Viral Video

This is the Volkswagen Superbowl commercial from two years ago. It has over 56 million views in the two years it has been up. I would say this video went viral because it has very high stickiness, very memorable and also very relatable.

Heard this song at work the other day and have had it stuck in my head since. Dusty Springfield recorded the original that has been featured in tons of TV and movies including Reservoir Dogs. The opening lick is also famously looped for the Cypress Hill  track "Hits from the Bong." Overall it is a classic track. Love it.  Great album cover also.

Best Song Oscars

With the Oscars happening recently I went and checked who won and it got me looking at previous winners of the Best Song category. This is from Crazy Heart in 2007 and Bingham won for writing and performing this song. I'm no much of a country fan but this is a beautiful song.

Festivals

All of the big summer festivals are putting lineups online and it is starting to get me pretty excited. Their are a couple of artists that are going through the festival scenes this summer. If I can go to one, and that is a big "if", I'm really not sure which I would choose. Bonaroo has Paul McCartney this year which is pretty fucking awesome, clearly a once in a lifetime show. But I have already mad the trip to Tennessee, as well as Alabama for Hangout, so I think I would want to try a new one. Wanee is always a good thought. It's close and you can never go wrong with the Allman Brothers, plus God knows how much longer they might be around. But who knows maybe this will just have to be a break year for me, though I sure hope it's not.

Favorite Restaurant

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New Orleans Jazz Festival

I have recently found out I may be able to go to the New Orleans Jazz Festival at the end of April. It is not for sure yet but I am getting pretty excited after checking out who will be there. The lineup is of course stacked with great artists from all different genres. The night I would be going has Dave Matthews Band (my personal favorite), Earth Wind, And Fire, and B.B. King. The festival is split up over two weekend from the end of April to the beginning of May. To see the rest of the lineup I'm leaving it right here http://lineup.nojazzfest.com/

BLSH Show

This is my buddy Jeff and I at the Bright Light Social Hour show at the Social in Orlando in December. We were in the very front row. The guitarist Curtis was right in front of us the whole time and was amazing.   

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The Bright Light Social Hour is band the really crosses genres. All bands try t not categrize themselves but BLSH really covers it all. From psychedelic techno to straight dirty blues this quartet from Austin is the real deal. I saw them for the first time in Orlando a couple of weeks ago at the Social and they blew my mind. Check out this video of there's and their Facebook page.

Jim James, the front man for My Morning Jacket, has announced he is releasing a solo album and tour along with it. The album is entitled Regions of Light and Sound of God and will be in stores February 5th and the single is available for free download on his website http://jimjames.com/.

Jim James - Know Til Now