Fork in the Road almost certainly is unique among videos made by superstars. If you haven’t seen it, check it out. I’m not sure what the back story is of Young’s walk-on (at 3:20) during Pearl Jam’s performance of Rockin in the Free World in Toronto on Sept. 11 of...
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Classy for the weekend. The go-to piece for cartoons and TV commercials.
Modest Mouse – Dashboard from Jenny Ko on Vimeo. Dashboard is sort of the dream you would have after having a spicy meal, reading a bit of Moby Dick and watching an episode or two of The Deadliest Catch. It’s a great song and video. Other songs from this sea-loving band are...
A list of Duke Ellington songs is like a list of those from the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Bob Dylan and a few others. The song are so familiar and deeply connected to the culture that in a way they don’t even belong to the artist any longer. They are part of the bigger soundtrack...
In 1999, Ry Cooder coaxed several Cuban musicians out of retirement to record an album. The project was filmed by Cooder’s friend Wim Wenders (the director of Wings of Desire). The players ended up performing as The Buena Vista Social Club in Amsterdam and at Carnegie Hall in New...