So Who Wrote 'Such Great Heights?'

So I was recently listening to Such Great Heights and had a brief argument over who sang this song originally, Iron and Wine or The Postal Service. If you havent heard either of these renditions of the song, Iron and Wine does a much more acoustic down tempo version, while The Postal Service version is much more up tempo with a more electropop sound. I love both versions but I was surprised to find out it was Ben Gibbard of The Postal Service who was the author of this great song. While I was searching I also found some great other covers. Check em out. Which is your favorite?

Of course I have start this out with a live performance by the original. Here it is...

The Postal Service - Such Great Heights




and then there were the covers...


Ben Fold's - jTV in Australia





Iron and Wine - from the Garden State Soundtrack





Firebrand Boy - an 8-bit cover





Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls - beautiful piano cover





CONFIDE - a metalcore tribute





Tip the Van - a progressive ska cover





Streetlight Manifesto - an american ska cover





This just begins to scratch the surface.... Tell me which cover you like the most! Or if your a purist and stick with Ben....

We can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies.

As Harold took a bite of Bavarian sugar cookie, he finally felt as if everything was going to be ok. Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies. And, fortunately, when there aren't any cookies, we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our skin, or a kind and loving gesture, or subtle encouragement, or a loving embrace, or an offer of comfort, not to mention hospital gurneys and nose plugs, an uneaten Danish, soft-spoken secrets, and Fender Stratocasters, and maybe the occasional piece of fiction. And we must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days, are effective for a much larger and nobler cause. They are here to save our lives. I know the idea seems strange, but I also know that it just so happens to be true. And, so it was, a wristwatch saved Harold Crick. 

Dont Rise To The Occasion - Rise WITH The Occasion

"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew." - Abraham Lincoln

Home is where...

Some say HOME is where you make it. I say HOME is where you are made, made into who you are. Its where I learned to smile, to be honest, to not take myself or anything too seriously. Its where I learned to love and the value of being loved in return. Home is where I became....me.

What does home mean to you?

Social Media Revolution 2 (Refresh)

Looking for new statistics on social media and mobile usage? Well, your search ends here:

It was only 9 months ago that Erik Qualman at Socialnomics released the original Social Media Revolutionvideo, which has nearly 2 million views to date via YouTube.

But as Qualman is well aware, the world of social media moves fast and this week he released this “refreshed” version with new statistics and graphics.

A couple of the new additions that definitely help illustrate the message are the updated Facebook user stats and the iPad flags at the 1:40 mark. My only gripe: some new music would have been nice.

There are a lot of “stats” floating around on the internet – and it’s easy to dismiss many of them as unfounded. Kudos to Qualman for listing his sources on his blog.

Third and Seventh

This video moves me. Every time I sit and watch this I am in awe of the talent it has taken to produce such art. The attention to detail, the talented videography techniques, but most importantly the story that it allows you a glimpse of. This is truly beautiful. Bravo Alex Roman.


The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

Imagine the Apocolypse.....8-bit style

Imagine the apocalypse. Now imagine characters and elements from 80ies games carrying it out. This is exactly what this crazy video portrays, if this sort of thing were to happen in real life, I’m not sure whether I’d run or marvel at the sight.

It’s all there – Pacman, Tetris, Arkanoid. Once friendly, familiar characters wreak havoc on the buildings, streets and cars of New York. The video was created by Patrick Jean from the Paris-based special effect studio One More Production, and the production level is nothing short of amazing. See for yourself.