Kevin Bronson on March 27th, 2009

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[Two things that made me smile today …]

None of the people in the video for Richard Swift’s “Lady Luck” is Richard Swift, although all bear a resemblance to the frizzy-haired, fuzzy-cheeked, dark-suited pop maestro. The Swift imitators, in fact, are played my the significan women in his life, with the role of the singer-pianist himself being played by Swift’s wife. The song, a little slice of doo-wop sunshine, is off Swift’s new album, “The Atlantic Ocean” (out next week on Secretly Canadian).

||| Live: Swift, along with Vetiver, performs April 13 at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts.

This brilliant video for the Department of Eagles’ “No One Does It Like You,” off 2008’s “In Ear Park,” was directed by Patrick Daughters and Michael Dzama (who did the costumes and set designs) and produced the Directors Bureau.