Song of the Day - The Boxer Rebellion

These are ones to watch. Mark my words.

Song of the Day - Kings of Convenience

Yep, this one's for you, David. Your interpretation of this is exactly why we are meant to be friends.

Quote of the Day

"Like the great philosoper Lil Kim once said, 'Nigga, it is what it is.'"

-AJ

Tribute video to John Hughes

We're getting older, kids.

Song of the Day - Bon Iver

Just because.

Blindsided - Bon Iver

New Bloc Party

WARNING: If you are feeling particulary tired and/or hungover, this video may make your head spin and/or explode. Totally diggin the song though.



(Thanks, Alex)

Song of the Day - Hot Chip

Only, like, my favorite Joy Division song ever, covered by one of my, like, favorite contemporary artists. I love this. Like, a lot.

Transmission (Cover Joy Division) - Hot Chip

Song of the Day - Cold War Kids

Seeing these guys at the Fillmore tonight for the first time ever. Sooo stoked.

Them Chicks Got Moooves

Last night I was having dinner at Beretta, consuming something in the vicinity of 5,000 calories, and this song just happened to come on in the background. I believe I may have actually squealed outloud when I heard it. I remembered how much I adore this video and just had to watch it today:

Song of the Day - Iron & Wine

Maybe it's the rainy weather...but this is right up my alley this week.

Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron & Wine

Song of the Day - English Beat

Pretty sure I've gotten nothing done today. Pretty sure I don't care.

"Save it for Later" is definitely the theme of the day. Ha.

PANIC PANIC PANIC!

"I don't eat that" - Paris Hilton, regarding swine flu

"Bracing for the Worst" was the headline of the Examiner today, paired with a picture of people in surgical face masks. I admit I kind of rolled my eyes when I saw it.

This whole swine flu mania is kind of bugging me. And when I say "mania," I'm referring to the fear-mongering media and their love for instilling a sense of panic in the general public. A general public that is already afraid of everything, including anyone with the name Hussein, plastic water bottles and Mexicans. Oh, and don't get us started on our Black president (whose middle name also happens to be Hussein - a rather unfortunate coincidence).

The whole sky-is-falling mentality almost got me for about half a second until I realized what any semi-rational person would, which is that tens of thousands of people die from flu-related causes every year, and the only reason people are freaking out right now is because there is no vaccine for this particular strain of flu. It's not easily controlled in that respect, which can be understandably a little unnerving. But flu vaccines are overrated anyway, in my opinion. At least for me - vaccines generally don't work at all for me. I end up getting sick anyway - and probably more sick than I would have had I simply contracted the flu without getting a vaccine in the first place.

Swine flu doesn't scare me. People who panic scare me. People who freak out and slaughter tens of thousands of pigs when there hasn't even been a single case of swine flu reported in their country scare me.

I don't doubt swine flu can be more dangerous for some than others, just like any form of the flu can be. Toddlers, elderly people and those with sensitive immune systems should likely take extra precaution and avoid public places. We get it. Mass hysteria, however, is probably not the best solution to the problem, people.

Me? I'm trying to appreciate the humor in a rather twisted, disturbing situation, and I thank God for some of the more rational people on the planet who can laugh at this with me:


Oh, and I've already got my eye on this season's hottest masks to hit Mexico City. When the time comes to truly panic, at least I'll still be able to demonstrate my keen sense of fashion: Stylin' Face Masks