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Pavement - Shady Lane

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A Pavement video directed by Spike Jonze, Shady Lane is from the 1997 Brighten The Corners album. (2:34 min)

Mazzy Star - Flowers in December

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The Mazzy Star music video of Flowers in December from the album Among My Swans (4:24 min)

Modest Mouse - 3rd Planet Live

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Modest Mouse performing 3rd Planet live. Originally aired on 22 January 2005 (5:01 min)

Venezuela: The Domino Theory

Canadian Skot Sanderson and Mitch St.Pierre, travel to Venezuela in search of answers to the questions surrounding President Chavez and his reforms for this South American nation. (35:05 min)

Invisible Children - Northern Uganda

In the spring of 2003, three young Americans traveled to Africa in search of a story on Invisible Children, the victims and weapons of the 20 year-long war in Northern Uganda. “Invisible Children: Rough Cut” is the extraordinary “home-made” documentary of a tragedy that is both disturbing and inspiring. (55:00 min)

Calexico: The Black Night

The Black Night was released on the 1998 Calexico album of the same name. (3:30 min)

Mekons: Ghost of American Astronauts

Ghost of American Astronauts was first released on the 1988 Mekons album So Good It Hurts. I used to carpool from Berkeley to San Francisco and I heard this song on one of the rides…

Arcade Fire Live… in an Elevator

A few weeks ago, I posted Arcade Fire playing Neon Bible in an elevator. This is the complete 15 minute film by Vincent Moon from the Olympia in Paris. The film follows Arcade Fire through the backstage corridors, the elevator and eventually to the crowd and features both Neon Bible & Wake Up.