Also, David Furst, the long-time host recently announced that he is leaving the show to move on to different things.  Many thanks to David for having us on the show.  He is a cool dude.

Please keep in mind that the whole project was a bit rushed and my final version didn’t make it Mr. Lind before the pilot was created, but there is a slightly less rough version that will accompany the final product when it makes it’s big debut.

Anyway, thanks to Seth for thinking of me and let us raise a glass and hope that “Told” is a runaway television success the likes of which we’ve never before imagined possible (I’m thinking The Simpsons & Leave It To Beaver status).

Anyway, here is a clip of the clip of the show as we found it on Youtube.  Because I love you, I edited it down to include none of the actual show itself, because…..wow…..to be diplomatic….in watching a 30 second clip, I discovered that it is not a terribly thought-provoking show (understatement…..understatement).

Oh and in all seriousness, many thank-you’s to “Todd” and “Todd’s wife” for the heads up.

“Washington, D.C. native Mike Boggs makes music everyone can enjoy. And he does it all by himself.

Wielding nothing more than a computer and a few microphones, Boggs, under the moniker We Were Pirates, constructs perfect pop gems, songs that blend together real instruments with blankets of electronic noise. And did I mention that he plays everything himself?

“Nervous,” a stand-out track from his 2007 EP The Wolf, is a beautiful tapestry of subdued guitar work and electronic percussion flourishes, on which Boggs’ ethereal voice dances wildly. “And as we watch the world below us start to fade/I know that everything will be OK,” he sings in the chorus, his voice both vulnerable and aching.

The song demonstrates one of We Were Pirates’ biggest strengths: the ability to create heartfelt, dramatic music out of familiar components. No one will ever accuse Boggs of breaking any musical barriers – his voice is a dead-ringer for Ben Gibbard’s, and his music veers remarkably close to the sadcore niche that Death Cab for Cutie has carved out for itself – but with songs this good, it doesn’t matter. “Nervous” is catchy, well-written and warm, labels made all the more impressive when one considers that every sound is crafted by Boggs himself. In other words, the future looks very, very bright for Mike Boggs, Death Cab be damned.

And did I mention that he plays every instrument himself? Even Ben Gibbard can’t do that.”

Oh and here is an article from Martin at DCist all about it.  Thanks!

Oh, and I got word that the season finale will also feature a clip from “Don’t Forget.”  So, check that out.  I promise you can’t contract an STD just from watching a television show….even if it is The Real World.

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BEST:

Animal Collective: “My Girls”

Watch the video HERE

Isn’t much that I feel I need
a solid soul and the blood I bleed
With a little girl, and by my spouse
I only want a proper house

There isn’t much that I feel I need:
a solid soul and the blood I bleed.
But with a little girl, and by my spouse
I only want a proper house

I don’t care for fancy things
Or to take part in a pressured race.
But to provide for them when they ask
I will, with heart, on my father’s grave

On my father’s grave

I don’t mean
To seem like I care about material things,
Like our social status,
I just want
Four walls and adobe slabs
For my girls

AND

David Bazan: “Please, Baby, Please”

Listen HERE

When I woke up the next morning,
You looked right through me
Through your eyes crying,
I could finally see

They said, “please baby please”

When I called you from Atlanta,
You refused to speak
Not three days sober,
Begging for a drink

And I said, “please baby please”

Those two pairs of big blue eyes
Stare me down, watching me fall
But what makes a man realize
That he’s about to lose it all?

Sunrise at the county lock-up
Now our baby’s twenty-three
She was out late drinking,
Killed a mother of three

She said, “please daddy please”

and now for THE WORST:

The Black Eyed Peas: “I’ve Gotta Feeling”

This song is easily as bad as the other two are good.  And if you’re unsold on this being the worst song of 2009 and possibly of all time, please feel free to read the lyrics here.