Anyone familiar with
"Lucky Night" by the
Sugarcubes knows when to appreciate the magic of a good thing come in threes (as in 1+1=3). The latest coincidence of this two-at-once plus one more collision of indulgence coordinates occurred as a result of
Joanna Newsom freewheeling a song that can only be called "
Tom Bombadil" on
IFC's sassy
Portlandia sketch TV show. Well, I've
seen a lot and most things excite me but what tops it all is enjoying several things at once. Seeing the lovely J-New (as we are wont to call her at
the fort) perform a song about the most fried, free-loving hippie-drippy character Tolkien ever invented (yet sadly, like
Radagast the Brown wizard, never made it into
Peter Jackson's version of the
Lord of the Rings saga) on a show that smacked love-at-first sight vibes upon initial encounter (more
Women & Women First, please) was, altogether, not unlike taking a plate of your favorite thing -
scattered, smothered, and covered with your other favorite things - to the face like a little pig divin' in the slop trough. A valentine inside a valentine inside... you get the picture. Check out the clip below and if you love this even half as much as I do then Happy Valentine's Day to you, friend - we're practically
besties!