Obviously counting down the days

Of Course

As we are all well aware, I am completely into any reunion or comeback tour, particularly those that are 90s based. So obviously this morning I bought tickets for Britney Spears / Pussycat Dolls. At first I was going to buy the best seats but then realized how stupid I would be to spend so much money on Britney Spears so I ended up with mezzanine, whatever. Anyways, while everyone else is concentrating on Britney's comeback, I am far more worried about still loving the old wholesome teenager who dated Justin despite his habit of using a full bottle of Dep hair gel every single day, who made googly eyes at her cousin in her first music video, who wore full-on matching denim outfits with her boyfriend at the time, who had an innocent yet adorable rivalry with (the much better singer) Christina Aguilera, the Britney who I went to see in ~concert~ approximately 8 times in a three year period (and I am not exaggerating)...


Looking back, the track suits/jerseys were never a good idea... but then she turned into a total bombshell...

And well, we all know what happened next. But the inner teeny bopper inside of me wants her to do amazing and I am just keeping my fingers crossed that this is not a total I-Wanna-Be-Madonna-show, because if there is anything I HATE in this world, it is present day Madonna. Oh and Britney Spears/celebrities whining about how terrrrible her life is, waaah wahhh wahahahah.

Sweatin like they up in saunas

Matt showed me this video a little while ago of some guy doing a "remake" of Lil Wayne's 'A Milli' about Obama and it is still really funny and amazing:

I could definitely watch it a thousand times in a row.

Oh and since the Killers' new album (Day & Age) came out I have pretty much been listening to it non-stop. Both this album and Sam's Town the first time through I was kind of ehh about but the more times I listen the more I love it. And it doesn't hurt that 1. their lyrics since Sam's Town have pretty much been entirely based around Las Vegas, and 2. uuuhmmm, I am completely in love?:

Now if only everyone in the world would stop misquoting them...

10 SHOWS CELEBRATING 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1999 CLASSIC

Jimmy Eat World will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its classic Clarity by playing the album in its entirety for 10 one-time-only shows beginning February 23 in New York City and concluding March 7 in the band's native Arizona.

And you knoooow I got my tickets during the pre-sale this morning. February 25, 2009 at the Trocadero I will be seeing the greatest tour that I could ever dream up (OK, besides a Beatles reunion tour, but I am trying to be realistic). It is safe to say Clarity has been and always will be one of the most important albums I have heard in my entire life. Uhm, hi:

Every single song on that album has so much meaning to me, and so many people of our generation. The best thing in the world is when I meet someone and they KNOW why I have a tattoo that says Clarity. Jimmy Eat World fans, particularly from the Clarity days, are completely a part of something... they have brought so many of my friends and I closer together.
If Jimmy Eat World's Clarity is not in your Top 10 favorite albums (I am tempted to say Top 5...) then you are not leading a fulfilled life.
Since I found out about this tour all I can do is listen to Clarity. Do yourself a favor and watch, in awe, this video of a remix of 'A Sunday' that they filmed in one take in Japan...

SO EXCITED!

Tell the DJ to turn it loud

Would. WOULD! Would. Would. Vom.

I am THE biggest sucker for boy bands/anything boy band related/pop group reunion tours, so obviously going to the New Kids On The Block reunion tour last night was one of the defining moments of my life. OBVIOUSLY. It could not have been better/more fun (unless it had ended with Jonathan Knight falling in love with me -- or they kicked ugly monkey face Danny out of the group)! And since I have been watching their song with Ne-Yo, "Single", on repeat for the last 2 hours at work, I figured I should share the wealth. Plus, the video is filmed inside Jet, the club I have been to many times at the Mirage in Las Vegas, so I am pretty sure them + me = Kindred spirits. ENJOY! And you can thank me later.

Commercial Success?

I like Cat Power. I have for a long time now. But is it strange that I like her cover songs in commercials maybe more than her actual albums?


