Take one longtime fan of Twin Cities musician Jeremy Messersmith, mix in a video featuring kids having a snowball fight, and what you get is a "Monday Morning Smile."
The video's for "Violet," one of several great tracks off his great 2010 album The Reluctant Graveyard. And, yeah, a snowball fight is actually kinda thematically appropriate. Keep the video in mind for this year's "Storm of the Century."
Jeremy Messersmith - "Violet" [Vimeo]
Monday Morning Smile: "When Will You Die?" - They Might Be Giants
A meditation on mortality from They Might Be Giants.
Also, a kick-butt rock tune (it's from their fine 2011 "adult" album Join Us).
And a celebration of life.
All of that in a two-and-a-half-minute video. Unless you think the phrase "when will you die?" will prompt questions from your kids that you just don't want to deal with (and, hey, I'm not judging) totally appropriate for the kiddos.
They Might Be Giants - "When Will You Die?" [YouTube]
Monday Morning Smile: MLK, Jr., Readeez-Style
I couldn't say much -- anything, really -- that would improve upon the speech that Readeez creator Michael Rachap chose to give the Readeez treatment. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech on the Washington Mall in 1963 is a classic -- here's the powerful last ninety seconds.
