Today Coconut Records tweeted about how they find Matthew Sweet’s video for “Sick of Myself” inspirational for their video/music work.  I had totally forgotten about how great this song is – check it out – blast from the past (past meaning the 90s):

Good to see on his wiki page that he still records and tours, plus he had his song “Girlfriend” on Guitar Hero II (although this song would have been even good too)

Also discovered that Death Cab for Cutie did a cover of the song recently – seems like a dream match up on paper, but I can’t help but like the original much better than this slowed down pretty version (although it’s really interesting to hear). It can be found on the Hype Machine.

I spent a summer in Taiwan as a youth and saw a lot of unusual things – bulls wandering freely on a beach, a spaceship themed bar, snake blood served as a drink. I wish I could have seen this! 10 locations too. I think this is one of those ideas that wouldn’t translate well to N. America unfortunately…