With his Postal Service mate talking Kerouac, performing for the Dalai Lama (by the way, very Beat of you, Ben), and otherwise possessing our hearts, it looks like JImmy Tamborello decided to get in on the action, releasing a video for Mia Doi Todd-fronted “Rock My Boat,” from last year’s Dumb Luck (remember that song?). The video’s a downer, focusing on a Mouse Trap machine that takes away freedom: a bug carrying home his kill is trapped in a jar, birds are caught mid-flight by what look like tea strainer, butterflies are forced to walk on treadmills until they’re flattened into frames, and fish are poisoned in tiny tanks.

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Some people hate it when we get too overtly location-specific, so I’m sorry if you’re not experiencing the balmy temperatures and fresh air right now, but NYC’s enjoying some great great spring weather. Since the season’s change perfectly coincided with putting the remixes of Mia Doi Todd’s Manzanita (entitled La Ninja: Amor & Other Dreams of Manzanita) on my iPod, I hit a perfect spring walking-in-the-morning-sun moment with this song. Just open the windows and play this.

Mia Doi Todd – “My Room Is White (Flying Lotus Remix)” (MP3 Link Expired)