Bombay Bicycle Club, The Teenagers, Kate Nash cover, Phoenix rmx, Bloc Party, Discovery

The world has listened to my pathetic music prayers: bands are producing SUPER GOOD SHIT NOW! On to the music!



Hot diggity damn! I forgot how much I love Bombay Bicycle Club. I literally just got this song tonight and it's the first one I'm recommending: that should alert you to how great BBC is. I'll put up the James Rutelidge Remix tomorrow! Their album, "I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose" just dropped, however, I am currently having some trouble finding it on the internetz.
"Always Like This" is their first single from their first full-length album.
Bombay Bicycle Club - Always Like This.mp3



I FUCKED AN AMERICAN CUNT
I know, I know, everyone already knows this song, but it's soooooooo good! Definitely going to be in "mah faves" playlist for a while. As if!
From their album, "Reality Check" (which is surprisingly better than I thought it would be, so good job).
The Teenagers - Homecoming.mp3



Damn, can Kate Nash really do no wrong? I'm not a fan of Cold War Kids, but after listening to Kate Nash rock this cover, I would check them out. Good advertising gurl. Quality is not the greatest, but it's better than nothin'.
Kate Nash - Hang Me Out to Dry (Cold War Kids cover).mp3



Phoenix just brings out the best and most consistent sound I've heard in a while. This remix is gentle, really softening Thomas' vocals. Plus it throws in a little sax and jazz/sex and jizz ;)
Phoenix - Long Distance Call (Sebastien Tellier Remix).mp3



All of a sudden, in like April of this year, my love for Bloc Party just EXPLODED. They overtook second place on my last.fm top artists, which is pretty difficult since Good Shoes had about 900 plays. There are just so many songs that I feel I identify with. When "A Weekend in the City" came out, I thought there was no way they would be able to produce something better than "Silent Alarm." Was I wrong. "AWitC" has been on repeat for five months now. However, "Intimacy" sucks. I can't even get through it. Bummer.

Anyways, enough gushing. This is a live acoustic version of my all-time favorite song, "I Still Remember." Kele's emotions just come pouring out and Russell's talent as lead guitarist just absolutely shines. I found a legitimate
guitar tab for this song, so I've been playing this on the acoustic for a while now. Fantastic.
Bloc Party - I Still Remember (Acoustic Live).mp3

Look at that paragraph talking about Bloc Party. That's because I love them sfm. So, here's another song. I think it's a new single but I'm not really sure what it's from. Anyways, you can totally tell that Bloc Party is changing their sound (this song and "Flux" are significantly different from their previous work) but I'm toooooootally down with it. Bloc Party will most likely be in every post, just fyi.
Bloc Party - Your Visits Are Getting Shorter.mp3



And finally, to end this glorious post, I need to end with Discovery....and Michael Jackson. Their cover of this great Jackson 5 song is a perfect tribute to the King of Pop.
Discovery - I Want You Back (Jackson 5 Cover).mp3
(The music doesn't start until at least 15-20 seconds into the song, so you may want to shorten it in your iTunes.)

RIP bb

Peace!

zomgzzzz i luv songs: What I'm Listening to Right Now

summer songs thus far (in no particular order):

1. Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
my god i can't over how FUCKING GOOD THIS SONG IS.
plus the video is supa cool



2. Emil - sLEePyHeAd (Passion Pit Remix)
this remix is STILL AS FUCKING GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL



3. Mystery Jets - Young Love ft. Laura Marling
their album kinda sucks but this song is really good.
plus Laura Marling is awesome (and younger than me? wtf?)



