My Sweet Lord

Here is my favorite member of the Beatles. George Harrison. (Sorry mom, but he is the best)

...and this song basically sums up why.

Inspiring

Check out this amazing time lapse of archipelago Lofoten, in Norway, two to four weeks before you can see the Midnight Sun. 

The Arctic Light from TSO Photography on Vimeo.

Good Music!!!

This right here is the exact reason I write this blog, to find new and great music!!! Just listen.

50 State Stereotypes In Two Minutes

Nothing but truth spitting here...

My favorites...

Arizona - Keeping Indians in and Mexicans Out

Connecticut - Great schools, because there's nothing else to do.

Georgia - Atlanta! We're kind of ashamed of the rest of it, though.

Iowa - 56,000 square miles of dull

New Hampshire - Half hippie, half French, all upper class

Ohio - People care about us at election time!

North Dakota - Somehow even worse than South Dakota

and my faaaavorite

Oregon - Dreadlocks on white people. 

Its So Hard To Say Goodbye....

Last week Oprah ended.

Let me just pause and let that sink in.....

Boys 2 Men and Jimmy Kimmel pretty much summed up how I feel about it.

Music Idols Combine Forces!

Check out the picture just posted to Phish's twitter account of bass player Mike Gordon after his run in NJ this morning stopping to pay respects to another one of my music idols Bruuuuuuce Springsteen. 

Tonights NJ show is going to be epic. Its also one of the only times in the last 10 years I have wish I lived back in NJ. 

The Big C

I pause this musical blog to bring you something from the television world. My favorite show that started last year has to be "The Big C" on showtime. Staring Laura Linney as a mom who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. 

Here is the catch... its a comedy. And its hilarious, smart, on point and fantastic! Season two starts at the end of June and well if you haven't yet, get to your netflix and order up the first season before the second one starts.

Trust me on this one. Here is a behind the scenes feature about season two. 

Got An Itch...

I have a feeling I will be doing this again before too long....

All of the Lights

Ok Kanye, you got me with this one. 

I rocked this song on my ipod, my car, my home stereo and now here all weekend long.... 

So good. 

Oh and Rihanna, put some clothes on. I get it you've got a sick body, but nobody needs to see that much.... I love you... I'm just saying. 

I Love Martin Short

Friend of mine just posted this video on her page and well I just have to share, because there is nothing not to like about the following video. It stars the hilarious Martin Short, on Letterman, singing about Obama taking down Osama. 

Never gets old I tell you....

Oh Weezer...

I really can not decide what I feel about this band. I used to love them. Then I hated them when they turned all pop-ish. Then I loved them again, then quickly turned to hate. 

And then they went and did this and I love them again.... oh the drama! 

Here is a very good cover of Radiohead "Paranoid Android". 

I can only imagine how tough it is to actually pull off a radiohead song...

I'm Baaaaack!

I'm back people! Yup thats right, sorry for the last two weeks and the lack of decent posts. But I had a lot going on in my life, which has all seemed to settle down now and I'm back on course.

Funny that this seemed to align this weekend with the start of Phish tour up in Bethel but damn what good timing. So to kick off what will be a week of amazing stuff coming out of this blog lets just start where we all want to be tonight. In NJ at the Phish show. But, unfortunately I'm no longer a resident of NJ and I'm sadly typing this from work. But I will still go home tonight, cook myself dinner, get on the internet and listen to it live. Because well thats technology in 2011 folks, and I love it.

That is how I heard this amazing gem this weekend from their epic weekend in Bethel. Enjoy kids. (And no I will not post about Phish all week....don't worry.)

Very Happy Lady

Phish opened their tour in Bethel last night, and well it says something about the band that I'm extremely happy that somewhere in the great US their music is being heard and played. (Not to mention I have friends who are there seeing them... that too makes me happy)

Yup. I'm that crazy.

The show last night looked and from what I've listened to so far, sounds amazing! Merriweather can not come soon enough....

But for now I take my place on my couch for couch tour 2011. I will not miss this show tonight...

Bring it boys. So happy you are back!!

Amy Poehler - Genius

"You never know what is around the corner unless you peek...hold someones hand when you do it.. it won't be so scary"

Great choice Harvard great choice! 

Gaga Central Park!

This was the image I woke up to on my tv this morning. Gaga playing Central Park. And well while you can say what you would like about this girl, I watched an hour interview with her last night that absolutely blew my socks off. 

She talked all about growing up in an Italian family in NYC. And how its her parents fault for getting her into the music she makes.... "Its totally their fault" she says, "Don't spoon-feed me the Beatles and Stevie Wonder and Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Elton John, and expect for me not to turn out this way". 

But its the way she talked about her idol Bruce Springsteen and how his song Thunder Road (also my favorite) changed her life. It was the first 'rock' song she learned to play on the Piano with the incentive that her dad would take out a loan for a Baby Grand if she could perfect it.. she did. She talked about his song writing and especially the lyric "its a town full of losers and we are pulling out of here to win" and how that still inspires her today in her song writing abilities. 

My favorite line because its so true: "Whenever I surge down a highway, I can't not think about Bruce, it just doesn't happen. Thats whats great about real legends. They own the whole fucking interstate". 

Ha. True. 

And finally I'll end with a quote which she said this morning that I think rings true for real talents. When asked if she wasn't a singer what profession would she be? She looked dead in the eyes of the host and answered "oh i'd still be singing... just nobody would care". 

Say what you like but thats how I like to hear musicians speak.

