that's a cool final image -- the postal service confirming the loss of first amendment rights by validating and mailing the stamp of the burning flag.

One of my many uncles (no, my mom is not a slut ) is a letter carrier, and if you let him he will happily tell you about all the misery that is involved in getting a letter from Point A to Point B these days. All over the country the Postal Service is understaffed, meaning that letter carriers are working well after dark delivering their routes and then part of other routes that have no assigned carrier because the assholes in management refuse to hire more people. He routinely and involuntarily works 10-12 hour days, 6 days a week.

How many of you get your mail after dark, or at wildly different times of the day, or by a different carrier every time you see him or her? That should tell you something. And by the way, postage is increasing by a penny starting May 12. Between rising fuel costs and the rapidly diminishing value of the dollar this should really be no surprise.

Since you mentioned it's a fanvid, I don't want to watch it. But it's Postal Service, so it gets an immediate upvote.

don't really like fanvids, tbh, but I love the postal service, and especially this song, so this gets a big upvote from me.

aaronfr, that's a common misconception, but actually the song was written by Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello (The Postal Service); it's Iron and Wine that did the cover.

I love both versions, and I tend to really enjoy most covers where the artist(s) take a fresh look at a good piece of music.

To find myself actually liking The Postal Service was a surprise to me.

This is a music project with the joined forces of: Arcade Fire's Win & Regine + Redd Kross' Steve McDonald + Beck + R.E.M.'s + Joey Waronker + Buck 65 + Rilo Kiley's Jenny & Black + David Cross + Roky Erickson + Devendra Banhart + Sloan's Chris Murphy + Elvira, Mistress of the Dark + Smoosh's Asya & Chloe + Feist + Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore + Gino Washington + Sparks' Russel Mael + Les Savy Fav's Syd Butler + Subtitle + Islands' J'aime + Sum 41's Stevo + Malcolm Mclaren + Tagaq + Peaches + That Dog's Anna Waronker + Postal Service's Jimmy Tamborello + Wolf Parade's Dan & Spencer + Yeah Yeah Yeah's Karen O

...pretty impressive.

Frankie Manning is still alive. He actually doesn't look a whole lot older. See for yourself[1]. The guy worked for the US Postal Service after swing died. He was rediscovered in the mid-90s, and begrudgingly taught the current wave of swing dancers.

Frankie Manning is over 90 years old. He STILL DANCES. At 90. I honestly don't have enough words to describe how much amazing this gentleman is.

[1] http://frankiemanning.com/