Jukebox the Ghost are a small indie band operating out of Washington DC. Their rather peculiar name comes from a mix of a line from a Captain Beefheart song and a line from a Nabokov book. They don't take themselves as seriously as they may come off. Their intelligent, lively pop is something of a rarity, and is quite a nice thing to come by. More importantly,an especially rare thing. The record is great. The lyrics are humorous and light. "If there's a God, he's embarassed and it's no secret why/Only thing he can do is hold it in, hold it in" is one of the lines. The song is about a lot of things. Smoking, keeping secrets, and love, amongst them.
Movie of the Week: Coming to America
Although, it's not some incredible triumph in the face of comic history, or Jon Landis' for that matter, Coming to America is a fun movie. Eddie Murphy plays an African prince who comes to America in search of a bride. Murphy is hilarious as always, and the writing is great. The two combined are a long series of laughs waiting to happen.
Album of the Week: Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
Tom Waits once described a Rain Dog as a dog that got caught in the rain, lost it's own smell of home, so it couldn't find home. It seems like what this album feels like. It feels like getting lost in the sleaziest, and most run down neighborhood in the world. There is a sort of polka-y/Vaudevillian/Raw sound happening. It's really incredibly experimental and gorgeous in all it's songs.
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