I already pre-ordered the new Green Day album “21st Century Breakdown” on iTunes and by the time you read this, it should be downloaded to my iPod. Here are my five favorite Green Day songs, all from American Idiot: Whatsername She’s A Rebel Jesus Of Suburbia / City Of The Damned / I Don’t Care… Read more »
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Friday Five: Favorite Paul Simon Women
“Cecilia”, Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1969 “Peggy-O”, Wednesday Morning, 3AM, 1964 “Mrs. Robinson [Theme from The Graduate]“, Bookends, 1968 “Kathy’s Song”, Sounds of Silence, 1966 “Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War”, Hearts and Bones, 1983 (bonus) “Darling Lorraine”, You’re the One, 2000
Eloise at Hotel Cafe
I finally got a chance to see Eloise (MySpace / Twitter / previously) perform live and the show was terrific! They played at Hotel Cafe — which is neither hotel nor cafe — in Hollywood. I was excited to get to hear killyou, my favorite of their songs, and impressed with how they handled themselves… Read more »
Friday Five: Awesome Country Lyrics
“The last time we made love / She called out His name” – Hayes Carll, She Left Me for Jesus “Pardon us, son, she ain’t no kid / That’s a cocktail waitress in a Dolly Parton wig” – Confederate Railroad, Trashy Women “While she’s livin’ like a queen on alimony / I’m workin’ two shifts… Read more »
The Office Musical
I just cannot understand people that don’t like The Office. Yes, I will agree that the Ricky Gervais / English / original version of the show was very well done and a grand comedic achievement. But after fifteen years I finally love NBC’s Thursday night TV again for two main reasons: The Office and the… Read more »
Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie
I stopped watching MTV and paying attention to music videos around 1993, so I’m not really current with the state of the art. But I have got to tell you that the video for “Her Morning Elegance” by Oren Lavie is just about the most brilliant one I’ve ever seen. You can see it on… Read more »
Spaghetti Cat
I find it tremendously awesome that the mysterious and unbelievably cool Spaghetti Cat makes a cameo in the Fall Out Boy video for I Don’t Care.
Eloise: Los Angeles Music
There’s a woman in my office who also happens to be the lead singer of Eloise. If you happen to be in Los Angeles and you get a chance to catch a show, you really should. I haven’t been able to see them live yet, but I have several of their songs in heavy iTunes… Read more »
Friday Five: Awesome Beatles Songs
It would be near impossible for me to list my five “favorite” Beatles songs. I have over 60 of their 238 tracks tagged with five stars in iTunes, and I take my ratings very seriously. So here are simply five really awesome songs: Hey Jude – 1968 She Came in Through the Bathroom Window –… Read more »
Caitlin Crosby at The Hotel Cafe, LA
Last night we went to The Hotel Cafe to see singer-songwriter-actor-model Caitlin Crosby. (You might recognize her; she was in an NFL Shop commercial last year, the one that has all the girls dressed in Giants gear and then the last girl to the party is wearing Jets gear.) This chick puts on one hell… Read more »