There are a few good options for tunes this week that will warm your heart as well as any portions of your anatomy that you plan to shake—Cajuns, Acorns, and a handful of Bills, in fact. But many local musicians have retreated into their caves for the winter, where they will struggle to stay warm by either (1) adding more members to cuddle with, or (2) slicing open their drummers a la The Empire Strikes Back and crawling inside to soak up body heat.
With no titillating "Year End" lists from Feedback yet (they’ll be out around the time Axl Rose releases Chinese Democracy II: Coupe de Rock), I’ve decided to warm your winter wonderlands with a few audio-visual chestnuts I’ve enjoyed during the last year. But I’d like your help.
At least a few times in 2008, a party attended by Feedback would steer towards a sort of YouTube gift exchange: Friends turned down the LCD Soundsystem and crowded around a laptop to watch hands pantomime to Daft Punk or Lil Jon lewdly interrupt a kids’ cooking show. (Warning: Some content is crude, yo.) And the winter holidays haven’t quite been the same since the whole "Dick in a Box" incident…
So here’s your chance, folks: Post your favorite music-related YouTube videos of the last year here for your fellow audiophiles. And do it quick, before the four major labels start pulling music. Check back; I’ll post a few in a bit.