7.29.2008

We're beginning to obsess....

..over Black Kids.



Straight outta jacksonville, fl - Black Kids are the new sweetest thing to hit our ears. Kinda mellow, kinda pop-ish, 90's beaths, really fun. Boys AND Girls. Black AND White. Perfection!

Their debut album - partie traumatic - came out just last Tuesday. You may have heard their single "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You" on airwaves since this past April. I would describe this song as sweet/though not unique voices over a beyond catchy beat that you will be tapping at your desk all day while you hum over and over "I'm not gonna teach him how to dance with you". The song is not one of their best - but it is an undeniable hit. They areMGMT-ish in the sense that even if you do not want to like them, you will. And you will a lot.

Peep "Hurricane Jane" - one of my favs. The beat is so 90's you will picture your mom snapping to it as she drives you and your friends who are in the backseat to the pool when you were 8. Which makes it that much more awesome.


Owen, Kevin, Dawn, Ali and Reggie are currently touring both the US and UK. However - unless you're willing to travel out of the NJ/NY - then you won't be seeing them for a while. However you can catch them in Philly at the end of September. Which is cool, gives you more time to grow to love them.


Black Kids recently toured with Kate Nash and I found a vid of a live collaboration of "I'm Not Gonna Teach...." Check it!










where are your friends tonight?

lcd soundsystem
"all my friends"

watch it all.


well i tried....

to see mgmt at mccarren this past sunrday.
after some drinks and lots of having to pee..we approached the park only to follow the line for blocks and find it stretching from mccarren to basically under the bqe.
and for anyone who knows this distance - feel free to gag right about now.
being at the end of the line in a downpour..my love for mgmt began to be pushed to the side by my yearning for shelter and a couch and/or toilet.

i must say i was looking forward to this all summer but sometimes it's better to just hear glimpses of the soundcheck while you walk to the bar rather then stand in the hipster line from hell. check it out:




oh and eff this being the only good video from that afternoon with the most annoying biddy singing over Ben and Andrew.

Wuddeva. Check it

7.27.2008

love is a mix tape


"But the rhythm of the mix tape is the rhythm of romance, the analog hum of a physical connection between two sloppy human bodies."



Rob Sheffield




Never will you appreciate a cassette tape as much as after this book. We are let in on a series of mix tapes from Scheffield's life and how closely related they are to his journies. We are intimately let into his marriage, and then further into the unexpected death of his wife. He clearly states how his life is lead by music, whether it be in a good way or a bad way. All music lovers, readers, and humans will like this book. Read it.

7.26.2008

for all of us

who were stuck in an air conditioned building, either at a cubicle or typing away....while this glory was taking place in bryant partk....


7.24.2008

most emotional review. ever.

I swear the first time I heard this album the chills on my arms and legs lasted about 45 minutes. With my hand over my heart I listend as the notes and lyrics touched my heart like I have never ever have experienced.



Bon Iver.



I am about to get so woman. (so please be prepared). While retreating to a cabin deep into Wisconsin, Justin Vernon recorded most of what we know as For Emma, Forever Ago. I was creeping along the daytrotter website when I came across a project by a name I was unfamiliar with. With my never ending search for new tunes to fill my room with I searched this band on itunes...and instantly purchased it. I listened to the album 3 times in a row as I simply sat on my bed. I sat there whole heartedly and it felt like the world had stopped. It was everything I wanted at this moment in my life, it filled me up and made me feel whole.


Lyrics and melody will cause your heart to skip a beat and you won't have any qualms with it. Please do check it out. Key tracks you ask? Skinny love, Blindsided, The Wolves, Flume...


enjoy. please.





7.21.2008

kid rock anyone?

recently obsessed and not afraid to show it.....



SeeqPod - Playable Search

enjoy. drink some white wine with your friends and do a little step touch. you wont be sorry.

favorite summer photo?

send me yours...







i like this one....so far.
more to come
summer 08 holler.

the lovely road


Scott Hammond does wonderful things with a polaroid camera. Documenting trips from all over the continent he photographs buildings, signs, skies, people, and pretty much everything else. A simple camera doing wonderful things and inspiring others to do the same. 2004 was a good year, those housed a lot of my favorites.



Props, Scott.



Check him out, perhaps you will agree



The lovely road....


7.18.2008

i may be late

on the hold steady train...butt


lets get it going.


I have recently become obsessed with a little band called the Hold Steady. Reigning from Brooklyn, New York, this group of talented men have quite the prize on their hands. Bobby Drake, Craig Finn, Tad Kuble, Franz Nicolay Galen Polivka do a great thing.Their album, Stay Positive, released June 17, 2008 has become one of my favorites. A voice (dare I say reminds me closely to one of the greatest.....Bruce). Something that is new in the most classic rock type of way has my ears paying the most attention than it has paid in quite a while. Songs like "Sequestered in Memphis", and "Stay Positive" have you looking up the lyrics all the while hitting repeat on your old school cd player.I may be late on the Hold Steady bus, but it is still a worth while purchase. Hit up that 9.99 and purchase that sucker on itunes.


get off my stack......




i like rogue wave.
you should too.

7.15.2008

sesame street

in feist vision. this is precious i must say.

7.11.2008

a little bit of this.....


SeeqPod - Playable Search



happy thursday night...the weekend is near. be happy.

7.09.2008

Lets discuss our...



favorite throw backs.




is mines.



Lets appreciate a wonderful thing. Postal Service will take you back to your dorm room in late 2003 when your life is changing before your eyes. You are growing into a person who is only a part of who you are now....5 years later. I can remember the "Dont wake me I plan on sleeping" away messages on the desk top Dell that had a sticky keyboard due to the cheap drinks that were spilled on it every Thursday night. I appreciate this album for all its worth. Sounds, feelings attached, voices, and memories.

A calming voice accompanied by electronic beats, Ben,and haunting back up vocals. I shall name this my favorite.

7.07.2008

check out

our new happy summer layout!

do you like it?

summer 08 give it to me

if you're looking for us you can find us on a deck

getting saucy on carlo rossi

7.06.2008

hippie dippie


Perusing the aisles of Barnes and Noble, I found something way better then a book to read. A good friend sitting in the cafe. With my giving up on picking out a book for myself I gave my reading rights over to him. Trusting him with my whole being, I ask him what to read. He gets up leaves me in the cafe and returns with this.


The Book of Secrets by Deepak Chopra
I was feeling like I needed a spiritual lift. The secrets give you a lift, all the while feeling so grounded. Only half way through I am enjoyin immensely new facts, views, and feelings. Sometimes you just need to step out of what your feeling and see it from all sides to know that you will be ok. Thank you Deepak.
Give it a whirl.

thanks guys

for checking us out every now and then. we've reached over 1,000 views!!..which is very nice. hope everyone had a killer 4th. today is the day to not get out of bed until tomorrow morning. rest up and salvage the remains of this weekend!
enjoy!

7.04.2008

Happy Independence Day

wooo. hot dogs. beer. fun. running. cakes. happy. pool. it will be a fantastic.