Never pick sides
Never choose between two
But I just wanted you
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Song of the Day - Death Cab for Cutie
This video alone wins.
How I wish you could see the potential
The potential of you and me
It’s like a book elegantly bound
But in a language you can’t read just yet
You got to spend some time, love
You got to spend some time with me
And I know that you’ll find love
I will possess your heart
Saturday, March 12, 2011
And then they came for me....
"First they came for the communists," he wrote, "and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me."
And Then They Came For the Trade Unionists
And Then They Came For the Trade Unionists
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Song of the Day - Devotchka
I realize this is a cover, but with Devotchka's Spanish flavor added it takes on the quality of a new song that in my opinion is more romantic than any other version I've heard. Love, love, love.
As a side note, I saw Devotchka play the other night and it was one of the better live shows I've ever seen.
As a side note, I saw Devotchka play the other night and it was one of the better live shows I've ever seen.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
Lykke Li's new album is available for streaming from Fader. "Love Out of Lust" in particular has been on continuous loop in my home.
"I’m so fucking old and I’m so young. The way I think I should handle it is just to have a lot of fun. Like having a good laugh or having amazing fucking sex with somebody is worth more than a fucking health cleanse or therapy. So I’ve just been having fun instead, and now I’m feeling so much better. I’m back on track, ready to be destroyed again.” - Lykki Li in her Fader interview.
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (Hype Machine Album Exclusive) by LykkeLi
"I’m so fucking old and I’m so young. The way I think I should handle it is just to have a lot of fun. Like having a good laugh or having amazing fucking sex with somebody is worth more than a fucking health cleanse or therapy. So I’ve just been having fun instead, and now I’m feeling so much better. I’m back on track, ready to be destroyed again.” - Lykki Li in her Fader interview.
Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes (Hype Machine Album Exclusive) by LykkeLi
The Walkmen
This is soothing.
"The Walkmen have always been good at making real adult life—even the parts with necessary escape and finding comfort in drinking—seem romantic, which just about no other band is able to do." (Read more)
"The Walkmen have always been good at making real adult life—even the parts with necessary escape and finding comfort in drinking—seem romantic, which just about no other band is able to do." (Read more)
Saturday, February 26, 2011
New year, new look, new(-ish) music
I've finally returned to this sorely neglected blog of mine and given it a much-needed facelift. I've been dabbling a bit with Tumblr in the meantime, just as a quick receptacle for random stuff I come across while cruising the Web. I'm going to try to get back to posting more regularly on here as well.
In the spirit of getting back into the swing of things, I thought I'd post the Grammy performance everyone was raving about - and no, I don't mean Bieber and Usher. I love to hate the Grammys, and I watched the entire show this year (aka had the TV on in the background). Between Lady Antebellum's truckload of awards for their blatant rip-off of a song and Lady Gaga's public ego massage, the Grammys were proving to be every bit as annoying as I expected them to be.
Enter: Eminem. You know the Grammys must be just a big joke to him. I mean, obviously he gets nominated and makes his obligatory appearances each year, but I bet after the lights go down and he heads home with his awards, he's like, "What a fucking joke." But hey, recognition by the academy is obviously good in the business, even if it is one big ridiculous parade and all the players are perfectly aware of it.
This performance alone made up for the other three hours that I would have likely fast-forwarded through if I were so technologically advanced as to have DVR (but no, instead I was forced to endure endless commercials and Bob Dylan's painful performace, as if it's still 1995).
p.s. The star of the show who in my opinion managed to outshine Rihanna was Miss Skylar Grey. Two things: a) where can I find the badass pants she's wearing, and b) What. A. Voice.
I prefer her version of this song, which obviously she wrote herself, as you can hear it/feel it in her voice:
In the spirit of getting back into the swing of things, I thought I'd post the Grammy performance everyone was raving about - and no, I don't mean Bieber and Usher. I love to hate the Grammys, and I watched the entire show this year (aka had the TV on in the background). Between Lady Antebellum's truckload of awards for their blatant rip-off of a song and Lady Gaga's public ego massage, the Grammys were proving to be every bit as annoying as I expected them to be.
Enter: Eminem. You know the Grammys must be just a big joke to him. I mean, obviously he gets nominated and makes his obligatory appearances each year, but I bet after the lights go down and he heads home with his awards, he's like, "What a fucking joke." But hey, recognition by the academy is obviously good in the business, even if it is one big ridiculous parade and all the players are perfectly aware of it.
This performance alone made up for the other three hours that I would have likely fast-forwarded through if I were so technologically advanced as to have DVR (but no, instead I was forced to endure endless commercials and Bob Dylan's painful performace, as if it's still 1995).
p.s. The star of the show who in my opinion managed to outshine Rihanna was Miss Skylar Grey. Two things: a) where can I find the badass pants she's wearing, and b) What. A. Voice.
I prefer her version of this song, which obviously she wrote herself, as you can hear it/feel it in her voice: