Am I Blog Enough For You?

I love You Tube a whole bunch. I was reading the WFMU blog as is my wont, and it made mention of an Aldo Nova video. (The blog, not my wont.) Watch along with me!!!!!!!!11oneone.

First I watched Fantasy by Aldo Nova. I remember watching this on MTV on the summer between my sophomore and junior year. Canadians dressed like leopards! Les Pauls with lasers! And the song hasn’t even started yet, as the WFMU blog pointed out.

Then I wondered what other music videos are available. I couldn’t find the Neil Young/Devo version of Hey Hey My My, though I have the mp3.

I found a ton of Blankey Jet City videos. I watched this one:

I have to remember to show this to Stephanie. Ever since I took the guitars out of the office and put them in my closet, she has been bugging me to teach her how to play guitar. She wants to learn “Row row row your boat” she says. It didn’t help matters when I took her to a music store in San Mateo and found a 1/2 size pink Strat copy. She held it, and it was the cutest damn thing I ever saw. I would have bought it on the spot but I know that she is far too young to know the psychic weight of having an unplayed guitar in the house. But even if she just Elvised it around the house for a while, it would have been cool.

I picture her playing surf instrumentals or some kind of surf-punk, so obviously she would need a guitar with a tremolo bar. Either way I have to show this video to Steph.

Then I looked for Ajico. This has the singer named UA and the guitarist from Blankey Jet City and a drummer and bassist I don’t recognize. (Japanned in Japan turned me on to both these bands by the way. And maybe Aldo Nova, too. I can’t remember that far back.) Three things I love about this video: (1) It’s all dramatic but I have no idea what they are on about, (2) the green lasers in the background, (3) UA is wearing what looks like an Ajico tour t-shirt.

I went for broke and looked for Asa Chang and Jun Ray’s Hana. I reviewed the album for the station, and this song just blew my mind because it was so great. I watched the video on a little, tiny embedded window on a web page back then. But now it is the future and I can watch it full screen. And watch it again.

Here’s another Asa Chang and Jun Ray video. It’s the Japanese Hey Mickey:

By the way if you look for Hey Mickey you will find some strange videos. The Disney ones were baffling until I realized it was about Mickey Mouse.