Happy Vadge Day!

I'm still sick. Really? Really.

Regardless-

Check out this:

"Melody Day (Four Tet Remix)" by Caribou

"Wish I Was Dead" by Shout Out Louds

and

"Fake Palindromes" by Andrew Bird

and we'll be on the same page.

Until I'm well again- hopefully sooner than later....

Puppies!

Sick Week

My ass has been sick for far too long now. 

I haven't forgotten about the blog.

But until I recover- celebrate your love this valentines day.

And it's my half birthday.

I'm lame

I haven't been posting in a while because I've been pretty busy listening to music.

I have a new "What I'm Listening To" ready to fire tomorrow.

As of now, I'd just like hopeful bands to know these three things:

1) Write "unsigned" in your label category if you don't have a label. This is good for me.

2) Use MySpace

3) Befriend bands you like via MySpace and you're probably going to get heard.

That's what I have to say about that.

Submit Submit Submit

If you are an unsigned artist, and you think your poopy smell like roses....please send me a MySpace link. For serious. I do most of my work via MySpace.

I'm always looking for the next best thing. And if that's you, then why you ain't already befriended me? I mean, you see how my typing skills rock harder than your mom to some Aerosmith!

Get to know me Old School Style.

For more information on band I'm interested in- mostly unsigned or lesser known acts- befriend me on MySpace and watch my friends list.

If the bands choose to accept my hand in friendship, that is.

Now That We're Friends...

OK. 

So now that we know each other (and yes- I'm talking to myself with all of my....self....reader)

I feel it's safe enough to announce my favorite song.

It took me forever to decide this- and much consequent listening and debating to make it official.

The song? Save it for Later

by

The English Beat

Not only is Dave the writer singer the coolest dude ever. Ever. But- the song was founded on an amateur mistake- which makes me love it more.

See, old Dave was trying to write a song as he tuned his guitar to his favorite inspiration's tuning (CADDAD). But being new, Dave accidentally tuned to CADAAD. And this baby was born.

It's like the "Oops Baby" that became president.

Nothing will ever be able to fill the void that this song does. It's my favorite. And it's official.

What I'm Listening To...

Here's what I'm listening to this week. Again. Crap. It's been a week. I feel like I'm 90 already. Because I age like that. I'm Benjamin Buttons in reverse. Which is like Junior, I guess. Yeah, I'm the Brad Pitt of Robin Williams...es.... and yes. I know I need to stop talking (typing.)

So here's my weekly rotation of what I'm listening to. These are all what I call "oldies but goodies." And I'm not focusing on albums- rather the inspiration is the fact that I live on a rock in the middle of the ocean. And I need alternative landscapes to not get island fever- so these songs anticipate my needs. And fulfill them.

As Mario 64 would say= Heeeeere we gooo! (wooo! pah! woohpah!):

1. Andrew Bird

"Fake Palindromes"

This song makes me feel like I'm on a plane whose destination I know not. Kind of like how I ended up leaving LA and going to Hawaii. That and also getting drunk and buying a one way ticket and not having enough cash to get back without sending your friend back the way he came when we both woke up and realized---how the hell did we get to Hawaii? (Also, note of advice: you won't get good one way ticket deals if you first ask the airport attendant at 2 am what the cheapest one way tickets to the D.C. area (during the democratic convention) may be- and have no check-on's save backpacks. They then rape you and tell you its 8 bajillion dollars for one way tickets to Oahu. And cavity search you. And you're so drunk and tired and can't believe you're at the airport, so hell yes- sign me up for anything that might point my way to the nearest drinking establishment.... Not that I would know.)

Best (non)decision of my life. Wait. No that wasn't me. I swear on my....crap I don't even like to swear.

But this song? Good. Listen.

I digress.

2. Pinback

"Good to Sea"

Every time I drive out to surf- and by surf I mean paddle for a few seconds until I get severe anxiety about a non-existent shark thereby swallowing a large powerful wave and swim down instead of up so I almost drown- I listen to this song. It makes me love the ocean for those moments before near-death. And I love it. And consequently also forgive the ocean for being so angry with me. I understand. I'm lacking the charisma del agua.

3. The Dandy Warhols

"Love Song"

No, it's not the Cure and it isn't featured on Britney and Kevin's reality series before she went ape-shit and made me afraid of umbrellas. Ellas. Ellas. Ey- ey. I hate that song. But good tune and producing behind it, at least.

Anyway.

Listen. Shhhh.

4. Elbow

"Forget Myself"

I heard this song at a photo shoot in my past life. What? Don't laugh.

Anyway- some of the better pictures I've ever taken. I forgot myself. And it made for good hairbrush pictures.

Anyway, inneresting. Catchy. And different.

5. Benoit Pioulard

"Triggering Back"

I want to be on a jet plane to another land with this song. I don't even know what's going on- but I feel like I'm headed somewhere. And that's all I have to say about that.