Some Big Things

I know I know I basically abandoned this blog this week. I had to, some more important things came up. Or if you really want to know, I have spent the last two days sick as a dog throwing up. Yay. So as you can tell it has just been an amazing week.... :)

Anyways, today is Friday. Its Memorial Day weekend. And while I am not traveling or going anywhere I can not wait. There is nobody here. There are a ton of fun things to do around town. And I'm going to do all of them. 

I'm also going to spend some time at my old apartment on the Boulevard cleaning it up and getting all my security deposit back.  

I will do this all hopefully after this stupid fever breaks. 

Oh and I can't believe I'm missing Phish kick off their summer tour this weekend... boo. Yet I'll see them down here in Maryland in just about two weeks. yay.

New Apartment Art

So I know I have been ignoring this blog but there is a good reason.... I've been picking out new art for my apartment. I know this is huge. Big. 

I think I have found some that I like. I want to have a theme. And well... I love these.

Rapture Prank

Have a good weekend everyone!

Temptation of Adam

Let me start by saying that. I love Josh Ritter.

If you were to ask me what my favorite song of his is.... its easy. 'The Temptation of Adam' in my world is the perfect love song. Its simple, sweet and beautiful. I mean if you really take the next few minutes to listen to the lyrics of this song that paint a beautiful picture, I promise you, you will cry.

Sorry but you will. Its that hauntingly beautiful. You see... its about the end of the world... and love. Perfect.

"We could hold each other close and stay up every night

Looking up into the dark like it's the night sky

And pretend this giant missile is an old oak tree instead

And carve our names into the warhead

Oh Marie there's something tells me things just won't work out above

That our love would live a half-life on the surface

So at night while you are sleeping

I hold you closer just because

As our time grows short I get a little nervous

I think about the Big One, W.W. I.I.I.

Would we really care the world had ended

You could hold me here forever like you're holding me tonight

I look at that great big red button and I'm tempted. 

Sons & Daughters

Now a song about what will happen after the world ends.... from one of my favorite bands ever The Decemberists. Sons & Daughters thinks cheerfully about what could be ahead... just take a look at the lyrics.

"When we arrive

Sons & Daughters

We'll make our homes on the water

We'll build our walls aluminum 

We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now....

Take up your arm

Sons and daughters

We will arise from the bunkers

By land by sea, by drigible

We'll leave our track untraceable now

When we arrive

Sons and daughters

We'll make our homes on the water

We'll build our walls aluminium

We'll fill our mouths with cinnamon now"

Until the End of the World

Nothing better than some really old school U2 to get you going. This is probably one of the better written songs they have ever made. 

This is the U2 I fell in love with.

Final Countdown

No words for this song... but if the world was going to end on Saturday I would like to go down swinging to this song...

R.E.M.

You can not talk about end of the world songs without mentioning this one... its amazing. It wraps everything into a nice little bow and says well...."its the end of the world as we know it.... and I feel fine". Again, when it comes to end of days songs... this one takes the cake. 

Judgement Day

Is the world going to end on Saturday or what? Just in case... today I dedicate the blog to "end of the world" songs.... Enjoy!!!

First I bring you the obvious choice...because well if Saturday is it, this song speaks pretty simply to where most of the people I know including me are heading... :)

HIGHWAY TO HELL

Haley Rocks Zeppelin

In one of the more suprising moves in Idol history, the only good one left Haley took to the stage last night to make her case on why she should be in the finals. And unlike the other two singers who choose songs from the likes of Lonestar, Kenny Rogers, Faith Hill and many other country stars, Haley went crazy.

She choose Zeppelin. Thats right. She had the balls to do it and she pulled it off (with the help of her dad on guitar... thats right!)

Check out a performance that even after she fell on her face still rocked out. Why?

Because rock and roll ain't pretty. 

ALCATRAZ

This week NBC announced that they have picked up JJ. Abrams (Lost, Mission Impossible) new television show called Alcatraz. I for one can't wait!

Check it out.

GAGA Subway Train?

Promotion is underway for GAGA's latest album and it starts in the NYC Transit system. Check it out. 

Pretty insane.... but fun.

Pathetic.

Here is a picture of Pittsburgh Steelers tough guy crying on Dancing with the Stars last night.

Pathetic. You're a football player, get your shit together! Its a tv show!




...and yes I maybe am saying this as a really bitter Jets fan, but still :)

Pure Imagination

Last night Glee did everything right. It was just one of those hours of television where you knew you were watching something special. Something that has just fit together perfectly. It was called "the funeral" it focused around the loss of Sue's sister. While it was a very occurance they took the opportunity to sing one of my all time favorite songs from one of my all time favorite movies. Thats right...

"Pure Imagination" from Willy Wonka. 

Looooved it. And really what a perfect song to play at a funeral. I mean think of the lyrics....

"Come with me.... and you'll be

In a world of...pure imagination

Take a look...and you'll see

Into your imagination

We'll begin....with a spin

Traveling in...the world of my creation

What we'll see

Will defy....explanation

If you want to view paradise

simply look around and view it

anything you want to do, do it

Wanta change the world?

There's nothing...to it

There is no...life I know

To compare with

Pure imagination

Living there...you'll be free

If you truly wish to be

Smile Like You Mean It.... Let Yourself Go

I know that I have posted this song before but I'm doing it again in case you missed it. If you don't know of Mika yet, I highly suggest you do your homework. 

He is so versatile its amazing. 

Yet its this delicate song that gets me every single time I hear it play on a tv show, a movie, or just on the radio. Its one of those songs that just can fit perfectly into any situation. 

And in case you are left wanting more... go check out his song "Grace Kelly" it will be in your head for the rest of the day.