I am getting nothing done today… But on the bright side, this site was visited yesterday by someone who uses the word splooge.
Today :orish grinstead, don’t overlook an average-looking guy he, love hits of the 90s list
Yesterday: splooge boxers, craigslistfuck, americans hookers.com, dance pop hits of the 90′s,
jean val jean porn, “future clouds and radar”, +”so what if your jeans are torn”, that phone number is already associated, “shaved pubes”, hottest hits 95 song list
The Britney Spears album leaked last week, so now it’s available exclusively (in the legal sense) in imeem, a week before it was supposed to come out. I’m glad, because I thought everyone had forgotten about imeem and I think their interface and screen ratios are nice for watching videos. Like, say, Torchwood fan videos.
Also on imeem right now, new MIA. Seriously. I have no idea how I didn’t know she was doing soundtrack work, and now I’ll have to spend my whole day wondering what it sounds like because I’m at a computer with no speakers. God, my life is annoying right now.
When Annie’s Don’t Stop album was pushed back from October to some nebulous part of 2009, I knew things weren’t going well. I’d heard leaks of half the songs already, which was a bad thing since Annie’s fans tend to be internet-savvy pirate types that only listen to things three months before they actually come out. I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me was wonderful, of course, but nobody seemed that into the rest of the album, particularly What Do You Want (The Breakfast Song), which I actually liked.
But news came via the Myspace the Annie just severed ties with Island, mentioning that the label changed quite a bit shortly after she signed to it. My question is: really, what is the point of delaying albums like this? She’s not going to be big on radio, and if she ever is it’ll only be for one odd song (like with September, who had a big pop hit for some reason this year.) Her audience is already big and ravenous thanks, pretty much exclusively, to blogs and websites like Pitchfork that twisted their panties praising her, calling Heartbeat song of the year before the first album was even released. But these are not patient people.
I’m not saying that this album was going to be a huge sensation like her first one was, but if it had been actually released in October then I bet some people (like, you know, me) would have actually bought it. Whereas now I’ve had months to get distracted by other things. I’m not saying that to be snippy, but really. Annie is a pop singer. She is not Kate Bush, or Bruce Springsteen, or Metallica or Guns N Roses. People are not going to pore over every note on the album wondering where she found her inspiration. (Which, I guess, makes her somewhat unique, because people actually do read into the lyrics on Britney Spears and Pink albums too, for some reason.) So unnecessarily delaying the album is just going to give fans more time to find somebody else–another Robyn, or hell, maybe even a September–to get excited about. And I don’t see why Annie, or anyone on her label, would want to do that.
Sheena Beaston put out a call for guest posts today and, because I’m sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bored right now, I obliged right away. So head over there to see my Top 5 Songs Of 2008 That Aren’t New At All (although if you’re one of my two or three regular readers you’ll surely know what they are already.)
Also, posting here’s going to continue to be erratic. I’m working more these days, still don’t really have decent internet access anywhere besides work, and right now I can hear that annoying Journey “Some day! Love will find you!” song AND* the Paul McCartney Christmas song leaking out of my co-workers’ speakers, so I might not even live through the day.
(*I don’t think I’ve ever italicised capital letters in a blog post before. It looks…wrong.)
In the second video I’ve seen today involving a pee break, former Roxette man Per Gessle gets synthy, along with the help of a stand-in singer, a Donnie Darko allusion, and the kind of chorus that’s so sugary I can’t decide whether it’s actually catchy or whether it’s, you know, a Savage Garden song. I think I like it, although not a lot, but it makes me never want to try Karaoke in Sweden; they’re vicious! (Although they do also seem to go for things like this, so who knows.)
Here’s Silly Really, which is currently #2 in Sweden:
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Facebook has a new application “inspired by Grace Jones.” I’ve been licking, howling at, and dragging my friends by the hair in her name for the last half hour. Stupid internet.
