Worry not, things will return to normal. At least that’s what people keep telling me.
2 things:
What was up with last Sunday’s episode of Entourage. So bromantic? Or so bro-tragic? I’m coining that. It’s mine! And how much did they pay for the most awesome Radiohead song in the world.
Lastly, I’m convinced that Jesus hates the Dow Jones.
Kanye Premieres New Songs for Jenny Lewis’ Ears Only
Via Pitchfork
Crazy stuff. I went to the Jenny Lewis secret show last week at Spaceland and have some pics and notes to post later. Week has been crazy. More soon!
The first time I heard this song was in Thailand and I was blown away by it’s popularity there. My assumption is that the song just translates differently amongst Thais. I’ve never heard this song played on the radio and since I haven’t been much of a club kid since my reckless college days there’s not much opportunity to bang my head to it.
Even with the song’s lyrical audacity, nothing can top the video. Go easy Eamon, the girl looks innocent as hell.
LAST THING: This is the most ridiculous and blatant “head” reference since Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know.”
LAST THING I SWEAR: I’ve been crazy busy but have been well entertained the last few weeks. Hope to get to writing about my adventures soon.
While I am not the most vocal supporter of Barack Obama, the recent Palin stuff has me a little scared as now the polls show a much closer race. The conservatives I know and work with are enamored with Palin and the idea is that she will attract a large female voting block. Someone around me said that Barack must be kicking himself for not choosing Clinton for his running mate. Well, if he really wanted to court female voters all he needed to do was this:
I kinda did this as a joke for a coworker of mine who has the biggest crush on Gosling. But seriously, who wouldn’t vote for this combo? Apologies to Shepard Fairy, who made one of THE most iconic political posters of all time.
And you heard it here first (unless you see my Facebook updates): Barack Obama will secure an endorsement from Michael Phelps this weekend when he appears on SNL> More importantly he will secure the endorsement of the musical guest - Lil Wayne!
Take THAT McCain/Palin.
And never forget -
“I hated the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live.” John McCain, 2000.
I don’t object to the fact that he will always hate his prison guards the same way I will always hate my middle school vice principal, but “gook”? It’s one of the few words that really stings my ears.
AC Newman of The New Pornographers takes on Will Sheff’s vocals and Will Sheff fills in for the departed Jonathan Meiburg who left to concentrate on Shearwater. Lost Coastlines is the first song on Okkervil River’s new album, The Stand-Ins, the sequel to The Stage Names. Okkervil had commisioned a bunch of this videos which you can see over at their Youtube Channel.
I just downloaded the Stand-Ins off of emusic and hope to listen to the album tomorrow, depending on how hard The Man decides to press his foot on my nuts.
Lost Coastlines is one of my favorite songs of this year and it’s kinda fitting since I’ve been having trouble navigating through relationships with EVERYONE around me. Time of my life.
What’s cool about this video is that it was shot in York, Pa, the place where I grew up. I’ve actually taken tours of the Strand Capitol Building and once got to sit in on a board meeting. This kinda stuff makes me very happy. This version of the song is also a bit more jam-my.
BTW, I got ticks to see Okkervil and Sea Wolf in a few weeks. Still looking for a plus one, so if you’re interest(ed)(ing) hit me up.
Note: There were two cameras - I’m looking into one and my parents are looking at the other. Francis is just being a dick as usual. He is notorious when it comes to ruining family photo ops.
Worry not, Ma - There’s one of all of us that turned out great.
Two things you do no not want to hear on a plane. Yeah, there was an incident last night on my flight back to LA.
Suddenly that fight with my parents on my second to last day and any beefs I have with my bro are forgotten and all effort to make things well becomes a priority.
As far as I know the incident involved a young child and he did make it off the plane when the medical staff came on board.
In other news, I’m back.
Directed by Eric Saarinen. Premiered during the opening ceremony of the Olympics.
I think I contributed in 2 major ways on this one: helping with the initial treatment and showing the director the time-lapse sequence in Zodiac, which he later used as a lighting reference.
EDIT: The VO at the end is done by Jeffrey Wright.
Yeah, we can all tell it’s your first video, but when she says “Visas” you’d have been better off flashing a passport. No, these girls aren’t related to me but I’m allowed to be mean to them cuz I’m an American.
via Hipster Runoff
I was lucky enough to catch M.I.A.’s show at the Echoplex last year before the album came out and before this song became Girls Nite Out Anthem 08. M.I.A. played this song last and asked everybody to put the lighters and cell phones in the air (lame), but when the song started I seriously flipped cuz I thought she was going to cover The Clash’s Straight to Hell. Still, the song was the best moment of the night and one of my favorite songs of last year.
Why do girls teenage girls have to ruin everything?
Whenever I am asked (and I AM asked all the time) what’s the sexiest scene from a movie, I refer to this:
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BONUS: Faye Wong covers both The Cranberries - Dreams and Bjork’s Oscar dress.
I used to own a T-shirt of this and tried to wear it everyday in the eight grade.
I started running last nite and have only 2 thoughts to share -
1. Best song to listen to while running - MGMT’s Time to Pretend.
2. Worst song to listen to while running - Q Lazarus’s Goodbye Horses (Krikor Edit)
WTF was I thinking when I put that song on the shuffle? For those who don’t know, it’s that creepy song from Silence of the Lambs (and an extended remix, nonetheless). Really not a good idea for running at night, either.
But MGMT’s Time to Pretend is awesome. Like a twisted sequel to The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize.
It’s my summer jam.