Walkman, the player not the band, although I love the band...

2008-03-16T22:57:00.001-07:00

I remember being in junior high and those Sunday nights when you had to go to bed early because you had school the next day.
But it's 9pm! Didn't matter off to bed miss "you're not an adult quite just yet".
My solution, sneaking my walkman underneath my sheets and popping in my favorite tape or listening to the radio till my eyes would drift to sleep.
I miss the feeling and innocence of just falling in love with songs, being too young and not experienced in life to quite get the lyrics but knowing that I loved the emotion of the harmonies, melodies and the musical movements.
This is how the MGMT record makes me feel.
I went to their Echoplex show a month or so back and thought they were good but just recently picked up their record and it's just amazing.
Of course I've been loving their singles, Time To Pretend and Kids but their track The Youth, ahh just pure love.
If the show Freaks and Geeks was still on air, MGMT would have licensed the entire season.
Seriously why did that show get cancelled, how dreamy is James Franco?!
If I was a teen in the 70's, this would be my band, I would have their poster in my locker and on my bedroom wall. I would have the cool tee with the heart and the bands name in the middle.
Could they become the Rolling Stones of our time? Who's to say but they are one of the beats of my heart.

And because it's Sunday night I'm again going to recommend some cool videos.
People, if you're not watching Subterranean do! It's a great show on MTV2 and with a lack of shows that showcase up and coming gems, this show should be recording on every one's DVR's.

I am hearting, the Shout Out Louds, "Impossible".
Great track, greater album, cool video.

Another beat of my heart, The Blakes, "Don't Bother Me".
The video is simple, true and reminds you why recording studios are so magical. Oh, they use Orange amps, sigh...they get it.

Hot Chip, "Ready for the Floor".
I don't even know where to begin on how fantastic and just purely great they are so just buy their records and put your dancing shoes on.

Saul Williams, "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Artistic U2 cover showing the serious problem with homelessness. He has talent shooting from his fingers and toes, catch him at the Troubadour, March 25th.

In honor of St. Patty's day I leave you the video, "A Pair of Brown Eyes" by The Pogues.
This is the track that we all should have our pint of beer in hand singing and moving side to side to.

Cheers you music loving hearts, cheers.

Positives of Insomnia

2008-01-21T09:02:00.000-08:00

Getting work done, catching up on my shows on the DVR, actually opening and reading my mail? All of these would be good answers but alas the one true joy of my insomnia is watching music videos between 2 to 6am. Sunday nights are my particular favorite because MTV2 has its one good show of the week, Subterranean. An hour long music video show of indie suns and stars. Of course I don't watch it live because there's some crap show on a major network that I'm addicted to...but when my insomnia kicks in, I know it's there waiting for me next to my Oprah and People's Court, yeah I said it.

Videos that I enjoyed this week, "Someone Great" by LCD Soundsystem. I'm hearing this song more every day on radio. Did the label finally get those adds? Didn't I buy this song on I-99cents a few months ago and it's now being pushed as a single? Either way, I dug the video. You can view it here.

Another video that I "digged"was "Women of the World" by Yacht. ("digged", I still haven't checked out that site but will...) My mind wanted to seizure, I thought videos like this were against video regulations due to people who have epilepsy? I love that Jona Bechtolt is wearing a Nirvana tee, makes me feel old but in a mature, sophisticated way. Save the date, he'll be in LA March 7th and New York April 19th.

Watch this ship, I think it will sail over many seas. Here's the head trip of a video.

A video that was a bit disappointing was "Lake Michigan" by Rogue Wave.
You know the band that's on the Zune commercial that's not the Shins. The best part of this video was the track and that's not a good thing because this is a video show right? I understand the issue of being granted a certain budget but really folks, this is the single your band is pushing. I'm not saying compete with Microsoft but I expected more than a tree and sprinklers. You can view the video here.

Here's the Zune commerical that features the track. They should have just used this...

Then right before I finally dragged myself to bed I heard the voice, the beat, the lazy eye.
"Jigsaw Falling Into Place" by my lovers Radiohead.
No budget, nothing to recoup and still amazing.

I can now go to bed and dream.

rockebab

Walkman, the player not the band, although I love the band...

Positives of Insomnia