Video: Laura Veirs - Phantom Mountain

Uno dei dischi che abbiamo ascoltato di più durante i 10 giorni di camper "all around Ireland" , è stato l'ultimo di Laura Veirs: Saltbreakers (Nonesuch, 2007). Ora, chi mi conosce meglio sà che una delle frasi che pronuncio più spesso è: "io non amo le cantanti femmine, ma quest'artista rappresenta un'eccezione". Pronuncio questa frase abbastanza spesso, e così a conti fatti ammiro e ascolto diverse cantanti donna (Bjork, Joni Mitchell, Patty Smith, Laura Veris appunto...etc etc), con il risultato di apparire davvero poco credibile. Il perchè di questa devianza musical sessista [...]

Following up on the amateur awesomeness that was the cartoonish " Timebomb " clip, we have another homegrown, stop-motion stunner. Only this one's a true winner, in that it was named Champion Of Laura Veirs's Fan-Made Video competition. Doug Savage lets Laura's rocker "Phantom Mountain" soundtrack a doodle movie of chickens on Post Its and soon consumes the entire prop-filled apartment in the process. So good we actually visited Doug's chicken website .

Following up on the amateur awesomeness that was the cartoonish " Timebomb " clip, we have another homegrown, stop-motion stunner. Only this one's a true winner, in that it was named Champion Of Laura Veirs's Fan-Made Video competition. Doug Savage lets Laura's rocker "Phantom Mountain" soundtrack a doodle movie of chickens on Post Its and soon consumes the entire prop-filled apartment in the process. So good we actually visited Doug's chicken website .