Now that we’re done with holiday music for at least a few months, let us joyfully return to our usual Monday Earworms! This week I’m devoting to Getting Things Done — because, dear reader, I have a long list — and so this morning’s earworm is one of those awesome dance tunes that gets me up and moving around with a smile in my heart. This is “Eshtaktillak” by one of my favorite dance bands, Petrol Bomb Samosa. Enjoy!
This might be my favorite OK Go song. Maybe. I know there’s nothing about it I don’t love, and there’s nothing about this video that doesn’t crack me up.
And while I have your attention, I should let you know that I’m doing a reading of my poetry this Wednesday evening at Brazos Bookstore in Houston as part of the Mutabilis Press Reunion. Come see us!
There’s a lot of cultural stuff going on this week. Mardi Gras, Valentines’ Day, and Ash Wednesday are the big things I can think of right now. So celebrate how best makes sense to you, but here’s what I’m going to do: have some King Cake, write a poem or a love letter, and then make a Lenten promise.
How about you? Are you doing anything special this week to commemorate any of this exciting stuff? Anything else you’re celebrating or observing? Tell us in the comments section!
And in the meantime, enjoy this short film, which is far superior to the actual official music video for this song.
This song has been stuck in my head and in my kids’ heads and in my husband’s head for most of the last week. (Blame it on my iPod.)
And it’s totally danceable. In fact we cannot stop dancing when it comes on. Except for my husband, who doesn’t really love dancing all that much. (Ah well.)
Sappho's Torque 