Wes Kelley

I signed up at Last.fm a good while ago and it dutifully records the music I’m listening to on a regular basis.  I looked at my account tonight and I saw the following rundown of the artists I listen to the most.  I’ll own up to this list.  While the order might move around a bit, this is a good list of many of my favorites.

1. Sting
2. New Order
3. Coldplay
4. The Cure
5. Depeche Mode
6. U2
7. The Beatles
8. Sarah McLachlan
9. The Shins
10. Dido
11. Jars of Clay
12. The Smiths
13. The Stone Roses
14. Peter Gabriel
15. XTC

It is nice to see some creativity still exists in the been-there-done-that music video business.  This video takes a simple concept and executes it well.  Granted, there is nothing new about stop motion (Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” is perhaps the best known example), but I really like this execution.  Oh yea, and the music is okay too.

[Via Leo Laporte]

Speaking of retro and cool, Dust Films had made a cover version of the classic Take On Me from the Norwegian powerhouse a-ha.  In this version, the lyrics have changed to match the unfolding drama in the groundbreaking music video.  Consider it reversed closed caption.

[Via Laughing Squid]

Here is another entry in what seems to be the beginning of a series of bizarre British contributions to this blog.  Enjoy the sweet sounds the of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain playing the theme from Shaft.  Can you dig it?

[Via RealDan]

There are many charts and graphs sprouting up on the Internet depicting our dire financial condition, but this one shows a unique correlation. Is our use of foreign oil tied to the lower quality of rock and roll music? Is the use of good ole’ US oil an important catalyst for our distinctly American form of music?  Or is it the other way around?

[Via Sourjayne]

I don’t know why some British guy wearing a wig and making strange sounds with his mouth is entertaining, but it is.