Again with the YouTube?

Yes, again. But not Eddie Money this time, stuff that's actually good. Or at least, stuff that I think is good. First up, I would like to meet this teenager and buy him a drink. The backstory, for those who haven't seen this clip before, is that this kid's school was looking for a new "ring tone" for the bell they use to signal the end of a class. Somehow, they settled on his suggestion:



Male a capella groups are generally pretty square...except when they're rocking Beirut:



For those who know nothing of Beirut, I present some footage of a show from the Avalon Ballroom that I went to last fall. It was nowhere near as good as the show at the Troubadour the year before (that show ended with the band in the crowd, letting strangers play their instruments), but this encore (even the part where he forgets the words) redeemed an otherwise eh show:



Speaking of great live performances (that's what we in the blogging business call "a segue"), this Jeff Tweedy performance of "Gun," one of the early Uncle Tupelo songs, is pretty god damn great:



Does that make up for subjecting everyone to Mr. Money? I hope so, because I'm too drunk tired to post anything else.