Labor Day Break: Florence & The Machine "Dog Days Are Over"

From Colbert report:

Pomplamoose Does Angry Bird Theme

Totally and I mean trivial: 

Google Music Beta Arrives

Google has followed Amazon by launching its own cloud-based music service, although in proud Google tradition it is a "beta" release by invitation only -- exclusive to you and a million of our closest nerd friends. To request an invitation, click here , for info click here.

Condoleezza Rice In Mozart Duel with Jack Donaghy

Art immitates ... the recursion makes my head ache. 

Thinking of Egypt ... Or Closer to Home

Apropos the military crackdown this week in Tahrir Square, or for that matter, "compromise" on the US budget and revolving door between the White House and Wall Street. 

Amazon Beats Apple to the Cloud

Amazon beat Apple and Google to the punch by quietly launching its Cloud Drive with music service today.  

Rocker Phil Collins on Aging

Amusing, to  me at least, aside from an interview with aging rocker Phil Collins, ex-Genesis: 

Chesnutt's Death Highlights Need for Healthcare Reform

The Christmas day suicide of Vic Chesnutt, reportedly despondent over healthcare bills he couldn't pay and operations he could not afford, came one day after the Senate vote to create universal healthcare, highlighting the failings of America's for-profit healthcare system. 

Watch Elvis Costello's Sulfur to Sugarcane

The prolific and chameleon Elvis Costello is back with a new album, Secret, Profane and Sugarcane, this one all acoustic. 

It's worth a listen. His site is streaming some selections while we wait for the album to ship. 

Here's a video sample of the single Sulphur to Sugarcane, with some lyrics and commentary below the video:

Max Raabe: Send Up Music Vids

Max Raabe somehow re-creates 20's-style megaphone vocals without a megaphone, backed by tuxedo-clad big bands, in great send ups of pop hits, here of Tom Jones' infamous "Sex Bomb".