I can’t find a link to it, but there’s a Lincoln commercial with John Slattery (it always plays during Mad Men) and, toward the end of the commercial, the song playing sounds an awful lot like “Someone Great.”

I’m Mormon, and this has been lighting up my facebook feed recently, which is funny because he just says, “There’s still a fire burning there” or something, and people seem to be clinging to it as a beacon of legitimacy for Mormonism. I get the idea that a lot of Mormons think that he’s still very orthodox based on this video, but I’d argue that all we can rightly surmise from his statement he still has positive feelings about the church. Sure, he says he’s a Mormon at the end, but so do I and I’m not totally orthodox–I’m very lazy about church attendance for example, which is frowned upon. My point is that the Mormon community is just gushing about this clip, but they don’t realize that he might be in the same spot as people like me (observing a lot of Mormon practices, but still not 100% orthodox) and not the shining example of strict Mormonism they want him to be. I’m not trying to knock Brandon, because I think this video is inspiring and took guts to make, but I find it interesting how many Mormon people are just gushing over it. If you believe The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is God’s true church, then why should it matter if the singer of The Killers is vaguely associated with it. Relax, fellow Mormons. It’s great that Brandon is associated with the church, but it might be unwise to make him–or anybody–an unofficial celebrity spokesperson.

“Go Outside” – Cults

I’ll be there with bells on…the sleeves of my turtleneck. And one on my chain, too.

It’s just a shot of his head a bit below the “S” in Sufjan. He’s looking very Inception.