good not to get up and dance to! The opening track "Do It Again" is exactly what you'll want to do when you've finished listening the first time.

"Hypoxia"



The April issue of Rock Sound has a sampler with the most beautiful, haunting and hurting song I've heard in ages...it's called "Hypoxia" and the chills it sent down my spine the first time I listened continued when I hit repeat immediately after it was over.

This is amazing stuff, overwhelming and gorgeous. And totally worth the outrageous $9.99 you pay for the magazine...or the much cheaper 99 cents if you buy it off of Amazon's MP3 store!:)

Hypoxia itself is, according to Wikipedia, "a pathological condition in which the body as a whole (generalized hypoxia) or a region of the body (tissue hypoxia) is deprived of adequate oxygen supply."

Rock Sound says that Thomas Giles sounds like a "less schizophrenic Muse tempered by French electro wizards Air." Amen to that!!

I'm mesmerized and floored at the same time...can't wait to hear more!!

Well, when you put it THAT way...

The next time you find yourself head over heels and near insane for someone just pick up this book and start reading it. The realist part in the title is by no means exaggerated.

You may even feel quite foolish for what the writer calls, at times throughout the book, nothing more than "hallucinations." I'm still reading so I can't give a complete review, but let's just say: ouch, do I feel stupid!

The absurdity of romantic love and how much pain we put ourselves through over it comes to light here in a way I've never seen before. As Anouchka Grose writes, "love is just mad."