Afrikan Boy: Lagos Town

Recently I've been digging this song. It includes my favorite rhyme in the history of ever, which is "1 2 3 4, 5 6 7 8, I'm great." Also the girl dancer is my life and fashion idol, I want to have her moves and her technicolor style. This dude, Afrikan Boy, is somehow affiliated with M.I.A. (I think he's on her label and toured with her). Can you tell? Yeah, it's pretty clear, but nevertheless, I like him, and he's adorable. My coworker is from Lagos, too, but she never sang me an adorable rap about it, so I'm less interested. Finally, check out his Obama t-shirt and then, check out this fact: I saw the President himself with my own two eyes on Saturday night!

Lions & Tigers & Bears, oh my!

WTF?!

I think I fall in the "this is not ok" camp.

via What Possessed Me, a funny funny blog.

NPR + Gaga = Awesome

I was hating on NPR the other day, because I love to hate and I was probably hungry and cranky, but I take it all back after watching this video. Thanks, Jess, for posting this for me to see!

D.A.N.C.E. by Justice

Seems like a good time to get your dance on.
Sweet video too.
I listen to hours and hours of this stuff at work.

I Can Do ANYTHING!!

On Today's Big Thing. I got this from a friend who says "I do this every morning." Not a bad idea, really. Also I'd kinda like her jammies.

Josh Ritter is the greatest

Last weekend I went to go see Josh Ritter for the first time in concert! After having two good friends totally obsessed/in love with him, and listening to Animal Years on repeat for weeks, I was still blown away by how great he is in concert. It was one of those rare moments that takes your emotions and melds them with those of a crowd and makes you forget your discomfort and all the petty stuff you were worrying about, transcendent in an experience.

Hedgehog in the Fog

My friend Claire is doing a project on Soviet children's books, and she sent me this incredible animation by 1970s Soviet illustrator Yuri Norstein. It's so good!
Also, Claire is super-smart. I hadn't looked at her blog in awhile, and wow, she is so cool. I think you forget, when you are having dinner with your cute friend and talking about boyfriends, that she speaks like 4 languages and is probably going to be a professor.