There’s a great article about Jon Brion in the new LA Weekly. You can read it here. If you’re not familiar with Jon Brion, he’s produced a variety of different artists, among them Kanye West, Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann and Elliott Smith. Brion has also scored many films, including “Punch-Drunk Love,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” and “I Heart Huckabees.” Basically he’s a musical genius. Here are some of my favorite songs of his:
Ruin My Day
The Boys Are Back in Town
Knock Yourself Out

Sorry about the lack of updates. I’ve been away in Southern California. A very strange place. I’m not sure I’m used to it yet.

Anyway, it was a good trip. I got to see a lot of friends and do some fun things. I stayed with Jordan and we ended up watching quite a few ytmnd videos. I had seen some before, but I had no idea what “ytmnd” stood for. Take a guess. “You’re the man now, dog.” That’s the inspirato. The line was spoken by Sean Connery in “Finding Forrester.” To hear Sean say it to a muppet typing, click this. We also got a lot of enjoyment out of Captain Picard’s art lesson.

And check out this video that J had a hand in crafting:

And here’s some songs I got off his computer that I’ve been enjoying:
Manitoba-Jacknuggeted
Nobody and Mystic Chords of Memory-When the End Meets the Beginning
The Cardigans-Iron Man
Sven Libaek-Music for Eels

Sparklehorse-Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd Cover)
This is from the credits of “Lords of Dogtown,” which I watched again the other night. The movie held up pretty well. There’s this feeling of sadness that permeates the whole film, which I didn’t remember. It’s very much about how that specific time has passed, and will never happen again.

Regina Spektor-Ode to Divorce
I like songs that include detailed information about teeth. This is one of those songs.

Feist-Mushaboom
I saw the video for this one awhile back, didn’t think much of it, then gave it a download and got totally hooked. The lyrics are straight up retarded (In the mean time we got hit hard/second floor living without a yard), but the chorus is like the sweetest thing I’ve ever heard. From about 2:02 on it’s pure honey in your ear. Checking my itunes reveals that I’ve listened to this song roughly 80 times in the past three months. I wish the rest of the songs on her album were as good as this one, but sadly that’s not the case.