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What's That Song in the 'Mad Men' Intro?

'A Beautiful Mine,' by RJD2

It's a 'Volare' kind of world, the libertine yet weirdly repressed early-1960s ad agency in the critical hit show 'Mad Men,' back for its second season. Rampant smoking, shtupping and three-martini lunches make it abundantly clear we're being ushered into an entirely different era. Yet 'A Beautiful Mine,' the beats-and-strings RJD2 snippet that accompanies the show's opening title sequence, roots us squarely in the present day, when all that suppressed psychological baggage can be viewed through our latter-day dysfunctionality X-ray machines.

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Posted by James Sullivan on Jul 28th 2008 3:00PM
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Video Premiere: RJD2, 'Work It Out'

Post hip-hop troubadour RJD2 teamed with dance and media artist Bill Shannon for the 'Work It Out' video. Shannon, born with a degenerative hip condition, developed a way to express himself through dance (and even skateboarding) on crutches. Director Joey Garfield took to the streets of New York and captured one continuous shot of Shannon, injecting RJD2 into random roles throughout the video.


Keep reading to see a behind-the-scenes clip and photos from the shoot.

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Posted by Mike Spinella on Jul 11th 2007 12:00AM
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IFLTS: 'Ghostwriter,' RJD2

'Ghostwriter,' RJD2
From 2002's 'Dead Ringer'

I love coincidences. To me, they're just a quick shout out from the cosmos saying that you're in the right place at the right time. So imagine: It's September 2004. My then-boyfriend had just made me a mix CD. 'Ghostwriter' was track six. We were on our way to the movies to see 'Wimbledon' (no, I'm not ashamed to admit it), and I turned to him and said something about how amazing it is. He nodded and we drove on in silence with the windows down, just enjoying the building horns and zigzagging grooves.

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Posted by Meredith O'Donnell on Apr 9th 2007 2:00PM
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