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Happy Birthday to David Byrne.  He is 58 years old today.  Here’s an old video of him being interviewed by several characters played by himself.

Enough talk.  Here’s some music.

Capsula flew in from Spain last March to do a show in NYC and then several sets at SXSW. Here’s one of the four videos up on YouTube from their performance at the KEXP day stage.

If you liked that, then you’ll like all the other ones too. Watch them all: here, here, and here.

And to close tonight’s set, here’s Paul Westerberg.

Today is Elvis Presley’s 75th birthday.  Celebrate by watching a few videos.

Start with the man himself.

Followed by the Mexican Elvis.

El Vez Suspicious Minds

Followed by Seattle resident Vince Mira, (better known for his Johnny Cash covers).

And because it is Friday, click here to watch Nick Cave’s cover or “In the Ghetto.”

Let’s start of tonight’s selection with a song from the new Eels album, Hombre Lobo, a collection of songs about desire.  Here’s “Fresh Blood.”

Followed by Mark Lanegan’s “Hit the City” featuring P.J. Harvey.

And finally P.J. Harvey and Josh Homme from Desert Sessions, “Crawl Home.”

Budos Band “Volcano Song”

Bob Marley “Get Up, Stand Up”

Michael Franti and Spearhead “Say Hey”

On Tuesday of this week the newly remastered first four albums by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds were released by Mute Records.  Each album also comes with a DVD that includes the album in Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound plus extra tracks and “a specially commissioned short film made by acclaimed UK artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard.” 

I’ve been listening to the CDs for the past couple of days, and there is a noticable improvement in the quality of sound and the mix.   Nick’s vocals are just a little more up front, and the instruments all seem to be more separate and clear.  So to all of you fans of Nick Cave:  What are you waiting for?  Go buy the new releases!  Go to your local record store or click on one of the Amazon icons for the albums that you see on this page.

With that said, here is a video of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds performing ”Tupelo” from the album, The Firstborn is Dead.

I’ve been listening to Flunk quite a bit since I first heard them on KEXP a couple of months ago.  Here’s Flunk doing ”On My Balcony.”

The song “California Stars” by Billy Bragg and Wilco was my son’s favorite song a few years back.  Here’s a live version from Sessions on West 54th.

You regular readers probably noticed that I skipped posting last week’s installment of Friday Night Videos.  I was in Austin drinking beer, eating barbecued meat wtih barbecued meat sides and barbecued meat dessert, and listening to live music. No time for bloggin’ there. (more about that trip later.)

Anyway… Here’s one from Cracker’s new album, Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey.

Warren Zevon’s live version of one of my all time favorite songs, ”Werevolves of London.”

And here’s crazy David Lindley doing ”She Took Off My Romeos,” from the 1981 album El Rayo-X.

Today is a good day for you to listen to “Cold Water” by Tom Waits from the 1999 album Mule Variations.

And from one of last year’s best albums that is in hot rotation at my house, in my car, and in my head, here’s Tricky doing “Puppy Toy” from the album Knowle West Boy.

From Tricky to his former partner Martina Topley-Bird is an easy transition. This is “Need One” from her soul-hoppin’ 2004 album Anything.

The Bush Administration’s theme song:

The Captain is Wack.  I think he keeps his underpants on through the whole video though.  Watch and find out.

A little hip-hop is good on Friday nights… Here’s Del the Funkee Homosapien, in HD!!!

For tonight’s encore video, you’ll have to go to YouTube to watch Saul Williams’ “List of Demands” because embedding this video is prohibited.

Let’s start off with some Johnny Dowd from the movie Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus…  it’s a short video so click on a some of the recommended videos when this one is done playing.

Followed by Jim White singing “If Jesus Drove a Motorhome” from the album Drill a Hole in that Substrate and Tell Me What You See.

And close with a live version of 16 Horsepower’s “Haw.”

If you live in the Seattle area, you won’t be sitting home watching YouTube tonight, you’ll be going to see X at The Showbox, right?  Damn right.  See you there.  They’ll be there tomorrow too.

If you aren’t going to the X show then enjoy this week’s installment of Friday Night Videos

First up is Paul Weller who will be making a very rare appearance in Seattle next Wednesday at The Moore Theater.

Whenever I think of The Moore, one of the bands that always comes to mind is The Replacements.  I saw them there a very long time ago when the Young Fresh Fellows opened for them, and it was at that show when they shaved their eybrows.  Paul says it makes you look like your IQ just dropped 50 points.

Heard this song on KEXP this morning. I LOVE this song.

Sonic Youth and Chuck D.  Doesn’t get much better than that…