Directed by Michel Gondry and starring Natalie Portman (she happens to be a fan of Michel Grondry). It might not be Gondry's best work but whatever he does is worth-seeing.

"All the ghost effects are done in camera: the ghosts are actually evolving in front of a glass separation that reflects their image into the shot. This technique is based on smoke and mirror effects of magic tricks (known as the Pepper's Ghost effect) and other early cinema effects. The results are stunning and give the effect of realism that can't be obtained with post-production effects." From Amazon Earworm's blog.

James Mercer is the lead singer and songwriter of The Shins, one of my favorite bands since they came out. About to become a father soon, on a recent interview for VH1 he listed the music he would like his baby to listen to. This is the list with his comments:

The Beatles, Revolver

This will be around and played often. I discovered it later in life. I guess maybe because it's not a record of huge hits, and so I think I was listening to oldies radio and someone requested "Tomorrow Never Knows" and I heard that and was blown away. It quickly became my favorite. [We play it] once a month at least.

Van Morrison, Astral Weeks

I only discovered this a few years ago -- Jon Poneman at Sub Pop recommended it. It was a record I should have known when I was a child, so I'd love to introduce that to a baby. There's a certain sort of innocence about it, and I think it's aesthetically beautiful. That's a good thing to be exposed to as a kid -- high quality art. There's a warmth to it, a magic.

David Bowie, Hunky Dory

There's that song "Kooks" on there, which I figure is David Bowie, and I don't know if he had kids, but a father talking to his kids, and he's saying, "You have to understand, we're these bohemians, kooky people, and it might make your life hard. But it'll be rewarding in the end, because you're probably going to be kind of kooky too." That's a song I've listened to a lot since we got pregnant.

Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon

When I was a real little kid, maybe 3 years old, my dad would listen to some pretty strange psych stuff, and I thought it was really cool. I knew it was just fun, but if it scares the kid -- we'll find out. That's a good record. I think a kid would like that.

Read the full interview here.

We finally finished playing Gears of War with Gaston. It’s been a while since I had so much fun with a game, and now to fill the void left by finishing the game and to wait for Halo 3, we will play Halo 1 and 2…

Gracias Gaston!