So, I haven't blogged in a while due to tech week(s) for the musical I'm currently stage managing, but this past week has been positively amazing!
Tuesday: Got out of rehearsal early and went to the Big Pink concert at the Grog Shop. Both of the opening bands were good (and I already know A Place to Bury Strangers was good but I had my doubts about Hot Cha Cha) which is a rarity these days. And then the Big Pink came on....oh my wow. First of all, they looked cool as shit. Just straight up badass cool. Robbie Furze is my new favorite man (for this week, anyhow). They played essentially their whole album, including a new song which totally fucking rocked. What can I say, it was amazing!
Wednesday: I found out that I was accepted to Pratt for Art History!!!! I didn't think I was going to get in and when I read the e-mail I freaked out (in a good way of course). Now all we need to take care of is the money situation. Brooklyn seems so close I can smell it (and I know what you're thinking and most of it doesn't smell bad!). I'm excited.
100 Darkstar – “Aidy’s Girl’s a Computer” 99 Julianna Barwick – “Bode” 98 Future of the Left – “Arming Eritrea” 97 The Smith Westerns – “Be My Girl” 96 Gucci Mane [Feat. Plies] – “Wasted” 95 The Thermals – “Now We Can See” 94 Best Coast – “Sun Was High (So Was I)” 93 Morrissey – “Something is Squeezing My Skull” 92 Cam’ron – “I Hate My Job” 91 HEALTH – “Die Slow” 90 The-Dream – “Rockin’ That Shit” 89 No Age – “You’re a Target” 88 Passion Pit – “Moth’s Wings” 87 Here We Go Magic – “Fangela” 86 Drake – “Best I Ever Had” 85 Wavves – “No Hope Kids” 84 Junior Boys – “Parallel Lines” *83 Lady Gaga – “Paparazzi” 82 DJ Kaos – “Love the Nite Away (Tiedye remix)” 81 Bowerbirds – “Northern Lights” 80 YACHT – “Psychic City (Voodoo City)” 79 Pictureplane – “Goth Star” 78 Charlotte Gainsbourg – “IRM” 77 Frida Hyvönen – “Jesus Was a Cross Maker” 76 The Rural Alberta Advantage – “Don’t Haunt This Place” 75 Gold Panda – “Quitter’s Raga” 74 Neon Indian – “Should Have Taken Acid With You” 73 Woods – “Rain On” 72 Matt & Kim – “Daylight” 71 A Sunny Day in Glasgow – “Close Chorus” 70 Discovery – “Orange Shirt” 69 Taylor Swift – “You Belong With Me” 68 Röyksopp [Feat. Robyn] – “The Girl and the Robot” 67 Arctic Monkeys – “Cornerstone” 66 Julian Casablancas – “11th Dimension” 65 The Tough Alliance – “A New Chance (The Juan MacLean Remix)” 64 Annie – “Songs Remind Me of You” 63 Real Estate – “Fake Blues” 62 Volcano Choir – “Island, IS” 61 Atlas Sound [Feat. Lætitia Sadier] – “Quick Canal” 60 Kurt Vile – “Freeway” 59 tUnE-yArDs – “Sunlight” 58 Fever Ray – “If I Had a Heart” 57 Sleigh Bells – “Crown on the Ground” 56 John Talabot – “Sunshine” *55 Bat For Lashes – “Glass” 54 Joker & Ginz – “Purple City” *53 The xx – “Islands” 52 St. Vincent – “Actor Out of Work” 51 Antony and the Johnsons – “Aeon” 50 Matias Aguayo – “Rollerskate” 49 Yo La Tengo – “Here to Fall” 48 Destroyer – “Bay of Pigs” *47 Yeah Yeah Yeahs -”Heads Will Roll” 46 Memory Tapes – “Bicycle” *45 The Flaming Lips [Feat. Karen O] – “Watching the Planets” 44 Jay-Z [Feat. Alicia Keys] – “Empire State of Mind” 43 Camera Obscura – “French Navy” *42 The Big Pink – “Velvet” 41 Major Lazer [Feat. Nina Sky and Ricky Blaze] – “Keep It Goin’ Louder” 40 Bear in Heaven – “Lovesick Teenagers” *39 Lady Gaga – “Bad Romance” 38 Dirty Projectors and David Byrne -”Knotty Pine” 37 Surfer Blood – “Swim” 36 Fever Ray – “When I Grow Up” 35 Micachu and the Shapes – “Golden Phone” 34 Atlas Sound [Feat. Noah Lennox] – “Walkabout” 33 DJ Quik and Kurupt – “9x’s Outta 10″ 32 The Very Best [Feat. Ezra Koenig] – “Warm Heart of Africa” 31 Lily Allen – “The Fear” 30 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – “Young Adult Friction” 29 jj – “Ecstasy” 28 Neko Case – “This Tornado Loves You” 27 Four Tet – “Love Cry” 26 Bon Iver – “Blood Bank” 25 Cass McCombs – “You Saved My Life” 24 Basement Jaxx – “Raindrops” *23 Animal Collective – “Brother Sport” 22 Delorean – “Seasun” 21 Raekwon [Feat. