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These girls are my heroes.  (Actually,  their parents are, too) This is what strong, loving girls do, they stand up for what they believe is an injustice. I'm willing to bet you may be hearing a lot more about this groundbreaking video. -- I hope we do. We raised our girls on Sesame Street, Blues Clues, Little Bill, Reading Rainbow, Noggin and PBS. We read to them  Little Bear and Dr. Seuss and hundreds of other books all confirming the message that each and every child is created equal and deserves equal love. But, then they get a little bit older - and that radio goes on. And they sure hear otherwise. These three girls are my rockstars.   Here's what their own statement says: "Letter to Lil Wayne" is a direct statement of justice from Watoto From The Nile. Growing tired and fed up with the constant degredation of Black women inside of Hip Hop music, they voice thier views and opinions on this melodic track.

I find this unsettlingly perfect. This clip was titled "Nick Cave and PJ Harvey / Henry Lee, Directed by Rocky Schenck." But, is it really? Actually, it's a silent movie of Cave and Harvey set to Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor. But, like I said, I find it all works perfectly. Somehow.

Cool. Alexandre Farto aka Vhils in collaboration with Orelha Negra. Portuguese graffiti/street artist Alexandre Farto, gained prominence when his work of a face carved into a wall appeared alongside a picture by street artist Banksy at the Cans Festival in London in 2008 New amazing work by Portuguese Artist Vhils. Vhils started off by peeling paper off billboards and street advertisements to create amazing images on the street. Then he evolved his craft to to chipping away at concrete, and experimenting using acids . But now Vhils has a new level by using explosives… alexandrefarto.com

I almost never do this. I never post kid songs. But, I had to post this clip of "Rowan" singing a cover of a Caitlin Rose tune in the kitchen. She's got tiny, kid-sized lungs, but manages to take her time with each and every line. Never rushes the melody and somehow connects each shift in thought to her breath. But the best part is her comfort level delivering such an emotionally rich song. Frankly, this is astonishing, really. That's some pretty great music from just a little kid. Good job, mom and dad. Watch:

Great tune, however I might have shot it, say, all in silhouette. ...Mostly because the way this one's shot happens to make it something of a ripe parody magnet. See below: Yorke hearts ABBA Yorke no-hearts fish Still, great new tune by Radiohead!

Notice the kid in the middle of the floor who barely looks up the entire time. He's thinking.   "There goes Grandpa.  Again.  I am so over this."

Here's a new twist on getting into print. Novelist serializes book one page at a time on East Village lampposts - NYPOST.com