In an effort to not write about Network Neutrality

Over the last year or so, I have radically change how I interact with music.  I use, almost exclusively, Internet "radio" (Rhapsody, Slacker, Pandora, Last.fm).  And if I buy music I tend to do it at Itunes or Amazon.  However, that is not really what this post is about. 

Because I use the Internet to find music, and I tend to like "world" music, I have had some great luck finding new music.  The latest band's that I have become addicted to are Calle 13 and M.I.A. 

Calle 13 plays an art school version of reggaeton.  Very intellegent.  Very inventive.  Far more interesting than most of what is coming out of the US.

M.I.A. has become an underground dance music sensation.  The amazing part is that she is from Sri Lanka and was forced to leave with her family because of her father's work with the independence movement.  I don't want to pretend to know anything about her our her experience, but I would like more people to listen and, in particular, to watch.  Her videos (3 embedded below) are remarkable.  I would love to here what you think.

Any of these videos could have been made in the US and as a matter of fact, many videos that are made in the US have the identical structure.  But these were made in Sri Lanka. 

 

Sunshower

Bucky Done Gun

Bird Flu