tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263344244356526863.post-54750459135846303972008-07-16T19:16:00.001-04:002008-07-16T19:16:10.941-04:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/9fciD_II7NI' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/9fciD_II7NI'/></object></p><p>Leslie Feist once enthusiastically complimented a mixed tape that I made for someone who was a mutual friend of ours. We were driving downtown in Toronto on our way from a show that her erstwhile band had played in Port Credit at a weird hockey arena. The boys in the band took their van and Leslie rode with my friend Lisa and I. Lisa was playing a mixed tape I'd made for her of female fronted bands from the 1950's to the present. Leslie said, "You should sell these! As an introduction to, like, stuff you should know!" Her debut album "Monarch" had just come out and, truth be told, I was dazzled by both it and her. <br /><br />I didn't buy any of her subsequent albums because my taste shifted to louder pastures, but I've enjoyed the bits and pieces that I've heard of her ubiquitous hits. <br /><br />That said, I absolutely can not stop watching this Sesame Street video for the following reasons:<br /><br />1. It is adorable.<br />2. It involves monsters, penguins, and chickens. <br />3. It is shot in what appears to be mostly one take, which is perhaps why she seems so stoked at the end of it. <br />4. I like that all the puppets sing along with her. <br /><br />Another coup for Sesame Street. <br /><br />J. </p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6263344244356526863-5475045913584630397?l=alsoatalker.blogspot.com'/></div>J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12260580747334230342noreply@blogger.com4