Hot time, Summer in the city

This is only a half-truth. I actually can't hear you over the oven-like sounds of 99-degree plus weather in Philadelphia, which makes my life feel a lot like the following clip:

Just replace "Tommy" with "National Weather Service" and "best chance to hook up with this girl" with "best chance to not die a terrible, fiery death" and you get the picture. But this post is not about the hard of hearing or the tired of sweating, friends. It's about the fond of seeing, whether they be slightly sightly or blightly unsightly.

Someone sent me a fantastic collection of famous film scenes done using only typography (make sure to check out "Ocean's Eleven" and "Psycho" as well).

Also and additionally, check out Vampire Weekend's video for "A Punk" -- an excellent song from an excellent album, rounded out nicely with an excellent video:

I also got to see James Hunter again on Tuesday night, a treat that I missed at last summer's XPoNential Music Fest because of rain that never appeared. He was still in fine form, did a killer rendition of "Riot in My Heart" with weird key changes, and some sort of bizarre calesthetic acrobatics with his guitar. The new record isn't as immediately engaging as People Gonna Talk, but he does get a face-melting guitar moment or two, especially on "Don't Do Me No Favors."
Check out this video of "Don't Do It" from the first time I saw him at the TLA two years ago: