THIS WIND IS BLOWIN' MY MIND


Happy new year! 2009 has kicked off with all sorts of happy. The British/LA invasion proved to be just what the doctor ordered. (Well okay - the invasion, plus VH1 Classic's 2009 for 2009, and maybe a lil bit o' vodka). (And also maybe a stop at the Continental of all places - proof positive that if you've got the right group of friends, ANY bar in Manhattan, regardless of college-kid-to-douchebag ratio, can be hilarious).

I must begin by saying that I am in no way affiliated with VH1 Classic (though if someone reading this is, by all means hook a sista up with a gig). Fucking hell, it is the BEST. The 2009 for 2009 video marathon, while boring in theory, has been AMAZING (Fran, Alex, Gurj, please testify). It's like radio, but with squeal-inducing visual accompaniment. Almost every video is a pleasant surprise - either because its existence was previously unknown, or because of the sheer audaciousness of style and production value, or because the resulting group sing-alongs remind me that I'm not the only one of my friends with tool-icious taste in music.

Have you ever seen the video for "Gypsy" by Fleetwood Mac??? It's from the early days of music video television (ie, 1982, when MTV (and I) was a whopping one year old), therefore it falls into the first of the three aforementioned categories. It's one of my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs, but I had NO idea there was a fantastical video that went along with it. Behold - Stevie Nicks in assorted period costumes. Stevie Nicks in ultimate feather-haired glory. And interpretive dancing.



But that's not even the best. The best is something words cannot describe. A) I had never heard a thing about the following band in my life. B) I had never laughed so fucking hard at/loved every minute of a mini-movie of imagination (except for maybe the Robert Plant fantasy sequence in Song Remains the Same). Please, PLEASE, for the sake of your new year being happy, WATCH THIS VIDEO:



Okay, now we can be friends. I've got a lot more on my mind (ie, wondering if Rob Halford and Freddie Mercury ever hooked up) but it's time to get back to applying to various jobs that I'll never hear back from. I love unemployment..... not.

You know what I do love though? ROCK OF LOVE BUS!!!!!!!!


Oh, Swimsuit. So sad to see you go.