View of Boston from my roof. Winter Hill, Somerville.

Tony the Bookie - True Love

(from the recent debut Tony the Bookie presents…the Tony the Bookie Orchestra)

Caught this show for the first time Sunday and was greatly impressed…lot of talent and pure enjoyment between Tony the Bookie and his Orchestra (featuring, among others, the same Elio Deluca of Faces on Film, Mr. Sister, Hallelujah the Hills, and, by my estimate, several dozen more projects). I debated between this track, Georgia’s Song, and Rain Check, but this is the one stuck in my head for now.

CJ’s Birthday Party: Hallelujah the Hills and Faces on Film at The Middle East Downstairs, this Thursday. Be there. (via www.hallelujahthehills.com)

Attempted Viral Video Designed To Garner Media Attention For Fledgling Hallelujah The Hills Tour (via AllThisPaperwork)

Touring now…catch them if you can: http://www.hallelujahthehills.com/shows.html

Lou Miami - Dancing with Death

Little-known Boston post-punk Lou Miami & the Kozmetiks, absolutely killing it.

Dharma Buns. New bakery opening in downtown Lowell (Market St). Referencing favorite son Kerouac AND Lost…badass.

Human Sexual Response-Cool Jerk (via workjobb)

I just can’t resist, even after posting the mp3 album version yesterday. This video is just too incredible to pass up.

Human Sexual Response - Cool Jerk

More Boston post-punk/new-wave fun. This album version is good, but my feeling is that it doesn’t even touch the live show. There’s a great vid on YouTube.

Passion Pit - The Reeling (via Vimeo)

Another incredible music video, this from Cambridge’s Passion Pit and the visual artists at Humble.tv and Phantom Color.

Lou Miami Dancing with Death (via MrEdLemos)

Sexton’s been all fired up about discovering Lou Miami & the Kozmetix, Boston punks from about 1980. Miami put out one album and was apparently a great live show. I think the best description I can come up with is that he was an aggressively homosexual punk that was probably a few years too early to catch on.

This video was just uploaded this past month and is new to us - it’s got a great do-it-yourself feel and an appropriate amount of weirdness, especially the Bergman-inspired figures wandering around the cemetery. This is probably his best song; the lyric “i’m dancing with death - don’t look at my face” is great, especially when he’s screaming it at the end. Also appropriate, considering his eventual death by drug overdose.