Random Notes – 02/20/09

20 Feb

- Despite loving the Pet Shop Boys performance/tribute at the Brit Awards this week, my choice for favorite performance hands down goes to the Ting Tings and Estelle for their mash-up of “Shut Up and Let Me Go”, “American Boy”, and “That’s Not My Name”.

As a consolation, though, check out this grainy but still watchable version of PSB’s “Go West” from 15 years ago.

- In the “there might be justice yet” department, it looks like Apple might be helping PMN favorites Franz Ferdinand here in the US with a new iPhone commercial that utilizes “No You Girls”. Here’s a cool performance video of the track. If Feist, Yael Naim and the Ting Tings are the models, Franz Ferdinand should have a Top 40 hit in a couple of weeks.

- Inquiring minds apparently wanted to know more about the super secret (squirrel) mission last weekend. Well, I ended up back in San Francisco for another fun-filled weekend, including a midnight sing-along of Grease, complete with a drag re-enactment of “Summer Nights”. While both of our attempts to get cheap seats for Wicked failed miserably, I had a great time, and am looking forward to my next trip. Wonder when that’ll be…

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6 Responses to “Random Notes – 02/20/09”

  1. Nigel Tomm February 21, 2009 at 00:31 #

    I’m Nigel Tomm – thanks for cool music.

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  2. Paul February 21, 2009 at 03:47 #

    No Wicked? Oh no! But still singalongagrease is always fun :) And that franz song is wicked cool. I love it.

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  3. Poster Girl February 21, 2009 at 06:22 #

    Singalong Grease does sound pretty fantastic! San Francisco is always a great place to visit.

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  4. Yuri February 21, 2009 at 08:54 #

    Looks like somebody picked up on my secret squirrel code! Good for you. And you said “our” in there… are you not telling us something, SS? :P

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  5. rockymtranger March 1, 2009 at 07:57 #

    Paul, I have a feeling I’ll get back there again to see it.

    PG, it really is a wonderful town. The sing-along would have been more fun if I’d taken a nap. Damn, I’m old!

    Yuri, I’m just a squirrel tryin’ to get a nut.

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