Video Time

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Not your standard music video this, but still worth a link. Sadly I've not been able to figure out how to embed it either, but if you click on THIS LINK, you can see the trailer for the new Soulwax documentary, 'Part Of The Weekend Never Dies'. It's beautifully shot and it looks like it captures the crowd euphoria of a Soulwax DJ-set perfectly.

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Whilst I'm here, I sent a couple of Poptimists a link to this on last.fm, but not to everyone.

This is the video to Be Your Own Pet's 'Becky'. The song was one of three tracks removed from the US edition of the album for being "too violent". I happen to quite like it. It sounds like 'The Locomotion'. The lyrics are pretty scary, but at the same time, sung fairly tongue-in-cheek. I haven't actually watched the video, just heard the song, so I can't guarantee that this won't be NSFW - proceed with caution.

Hitz from Finland vol. 9

[credoimprobus]

Just a quick one this week, to highlight a brand spanking new single:

Chisu broke through massively earlier in the year with previous single Mun koti ei oo täällä; although I do in general like that one well enough, it's a bit too OTT with the melodrama to have really grabbed me. Her new single, though -- omg, her new single.

The heart-monitor synth blips! The Kate Bush-esque vocal swoops! The sheer ethereality of the whole thing. I wouldn't have considered buying her album off the first single, but after hearing this one...seriously thinking about it now.

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Also, in a brief hark-back to a previous volume, Stella's latest single now has a video!:

Not a grower

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

What is the accepted term for the opposite of a "grower"? "Shrinker" sounds stupid somehow.

This is in reference to a major 2008 pop release :(