both monstrously cute, and not overwhelmingly so

If you have wandered over to the kitchen and glimpsed Liz and I grinning maniacally, seemingly in cute overload, here’s why: indie darling Feist has adapted her hit “1234” for Sesame Street, converting a song about rejection and heartbreak into a ditty that celebrates counting. Yes, counting to the number four. Somehow this is both monstrously cute, and not overwhelmingly so.

Feeling light on commentary/content today, so here’s an internet recommendation: Garfield minus Garfield. When Garfield himself is removed from Garfield comic strips the result is a surprisingly stark portrait of loneliness and isolation in our post-modern society. Hilarity ensues.

Summer Anthem: We were never going to make it through the summer without hitting on some Brazilian songs. I mean, Rio is hot year-round. And Brazilian songs (and cocktails) are so good, it’s hard not to dance to them (it remains easy not to dance to them well.) Check out these joyful folks: Novos Baianos.

Summer Anthem: I bet a lot of you read this on blackberry and never click on my meticulously well-chosen hyperlinks. I may need to find a way to better package these songs so that you all can hear what I’ve been prattling on about. Until then, for those of you that do click, here’s Curtis Mayfield’s Move On Up, totes an awesome song to go running to. Also, to write Carly’s Corner to.