4. Discovery - Orange Skirt (and "I Want you Back" by Jackson 5 cover because of the circumstances)
discovery just makes me go, "mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm"



5. New Boyz - You're a Jerk
why you trippin'? i ain't even do nuthin'
i'm a jerk you ain't neva lie
but ay do me a favor call me jerk one more time



6. Laura Marling - Your Only Doll (Dora)
good for those hot sumMER niiiiiiiighhhhhhhhhhhhhts (in reference to Grease)
GOD why is she sooo cool?




moar to come when i download moar!
unlimited(ish) bandwith ftw

summer goalz

ok so i'm at home and am starting to feel the boredness creep in on me. to inoculate myself from this [inevitable] feeling, i have decided to make a list of goals i want to try and accomplish before i move back down in september.

[in no particular order]
-readreadreadreadread. i want to read as many books as possible and i'm gonna hit up the used book store in campbell and the new dub g library. enlightening summer here i come!
-learn "absinthe party at the fly honey warehouse" by minus the bear. math rock!
-start a baaaaaandddddddd. but i need to restring my electric and remember how to play it first. so diff.
-stop feeling sick. ova it.
-download as much music as my computer will let me. i've been deprived for six months, and, no, mojo disappointed me.
-learn how to stop on a bike completely without putting my feet on the ground. i've seen it done. ~balance
-write my memoirs. this may be omitted from the list in the future.
-go to the gym! i swear i'm gonna start.
-learn how to jerk and learn the all the words to "you're a jerk"
-make moneyzzz
-buy a fake to get into shows. fuck 21+. the only reason i want a fake is to see starfucker, etc.
-ace my classes at de anza.
-make more beats. i need to practice my craft.
-try and remember some parts to Blazed and Confused. doubt it though.
-road trip to venice to buy a special piece for our place next year ;)
-keep in touch with all my college friendz!

i think this list is pretty extensive. i will come back to this in the future to see if i have accomplished any. i'm taking this seriously(ish).

long night

the world is still.
slow paced and calm
only the chest rises and falls.

thoughts are of absurd realities
brilliantly bright
or delusionary dull
continously moving faster and faster:
juxtaposed: the seemingly lifeless being.

few are those not with the still.
all they ever want is to be a part of it, for it comes so naturally.
but never can they let their minds go!
bodies maintain rigor
the stressed and the depressed
linger on through the doldrums of the night
jealous of those who are free.

how i wish my world was still,
and slow paced and calm.
i wish my chest was the only thing that would rise and fall.

slo is a bitch with age

got written up (finally?) but i still dislike it >:(.
i thought lauren and i would only get written up for "sports in the hall" (aka kicking a soccer ball into other people's rooms) BUT NO. i seriously thought i could go this whole year without a record, but that's only wishful thinking (plus i'm just totally badass).
so, instead: what up iphone pics?



a klepto in ~action (aka Alison) write her up!



now she's really looking for cats




a children's book -__-



The Jug in action!


oh hai ;)


my "friends" (yeah...i know, don't worry, i just bowl with them)


my head wear costume




some hot guyz from bare feet;) (i know them!)










tomorrows bad seeds (without apostrophe) were sooooooo good.


soooooooo that's cool and all, but i don't like getting written up -______-

this post is a shoutout to Dakine backpacks.

good to know that Dakine makes backpacks that can hold a 30 pack.

why are people lined up?

FOR THIS GUY:


I'm going to Josh Blue next week and no one can stop me!

if i ever was in a rap battle...

I hope some day I'm challenged to a rap battle. I would have this memorized. (I would only go against women though, rapping against men would be too intimidating...unless it's Trina...lets be real.) Of course this puts me in a very favorable light and the listener as a dunce, but that's the point right? Anyways, I rule.

fast with my words
so fast you can't understand
the ideas that i'm spoutin
stop poutin
get it together and let's see what you got
cuz i'm too hot
too on fire
just shot the ball
no i ain't a liar
just sit back and listen
i'll tell you everything you need to know
cuz i'm the master, professor, your honor
i got my shit together
on the table, ready to dish out
onto your plates
you can eat it up, suck it up,
hell you can even love it up,
cuz my shit tastes delicious
my rhymes vicious
blow your socks off
you'll be on the floor
crying "please mommy no more no more"


and then everyone would go, "OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH HELL YEAH HELL YEAH... etc."
a definite dream of mine. along with fencing.



