Presented Without Commentary

25 days is too long... so I will do this all now. 

1. Straight Up - Paula Abdul 
2. I Hate Everyone - Get Set Go
3. At The Zoo - Simon & Garfunkle & Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd & Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
4. I've Been Loving You Too Long - Otis Redding (slash anything he has ever recorded)
5. The Weight of Lies - The Avett Brothers
6. Closer To The Truth And Further From The Sky - Butch Walker
7. Lay Me Down - The Dirty Heads (feat. Rome of Sublime With Rome)
8. Make Out Kids - Motion City Soundtrack
9. Live Forever - Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors
10. The Ballad of Love and Hate (live) - The Avett Brothers
11. Same In Any Language - My Morning Jacket
12. Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye (feat. Kimbra)
13. Learning to Fly - Tom Petty 
14. I Like To Be With Me When I'm With You - Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors
15. Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson
16. Landfill - Daughter
17. Southern Belles In London Sing - The Faint
18. Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't - Brand New
19. A - Cartel
20. @!#?@! - Motion City Soundtrack (can't find this on YouTube)
21. This question is impossible.
22. Badfish - Sublime 
23. Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO 
24. Lights Out -  Butch Walker
25. Red Right Ankle - The Decemberists

Tonight, YOU!

(Gemma Correll via BuzzFeed)

This War Was Worth It

Jordan is in this video:

Suffer Peacefully

Soooo.... I was listening to some old playlists today and this song came up. Kinda speaking to me right now.




As angry as I sound
That’s just the way I cover up the way I feel.
I've been that way for years and years
Slave to broken hearts and sex appeal


She was a termite
Eating away at my roots.
I was just a lost soul
Who needed a home
I was filling a void with you

You Go Geek Girl!

I realized that I sort of sounded like a pompous jerk when I said I read a whole book the other afternoon, but really when most of the pages have pictures and are a series of lists... I feel any competent reader could breeze through 200 pages in an evening. [check out the speed reading skills on erin]

http://geekgirlsunite.com/

But really... I read this book so you don't have to. Here are some of the things I found disappointing (mostly because of my own expectations and wishes... I know).

1. The introduction has 1 page describing the different terms that are generally used synonymously (geek, nerd, dweeb, dork etc). I felt this needed more explanation and historical context.
2. The introduction has one section (a little less than a page) talking about she-geeks vs he-geeks. I felt this was insufficient setup for why she wrote a WHOLE BOOK on women geeks. 
3. Most of the pages have pictures and are a series of lists (hypocrite for making my own list but whatever). I felt this work would have been more powerful if there was a more in-depth analysis of the history of each geek realm, the current landscape and perhaps even how feminism and current economic conditions have influenced girl geeks.
4. There are very few examples of women of color. 
5. The music geek chapter is basically only about one genre of music. I understand that you could write whole books on geek-ery about music with each genre covered (and people have, I've read a couple). And in an overview type book, you have to pick & choose... but it seems you could pick and choose over a cross section of music - not just pick several pixie singer/songwriter types. 
6. Zooey Deschanel is not a geek. 
7. Each chapter has a section about geek love. How to snag a geek girl that is interested in one of these geek specialties. Umm... please.
8. Each of these geek love sections describes a male-female relationship. How heteronormative... bleh.
9. The fangirl-geek section seems to not have an awareness of Henry Jenkins. 
10. It seems like the basic premise of the book was "Girls have interests! They are passionate and that is cool!" I wanted more. 
11. This is only a half disappointment - I wanted to feel like I belonged to one of these "specialties" of geek... but I didn't. There were bits and pieces of each that I felt spoke to me and the kind of person I am... and then I got to wondering if I am a geek at all... I always fancied myself one,  but maybe not because according to this book a geek is defined as "a person who is wildly passionate about an activity, interest or scientific field and strives to be an expert in said avocation" and well... while I think I am pretty passionate, it's not about 1 or 2 specific things and I am not an expert on anything. Guess I am not part of this club. sigh. peace out, sisterhood. 

All this being said, there were some interesting bits of knowledge and resources listed. Not a total waste and it is always refreshing to read something that makes you think that you'd like to expand upon this body of knowledge etc. 

And now for some quotes about music from movies. My pseudo-geek passion: 

What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery, and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music? - Rob Gordon High Fidelity

 They don't even know what it is to be a fan. Y'know? To truly love some silly piece of music, or some band, so much that it hurts. - Sapphire Almost Famous

You gotta hear this one song, it'll change your life, I swear. - Sam Garden State

In Big Hard World

I think I like this.



This video version too.

You Got Me Folding at the Knees

Best song by the Pixies not by the Pixies.

Trying to Figure Out Just Who You Really Are to Me

haunting.

Some wait their whole life just to feel something right
And it grips you like a wave you wish never goes away
Then it does...

I'll help you see it through

But in the meantime, I'll just wait here and listen to you when you speak... or scream

(check these guys out)

We Will Live to Fight Another Day

If ever you wondered who the real talent in Oasis was, it was Noel - the songwriter. 

