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random notes from the weekend

• “Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl” (the first Pirates of the Carribean movie) is really not that great. i was watching it this weekend and i realized that i didn’t remember a single scene from the movie. i’m not really eager to see the second one, either.

• “Talladega Nights” is an awesome flick. Sacha Baron Cohen was fantastic. Gary Cole does not get enough work. Judd Apatow gave the movie the 40-Year-Old Virgin treatment: it could have been crass and totally classless, but it handled the subject matter and potential pitfalls with grace and good-natured humor.

• the new woody allen movie “Scoop” is hilarious. scarlett johanssen is a great foil for allen’s neurotic persona. best line ever: “I was born Hebrew, but I’ve converted to narcisscism.”

• i definitely need to go back and listen to more music. things on the list of must-listen-to-soon: sondre lerche, snow patrol, muse, rilo kiley, the thrills, velvet underground, badly drawn boy.

• I finally found a new threadless shirt i like. it’s been a while since anything on the site caught my eye. it’s ridiculously cute and so wrong. now whether i should bust out my wallet and buy it is another story.

• aaand i leave you with one of my favorite music videos of all time (thank you, youtube!!).

Badly Drawn Boy – Once Around the Block

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Death Cab for Cutie – I Will Follow You into the Dark

currently spinning: death cab for cutie – plans
current track: i will follow you into the dark

i have a really bad habit of not listening to albums all the way through. i think i’ve listened to the latest dcfc album completely through maybe once or twice because i always get caught up in the first track, “marching bands of manhattan”. but i was flipping through dcfc’s myspace page, and “i will follow you into the dark” was playing. i can’t believe i’ve forgotten this song. it’s utterly beautiful.

You can hear the song on their myspace page here.

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whoa, nelly~!

I’ve been a long-time fan of Nelly Furtado since her “Like a Bird” days (did I mention I met her once? She’s even shorter than me!!), and her new album “Loose” is definitely one of my favorite albums of the year. I really like almost every song on this cd, although I’m partial to the more dance-oriented tracks like “Promiscuous”, “No Hay Igual” and “Do It”. It’s a fantastic summer album that makes me want to get up and boogie! Who wants to go clubbing?? :D

I also really love the song “Say It”. It resonates with me quite a lot right now.

oh, and before i forget, here’s proof that I met Nelly Furtado!

a friend, nelly furtado, and me.

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music update

been totally behind, but here’s a few things i’ve been listening to lately:

singles:
bloc party – so here we are
devendra banhart – will is my friend
daft punk – digital love
air – kelly watch the stars

albums:
ben folds – songs for silverman
groove – ost
ryan adams – gold
radiohead – kid a

on deck:
flipper’s guitar – best of flipper’s guitar
decemberists – picaresque
rufus wainwright – want two

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punting work

i have a tendency to be most productive when i’m hitting a deadline. this includes productivity in relation to what i’m supposed to be doing and what i’m not supposed to be doing. 0_o

anyway, i’m swimming in a sea of really good music right now. here’s a snapshot of what i’m listening to.

bought:
:: the flaming lips – ego tripping at the gates of hell EP
:: death cab for cutie – transatlanticism
:: michael jackson – HIStory vol. 1
:: travis – 12 memories

borrowed:
:: the postal service – such great heights (single)
:: the postal service – the district sleeps alone tonight
:: fountains of wayne – welcome interstate managers
:: low – things we lost in the fire
:: mirah – you think it’s like this but really it’s like this
:: kylie – body language
:: the black keys – the big come up
:: the black keys – thickfreakness
:: the strokes – room on fire

bought on iTunes:
:: michelle branch – breathe
:: outkast – hey ya/way you move single
:: james – sit down
:: james – laid
:: ludacris – stand up
:: elliott smith – say yes
:: pulp – common people

other songs in my head:
:: 50 cent’s in da club mixed with NIN’s closer. oooh that’s good shit!

okie, that’s it. back to work.

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have a lot of funny

have a lot of funny ideas about making mixtapes and such…

i want to make a cheesy dance mix.

i want to make a summer pop music mix.

i want to make an indie mix.

i want to make a girly indie pop-rock mix.

i want to make a moody mix.

and a rockin’ hard mix.

so many mixes, so little time.