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November 11, 2008

Raconteurs go viral

From Old To Gold The Raconteurs, the retro-rocking band featuring Detroit cats Jack White and Brendan Benson, have started a little viral promotional campaign called From Old To Gold
It's a parody of PBS's popular Antique Roadshow. Here's the first video. I'm not quite sure where this is heading but...

Last Days In The White House

Before President Clinton left the White House in 1999, while enjoying his lame duck status, he made this short film for the White House press staff's traditional state dinner. 

November 02, 2008

David Byrne's Take On Cleveland

A couple of weeks back, David Byrne, did a show at Playhouse Square in support of his newest release in which he teamed up with Brian Eno. It's called Everything That Happens and will definitely be high on my end of year list. 
I'd heard that he stopped by Major Hoople, a bar on the edge of the flats with a spectacular view of the city, to catch the incendiary guitar work and crazed mind of Glenn Schwartz.  Well, Byrne wrote about this and more experiences in Cleveland in his blog. Don't forget to watch his clips of Schwartz. 

PS.  Hope that cabdriver gets fired.