It's Raining McCain - Sweet Jeesus - Hallejulah!

Sad Clown No. 2 - Diminishing Returns

Sad Clown No. 1 - Mitt Romney

Vampire Weekend - A- Punk

Yes, 80's new wave, ska, punk lives on. Probably my favorite thing right now is this video. Thank you Vampire Weekend. Incidentally I have heard urban legend of jerks selling tix to their upcoming R&R Hotel concert on Craig's list for $125 well it's almost that good.

Edreys - I like it

Edreys

This guys looks like an up and comer. A little arrogant "I'm the best rapper in the world" shit, but nice hook I gotta say. The video is not bad too. Totally homemade which makes it that much more endearing, the playground dance scene is sweet.

Beirut Elephant Gun - Video

Over all I like the general theme used and the song is great (maps are always cool). Some of the modern dance seems a little pretentious at times and the use of fabric to portray water is a little knock off Alvin Ailey a la 1960.

Then end feels a little like " hey guys wanna be in our music video? just put on this elephant nose and wave your arms around like a schmuck"

Despite that on the whole it's a pretty great video.

This past week in the land of Matte

Sorry to be so slow with posts, it's a little difficult to get photos off of the camera and up on the web here.  

I managed to buy a bike about the third day here.  It's not much but it was cheap and works so I guess that is the main thing.  I took it to the Recoletta cemetery (As seen in the picture here) it a really interesting place lots of unbelievable  crypts  the larger ones resemble small churches more than anything else, Argentina's famous dictators wife 

Eva Peron is entombed there along with most of the rest of Buenos Aires other bigwigs. 

The big collapse in the economy has left Argentina with a really high unemployment rate so you see some really creative businesses out there trying to make ends meet, for example these knife sharpeners who were riding around my neighborhood.  They would stop and set up this crazy grinder wheel thing attached to the bike then "sharpen" knives.  Not the best quality knife sharpening but hey at least it was door to door I guess.   

People are unbelievably nice and patient here with my Spanish which is very much lacking.