And the Oscar goes to....

Well the Oscars were last night, and for the first time in a while I tuned in for the whole shebang.

Highlights: Penelope Cruz's speech, the Milk screenwriter's speech, Beyonce tearing it up, Bill Maher's rubber suit, Phillipe Petit balancing the Oscar on his chin, Will Smith saying "Boom Goes The Dynamite", the John Legend v. AR Rahman song-battle, etc. etc. etc.

I was 7/8 in the 8 major categories, I'm pretty psyched about that.  Would have been perfect except for a last minute switch from Penn to Rourke.  Damn.

Even though it was more of a movie night, let's get some tunes up in here. A couple tracks in honor of those sweet little gold men - the first from Stars (get it, like film stars?) and the second, Solid Gold, by The Golden Filter. Pretty awesome tracks that seemed somewhat topical.

The opening line of this Stars track is one of the coolest openings around. It would be awesome to open up a huge hip-hop track, but it's pretty cool here too. Apparently the quote is from lead singer Torquil Campbell's dad, who must have been a total badass.

The Golden Filter is an unsigned band out of NYC, and they're pretty sweet. You may know them from their great remix of Peter Bjorn and John's "Lay It Down", which is definitely worth a listen. I grabbed this track from the SXSW page, which is chock full of great tunes worth hearing.

Boom goes the dynamite!

Stars - Your Ex-Lover is Dead (YSI) (filesavr)

The Golden Filter - Solid Gold (YSI) (filesavr)