This one is OBVIOUSLY great because 'Space Oddity' has always been one of my favorite David Bowie songs, and we all know about my feelings for Bowie...


I also love Cat Stevens and this is one of the many commercials that makes me tear up every time (I am a sap).

Oh and this reminds me! I still really wish I had the D&G Ziggy Stardust shirt:

Come on... D&G + my Halloween costume last year = Meant to beeee.

The TV Talks the Fear Right Out of You

Two albums I had been pretty excited about came out today...

Keane - Perfect Symmetry
This album, in typical Keane fashion, sounds a lot like The Killers. However, the songs are really fun/good and the album is definitely worth trying out. I have only listened to it completely through one time so far so I have to listen to it again a few times before I form a real opinion on it, but what I DO know is that listening to it that one time through is that it has made me even more excited for The Killers' new album, Day & Age, to come out on November 25 (or to leak before that). The first single, 'Human', is REALLY good... a little different sounding without sounding like a completely different band. And, from what I remember when I saw them in August, the other new songs sounded amazing as well. Now if they would only release a video for 'Human' so I could get my Brandon Flowers fill.


Copeland - You Are My Sunshine
They are one of those bands that I have loved forever (hi my screenname is from their first split EP that came out in high school) and although they never do anything revolutionary, they always come out with a good album with great lyrics sang by an incredible voice. And that is pretty much what this album is like. So if you like sappy ~love~ songs (that have gotten a bit more optimistic with this album) then you would really like the album. My personal ABSOLUTEFAVORITESONGTHATIAMOBSESSEDWITH is 'On the Safest Ledge'. Here is the (really bad) video for the first single, 'The Grey Man'...


Somebody send me more new music please? I have fallen behind!

BARACK THE VOTE

For those of you who are Obama supporters, lovers of THE BOSS, or will be in the Philadelphia area on Saturday...

Come hang out (right outside of my apartment!) and watch a special - FREE - performance by Bruce Springsteen while supporting Vote for Change(for any of you idiots who are still not registered to vote, there are only 6 days left... so register! It is IMPORTANT)! Click the image above to get your free tickets or to find out how you can get (free) preferred seating tickets by becoming a volunteer!

Now if onlyyyyy my Zac Posen for Barack Obama shirt would be here by then!

Sidenote: my very first Zac Posen purchase and as I have said before, I am OBSESSED with him, so this makes me very happy!
To check out/buy more designs in support of Barack Obama by some of the most AMAZING designers (Diane von Furstenberg, Tory Burch, Marc Jacobs, Derek Lam, Proenza Shoeler, Alexander Wang, Vera Wang, to name a few...) go to the Runway for Change store!

And continuing on this Obama post, the incredible artist Mark Ryden did an amazing limited edition (only 500 prints!) lithograph poster with Merry Karnowsky, and ALL of the proceeds will go to the Barack Obama Presidential Campaign! For more information go to MarkRyden.com.
The Pumpkin President


It is really inspiring how many influential people have gotten so involved in this EXTREMELY important Presidential election. I really admire those who are not preaching or pressing their opinions but just really doing anything they can to help out, whether it is designing a bag, creating art, or playing music... Everyone: prove that our generation is not full of a lot of lazy morons who don't care and VOTE!

Dig Out Your Soul

Oasis' new(ish) song "The Shock of the Lightning" makes me extremely happy because it isn't total shit like most of the recent stuff that have put out and it sounds a lot like the Oasis that is one of my favorite bands ever (and kind of like the Foo Fighters, or am I totally crazy??!
And in a surprising turn of events, it appears the approaching release of their new album, Dig Out Your Soul, has caused Noel Gallagher to stop being the biggest dickhead in the world and offer their album for "free" on their Myspace page a week early (very surprising after all of the ...wonderful... things he had to say about Radiohead's pay what you will release). The full article is on the New York Times Online and the album will be up for everyone to hear tomorrow! CANNOT WAIT.

