theyre such real singers, their voices... oh their voices.
i melt when everytime they sing that line :)
10.29.2010
Oh Land - "Sun of a Gun"
Oh Land "Sun of a Gun" from Oh Land Music on Vimeo.
her name's Oh Land, she's a Dane, but she moved to Brooklyn *jeal.* apparently, she was discovered at SXSW 2009.
i would love to see to her live shows, she looks like an incredible performer. i mean check out this live clip--she's got balloons with projectors and that cool-ass light thing:
oh, and her tunes are catchy. and she's really pretty.
10.25.2010
I'm going to the Opera tonight!
check out my hair. I'm gonna call it 'the rose.' other names i was thinking were 'the swirl,' 'willy wonka,' or 'lollipop kid.'
I'm seeing 'Death in Venice' by Benjamin Britten, which is apparently about Apallonian vs. Dionysian creation.
ahh cant wait!
Uffie - "Difficult" (2006 Parties Remix by SebastiAn)
BY FAR my favourite remix of Uffie's mindblowing song "Difficult" is by the man who produced the song himself, SebastiAn's 2006 Parties Remix:
it builds to this incredible climaz and adds to the original song, even though the original stands on its own in my opinion.
Digitalism - "Blitz"
listen to and download here:
if you enjoy the 'electronic' music, hopefully you'll like these guys. i'm a fan of their stuff.
you may remember them from a Virgin Mobile commercial way long ago with a cartoon fish plugging a storm sewer, and like phones dropping from the sky:
that's how i first learned about Digitalism: googling to find the song.
the song in the ad is "Pogo" and here's the video:
(they disabled embedding, but check it out because it's a pretty cool video)
here's another option:
New Lykke! (lick-ee)
new Lykke Li!
listen to it hee-yah: http://blahblahblahscience.com/track-reviews/lykke-li-get-some/
long anticipated new stuff from the Swedish wunderkind. her debut went shitbangz all over the world, she played many major festivals (probably...) well, she played Osheaga and i was there, so ......................... yeah.
it must be daunting coming up with new material after reaching a pinnacle of sorts in the music world.
<-- yay! now i know what she's saying. thanks Lykke :)
10.23.2010
10.21.2010
ingrid, you were so much better on grey's.
it appears that Ingrid Michalesons (wwhatver) is graduating from the university of "stale toast" and beginning her graduate studies at the university of "oh, like this is actually cool... like it sounds good."
congrats you!
i'm glad i chose not to see you at Osheaga, even though Owen Pallett ended his set prematurely.
Dear Graham crackers,
i love you, but youre bringing me down.
i'd like to say it's not you, it's me; but the truth is it's you.
you've just gotten so much less attractive. like the fact that 2 crackers is 130 calories and 5% of my daily intake of fat. i'd always lose control over you, and like eat like four big crackers all at once.
oh, and that's another thing, youre so deceiving sometimes i cant take it. like you say '2 crackers is 130 calories', but you come in come in two squares that form a rectangle.. WHAT'S 2 CRACKERS!?? is it one long rectangle? or is that the cracker?
i just cant deal with this anymore. it's gotten to be too much. i'm sorry but i'm... leaving.
you can go find someone else to munch on you, like my mom.
I'm closing the box. For me and for you.
Sincerely,
Alan
Recipe for Change
for a solution, please mix:
2 parts wake the fuck up
1 part swift kick in the ass
2 tablespoons intelligent debate
1 1/2 teaspoons social organization
and a dash of hope.
Stir.
When all ingredients have blended, bake for a year or two. Enjoy!
parkour dog
i've never seen Rocky but i feel like this is what it'd be like.
friends dont let friends not have good remixes
this is a pretty cool remix from this pretty cool site. i dont know the guy who did it, but i bet he's pretty cool, too.
i like the beginning and the ending parts. the middle gets a little too dubby for me.