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, & Method Man] – “House of Flying Daggers” 20 Japandroids – “Young Hearts Spark Fire” 19 Joker – “Digidesgin” *18 The Big Pink – “Dominos” 17 Fuck Buttons – “Surf Solar” *16 The xx – “Crystalised” *15 Girls – “Hellhole Ratrace” 14 Joy Orbison – “Hyph Mngo” 13 Neon Indian – “Deadbeat Summer” 12 Grizzly Bear – “While You Wait for the Others” *11 Animal Collective – “What Would I Want? Sky” 10 Washed Out – “Feel It All Around” *09 Girls – “Lust for Life” 08 Phoenix – “Lisztomania” 07 Big Boi [Feat. Gucci Mane] – “Shine Blockas” *06 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Zero” 05 Grizzly Bear – “Two Weeks” 04 Bat For Lashes – “Daniel” *03 Phoenix – “1901″ 02 Dirty Projectors – “Stillness Is the Move” *01 Animal Collective – “My Girls
MY Top Song of 2009 (single possibly released/leaked earlier, album released 2009):
I'm SUPER PSYCHED to see Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland this weekend! Talk about the movie we've been waiting for forever! I can't wait to see all the special effects mingling with the live-action stuff. And as always, the casting is superb (I mean, I know we've seen the Helena Bonham Carter/Johnny Depp combo before, but they are so rad together!). Will post more after I see it....
This is all going on at one of the MAJOR intersections in the area. Right by various malls and the freeway. One car is fucked up, and out comes a bagillion cop cars, an ambulance, and a fucking fire truck. Completely messing up traffic. Obviously it was a slow day in the emergency response world (even though this is during a snow storm, a time when there are a lot of other accidents going on that need attention. Fucking Ridiculous. They blocked off two or three lanes, including the left turn lane.
...on Cleveland! Well, not entirely, but the following are my three favorite places to go in Cleveland/greater Cleveland.
The Cleveland Shop! Insane vintage clothing store, granted the store is very small and most of the stuff they have on display is rental, but they offer a huge amount of jewelry! I bought my homecoming dress her (refinished 60s cocktail dress!). It's on the west side, right by Chelseas(though Chelseas has much more than the Cleveland Shop, it's near impossible to find anything and when you do it's all ripped up!) Also, right by Bent Crayon (record store).
The Beachland Ballroom is down on Waterloo, and is one of the best venues in Cleveland (along with The Grog Shop and Now That's Class). A wide array of artists play the Beachland Ballroom, all indie and local bands play here. Also, they have a record store downstairs. In the same stretch of Waterloo are a few art galleries and two other record stores- Music Saves and The Blue Arrow- I prefer The Blue Arrow (owned and operated by one of my friend's uncles!)
And finally...RECORD DEN!! Located in Mentor, a northeastern suburb of Cleveland, Record Den is my all time favorite record store in Cleveland. They're store is full to the gills of cd's, records (new releases as well as boxes and boxes of older ones, at many prices), 45's, cassette tapes, videos, box sets, t-shirts, stickers and patches, incense, you name it!! My most recent purchase from there is the Electric Prunes album on vinyl. If you live in Cleveland and haven't been here, you're missing out big time!
While the vast majority of these awards are well deserved (of course I voted for Dominos by The Big Pink!!) I'm incredibly upset that Primary Colours (The Horrors) was not voted best album. Other than that I'm okay with the list. But the next Horrors album better win, motherfuckers!
