Currents as of August 2009

Current Listening

The Sounds -- Entire Discography

I am completely, thoroughly obsessed again. I know it's all because I'm getting to see a whole show LIVE after being teased so much when they opened for No Doubt.

I can safely say that The Sounds are not one of my favorite bands...they ARE my favorite band.

Discuss.

Suggest Listening: All of it...unless I hate you and don't want you to like my band. Then none of it. I'm very protective of them...

Cobra Starship -- Hot Mess

There's a reason I've given up on Fall Out Boy...but stuck with Cobra Starship. The band's never strayed from what it originally set out to do...fun punk/dance/electro pop music meant to entertain...not re-define a genre. The music isn't something that's going to change my life...but I don't expect it to. It's fun to listen to and a much needed distraction at work.

Suggested Listening: "Hot Mess" - "Living in the Sky with Diamonds" - "The World Will Never Do"

Various Mashups

The current "winners" of the moment are Muse vs. Some Other Pop Artist (usually Brit). I found a great Muse/Brit mash up with "Unusual You" and a great "Break the Ice" vs. "Supermassive Black Hole." The only thing better than a great mashup...a great title for a great mashup. "Break the Supermassive Black Ice" and "Dirrty Black Hole" win the prize.

Also found another great Linkin Park/Britney mashup ("What I've Done to Circus"). Something about Brit and Linkin Park just seems to go together ("Faint/Toxic" anyone??).

Current Reading
Sloppy Firsts -- Megan McCafferty

Re-reading them only makes me fall more and more in love with McCafferty's novels.

They also make feel feel better...especially when I read things like...

L.A. Candy -- Lauren Conrad

Yes. I read it. Yes. I loved "The Hills" and watched it every week when Lauren was on. Yes. I watched "Laguna Beach."

No, I will not watch it without Lauren in it this fall.

Yes. I will never speak of this book ever, ever again.

Current Watching
The X-Files -- Season 7

And only a few eps of 7 left. I bought 8 and 9, but let's face it. The X-Files is NOT the same without Duchovny. I am not looking forward to shoving through them...but know I have to watch the whole she-bang now that I've started.

I Love You Man

For real, Jason Segel. Would you just marry me already?

September 14

Let the countdown officially begin...

Must Playlist for August 2009

Music Playlist at MixPod.com

Track One
"Help, I'm Alive" - The Metric
I found this band thanks to Pandora...and then proceeded to download all of their music. The jury is still out on how I feel about all of their music...but I do love this song. I love the beat and I love the parts that sound like they're hospital heart monitors. Pretty damn creative.

Track Two
"She Wolf" - Shakira
God. I hate how much I love Shakira's totally strange, bizarre pop music. And something about Shakira herself. She's insane. Don't believe me? Um. Try watching all the contortions she manages to bend her body into in the video for this song.

Track Three
"99 Times" - Kate Voegele
While the radio is saturated with crappy Miley Cyrus songs (sick of people thinking she can sing...so don't get it whatsoever...) and the same old Taylor Swift songs (love her...but think her music all sounds the same), there's also room for Kate Voegele. Thank God. Love this song...love the boy domino fall at the end of the video too.

Track Four
"Beatbox" - The Sounds
Um. So STOKED that The Sounds FINALLY released new music and I can't get enough of this song. Super bummed that they won't be anywhere near me this fall when they tour...but I can just blare this song in my car and pretend I'm there.

Track Five
"Don't Believe a Word" - Third Eye Blind
I can't believe Third Eye Blind is releasing a new CD. I'm so super stoked. They're totally one of my favorite 90s bands.

Track Six
"Poker Face" - Chris Daughtry
I was totally getting sick of hearing this song on the radio (the Lady Gaga version). But a great cover can make you fall in love with a song all over again. Chris Daughtry...I'm still pissed you got sent home so early on Idol.

Track Seven
"Body Control" - Leighton Meester
Do believe I already blogged about this song.

Track Eight
"A-Punk" - Vampire Weekend
Discovered Vampire Weekend thanks to the "I Love You Man" soundtrack. Normally isn't my type of rock/alternative/whatever. But I'm totally loving them.

Track Nine
"22" - Lily Allen
No longer 22...but love the sad message in this song. And love the totally

Track Ten
"Radar (Bloodshy and Avant Remix)" - Britney Spears
Just when I was getting sick of this song (again), Honkus goes and sends me this remix by Bloodshy and Avant (the geniuses responsible for "Toxic" and "Piece of Me"). Dammit, now I'm hooked again. I still hate that long commercial for Candies...erm...I mean music video.

Track Eleven
"Good Girls Go Bad" - Cobra Starship
I hate how much I love Gabe Saporta's band's crazy pop rock dance electronica music. There's a reason why I've seen them twice in concert...and why I would go see them again.

Track Twelve
"That's Not My Name" - The Ting Tings
Steph, Kate and I are STILL jamming out to this song in the car. Shite.

"Screws fall out all the time, sir. The world's an imperfect place."

And it's a little more imperfect today...

R.I.P. John Hughes

I can't even put into words how shocked I am that the man who made the films that shaped my adolescent years long after they were created has passed.

Super, super, super bummed.

Great EW.com perspective over HERE.

Here's Something America Should Get Right

(But which I have a horrid sinking feeling that they won't...)

Um. Can we just stop for a moment and discuss what a totally awesome, amazing, flawless dancer Kayla is from this season of "So You Think You Can Dance"??? Please???

And how she's totally worthy of being the second girl ever to win this show?? Her lines...her extensions, her constantly thorough performances throughout the WHOLE season...not just the past few weeks?

The girl who survived after countless partner changes? The one who doesn't annoy the shit out of me when she dances because she just seems so fake and over rated? The one who's the most organic on this show?

Part of me thinks Brandon will take the title tonight. Which is also very justly deserved. But if it comes down to a female contestant and America happens to get it wrong...

I'm not even going to think it.

Kayla FTW people. PLEASE.

UPDATE: Told you so. Wrong. Wrong. WRONG.