Two, maybe three hot new videos for you

Here you are folks - Ben Harper's hot appearance on Letterman last week. I think some of the harmonies aren't the best yet and the live arrangement could use some tweaking, but the song's grown on me and when Ben screams his lungs out, I can't deny it - that's cool. it's what I really like about Ben - his unbridled, though overlooked rock tendencies. That and he's a great singer - especially when he switches it up live.

What do you folks think of the new RHCP? I used to really not like it, and the video's not very good at all. I do like the chorus and can deal with the verses - if I don't pay attention to it and kind of let it seep up unconsciously, I like it better.



Yeah - the whole video concept is really beneath them, but there have been few great videos from the Chili Peppers consistently. For every "Can't Stop", there's a "Californication".

And even though my girlfriend didn't like it, I'll post some Pearl Jam from SNL, since I really like new SNL and am slowly starting to like the new Pearl Jam stuff (I'm still really angry over "Riot Act" for the piece of crap that it was). Here's to one day loving it. The best part is one of my favorite drummers, Matt Cameron, and his terrific vocals. Mike McCready looks like he's having fun too. This is "Severed Hand" - their second performance of the night.



I could go on and post both videos from Sat. night or even some old school videos of PJ on SNL - but I must learn some sort of restraint.

Look for my review of the new Fiery Furnaces album soon - better than "Rehearsing the Choir" but a new entity for F.F. all its own.