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Politics is going to get more interesting.
…: everyone. 🙂
The good folks at getty images have revamped their site, making it even better to access their wealth of material. Check it out! Changes are, if you look at advertising (and who doesn’t), you are already familiar with their work.
There’s a gem of a story here on being appreciated (or not being appreciated here) in: A Dog’s Life
Ok, I posted on Amy W before, but I love her music, so here is her big hit, the very timely, Rehab
I have always been impressed by the construction of Justin Timberlake’s/Timbaland’s Sexyback. I figure a DJ could spin that song any of a thousand of ways and have people dancing to the same song for an hour. It’s really well made in that sense, which is no surprise, given the involvement of Timbaland.
I was thinking something similar tonight when listening to Rihanna/Jay-Z’s Umbrella and the massive hooks in it. (Think: “ella-ella” and anything else you can’t get out of your head after listening to it.) It too is really well constructed, which is also no surprise, given Jay-Z’s involvement. You could watch the video, but it will distract you from the very taut vocals. Check out Rhianna singing Umbrella.
ok, here’s the (so-so) video of the anything but so-so Rhianna 🙂
and here’s Sexyback
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