I noticed that my opponent is always on the go
And won’t go slow so as not to focus, and I notice
He’ll hitch a ride with any guide
As long as they go fast from whence he came
But he’s no good at being uncomfortable, so
He can’t stop staying exactly the same
“
—
Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine
Anything that Mark Foster has a hand in is something I will like. Guaranteed.
I don’t know what it is. Maybe its the Spring weather giving me the urge to listen to pop music. Maybe its how adorable he is. Whatever it is, I really like Conor Maynard’s song “Can’t Say No.” Yes even though its about him going after girls.
The reason why some women and queer people feel an affinity with her music is that it displays the destabilizing power of “oversharing,” the strangely radical gesture of presenting your mind and your body and your life as it is— which is always going to provide more of a release to the people who’ve been cautioned against sharing those sorts of things in the past.
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—
Lindsay Zoladz
Can we talk about Lana Del Rey for a hot-minute? I feel so conflicted about this girl. Back in November Lana Del Rey popped up on my radar when I downloaded her song Video Games on iTunes, because I previewed the song and dug it. From then until now the appearance of her face on some of my regular websites has been increasing. With all the attention I decided to listen to her new song Born To Die, which I also really liked.
Last night I woke up to the sound of my dog making puke sounds right next to me. It’s 3:00am and I’m cleaning up canine vomit off my bed. When I finished I was wide awake, so I picked up my iPad and surfed around the web. Apparently Miss. Del Rey bombed on SNL. That of course spurred me to watch SNL on my DVR, and I witnessed a sloppy slurred tranny-voiced mess singing the songs I had listened to 7 hours earlier while I did laundry. They sounded nothing alike. I was so befuddled that I fell back to sleep.
When I woke up this morning I noted several websites discussing, the failure of last night’s musical performance on SNL. It was Ke$ha’s April 2010 performance all over again: bitch can’t sing!
Later on more websites were claiming that Lana Del Rey is a musical fabrication of Interscope Records. It seems that Lana is more anecdotal evidence that a dye job, collagen, expensive record producers, and a new wardrobe can make anyone a “credible” musical artist.
What am I to do? I still like those songs, and I’ll probably really like her album . Even so, should I support someone who is a total fake? I have in the past! Might as well right. Regardless she seems like a flighty sketch-ball so we’ll see if Lana Del Rey is just a flash in the pan.
I’m a sucker for One Direction. I can’t help it. I just find them so dapper and adorable, and their music is catchy.
January Playlist: New Year, New Songs
1. Everybody Talks - Neon Trees
2. We Are Young - Fun. Ft. Janelle Monae
3. Safe & Sound - Taylor Swift Ft. The Civil Wars
4. Love Love Love - Of Monsters and Men
5. Stay Gold - The Big Pink
6. You’re So Cool - The History of Apple Pie
7. Paul Simon - This Many Boyfriends
8. Tiger Blood - The Vaccines
9. One Thing - One Direction
10. Hang With Me - Robyn
11. Gold On The Ceiling - The Black Keys
12. I Feel Better - Gotye
13. Shoelace - The Submarines
14. I’m Not Gonna Cry - Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
15. Heartbreak Yellow - Andy Davis
16. We Found Love - Tyler Ward Jess Moskaluke
17. Slow - Grouplove
18. St. Walker - Young The Giant
19. Life On The Nickel - Foster The People
20. Most Wanted - Cults
Favorite Albums of 2011: I totally forgot Adele 21. I think I forgot because it was such a major album that by the end of the year I stopped listening to it. It was everywhere! Deservedly so. Both of Adele’s albums are flawless. It’s sickening.
Favorite Albums of 2011
It seems like a really random bunch, but these are the albums I listened to most in 2011.
Foster The People, Torches is my number one. If I couldn’t find anything on the radio I liked, or if shuffle on my iPhone was not cutting it, I would just listen to Torches. It’s just my kind of music: Alternative Pop. Grouplove Never Trust A Happy Song is a close second, only because Torches came out first and I’ve been listening to Torches longer.
Foster The People, June 10th at Merriweather Post Pavillion. I am so excited.
We are not special. We are not crap or trash either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens.
This is the place where I share my ideas, opinions, and interesting things I find on the internet. I'm not a genius, though I paid for four years of college, so I get to think I'm smarter than some people. My sense of humor is dark and eccentric and it might go way over everybody's head. I like to make myself laugh first. If anyone else laughs, well then that's just dandy.
I'm also a nerd in the sense that I have the tendency to get really excited and passionate about stupid stuff like the following: Glee, iPhones, Martha Stewart, Doctor Who, 30 Rock, Macs, Fiona Apple. Don not be confused. I am not a hipster. There is nothing ironic about my obsessions, my clothes, or my kick-ass Ray Ban wayfarer glasses. I truly love them. The only thing I'm "over" is the moon.
I am an atheist, and that's all you need to know about that.
PS: I think I make really good playlists. You can spend the rest of your days trying to suck your earlobes if you don't agree.
