So, today is my birthday...and like any normal grown-up, when it comes time to turn 25, you want to celebrate it in a way that'll make you happy. Since last year's birthday was such a shitstorm of unnecessary nonsense, I decided to make this one as low-key as possible. So...last night, I rekindled my love of horror films and watched a classic 80s slasher flick, titled "Happy Birthday To Me." Pretty morbid, huh? And today, I've spent the majority of my day working because what is a better distraction than making $$$$$. But, as far as music-modes, I wanted to hear a #1 hit from 1987, the year I was born. Since, I don't really care for any of the Billboard Top 100 best singles of '87, I decided to do the original of one of the songs listed. On the list was Billy Idol's cover of "Mony Mony." I decided to post Tommy James & The Shondells' version, well...because it's 10,000 times better. You can hear that below:
That's all.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Makes Me Better
Hellhole Ratrace...10-year-old wisdom...
This is going to be a very short one. But, lately, as far as music listening goes, it's been fairly stale. I bought David Byrne and St. Vincent's collaborative effort, titled Love This Giant the day before yesterday but haven't given it a thorough listen which I hope will be remedied within the coming week. Aside from that, I'm still obsessively listening to Girls...you know...that band that had that singer that was raised in a cult, released two albums, and is suddenly no more...yeah that band.
Since I'm fully acclimated to their second album, I've been listening to their first record, titled Album. It's a fantastic listen, and I like that Christopher Owens chose different directions in terms of songwriting as well as his vocal delivery. It was an interesting surprise. But, lately, I can't get the tune, "Hellhole Ratrace," out of my head. You can hear that one below. Also, check out their song, "Big Bad Mean Motherfucker." It's a nice little throwback to good old-fashioned rock n' roll.
On a musically unrelated note...I've started writing down weird, funny, and interesting things people say, compiling them on my phone's "notes" app, which is also my attempt at becoming more technologically savvy, and this one was taken from my 10-year-old nephew. This is his response to seeing my older brother's newly-grown beard.
"You look rough, like life is going hard."
That's all. PEACE.
This is going to be a very short one. But, lately, as far as music listening goes, it's been fairly stale. I bought David Byrne and St. Vincent's collaborative effort, titled Love This Giant the day before yesterday but haven't given it a thorough listen which I hope will be remedied within the coming week. Aside from that, I'm still obsessively listening to Girls...you know...that band that had that singer that was raised in a cult, released two albums, and is suddenly no more...yeah that band.
Since I'm fully acclimated to their second album, I've been listening to their first record, titled Album. It's a fantastic listen, and I like that Christopher Owens chose different directions in terms of songwriting as well as his vocal delivery. It was an interesting surprise. But, lately, I can't get the tune, "Hellhole Ratrace," out of my head. You can hear that one below. Also, check out their song, "Big Bad Mean Motherfucker." It's a nice little throwback to good old-fashioned rock n' roll.
On a musically unrelated note...I've started writing down weird, funny, and interesting things people say, compiling them on my phone's "notes" app, which is also my attempt at becoming more technologically savvy, and this one was taken from my 10-year-old nephew. This is his response to seeing my older brother's newly-grown beard.
"You look rough, like life is going hard."
That's all. PEACE.
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