If I had the time, I'd stop the world and make you mine. 

Woe

I am still the optimist though it is hard.

I Understand Nothing

0%

Favorite Things

This is my favorite thing that Britney Spears has ever done.

This is my favorite cover of that song. 

I am still dancing in the coma of the drinks I just had

If/When I own and operate a bar, this will be the last call song:

Get What I Want

My part time lover (lie) and full time friend (true) Courtney reminded me that this song is amazing.

I Would Like To Go.

Who is with me?

Shuffle Said Goodnight With This

Original

Life Without Music Is A Waste

I spend far too much time getting distracted right after putting my headphones on and listening to silence.

And The Grammy Goes To...

THE 2010 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS























SONG OF THE YEAR
Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”
Kings Of Leon, “Use Somebody”
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
Maxwell, “Pretty Wings”
Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”

-- Maxwell still makes music?
-- My Winner: Lady Gaga

BEST PERFORMANCE BY POP DUO OR GROUP
The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
Bon Jovi, “We Weren’t Born To Follow”
The Fray, “Never Say Never”
Daryl Hall & John Oates, “Sara Smile”
MGMT, “Kids”

-- Haha, hall and oates... ahahhahaha
-- My Winner: MGMT

BEST ROCK ALBUM
AC/DC, Black Ice
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood, Live At Madison Square Garden
Green Day, 21st Century Breakdown
Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
U2, No Line On The Horizon

-- um, King of Leon is not rock?
-- My Winner: Pop Music

BEST RAP SOLO PERFORMANCE
Drake, “Best I Ever Had”
Eminem, “Beautiful”
Jay-Z, “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)”
Kid Cudi, “Day N Nite”
Mos Def, “Casa Bay”

-- um, Lil Wayne gets no love?
-- My Winner: Drake (aka Wheelchair Jimmy) "Forever" ft. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem



















RECORD OF THE YEAR
Beyonce, “Halo”
The Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
Kings Of Leon, “Use Somebody”
Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”
Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”

-- Best category of the the year.
-- My Winner: Everyone, all of these are legit.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Beyonce, I Am… Sasha Fierce
The Black Eyed Peas, The E.N.D.
Lady Gaga, The Fame
Dave Matthews Band, Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
Taylor Swift, Fearless

-- Beyonce's album title is lame. DMB made another record?
-- My Winner: Lady Gaga and her outfits.

Celebrity Playlist

iTunes does these nifty little celebrity playlists where the rich and famous get to make a list of their favorite songs and say why and then you can buy the songs so you feel closer to them. I look at these occasionally and judge celebs on their musical taste/maturity... so in the spirit of open communication, here is what I would put (at least right now) on my celebrity playlist if I were rich/famous and iTunes loved me enough (in no particular order):

• "Junior Kickstart" - The Go! Team - This makes me feel like I can do anything, ever.
• "Hold On You" - Ponderosa: They have a classic sound that can melt into your soul. They've totally tangled their way into my heart.
• "Don't Move" - Butch Walker: It is impossible to pick just one song by Butch as my favorite, but this one is particularly meaningful and I just love his music to death. Listen to all of it.
• "Existentialism on Prom Night" - Straylight Run: More often than not I feel like I would "kill for this just a little bit"
• "Tech Romance" - Her Space Holiday: Frequently the line "just another film that won't get made" is how my relationships go... and it is a beautiful void.
• "Come Pick Me Up" - Ryan Adams: Boy has got soul and I love the sentiment of this song.
• "Red Right Ankle" - The Decemberists: I'd love it if Colin Meloy would write and sing a biographical song about my life. The language would be elegant and the mood, dark yet happy.
• "Badfish" - Sublime: I feel like this is my criteria for boys: Tell me, are you a badfish too?
• "Simple Man" - Lynyrd Skynyrd: Southern boys singing all sorts of truth; you cannot go wrong if you follow this advice.
• "All My Mistakes" - The Avett Brothers: I think I'd like this to play at my wedding or some romantic moment with a man that I love.
• "Good Year for the Roses" - Elvis Costello: I had a hard time picking which Elvis Costello song to put on this list, but I really like this one because it is soft and delicate.
• "Okay I believe you but my tommy gun don't" - Brand New: There is a reason my blog is named after this song. "We are never alone"
• "A Favor House Atlantic" - Coheed & Cambria: I just love to blast this and sing and dance around. Probs not their intention, but whatev.
• "Whatever You Like" - T.I.: I've said multiple times that I want to have a little recording of this in my pocket to play for people when they ask me questions: "you can have whatever you like"
• "What Are They Doing In Heaven Today" - Washington Phillips: I have an old recording of this that I rediscovered thanks to the movie Elizabethtown and it just makes me happy.
• "Tiny Vessels" - Death Cab for Cutie: This reminds me of Jordan and all the reasons why it didn't work and how it is better that way. Lost love, awww.

I can think of like 1000 other songs that I love and would want people to know that I love them. BUT since I can't go on forever and most people don't actually care I will stop here.