the girl does what she wants to do

Nov
23rd

Mon

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52hearts:

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Cover) - Lykke Li

Nov
20th

Fri

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I miss Oslo!

tuneage:

Beach House - “Norway”

The way it starts - mechanical drum machine hits and organ blast - makes you think that it is just another track off of their self-titled debut. “Get out of 2006, Beach Hou…” But before you finish that thought, the track has exploded. Compared to their somnambulatory jams of years past, this track is Babe Ruth calling his shot in the bottom of the ninth. Phrases like “hazy and ambling,” which once seemed so appropriate for their past work have no place alongside Victoria Legrand’s pant-and-yell chorus routine. The woozy guitars are still firmly in place, and the organ is still the backbone of the track, but the drums have sprung to life and the contrast between the verses, which feel like stretched taffy, and the lush, powerful chorus provide a dynamic which Beach House has never achieved before. This is the sound of a band stepping up its game.

Dream kitchen right here folks.

(via lovepuppy : hennypotter)

Nov
19th

Thu

Thanks to my obsessive personality disorder, I saw Burn the Floor three times in one week when it came to Green Bay in 2001. I also bought the soundtrack. Layoff, my options for culture intake were extremely limited.

I was super pumped to relive the magic and see it on Broadway last nite, especially since Pasha, one of my all-time favorite So You Think You Can Dance contestants is guest starring. Unfortunately during curtain call I discovered the guy I thought was Pasha, and who I was watching the entire time, was actually not him. Oops. I blame this on our nosebleed seats in the balcony, but at intermission I spotted a pair of vacant second row centers, and we upgraded. Pretty nice nite for $26. The old lady next to us kept complaining that the dancers’ sweat was landing on her. I was in my glory. I listened to my 22-minute Gloria Estefan Party Megamix the entire subway ride home.

Is it too late for me to take up Latin ballroom dancing? Any professionals out there need to clock in some community service hours? Donation of one sequin-laden, shake your bon bon costume required.

Nov
16th

Mon

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Dr. Fox’s Old Timey String Band, “Kids” (MGMT cover)

Nov
13th

Fri

Mom: how do you like Glee? Me: what do you think? Mom: I think you wrote the show!

Matthew Morrison cut out from a coworker, taped to my computer screen, is taking my obsession to a whole new level.

Nov
12th

Thu

Already bit by the travel bug again. Need a vacation asap. Wisconsin doesn’t count.

david:

Scouting out our drive to Barcelona

(via brieflynoted)

Nov
11th

Wed

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You’d be surprised how many people would choose this for my theme song. It very well could be.

Now in funky remix form. I can dig it.

tuneage:

Feist - “I Feel It All (Britt from Spoon Remix)”

Leslie Feist writes songs that lend themselves to remixing. So much so that there is an entire album of Feist remixes titled Open Season. One remix that does not appear on that album is the one the Britt Daniels of Spoon did of the Feist song “I Feel it All”.

The wonderful thing about this remix is that nothing is added to the song. If anything Daniels breaks the song down into its simplest form and gives us only what we need. He has taken out the signature guitar part that carries us through the original. Also gone are most of the background vocals and harmonies but you’ll barely notice because you’ll be too focused on the bad ass bass and drums.

For more Britt Daniels fun be sure to check out his version of Interpol’s “Slow Hands”.

Nov
6th

Fri