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The Funk: Ben Lee

I’m not going to lie, a lot of the time when I write about music it’s just because I want to write about music. And in this strike era, I don’t have a lot else going on.

However, this new Ben Lee video is totally appropriate for a TV blog. First of all, it’s a music video that you could probably see on MTV. Second of all, the song is called American Television (<—TV!) and the video has all sorts of 80s TV references. Third of all, Ben Lee dated Claire Danes from My So-Called Life for a long time. Fourth of all, and most importantly, the video stars Lee and Tiffani Theissen.

For those of you who don’t know him, Ben Lee is an Australian singer-songwriter who has been around forever. He got his start in a band called Noise Addict when he was just a teenager. He was heralded as a little rock and roll prodigy.

For the record, my favorite song of his is Cigarettes Will Kill You (check out the video here). But, for now, take a look at the new one.

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National Anticlimax Day 2008

tafty.jpgI’m just going to say it — Super Tuesday was a snooze. It’s more like Snooze-per Tuesday. That’s catchy, right?

Shut up.

I watched CNN for a few hours before deciding to cut my losses. Here are some of my reflections on the coverage.

  • Did you see Mike Huckabee when he had his back to the camera? No hair! Bald like a baby! Not that I’m judging — I’m due to go completely bald sometime next month — but I just had no idea. He must be intricately coiffed before every single appearance.
  • John King is a mesmerizing man to look at. Not in a swoony, dreamy way necessarily. But he just has this bone structure that looks like he should be a GI Joe villain and his eyes were all multiple layers of blue. Like he has seventeen irises.
  • No matter how many times Wolf Blitzer calls his crew “the best political team on television,” no one is just going to take him at face value.
  • It was really weird to hear things like “North Dakota will be carried by Barack Obama.”
  • This was a lot of hoopla for a day that really decided nothing.

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The More You Know: Chocolate and orange edition

The world’s most delicious combination.

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