{"id":10931,"date":"2010-05-01T19:00:35","date_gmt":"2010-05-01T23:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=10931"},"modified":"2010-05-01T19:00:35","modified_gmt":"2010-05-01T23:00:35","slug":"saturday-night-video-wonky-hipsters-from-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2010\/05\/01\/saturday-night-video-wonky-hipsters-from-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Night Video: Wonky Hipsters From California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=raT433AMiV8<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by Stacey Clemence: a selection of songs from Cake,  Pavement, and Beck that capture the eccentric spirit of the West coast  music scene of the 1990s, and feature an agreeably quirky amalgam of guitar hero and bohemian sensibility.\u00a0 What they also have in  common are irresistible sing-along choruses.<\/p>\n<p>First up, the cuddly, the adorable, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cake_band\" target=\"_blank\">Cake<\/a>,  with &#8220;Shadow Stabbing&#8221;, a nifty little song about the claustrophobia of  writing.\u00a0 Above is a fan-produced video, and Cake seems to inspire a  lot of those.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Next up, straight outta Stockton, the uncute, uncuddly <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pavement_%28band%29\" target=\"_blank\">Pavement<\/a> &#8212; one of the most revered of all indie bands &#8212; with &#8220;Stereo&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AnrM4UjaQmY<\/p>\n<p>Finally, yes, of course, this last video was a mainstream hit for <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beck\" target=\"_blank\">Beck<\/a>, but, for a mainstream hit, it remains pleasantly weird almost twenty years later: &#8220;Soy un perdedor \/ I&#8217;m a loser, baby \/ So why don&#8217;t you kill me?&#8221;\u00a0 C&#8217;mon, you know the words!\u00a0 Sing along!<\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=raT433AMiV8 Inspired by Stacey Clemence: a selection of songs from Cake, Pavement, and Beck that capture the eccentric spirit of the West coast music scene of the 1990s, and feature an agreeably quirky amalgam of guitar hero and bohemian sensibility.\u00a0 What they also have in common are irresistible sing-along choruses. 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