Grooveshark

With this weekly diatribe, I have the opportunity to scorn all about music, both today and of yesteryear, that just ain’t right.

Let the scorning begin.

Amy Winehouse

Congratulations Amy, your substance abuse and public racist remarks have earned you my inaugural scorn.

Let’s see — a musician whose budding career is being put on hold because they can’t control their turbulent personal affairs — nope, haven’t heard that tale before.

Disney’s Country Bear Jamboree

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Audio-Animatronic redneck bears playing improvised instruments carries some weight — when you’re four.

When you’re 22, it begins at creepy and ends with a park employee shaking you awake because your sleeping sounds are frightening the children.
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Hercules And Love Affair

I had a dream last week that Joaquin Phoenix and I did a choreographed dance at a discotheque in the 1970’s. There was a big circle around us cheering and afterwards Joaquin went to give me a low five and I pulled my hand away at the last second.
“Too slow, Joaquin!”
[Enter: Laughter and High Fives]
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A good friend of mine is a dancer and recently asked me to watch a piece she was choreographing for school. The song the piece was choreographed to totally stole the show. It was “Time Flies” by Lykke Li (real name Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson). The song’s breathy singing and instrumentation piqued my interest, so I did a little research. Apparently I was the only person in the world who didn’t know about Lykke Li (pronounced lick-a-lee). If you don’t either, you should. I used to loathe girl singers, but I might just be a convert.

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Solange Knowles, the not-so-famous sister of Beyonce, recently released the first few singles off her upcoming second album (I didn’t know she already had one out, either.) titled Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams.
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Ever miss those childhood days of climbing trees, silly newspaper hats, and dalmatian dragons?

Ever wonder what it feel like to fall through a cloud into a sea of golden billowy foam?

Ever need a sonic landscape for the act of running nude through an enchanted forest?

Or, perhaps for the less imaginative, want to see some naked people and listen to Sigur Ros?

This one’s for you (NUDITY WARNING):

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