Rob Masters

A birthday special for Leece today. Thomas Dolby, and "Europa and the Pirate Twins", which features what may be a time-travelling Mr. Dolby. Was this what lead to the events in "She Blinded Me With Science"? Maybe!

M83 with "Claudia Lewis", starring Lily Collins and Israel Broussard. A fun highschool romance featuring a sweet alien girl ('Claudia Lewis') and a couple of very accepting humans.

This week we return to Lindsey Stirling, this time visiting a steampunk Wild West with "Roundtable Rival". A brilliant bit of storytelling, some wonderful costuming and choreography, all rounded out with magnificent acting. Her instrument, incidentally, is a Real Thing - not a prop! It appears to be a Romanian horn-violin (or possibly a Stroh violin).

I am very much a pacifist. I hate the idea of war, and of a military. But. Sometimes they are needed. Less often than they are used, but sometimes it is necessary . For that reason, we should respect those who have served and paid the ultimate price. We must never forget that war is an horrific thing. And we must never forget those who served. For those reasons, even more than ANZAC Day, Remembrance Day and the minute of silence should be respected.

Running late this week, but here is #13. Suzy, by the irrepressible Caravan Palace. Electroswing at its finest, and their wonderful retro-styled robot mascot.

Not so much a music video as a cut of a short film with the music as a soundtrack. This video by Polymath Films is the official video for the smooth synthpop sounds of Swimming's "I Do (Come True)".  Powerfully moving and filled with hope - despite the apparently downbeat ending - this is a masterwork in SpecFic music video production. Here is the full version: