The Antique Art of Blowing Your Mind With Wood

Call it automata, or mechanical theatre. I just call them the creepy wooden puppets on YouTube. As I am simple, stuff like this makes my head explode. I'm especially absorbed by the ones featuring naked women and eerily lifelike movements. Most of them are the work of some weirdo named Paul Spooner. I prefer not to meet him. Has this stuff been incorporated into a Decemberists video yet?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope Rides Alone

It really does. But it's also the title of a song by The Protomen. We recommend them and this video to all fans of Radiohead, Coheed and Cambria, Megaman, and Akira. Here's the video.

Their song, "Light Up the Night" is dad rock on fire, which is surprisingly not a bad thing at all. You can probably catch all the drama in your town soon:

Apr 15 - Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN
Apr 17 - JJ's Bohemia - Chattanooga, TN
Apr 18 - 1982 - Gainesville, FL
Apr 19 - The Haven - Orlando, FL
Apr 21 - The Tank - Greenville, NC
Apr 22 - Blue Nile - Harrisonburg, VA
Apr 23 - Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD
Apr 24 - The Red and Black - Washington, DC
Apr 28 - The Kyhber - Philadelphia, PA
Apr 29 - Santos Party House - New York, NY
Apr 30 - Punk Rock & Roll Club - Waltham, MA
May 3 - Mitzi's Sister - Toronto, Canada
May 5 - The Whiskey - Annapolis, MD
May 6 - Charlottesville, VA
May 7 - The Nightlight - Chapel Hill, NC
May 8 - Asheville, NC