Dig Out Your Soul trailer:

Oh, and when you thought it couldn't get any better, they have announced their tour dates and are playing Philadelphia ON MY BIRTHDAY. Happy Birthday to meee :)

Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips

Tell your boyfriend if he said he’s got beef
that I’m a vegetarian, and I ain't fuckin scared of him!

~so0o good??!?!?~

Stack paper

Just because I plan on making a mix CD that only has this song on it 20 times for this weekends trip to Vermont & Montreal...



Oh and I really need to find a 'Hi Hater' shirt in any size other than XXL.

I don't wanna be your friend, I just wanna be your lover

After telling Ross how excited I am about getting tickets to see Radiohead on August 12th (YES YES YES), he suggested I watch their new video. It is for one of my favorite songs off of In Rainbows, "House of Cards". I reeeeally like the video!



In Radiohead's new video for "House of Cards", no cameras or lights were used. Instead, 3D plotting technologies collected information about the shapes and relative distances of objects. The video was created entirely with visualizations of that data.

Directed by James Frost

Cannot even begin to explain how excited I am for August 12th!

I think I am in LOVE

with Zooey Deschanel. So I have basically been in love with her since Almost Famous came out BUT all I have been listening to lately is her "band", She & Him. Their album, "Volume One", is just so great and she has such a unique, beautiful voice. Plus it is great to see women in Hollywood who don't just hop from "career" to career because they can/want the attention but have ACTUAL talent. You practically never see her on the pages of Perez Hilton and that is refreshing.



The video above is of She & Him performing on Craig Ferguson. Her voice (surprise!) still sounds amazing, and she looks fantastic -- I love that dress.

This leads me to more reasons of why I love her... she has FABULOUS style -- always. For example:




how perrrrrf is this Zac Posen on her?!

So between being absolutely gorgeous, being in a few of my favorite movies, having a ~romantic~ past with one of my all time faves (Jason Schwartzman, duh. Shut up, Liz!), and an absolutely incredible voice, it is safe to say that I am in love.

This Week in (Leaked) Music

A few days ago I had the pleasure of having new Sigur Rós and the new Coldplay albums sent to me by friends. Pretty exciting since both are such highly anticipated albums and thus far, I am very impressed!


Coldplay's Viva La Vida is a bit of a turn away from their last album, X&Y, however none of the tracks really strike me as being truly original. It is kind of obvious that they were playing it fairly safe with this record (hey, I don't blame them... they have a good thing going) especially with tracks like "42". My favorites so far are the instrumental opening track, "Life in Technicolor", "Yes", and "Lovers In Japan/Reign Of Love", all of which I would say are the furthest away of what I would expect out of Coldplay. And while the album artwork is I GUESS looks "cool", I think their use of Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People does not fit in with the album conceptually at all. So far, this album hasn't pulled me in enough to really dive in to every song... instead it has kind of just been playing in the background.


Sigur Rós' Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust, on the other hand, has already proven to be much more than background music. They took a leap of faith with this and you can tell they were really inspired to create this new sound. The only song I could do without on the album is "Festival", which would have been quite fitting on any of their other albums but seems very out of place on this free-spirited album. Major credit to them for breaking out of the self-created mold that they have always had, and I think that should be noticeable to anybody who has heard the first single, "Gobbledigook". So far I haven't been able to choose my favorite track on this album, but it is safe to say it will be in heavy rotation for a long time and I will probably choose a new favorite song once a week. Also, as far as album artwork goes, I think this cover does a perfect job capturing the happiness conveyed through this record.

Do yourself a favor

SIGUR RÓS : Gobbledigook

Go download the new Sigur Ros single at the link above (for free!). It is absolutely AMAZING and such a step in a new direction for them (ie: no longer sleepy time music). I cannot wait to hear more new music from them!

Let's do some living after we die

I have listened to The Sunday's version of "Wild Horses" about a thousand times in the past few days and I don't think I could EVER get sick of it.

It is even better when you compare it to the version that Adam Levine and Alicia Keys completely destroy this incredible song in: