NYC, 1981

Is this a trailer? A short? An extract? Not sure, but it's really well done.

Peter Griffin Goes To New York Comic Con

Right, it's been a nice break, time to get back to business. As I hinted at briefly earlier, I'm changing things up a bit around here. Once upon a time I posted lots of crazy random stuff, and since I keep running across more said random stuff, I figure I'll start posting it again. No more pre-programmed  three-hit song days, all random, all the time. Let's kick this off.

Meet Robert Franzese. This dude is awesome.

Bill Callahan - Small Plane

Well, since we're already down here, may'sll go a little further. South we go, to New York! If you haven't heard of Bill before, you can thank me later. He's great. Really great.

Shad & Skratch Bastid - Outta My Head

There isn't an official video for this one, or any of the tracks from that great EP that these two did together, which is really a shame since it's a great disc. So here's a random video of some dude's afternoon walking around New York. It'll have to do.

Puddles Pity Party - Lonely Guy

You might recognize this clown from that Lorde cover that's been making the rounds. Seems like this is the new way to break into the music industry, find a great song and re-interpret it and hope you go viral. Fair enough I suppose, it's a little old but it's a tried and tested formula so why not.

Anyway if you happen to see a 7 foot tall guy walking around in a clown suit around New York, chances are it's Puddles and you should ask him for a song. Like this Dexter Romweber classic!

The Cinematic Orchestra - Manhatta

This is actually a soundtrack for the 1921 short silent film by Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand. Gotta say they did a fantastic job. Watch the whole thing, it's worth the eleven minutes. 

NOTE: For some stupid reason the film company has taken this video down. Hopefully it'll be back up shortly, I'll repost it when it is.