Saturday, October 18, 2008

Beyonce throws down

while Beyonce has created an amazing solo career for herself, there are moments every once in a while where i long for the days when Destiny's Child burned up the charts. i'm not crazy about this song, she looks incredible, the choreography is fierce and she rocks hard from start to finish.

"single ladies (put a ring on it)"



and here's another video for her new album this one is "if i was a boy"

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listen to Adele now!

i've been crazy about Adele, since i heard of her at the beginning of this year. her voice is beautiful, soulful, powerful yet sweet and another "throwback English songbird" like Duffy and Winehouse. she's the musical guest tonight on Saturday Night Live, which will be hosted by the incredibly talented/awesome/cool Josh Brolin (who's really come into his own in the past few years though i've been a fan for a decade, i'm glad he's getting the work and credit he deserves.)

Adele's most accesible song is probably "Cold Shoulder"



...while "Chasing Pavements" is also an incredible song, with an equally incredible video which you can see here, or listen to her do it live below


"Hometown Glory" is probably her most popular song since it's been on "Grey's Anatomy," and is incredibly beautiful

though my favorite song she does is "Tired." sadly there's no real video, but you can hear the song and enjoy the lovely video montage someone made for this fantastic song.

Friday, October 17, 2008

I'm begging you for MERCY, why won't you release me?

Duffy's "Mercy"" has been stuck in my head for months. i like Duffy but i prefer Adele & I'll be an Amy Winehouse fan for life [insert quip about how her's may not last that much longer.] so for the time being enjoy this delightfully catchy song.




...and another thats a bit more somber "Warwick Avenue"



...and "Rain On Your Parade" which is clearly has the same arrangement as "Mercy," but with fewer instruments, which means it'll probably be stuck in my head til Hannukah

Dope Ride

I came across this lovely vehicle at ArtWalk last week and just had to take a picture.
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Thursday, October 16, 2008

even i wonder how my mind works - herbal cigarettes

so i just found a fantastically hilarious clip from what i can only assume is some totally brilliant British comedy series from 2o years ago, called "Alfresco," that happened to feature one of my favorite actors, Hugh Laurie, who plays Dr. Gregory House on "House."

i literally stumbled upon this clip after i found myself day dreaming about "Mad Men's" Don Draper, and started to wonder about all the cigarettes they smoke on show. it reminded me of an interview Jon Hamm did on Kimmel not too long ago where he mentioned that the characters are actually smoking herbal cigarettes, which then lead to me googling herbal cigarettes and this video came up. so basically my thought process was:

Don Draper's smoking hotness -> Don smoking -> herbal cigarettes -> Google + "herbal cigarrettes" (i spelled it wrong because i don't smoke) -> hilarious brilliant video featuring another amazing actor from one of my other favorite shows-> blog about it


I just found it humourous and coincidental that I came across this while originally thinkgin about Jon Hamm considering Hugh Laurie has repeatedly been Jon Hamm's competetion for Best Actor in a Drama Series at almost every awards show. i also have to add that my favorite line from this video is, "You're a credulous git Mr. Pepperdine!" And with that said please enjoy the clip!



kanye's new album

entitled "808s and Heartbreak"comes out on November 25th and here's the video for "love lockdown" he premiered on Ellen last week. i have no friggin clue what's going on in this thing, i just really like the song, which is why i'm sticking it out until i hear "808" to full decide whether or not i'm into a 'more soulful'/singing version of Mr. West. it feels like only yesterday he was trying to thump 2 Bits (that's 50 Cent for those of you not into old-timey hip hop talk) for the best record sales of the day, though that was actually almost 15 months ago.

i am pretty intrigued since "808" is technically a break-up album, and who can't relate to that. kanye had some crazy listening party for it the other night and said the album was about "emotional nakedness" and "the freedom to do what you want to do." whatever the F that means, i'm excited and intrigued and hope it's as enthralling as my current favorite breakup album (which is also one of my favorite albums of all time) Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black." We shall see.


bjork and thom yorke made a musical baby

so Björk and Thom Yorke have worked on a track together for charity. but this just gives me a a reason to post Bjork's "all is full of love," which was stuck in my head non-stop last week. the song will probably be the greatest thing ears have ever heard, but i guess we'll find out on the 20th.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

i'm crazy for comic books...

that are adapted for film or TV, and done well, like "Iron Man," "The Dark Knight" and "Sin City." hopefully "Watchmen" will join the pantheon off amazingly adapted production and apparently the film lives up to the brilliant source material. last week the director of "The Watchmen," Zack Snyder held a preview/short Q & A, for the film, which has only gotten me more excited. for more details and a short yet informative article click here.


but more importantly "Heroes" is back and better than ever. i've been a HUGE fan of the show since episode 1, and truly love and respect the international phenomenon Tim Kring has been able to create, that's not only thrilling and exciting, but incredibly relatable. the show is about people with extraordinary abilities in a modern day society, who are all interconnected. some use their powers for good and some use their powers for evil, while others are just trying to get rid of them. the cast of characters span the planet and are monitored by an organization called "The Company," who actions are sometimes good and often nefarious, but work with people with abilities to stop the world from ending.

if you even kind of like "X-Men" the show is reminiscent of that in the smallest regard, but needs to be scene to be fully understood. to be honest i was beyond excited for the show's premiere, but couldn't remember all the minutiae from last season, due in part to the writer's strike, so i kinda had no idea what was going on with some characters, and felt really disconnected from what was happening on screen. though last monday night's episode was fantastic and had an epic explosion ( i'm talking "24" kind of huge.)

episodes of the show, along with more bonus features than you ever thought imaginable, is available to view on NBC.com/Heroes, and i recommend at least checking them out, rather than attempting to dive into the show all at once, though it is really great. each season of the show is technically a "Chapter" within a larger graphic novel inspired format. season 3/"Chapter 3" is entitled "Villains" so there's a lot of naughtiness going down from highly entertaining evil-doers. but the best part about all of this is the casting choices the show has made since there are so many different bad guys, that not so coincidentally played villains on the previous shows they were on, like David Anders (who played Sark on "Alias") and Jamie Hector (who played Marlo Stanfield on "The Wire.") anyway, if you're not a super geek, this show is still totally accesible and worth checking out.

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