August 2011

The Tuesday Videos:

by Kevin Pettway on August 30, 2011

For our first video, I think it’s only appropriate that we start at the beginning. And by that I mean, all the way at the beginning.

Second is my new favorite song. This popped up on my Pandora rotation and I just knew I had to share. Possibly not work safe, but hey, if your boss doesn’t like it, fuck them anyway.

There are many reasons to watch and enjoy the final video for today, a healthy percentage of which are likely illegal here in the south. Does it speak to our common human condition? Does it bring hope to families who lost their homes to recent natural disasters? Can it shed the light of understanding between cultures divided by hatreds, bigotries, and insecurities? Maaaaybe… but I wouldn’t think so. All I know is that she said she wanted me.

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