Beware of Canadians

Like most citizens of the world, Canadians are allowed to travel. Some of them really like it. Some of them even have funny ideas like writing articles about 'the 5 day trip'. It's actually pretty nuts. One of my favorite Canadians, Stephen, traveled all the way to China. And made this music video. We're not sure why, scientists are still studying the video for clues. But think of this like a Canadian version of 'Flight of the Concords'. If they filmed all their videos in China.


DeDongDuo from Stephen Bailey on Vimeo.

Hercules and Love Affair - Pitchfork TV

This was recorded in October and at long last....here's the finish product. Always amazing live, this looks and sounds incredible. Watch it! Both parts! YOU BELONG TO ME TONIGHT!

OMO + Richard Hawley does V-Day

Yeah I guess the last week wasn't very exciting because it's time for OMO again (Overheard in the Mute Office). More tasty morsels of hilarity. Oh did we mention its nearly 60 degrees outside and we were able to go COATLESS during the lunchbreak?! Did we mention we got a lunchbreak?!!!

"Did you send them any money...?"
"Let's send them a disease in a jar"
"Eyelashes are so last year"
"I like that as a blog name: 'I'm Totally Blanking'"
"I don't think you're allowed to send body parts in the mail"
"It's the special olympics copy machine"
"Nick is very pirate-like"

New abbreviations:
CF = clusterfuck
GO= goose egg


Also Richard Hawley recorded a beautiful version of "Early Morning Rain" for the Star*ucks V***tine's Day Sampler. Check it out here

Overheard in the Mute office

You know that blog 'Overheard in New York'? No? Well it's a blog where people send in the stupid shit they overhear other people saying around town. Some if it's really funny. No I won't give you an example. But to that effect, we here at Mute also say ridiculously stupid and funny things. Therefore we will bring you this weekly blog post: Overheard in the Mute Office (aka OMO).

"She's so green, she's yellow & blue separate. She's not even green YET." (nicole)

"I don't consider dancing to be having fun" (Lauren)

"birthing is so 90's" (Justin)

"they should be strung up and eaten by wolves" (Erik)

"what is your molecular damage?" (Nicole to Justin)

THROBBING GRISTLE!

Unbeknownst to me, Throbbing Gristle has never played a gig in NYC. And now they've been confirmed for Coachella?! That is definitely crazy talk. Here are the details, also to be found on the band's website, here throbbing-gristle.com

THURSDAY 16th APRIL
NEW YORK - Masonic Hall
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
317 Clermont Ave at Lafayette Ave.

SUNDAY 19th APRIL
COACHELLA FESTIVAL - PALM SPRINGS
Empire Polo Field
Indio, CA 92201


TUESDAY 21st APRIL
LOS ANGELES - U.C.L.A
Le Conte Ave & Westwood Blvd
Westwood, CA 90024

THURSDAY 23rd APRIL
SAN FRANCISCO - Grand Regency Ballroom
1290 Sutter St
San Francisco, CA 94109

SATURDAY 25th APRIL
CHICAGO - Epiphany Episcopal
201 S. Ashland Ave.
Chicago, IL 60607-5301

I'm the Daddy Now

So, you know when there's a song, and for whatever reason you or someone you know might play it on repeat, non-stop, until you want to kill them or yourself? It can be any kind of song, sad, happy, political, animalistic. And maybe you only play this song for yourself. Or perhaps you play it for the whole office, as a sort of torture device.

Well, our fearless leader, who we'll call "Foti" has decided to rebirth an old, erm, 'classic'(?), introducing it to our current generation of Muteants who weren't around to experience it the first time.

Back in good old 2002, the Sonic Mook Experiment released their second compilation album, with this very fine cover art:

Classy.

One of the classiest songs on this full of class CD is by Joan of Ass (the classiest band name going), it's called 'I'm the Daddy Now'. Don't be surprised if you find yourself singing it later.

HEAR THIS LEGENDARY SONG, NOW!

Don't say we didn't change your life today, even a little bit.

Morgan + Killers = Ruby

The internets is great. No sooner did Morgan (Kibby, of M83) tell me she sang with The Killers onstage at Grand Old Opray last night in Nashville did I find this video. Please ignore the comments, no offense to the people of Nashville, but um, knuckleheads.

If someone finds a better quality video or audio of this send it over, but for now, this will have to do.




In case you're wondering, it was Kenny Rogers & The First Edition who originally did this song. COUNTRY AS F*CK!