001. First post of the year!

Woo, I've let this thing lay fallow. Thanks Becky for those last few posts! :D

Anyway, welcome everyone to the New Year.

I had this idea to listen to "Hoppipolla" by Sigur Ros as the New Year rang in.

BEST. DECISION. EVER.

Eh. Copy and Paste, pretties. ;)

Download Hoppipolla: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VHOZEFAP

A slideshow of fireworks pics, courtesy of Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=fireworks&s=int


And...GO! :D

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Anyway...I discovered this website -- "Take Away Shows" -- on this Interpol forum I post on regularly (Interpol Online) , and it's remarkable. Such a kick ass concept.

I had heard about Final Fantasy (Owen Pallett, who has worked with the Arcade Fire/the name draws from the actually FF game, of which Pallett is a fan), but never knew then who he was (until I realized he was in AF)...I clicked on Final Fantasy perf on Take Away Shows's website and it's just lovely. I downloaded the song "Your Light is Spent," and I adore it.

Search about: there's also a real good Shins and Arcade Fire one on there. Lots of good music all around, and seemingly, a lot of people/bands I should listen to are on here. It seems like an incredible way to discover more new music. *squee*

Current loves:

1. Your Light is Spent - Final Fantasy
2. Chromatic Birds - SayCet
3. Is There A Ghost? - Band of Horses
4. Crimewave - Crystal Castles + Health
5. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan
6. Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
7. Gone For Good - The Shins

Oh, and in addition, I'm updating that playlist when I feel like it. :D

I'm going to try to make a Top 100 song list. I always fail at those things.

Anyway. I'm starving. Must have sustenance. We'll be seeing each other later. ;)

Here. Watch this vid of "Neighborhood #2 (Laika)" by the Arcade Fire. Will Butler and Richard have at it! Fight! :D

Music Related! I post!

Was doing some legal (and illegal, shhhh) downloading + was thrilled to see a new Arcade Fire song up. It's called "Intervention," and I like it very much. The new ones out in March or April. 2007 is looking to be a good music year.

I'm addicted to a handful of songs at the moment...

1. "Anna-Molly" = Incubus (LOVE it.)

2. "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race" = Fall Out Boy (I know, Fall Out Boy. Not sure if it's a guilty pleasure. I think I genuinely do like them....even though that bass player of theirs is a butthead. Oh, and let's not mention the widdle tweenees obsessed with said band and said bass player.)

3. "Here In Your Arms" = hellogoodbye (it's cute and it grew on me.)

4. "When You Were Young" = The Killers (massive single, but "Bones" doesn't hold to the singles from the first album...and yes, I'm yet to get "Sam's Town.")

Not like I'm trying to impress anyone with my musical tastes, which in this case to some people, has just gone down the proverbial tube. But who freaking cares. I balance out. :) Is music taste supposed to impress? I know I've held back from admitting to liking certain bands because of label issues (as in description of band, not record label). I mean. Hell. I can like Arcade Fire and Fall Out Boy. And Interpol. Strange bedfellows as it is. So, I throw music listening expectations out the window.

Yeah.

Oh, and RIP James Brown. It was a genuine shock to hear of your passing. Your music defined a generation. Rest In Peace. You will be missed.