Typography-based videos (wait, come back!)

That new Jay-Z song I mentioned earlier this week now has a video... in which a portrait of Jay-Z is slowly created out of the letters that make up the word Brooklyn.

Jay-Z ft Santogold - Brooklyn Go Hard


In the realms of music videos that use typography, it is not as good as this fan effort for Ben Folds' Zak and Sarah:

Ben Folds - Zak and Sarah


But it's a vast improvement on Prince's Alphabet Street which, because Prince is a supreme douchebag, you can't watch online unless you go to this website. Here's a screenshot, anyway.

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Amazing x5

Here's a quintuple dose of awesome to kick off your weekend:

1) Alesha Dixon's new single
Through the medium of mambo, Alesha is reaching out to her two, distinct audiences - (a) People who mourn the passing of Mis-Teeq (b) People who only know her because of Strictly Come Dancing.

The Boy Does Nothing is the name of the song, and I can prove to you how amazing it is in just 20 seconds:



There's more on Alesha's MySpace.

2) Ninja Cat is comin' to getcha



3) Ben Folds Five and Regina Spektor
My two favourite people who sit behind a piano and sing at the same time have sat behind two pianos and sung at the same time as each other. Result = Brilliance.

Ben Folds - You Don't Know Me (feat Regina Spektor


4) Barack Obama visits the West Wing
Aaron Sorkin takes time out from writing a movie about Facebook (the mind boggles) to imagine what advice The West Wing's Jed Bartlett would give the current Democratic Presidential Candidate.

:: Jed & Barack [New York Times] Warning: Socks will be blown off.

5) A Girls Aloud video with a budget in excess of £2.50

Girls Aloud - The Promise


Trivia: I interviewed Kimberley yesterday. She was tired, but very polite.

The End.

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"Like a washing machine, I can wash the clothes"

You can't wave your hands in the motherfucking air these days, without some skinny white kid doing an 'ironic' cover of a hip-hop classic.



First we had to put up with Jamie Cullum's execrable "Frontin'", and now Ben Folds has released a download of Dr Dre's "Bitches Ain't Shit" on itunes.



Luckily, Folds manages to carry the whole thing off with a degree of panache. Possibly becuase he isn't a smug mop-haired twat with ADHD.



Even better news for Folds fans is that the "Whatever and Ever, Amen" album is being re-issued tomorrow with a whole host of extra tracks. You'll have to import it from the US, though, as there's no release date over here.

Ben Folds website

Amazon: Buy Whatever and Ever Amen

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