"Girl you've got a ten piece please don't be stingy"

I've been meaning to eulogize a grand Thanksgiving tradition that lasted for six solid years (probably longer than anyone involved expected) but I haven't really given it enough thought yet. In the meantime I figured this space could be filled with videos.



I actually wanted to post about this when I saw it on Tuesday and in retrospect I really wish I did seeing as Pitchfork ended up putting it in the their Forkcast on Wednesday. I did come across it on the Modmouse.com forums on Tuesday though, whether or not you choose to believe that is entirely your call. The video is of Modest Mouse frontman (and Facebook interest of mine) Isaac Brock making a surprise appearance at a Broken Social Scene concert in Toronto last week and played a few Modest Mouse songs with BSS as backup. Among them were Paper Thin Walls, The Good Times Are Killing Me, and The World At Large (the song in the clip above). The owner of the blog also wanted me to link to his blog where the video originated so check it out when you get a chance.



According to wikipedia (and other music news outlets) Lily Allen's next album is due out in February. This is good news for me as I was pleasantly surprised by her last album and have enjoyed the new songs she has put up on her Myspace page. This is the latest song she has posted there, "The Fear". I actually prefer the other song on her Myspace, "Everyone's At It", more. I don't believe there is an actual music video for that song, however, so it did not make the cut. High standards here at Reliablog 2.0.



Now I complain a lot about commercials. Mostly the "Saved By Zero" campaign, but there are others sprinkled in as well. I'm not always so negative though. Every now and then there comes a commercial that can only be described as awesome. This new McDonalds commercial with the R&B crooner (Youtube's description, not mine) singing to his girlfriend about how he wants here to share her McNuggets is one of those. The whole thing is fantastic: the crooner standing in the rain, the backup vocals ("tip-toe tip", "you dippin on me?", "you went to McDonald's?"), and of the amazing line at the commercial's conclusion: "Girl you've got a ten piece please don't be stingy".

Be forewarned, if you're hanging out with me in the future and we're drinking (and in some cases when we're not) I will be singing this line repeatedly. Feel free to join in. I will also be singing it if we're in a McDonald's and especially if we're in a McDonald's after we've been drinking, which coincidentally is when I most frequent McDonald's.

There is only one way this commercial could be any better. Actually there's two ways: It could be longer, maybe have chapters ala Trapped In The Closet which it is clearly inspired by. By now you've probably guessed the other, original reason: it could feature musical genius R. Kelly.