Godlike Genius Paul Weller
Outstanding Contribution To Music The Specials
Best British Band Muse
Best International Band Paramore
Best Solo Artist Jamie T
Best New Band Bombay Bicycle Club
Best Live Band Arctic Monkeys
Best Album Kasabian – 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'
Best Track The Big Pink – 'Dominos'
Best Video Biffy Clyro – 'The Captain'
Best Live Event Blur at Hyde Park
Best Festival Glastonbury
Best Dancefloor Filler La Roux – 'In For The Kill' (Skream Remix)
Best TV Show The Inbetweeners
Best Film Inglourious Basterds
Best DVD The Mighty Boosh – Future Sailors
Giving It Back Fan Award Lily Allen for her Twitter ticket treasure hunt
Hero Of The Year Rage Against The Machine
Villain Of The Year Kanye West
Best Dressed Lady Gaga
Worst Dressed Lady Gaga
Worst Album The Jonas Brothers – 'Lines Vines Trying Times'
Worst Band Jonas Brothers
Hottest Man Matt Bellamy (Muse)
Hottest Woman Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
Best Website Muse.mu
Best Album Artwork Kasabian – 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'
Best Band Blog Radiohead (Radiohead.com/deadairspace)
Can I just say how amazingly upset I am that Polaroid film is discontinued? Not only are Polaroids incredibly convenient, but you can also get some really cool photographs out of them. Fuck the free market for not investing in/buying Polaroid film!!!
Get this- someone filmed a bunch of clouds and then set it to this song by the Wooden Shjips. Fucking crazy! But the song is utterly amazing, and you should all listen to this band. Kay? Kay. (But if I ever find more videos of clouds and this song on Youtube I will be utterly embarrassed for you.)
OH...on a side note. I have a 0% in my AP Brit Lit class. Just thought I'd put that out there. Because I waited to make up a vocab test. That I totally failed when I made it up today. This is what we call a "Fuck My Life" moment.
A playlist with a little something for everybody. Whether you've got a Valentine, are completely dreading Feb 14th, or are just looking to get some on the most candy-cardy-flowery day of the year, you'll find something to enjoy on the following (and a tad long) list.
DJ-Amanda Blank I and Love and You-Avett Brothers Michelle-The Beatles Love You To-The Beatles Song for the Dumped-Ben Folds Your Touch-Black Keys (from Akron, OH, represent!!) What do I Get?-The Buzzcocks Never There-CAKE Dim-dada I Believe in a Thing Called Love-The Darkness As the World Falls Down-David Bowie (from the Labyrinth soundtrack) Freak Scene-Dinosaur Jr. Love Her Madly-The Doors Let's Make Out-Does It Offend You, Yeah? Not About Love-Fiona Apple Kiss With a Fist-Florence and the Machine No You Girls-Franz Ferdinand Gone Daddy Gone-Gnarls Barkley Ooh La La-Goldfrapp No Pussy Blues-Grinderman What is Love?-Haddaway Find Another Girl-The Hives Who Can Say-The Horrors Do You Remember-The Horrors I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked-Ida Maria Need You Tonight-INXS Bad Things-Jace Everett (yup, it's the True Blood theme song) Last Goodbye-Jeff Buckley Love Will Tear us Apart-Joy Division Everyday I Love you Less and Less-Kaiser Chiefs Knock You Down-Keri Hilson, Kanye West, and Ne-Yo Bones-The Killers Bad Romance-Lady Gaga LoveGame-Lady Gaga Whole Lotta Love- Led Zeppelin Can't Stand Me Now-The Libertines Lovey Dovey-Local H Crazy Feeling- Lou Reed Someone I Care About- The Modern Lovers Temptation-New Order Get Ready for Love- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Do You Love Me?- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds About a Girl-Nirvana Drain You-Nirvana Underneath it All-No Doubt She's Electric-Oasis Little Razorblade-The Pink Spiders Here Comes Your Man-The Pixies Every You Every Me-Placebo Can't Stand Losing You-The Police Love and War (11/11/46)- Rilo Kiley Breakin' Up-Rilo Kiley I Was Made for You-She & Him You are the One- Shiny Toy Guns Tonight, Tonight-Smashing Pumpkins Strangers When We Meet-The Smithereens Tainted Love-Soft Cell Love You-Syd Barrett MadeDamnSure-Taking Back Sunday I Got a Girl-Tripping Daisy Man-Yeah Yeah Yeahs Kiss Kiss-Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fell in Love With a Girl-The White Stripes
I think I can officially label myself as an Anglophile (for those of you that are unaware, there's always dictionary.com). We're learning about England in my comparative government class, and I cannot stop thinking about the culture. Fuck the government! I wanna be a London club kid. I hope I end up there someday. It seems that most everthing good has originated there (including me!), with the exception of grunge of course. That's all America (until the rest of the world caught on, haha). Of course I like thinking about the rest of Europe as well, but it all seems to come back to that good ol' Red White and Blue (The OGs, not our crummy USA bullshit).
