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I know it’s been ages since I’ve last posted, but what can I say sometimes I’m taking procrastination to entirely new levels.
I’m sure I’ll eventually get around to writing something halfway interesting, in the meantime check out CNNs Podcasting and watch Stephen Colbert on Larry King Live. It’s even more awesome than you’d expect.
Insanely cool and we all know it. I’ve previously told you how much I like the Colbert Report so it doesn’t really come as a surprise that the Daily Show is also one of my favourite shows. And as I really enjoyed Stephen Colbert being interviewed at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government it was to be expected that I would enjoy Jon Stewart being interviewed by Bill Moyers. As much as I love those two shows on Comedy Central it is also rather nice to see Jon and Stephen talking about their work.
I think it’s something that I just enjoy in general; people talking about their work, be it comedians, writers or scientists, it’s really cool to get to find out more about their work, about how they do it, getting a sneak peak into their mind. Incidentally this is pretty much the only thing I liked about the documentary Fermat’s Last Theorem: mathematicians talking about their work, other than that there wasn’t much in that tv documentary (rather thin on the maths content side, but then again it’s supposed to be accessible – the book on the other hand was much better).
Anyway, sorry for the quick detour, back to what we were talking about; thank PBS and see Bill Moyers interviewing Jon Stewart here.
As I played plenty of newer song on Tuesday’s show I figured I’d post some of the videos of the songs I played.
Jamie T – Calm Down Dearest
Great song, very low budget video (at least it looks that way).
Grinderman – No Pussy Blues
I didn’t know Nick Cave had a side project. This and the next song are ideal for the upcoming Valentine’s Day.
Gym Class Heroes – Cupid’s Chokehold
What a song title.
Lily Allen – Alfie
The video is very much pop, just like the song (though the lyrics aren’t).
The Maccabees – First Love
The song’s all right, but the video is really neat.
The Fray – How to save a Life
Very cute.
The Feeling – Rosé
Even cuter.
The Noisettes – Sister Rosetta
Who said girls can’t rock?
The Brakes – Hold me in the River
For plenty more asskicking.
Built to Spill – Conventional Wisdom
An epic video by a great band.
These should be enough videos to keep you busy for a few minutes. I shall leave you with this great quote by Stephen Colbert:
I’ve always been a big fan of beauty. Sure you can’t judge a book by its cover but who wants to have sex with a book.
I think the Colbert Report is a fantastic show and I obviously watch as much of it as I can on Comedy Central’s webpage.
But I think it’s also great to see Stephen in a slightly different environment and as such I can only recommend to watch his performance at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
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