6. The Aliens

"Rox"

I played this at my birthday party two years ago-ish. I'm old. Anyway, everyone asked me what it was. It's pretty interesting up-beat chill-axed. And makes me want to punch someone in the face. It's a driving force. It's the butterfly that stings like a bee, no doubt. 

Speaking of stinging- in Hawaii, everyone's like- hey, we're rabies free and have no snakes. I listen to this and think I'm all fun and fancy free. Then I step outside barefoot one night and ZZZZZT. A huge centipede attacks and bites. It was so painful I stayed up all night laughing at how painful it was. Yes- it's no cobra need the doctor sting- but it hurts so good.

Word of advice: don't let ginormous centipedes get all up on you because they think they're going to feed.

7. The Brian Jonestown Massacre

"Anemone"

Let's have a moment of honesty. I'm not a huge drug fan. Now, sure- I've dabbled (not going to lie)- but I've never done heroin. To me? This song is slamming the horsey. For serious. I don't even need an advil to appreciate this. It's just soothingly lovely.

8. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

"Shuffle Your Feet"

I feel like I'm in prison on street clean up duty when I hear this.

And it makes me shuffle my feet. Give it a hear- and you'll understand. Enough said.

Oh brother where art thou? Right here, apparently.

9. Ms. Dynamite

"Dy-Na-Mi-Tee"

A band manager turned me on to this and wow. 

Ms. Dynamite apparently got arrested for punching a ho in the face. Yes. I said ho. I don't know, but from Ms. Dynamite's mind, that's how I hear it going down.

Anyway, this song puts the bad-ass in bad ass. I used to cruise to this- and picked it up again this week because I was pretending I was cruising through LA again when really I'm just cruising through black jungle forest-ness on the way home.

10. Johnny McGovern

"Soccer Practice"

This is one of the items that you need to YouTube and see the video.

Johnny was a comedian. And then he released this.

Just watch and laugh. And know that the song will stick with you well after. Trust.

OK. So I know I've been on an alt/indy/you're weird kick. Next week will be completely different, I promise. I'm already transitioning. It'll be like a Jack in the Box (but not the salmonella burger establishment.) You'll be like- hey, I'm sick of this stupid sound. Then Kaboom! ShamWOW! Different-ness.

Aloha!

Let's Discuss

Electric Six.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a4gyJsY0mc

I dare you to watch this video and tell me it's not stupendous. The casting of the lady friend was most excellent. And the moose's signature scene? Oscar worthy.

So Electric Six was up and coming in Detroit alongside the White Stripes. Rumor has it that Jack's voice is actually the voice portrayed by the hilarious middle aged woman in the film.

They have such classic song verses as "Girl, I want to take you to a gay bar" and "Someone told me you were cool, but now I think about it that someone must have been you." Amongst many many other keepers. 

If I were a man and Electric Six were a chick- and a hot hot one at that- I'd tap that.

P.S. I'm electronically disabled. If the link doesn't work, go to YouTube and search "Danger! High Voltage"

P.P.S. I'm aware I'm redundant. I'm redundant. Know this. This was on my first post. But the music video missed note, and I think it's noteworthy indeed.

You Haven't Heard This

The track? "She's Expensive"

The artist? Dee

I passed this toe-tapper on to a DJ friend who loved it. Really really loved it and used it in his sets last summer.

It's pretty dance track-esque, so not necessarily your Sunday morning coffee track. But it's got a catch and a groove and it makes me want to take my pants off and dance. Did I just say that out loud? Well, maybe- maybe I'm wearing a dress with pants over it like Jennifer Love Hewitt used to do in her hey day. I don't know- I don't know. 

Well, if you're looking for a night time get me riled up kind of track, rile up to it. You know you want to.

Etu, U2?

U2 released the track listing and the sample track "Get On Your Boots" from their upcoming album No Line on the Horizon.

Let's just take a minute to discuss the situation at hand.

I didn't like the track. I mean it. 

I saw U2 3D twice. I love this band. If Bono was like- hey, what's up? I'd probably be all like- Nothing. But really on the inside I would have wee'd in my pantalones.

The song started off a little shaky and not as "new/innovative U2" for me, but I thought- I'll grow to love this, no doubt. Then comes the chorus. What the cleff? Really? Team? I thought we were friends.

I hope and pray by the graces of the Jesus that the rest of the album will blow me away and I'll learn to feel accustomed to this Boots business. And this better not be another one of those Viva La Vida crap situation where the song plays for four years on the radio at very high frequency and every time I hear it I contemplate driving my car off the road. Probably into a shallow ditch because I'm too young to die.

I'm so depressed I'm going to go listen to some Dido or something.

You Haven't Heard This

Unless you drive with me in my car without my knowing, you probably haven't heard this song. It should have been huge. Huge as in holy crap huge. The words make me laugh every time- "I'd like to like you like you like me" and "stop trying, I don't want you, you don't want to, you want me well? I want to dance."

Genius.

Listen to it. Love it. 

And dance.

Dangerous Muse

"The Rejection"

available on iTunes (recommended for sampling due to poor MySpace track quality.)