Also, the NBA All-Ugly Team has been decided. Not sure I totally agree; I mean, I know nothing about basketball (There’s a team called the Charlotte Bobcats? Is that why people stopped wearing Hornets jackets ten years ago?) but, I don’t know, DJ Mbenga‘s got cute ears. And I wouldn’t kick Marko Jaric out of bed, even he does have those beady eyes. But most of the rest of the list is very ugly, yes. And reminds me that I haven’t done a starfucking post in months.
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So, as soon as the oil man comes I’ll be running to Rhode Island’s first Tarder Joe’s to stock up on party stuff. While none of the Massachusetts Trader Joe’s ever impressed me–I’ve always thought it was like Whole Foods for people who don’t know how to cook for themselves–they’re supposed to be pretty good and cheaper than Whole Foods for cheese and coffee and stuff like that.
I’m having my big annual pre-Thanksgiving holiday cookoff/vegetarian potluck tomorrow. It’s the only time I invite lots of people over, and I always go a little nuts making food (which, in my defense, makes for a fun party and also gives me a full week of leftovers, usually.) Potlucks are fun, because I don’t need to really match the things I make; if I want to cook four courses of cheese and starch, then I will, and just pray that somebody else brings a salad. So, this year I’m making corn chowder, which I haven’t made since I was about sixteen; pasta with butternut squash and dried cranberries and a light cream sauce; some sort of deconstructed home fry in the style of potato skins (yes, I may even be buying Bacos for the first time ever); and either a white chocolate bread pudding, or individual toffee puddings. (The toffee puddings will depend on how patient I feel in the morning. I’d want to make at least a dozen but I only have six ramekins.) I may also make my famous (in my head) 10 Onion Pie, although I can’t decide if that’s too summery or not.
Anyway, that’s what I’m up to. That, and repeatedly watching the totally Truffaut-inspired new Solange video. Seriously, has a video been so oddly New Wavey since Fiona Apple got all hotsy-totsy with Paul Thomas Anderson? I mean, I know Camp Knowles are like the only people in R&B that don’t need to turn every video into a silly club scene, and I know they also appreciate black and white more than most anyone else, but for God’s sake SolAnge(l) is taking a pregnancy test in the middle of her video! How awesome is that!
Finally, here’s some search terms. Seriously, what is a muffin? Isn’t that the eternal question…
Today: rhode is. hookers, lyrics red wine the fame, monday abba, super duper ass, site:www.dvdbeaver.com to killing a mock, veuve duomo, what is a muffin lady gaga
Yesterday: cherry cherry boom boom i like it rough, lady ga ga lovin with muffin
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Painter Keith Shore is now doing commissions for beard portraits. Send him a photo of a bearded loved one, or your bearded self, and for just $200 smackaroos he’ll send you a 5X7 acrylic and ink portrait. I don’t think they’re quite my style, although I do tend to like this sort of thing better when I see it in person and not in jpeg form first thing in the morning. Still, I appreciate anyone who appreciates a good beard.
[Keith Shore via Tiny Showcase]
Remembered I had this picture the other day so I thought I’d make a new header out of it. Lemme know what you think. It was taken over the summer in New York.
The new Gmail layout. I mean, I hate when things change, really, but I really hate it when things go from “Google annoyingly keeping a running tab of their storage space” to “Google making my login menu look like I’m filling out a starter check with a design that the bank chose for me.” For those of you that don’t have Gmail, behold:
Mountains? Really? And that was the best color scheme you guys could come up with? You describe yourself as “maybe even fun” and you think that gray on gray with a cadet blue stripe is the best way to convey that? Come on.
Also, I like how even though Gmail’s existed for a long time now (I’ve had it for three and a half years, according to the oldest of the 6100 messages in my inbox) they still call themselves new. And, I guess, are back to being in Beta? Is that even possible? And notice how the front page says Google Mail (not Gmail) now, but the inside pages (which I’m not going to screen grab for you) still say Gmail? Is it too much to ask that the largest company in the world could at least be consistent with their branding? Come now.
In other news, I’m waiting for the oil man to come and I’m going to be cooking and cleaning all day, so expect me to get bored and post more throughout the day.
