Song, by Toad

I hate to be the sort of blogger who vacantly recycles people’s press releases, but once in a blue moon (which means twice in a week, this week, unusually) press releases arrive which are pretty simply a piece of information in which I am very interested and therefore assume you will be as well.

A site opened recently called $99 Music Videos, and if you can’t figure out what the central concept behind it is then shame on you.  It’s a nice idea though because I am, as you’re already well aware, becoming increasingly tired of the false assumption that art needs to be expensive.  Certainly, entertainment frequently does not need to be expensive.  This is not to deny that certain things cannot be done properly on a budget, more that I think you can achieve an awful lot with an awful lot less if you are really determined to do so.

It helps, of course, to have Jeffrey Lewis as your illustrator.  But then, I suppose that’s sort of the point – that if you have talent – genuine talent – then this should come across whatever your budget.  Anyway, this song is called To Be Objectified and will be on his forthcoming album Em Are I, due out, erm, soonish on Rough Trade.