Don't you hate it when something really exciting happens and you aren't allowed to talk about it. These are all things I will be able to share in the near future, I don't like surprises but that's the way it goes sometimes. Fuck it's like the moment I turned 30 and things just started falling into place. 20's were the "make mistakes but make sure you are also working hard at whatever it is you love to do." Get your heart broken, clean up the mess, pick yourself back up and do it all again until you hit 30 if ...
We Are The Hearts... Have you ever denied yourself the opportunity to make the right decision? i.e. You know shouldn’t take a job for the money, you know the person you’re with isn’t right for you, but you do it anyway, you carry on for the wrong reasons. What makes us so reluctant to choosing our nobler influences and why are we ruled by habitual vices, weak to our desires? Those are tough questions but often times it’s our own ego hidden in the form of intellect that gives credence to our ego supported qualities. The intellect is nothing more than a middle man ...
The original "Wicked Games" by Chris Isaak has to be one of my favorite songs, the lyrics, and the luring strums of the guitar, it's so effortlessly beautiful and timeless. So when I heard this original mix from Parra For Cuva & Anna Naklab I fell in love all over again. I can shamelessly say that I am in love and it doesn't matter with what or with who, so you can just keep on guessing, but the original is what plays in my head on a weekly basis, and now depending on my mood I now have two versions ...
I've been a little under the weather the past few days but I guess that's just the time of year that's why I always like to find new tunes that are a little more upbeat but still have an aggressive message, I just think the majority of us are feeling a little more aggression around this time. Marina & The Diamonds really hit home lyrically in this track. I have to always stop and remind myself that maybe when we feel a distance from someone in our lives or anything in general its not necessarily us, but maybe the weather or ...
When Jimmy Iovine (Chairman of Interscope) signed Dr. Dre he said he knew nothing about rap music, in fact he didn’t like it. Yet he was so taken by Dre’s production and sound quality that he couldn’t pass it up.
“Let Me Ride†is off of Dre’s 1992 LP “The Chronicâ€, produced during his G-Funk era, it has funky bass line & great drum groove. Turn it up.
“Rollin’ in my ‘64″
Some more 8-Bit Nintendo music for your ears. Coincidentally, another boy-girl group called Heart’s Revolution. So far they’ve only released the Switchable EP. Check ‘em out.
Hearts Revolution – Ultra Violence
A friend from London put me on to this song today. Great bass line, cool video.
Can’t help but think of the Hall & Oats take on this subject while listening to this, here it is for those who may not know it or need refreshing.
“When I was 17, it was a very good year. It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights, we’d hide from the lights, on the village green, when I was 17…
“When I was 21, it was a very good year. It was a very good year for city girls who lived up the stair, with all that perfumed hair, and it came undone, when I was 21…â€
Classic Sinatra.
Here’s some 8-Bit Gameboy sounding dance music for you. These guys are from Toronto, their self titled album was released in March of this year. Very nostalgic, innovative and cool sounding.
This Thin Lizzy classic always puts me in a good mood. You have to love Phil Lynott’s smooth, soulful voice.
“I never thought you’d go, till you did, believe me.â€
Here’s my favorite brunette Joan Jett with “Bad Reputation”, the rebel anthem.
“Oh no no no no no, not me me me me me.”
P.S. This song was used as the theme song for the greatest show about high school ever – “Freaks & Geeks.†For those into Judd Apatow & Seth Rogan (Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, etc), that’s the show they produced before people caught on to their humor. James Franco, Jason Segal, their all in it. Great show.
Trying to describe this wouldn’t do it justice, just listen. Incredible production courtesy of the one and only Rick Rubin.
Classic.
Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around
Warning: Not safe for work.
This is like Justice’s “A Cross The Universe,†on crack. The track is by The Bloody Beetroots.
Rock & Roll anyone?
I saw these guys out in LA a while back, they have an amazing live show, check them out if you haven’t.
This song is from their 2007 release, “The Ortolan.†What hooked me in was the vibe. Pretty good album too.
The Deadly Syndrome – Eucalyptus
