Posts By: Jessi

So I was trying to help people with their Internet problems today and, well, despite everyone’s best efforts, some of us just got on each others’ nerves a bit. I got a bit of a headache. Riding my bike home, this dry wind was blowing dry bits of leaves around and behind my glasses and… Read more »

I adore music videos that tell a story. Bonus points for fairytale elements. And super bonus points for exhortations to love our fellow humans. Looks like Eugene Francis Jnr is a winner! Video below the fold, and here’s an mp3 Eugene has made available: Eugene Francis Jnr: Kites Eugene Francis Jnr on MySpace

The Shins make me grin wide and scratch my befuddled head at the same time. What do these lyrics mean? Frozen into coats, White girls of the North, Fire past one, fire the one, They are the fabled lambs, A Sunday ham, The ancient snow. I still don’t know exactly what the whole song is… Read more »

Why I like it, a lot: Even though all the songs basically sound the same, they still manage to be catchy. I like their vocal harmonies. It probably helps that they are twins. The perspective they communicate on heartbreak: painful honesty, taking responsibility for your own feelings. I think of it as a kind of… Read more »