This one's a video from WoW featuring an original song called "Big Blue Dress." Pretty cool.

Kevin Smith has re-launched his entertainment news site moviepoopshoot.com as Quick Stop Entertainment. So far there's a lot of great content up there. Check out this little promo Kevin and Mewes made for the site:

And don't forget, Clerks 2 hits theaters on July 21st.

Sometimes when I’m watching TV and I see a commercial for the latest network sitcom or reality show, I think, "There are scores of highly talented, unemployed writers and actors in this country; why are we still subjected to this garbage?" But I already know the answer: Ratings. Network television is paid for mostly by advertising, which means their profits are in direct correlation with the number of viewers their programs have. And the way to attract the greatest number of viewers possible is to appeal to the lowest common denominator, which translates into: garbage.

A few years ago, when HBO had several popular and critically-acclaimed series (The Sopranos, Sex & The City, Six Feet Under, etc) I heard an interviewer ask someone at HBO how they were able to come up with so many great programs. I was surprised to hear the person say it’s because it doesn't matter how many people watch the shows. HBO has no commercials, so they make all of their money through subscriptions (the complete opposite of network television). They way they get people to sign up is by generating buzz through positive reviews, so their shows’ success actually depends on what the critics think, rather than the number of people who actually watch.

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Lately I've been listening to Danielson (aka The Danielson Famile, aka Tri-Danielson), which is a loose, constantly shifting musical group led by Daniel Smith (aka Brother Danielson). I first heard about them in connection with their sometimes collaborator, Sufjan Stevens. Like Sufjan, Danielson makes quirky, eclectic Christian folk music. While Br. Danielson's falsetto singing voice takes some getting used to, the music is very interesting.

The group recently released the album Ships, which I took to almost immediately. The song "Did I Step On Your Trumpet?" is extremely catchy, and is probably my favorite song of 2006 (so far). When I first listened to it with Erika, its joyous melody inspired us to dance around the house. We were still singing the song hours later.

As luck would have it, you can now download "Did I Step On Your Trumpet?" for free at Danielson's official website (for some reason, b2evolution isn't letting me just make a link, so here's the whole url: http://www.danielson.info/site/index.php/ships). If you want to know more about this Br. Danielson guy, read this very entertaining interview.