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Ok, I’m a year late to this but I can’t get this damn song out of my head: Gee by Girls’ Generation It’s filled with cute Korean girls, it’s saturated with colors, the pace is frenetic, and the chorus is frustratingly catchy. I watched it and every time it just assaults my senses and I…

I’ve owned a guitar for about 11 years. That’s kind of mindblowing to think about since I only took lessons for maybe 6 months. Flashback to 1998: The palpable anticipation to party like it was actually 1999, World Cup fever and Ricky Martin’s Cup of Life, Aero Smith’s epic ballad I Don’t Want To Miss…

I continue to have a crush on Nataly Dawn of YouTube music duo, Pomplamoose. I don’t think her voice is necessarily suited to some of the covers she does but when it works, it really scratches a certain music itch for me. A little bit Feisty, Cat Powery, jazzy? I’m not sure how to describe…

It’s over a year old but I recently discovered this and I can’t stop listening to it. So soft and wilting and musical on its own. All this great nostalgia framed in a new way. So delicious. As a bonus, here is Jimmy Fallon pretending to be Neil Young. May not be available to people…

Because I’m so indie, I jumped on the MP3 thing a lot earlier than the rest of the world and my introduction to the world of music happened in this order: Music videos of the Top 50 singles on rage Whatever radio my dad listened to in the car Songs are downloaded à la carte…

Who knew modern pop music could offer such sage advice?

Ingrid’s new album So it seems that I’ve been put on the list of people to notify if there’s any interesting news related to Ingrid Micahelson. All because I blogged about attending her fabulous gig in Seattle. Not that I’m complaining, I love her music to bits. So our girl from Staten Island has a…

I have this crazy fetish for covers of songs. Please tell me I’m not weird. None of my friends seem to share this love but I totally dig it when either I hear an artist reinterpret songs in their own crazy way. Off the top of my head, here are some that I love: Nouvelle…

I went to an Oasis concert last night. On a whim, I had agreed to purchase a ticket months in advance and by the day of the concert, I was not very excited about going. I thought to myself, “I’m not an Oasis fan. Sure, I have Morning Glory and even their 2005 record, Don’t…

This is what I do instead of packing for my trip: Jack’s cover of First Day of My Life by Bright Eyes swfId = “first_day_cover”; swfVars = { quality: “best”, wmode: “transparent”, allowfullscreen: “true”, allowscriptaccess: “always”, movie: “http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1213027&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=1&color=66ccff&fullscreen=1″ }; swfobject.embedSWF(“http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1213027&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=1&color=66ccff&fullscreen=1″, swfId, “480″, “362″, “7″, null, swfVars); In other news, did two stupid things. One, I…

Ok I seem to be not enjoying blogging as of late. There are a few things going on right now that I’d rather not blog about. Instead I just tell anyone who will listen. Also, I’m thinking too much about comments. I whore myself out for comments and maybe if one of these hobo jokes…

So I’ve been practicing my guitar in the company of a friend. This friend is Chinese. Therefore, by birthright, he must have studied piano, violin, or both. In his case, piano. To be perfectly honest, I have no idea what kind of music he is trained in nor how talented he is because I’ve never…

Ok, so my friend, Roz, recorded an EP and it’s being distributed in Australia as well as available for download on the iTunes Music Store. I’m pretty much required to tell you about it because Roz is a ballbreaker. (Although there’s probably a heart of gold lurking underneath. Probably.) But first, a story. Because lately…

“Please. Come, near. More near.” Sawao uses his hands to motion the crowd closer. The space between people disappears and we actually manage to take four of five steps towards the stage. A few minutes ago, The Pillows just opened with I Think I Can and now the fun really starts. Club Motor is a…

Thank you for all your, um, diplomatic comments about my singing. I can actually sing better than that and now I know better than to try and cover a song that is popular because of its strong female vocals. But let’s keep talking music. After moving to Seattle and talking to people about my musical…

I’m sure the vast majority of you have been through this in this past year or so, today I have the sound “ella” constantly echoing through my head. Sometimes its nice and sometimes its just really annoying. Ella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh. It is happening today because I promised Jen that I would record…

Hey, this blog thing actually works! After my gushing over Ingrid Michaelson, I was contacted by someone who’s involved with promoting her and they told me she would be available for a live chat on her MySpace this weekend. It’s a good thing they emailed me because I don’t have MySpace but I would sign…

The song finishes and the audience dutifully clap and cheer. She speaks softly into the microphone, “Ladies. I have a question.” The applause dies down. “Allie doesn’t get this but I’m sure some of you do. You know when your body is really cold and you start warming up but… your butt stays cold for,…

Laugh-Out-Loud Cats #464 by Ape Lad This comic made my day. :) The album getting the most spins BY FAR this month is The Beatles – Love. This is the first time I’ve really sat down and listened to The Beatles and its just jaw-droppingly good. Love was actually released in late 2006 and it…

This is a good idea, trust me. I want to buy an old cassette deck with a stereo audio-in port. Then I will make mix tapes of modern songs that never existed on tape and give them to people. Remember that I’m in my twenties and the only cassette players that my people have access…

Puddlegum suggests Radiohead intended a ‘01 and 10’ playlist I don’t know if it’s true but people are suggesting a sort of symmetry or continuity between Radiohead’s 10-year-old OK Computer and newly-released, download-only album: In Rainbows. What I do know is that this idea is really cool and a whole bunch of awkward, misunderstood people…

My plan for today to go out and pick up some random gifts for people. It would involve a walk down to Pike Place Market and then maybe further walking to South Lake Union. In between, I’d do lunch at the Elliott Bay Bookstore and then grab a latte to go. How delightful and carefree….

A significant amount of the people I’ve met here during my time in America have heard me sing. I realised this the other night. The reason this is notable is because I am not the guy that bursts into song around strangers, I need prompting. Another reason is that, for me, singing just isn’t one…

I just read a blog post that made me sad and kind of look back on my life and regret a few things. I felt bad and I wanted to write a blog post of my own but the first thing I did was flip over to iTunes. I’ve been learning a James Blunt song…

So I spent a lot of last night screwing around with a cable that I ordered over the internet. What sort of cable demands this sort of attention? A cable that lets me plug my guitar straight into my laptop without the added interference of adapters. Incidentally, I found this cable for cheap on the…

So here I am, lying in bed. It’s humid and for the past few months I’ve cringed at the phrase “Sleepless in Seattle” but that is an apt description of me. iTunes was just flipped open and I’m planning to fall asleep to Aqualung’s self-titled album. He’s a melodic British voice mixed into restrained, gloomy…

Over at Ze’s Page, there is a modest little post about lip-dubbing. It’s pretty much like lip syncing only you wear headphones to sing along and then completely dub over the audio afterwards with the actual song. Gives it that music video effect. One of the upshots to using an iPod to sing along is…

Mmm… bossanova. This song has been stuck in my head for the past week and it’s making me walk a little gay. But I’m ok with that because it’s a nice, short song with cute lyrics. Jack Johnson – In Between Dreams “Belle” Oi Lienda Bella che fa? Bonita; bonita que tal? But Belle… Je…

Here’s a guy dicking about with a microphone and a sample machine thingy. Fun times! Reggie Watts: Out Of Control No editing was done in this clip, what you see is exactly what happened. The slow motion bit was all Reggie, no movie magic involved.