Zach Galifianakis
Zach Galifianakis was on The Hour last night. man, he is one funny guy. he has such impeccable comedic timing.
and it's funny that he was on yesterday because yesterday was when the book i ordered came in at the library and the funny thing is the book is "It's Kind Of A Funny Story," which is the movie Zach Galifianakis stars in. funny eh?
god i love Sarah Polley!
such a Canadianspiration.
and it's so true, Canadians dont have access to Canadian films.
Gordon Pinsent reads Justin Bieber
this is made so much better by the fact that i ran into Gordon Pinsent on the street once and had a five minute conversation with him. he was really nice and down-to-earth.
"The Legend of Pale Male"
i'm a sucker for animal stories; in particular, bird stories.
seriously, i think i might have to see this film to learn the entire story and find out how it ends. i'd totally be one of the those people protesting on the street.
"Tiny Furniture"
i also like that it's like about what's pretty much going on with me. AND the writer/director Lena Dunham used her real life sister and mother as actors, which is just downright awesome. that's how an artistic family support each other: they act in their coming-of-age indie film.
plus, it looks really funny.
the BEST two lines in the trailer are the first one and the last one:
"i fee like this outfit just screams like 'i've been living in Ohio for four years, take me back to your gross apartment and have sex with me." BAHAHAHAHHAHA! gee-nee-oose!"- Do you like living here?"- That is such a ridiculous question; I LOVE living here."
honourable mention goes to the felicity line.
Idina Menzel must be a FREAK in bed. How else could she bag Taye Diggs?
I mean her face looks like the toaster from that toaster film.
SIDENOTE: they probably met when they originated 'RENT' together off-broadway. And they probably developed a strong bond based on both of them being at the beginning of their careers, which over the years has blossomed into true love and now that beautiful strong love tree built on a foundation of mutual talent and goodlooks is bearing fruit in the form of mooladoo babies.
p.s. i dont know how to spell 'mooladoo' so i just spelt it pho-net-ic-ally. moo-la-doo. i would use 'u's but i have a rule in my life that wherever i can use a 'u' i use two 'o's instead. it makes things more fun.
if you have no frackity-flipping clue what i'm talking about with 'mooladoo,' that is the term used to describe the pinnacle of gorgeousness in our designer baby society. Other terms include, 'biracial' and my personal favourite: 'mocha babies.'
p.p.s. the scariest part of that toaster movie was when the sweet little dishcloth got stuck in the tree during the storm. I KNOW RIGHT! childhood trauma right there, man. the worst things always happen to the nicest dishcloths.
10.14.2010
Anjulie - "Fuck You" (Cee-Lo Cover)
check out this acoustic cover by Canadian (m00t m00t!) singer Anjulie of Cee-Lo's catchy "Fuck You:"
the way she's re-done the lyrics is amazing.
my favourite line is: "Throws up all her rice cakes." lmao.
SIDENOTE:
i saw Anjulie perform at Maxwell's Coffee House in Waterloo way back in Fall 2008. she wasnt even the headliner, she opened for Pat Robitaille, but i do remember that i thought she was really good and thinking she'd definitely make it big. it was one of those "i-knew-her-before-you-knew-her" moments.
It Gets Better
beautiful, poignant speech by Fort Worth, Texas City Councilman Joel Burns:
i wish the world could see this :)
10.09.2010
Charlotte and Bob lie a few feet apart on the bed.
CHARLOTTE (O.S.)
I'm stuck. Does it get easier.
BOB
No, yes, it does...
CHARLOTTE
Yeah? But look at you.
BOB
Thanks. It does, the more you know who you are... you don't care about things the same way...
CHARLOTTE
I just don't know what I'm supposed to be. I thought maybe I wanted to be a writer... but I hate what I write, and I tried taking pictures, but John's so good at that, and mine are so mediocre... and every girl goes through a photography phase, like horses, you know dumb pictures of your feet...
BOB
You'll figure it out. I'm not worried about you.
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