{"id":76,"date":"2003-08-16T16:26:32","date_gmt":"2003-08-17T00:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jokeofalltrades.com\/root\/?p=76"},"modified":"2003-08-16T16:26:32","modified_gmt":"2003-08-17T00:26:32","slug":"on-bands-and-girls-part-4293","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhoke.name\/oldblog\/2003\/08\/16\/on-bands-and-girls-part-4293\/","title":{"rendered":"On Bands and Girls (Part 4,293)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nAs if it weren’t already apparent that Coldplay<\/a> is the Best Band Ever™:\n<\/p>\n

\nToday, as my roommate was flipping through the channels on the idiot box, he paused briefly on VH1, where we caught in medias res<\/em> Coldplay’s video for The Scientist<\/i>. It was filmed backwards, but I noticed that Chris Martin seemed to be singing along with the lyrics.\n<\/p>\n

\n<aside>
\nIt reminded me of a song on the Trash Can Sinatras<\/a>’ most recent compilation, Zebra of the Family<\/i>. The guys were fooling around in the studio, running the tapes for Iceberg<\/i> backwards, so they recorded Francis trying to sing along with the backwards tape, and then reversed the recording. I imagined Chris Martin having to do something similar for the video.
\n<\/aside>\n<\/p>\n

\nANYWHO, I persuaded Teague to let me watch the rest of the video, which turned out to be quite a sublime little number, and an excellent complement to the song. The best part, though, was that the very end of the video features a brief appearance by Elaine<\/a> Cassidy<\/a>, who, as of this writing, just happens to be the Best Girl Ever™.\n<\/p>\n

\nI first saw Elaine in a made-for-TV movie called The Lost World<\/i><\/a>, which was based on a story by Arthur Conan Doyle. The movie was surprisingly enjoyable; particularly so due to the presence (ah, the double entendre<\/em>!) of Elaine Cassidy. She was wonderful. She also stars in Felicia’s Journey<\/i><\/a>, a movie by Atom Egoyan<\/a> (The Sweet Hereafter<\/i>). Definitely next on my viewing list…\n<\/p>\n

\nBut Coldplay is rad for far more than the actresses they employ in their videos. They’re planting mango trees<\/a> in Bangalore, and they were the highlight of the otherwise overwhelming :bleh: HFStival of 2001. And the music. Can’t forget the music.\n<\/p>\n

\nNP: Coldplay, See You Soon<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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