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Videos of the Day – week of 10/30/17

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Videos of the Day – week of 10/30/17

10/30 – Spoon has a fun new video from Hot Thoughts…Britt Daniel says, “Clearly it was time Lou Reed’s ‘No Money Down’ video was remade for the 21st centuryWe did the research, and it turns out 80 percent of our fan base is composed of graphic designers. This one’s for y’all.”  

10/31 – a couple of cool recent tributes to Tom Petty live in concert by Bob Dylan…

11/1 – And Foo Fighters…be advised: it’s Dave Grohl, so it includes some NSFW language in the intro

11/2 – as Election Day nears, a nice tribute to America with U2’s video for “You’re The Best Thing About Me”

11/3 – Bishop Briggs was great opening for Alt-J the other night at Sprint Pavilion…here’s her new video for “Dream”

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