girl put some panties on!

if i was an iphone...

this is what i saw:


people dying in the library for 12 hours.




jacob alvarez being his extremely creepy self.


a girl being sad because katie wont pick up her phone call


4 people being beat by an invisible girl named "Jan". dammit jan.


a weird old lady on a hill


ll cool j orange juice








oh and fucking jenny owen youngs.

and then proceeded to meet her. she didn't play any pussy shit.



at home and exhausted but extremeeeelyyyy satisfied :D

tribute to willow glen from my autumn year of high school

its days are made up of children yelling and a car's engine revving
a lawn mower and a dog or two barking.

the residents consist of extremes of the young and extremes of
the old, some teenagers, some tired parents, and the just
married.

the cars driven were the newest model of its year
complete with cup holder and a sixty-dollar bill every time it needs gas

houses are filled with college degrees, pictures of distant
relatives, a secret hidden recipe or two, shredded papers
with important information, and a heavy
coat for that
one
really
cold
day.

its location is in the cross-section of wealth, like the war movies
before the sixties,
and if you venture three miles to one side
you'll find parents who can't feed their children.

the school district is not the best
but that's california for you
thus the children are forced into private schools
secular or non, but mostly the first

the main streets are: lincoln meridian minnesota bird pine.
when pine turns into hamilton you've gone too far.
the highways of choice are 280 and 87.
you can only get to 85 or 101 by 280 and 87.

it has a cal-train and a light rail and
a bus system but the only riders are
desperate or meager or one random high school
girl without a car.

only because i think i'm good 2

"Untitled"
ideas and thoughts lost to the
fortuitousness of the computer:
explosive, in the wrong sense.

still not over you
still not over you
still not over you
you're over me.

can't accept can't realize
don't want to accept or realize
help me.

a lonely life
with a lonely middle
and an even lonelier start.
you're not helping.



"Tonight Right Now"
it's so late and i'm still up
with activity scheduled to take place in several hours.
my mind frequently wanders to you
and what you're not doing:
thinking of me.

"never never never never never" i repeat
to myself to remember that it's over
although it wasn't necessarily fun while it lasted.

my medicine is out and i don't know what to expect.
i hope to see the rest of the quarter through
with a steady head and sturdy feet.
and a brain filled with thoughts of you.

"Untitled 2"
i'm a drunkard and i'm crazy
i'm haphazardous and dizzy.
free of medicine in the brain
and swinging on the mood swings
the medicine gives
and even though it's gone,
it still gives.

"a roller coaster of emotions"
is what i tell myself.
after the dizzy spell
after the arbitrary feeling of complete happiness.
soon, i'm back to baseline:
unorthodox and depressed
because you're still here
and i'm still there
and we never were.


"Practice"
fingers sore from the strings of the guitar
i practiced for me and for her
but mostly for you.
hope you're impressed because this was
dedicated for guess who.


"Us"
i see the hurt in the young girl's eyes.
is it sad that i know how she's feeling?
exactly what she's feeling
at least she had something

is it sad that we feel the same?
her with a year,
me with nothing more but a hope
and a sliver of nonsense.

and I'd thought that you might feel the same

with your insect skin and my lions mane.


test driving the new Maccabees album.

...wait a minute. of course i'll like it.


"Learn to love a thriller so the words you leave me on my pillow read better."
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm orlando

RIP Sharks Season 2008-2009

fuck the ducks.

pixxx

what i want right now

being a peripatetic, i relate.
but it's like $60 on amazon :(

pho3nix, open mic, adam temple

i'm amazed at Phoenix's EP "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" is. i haven't liked so many songs from one album in such a long time, it's refreshing to finally find a new band that i really really really enjoy. i've had "Girlfriend" on repeat for days. so, happy.

Trinity's last open mic night is next Friday. i finally tabbed out the rest of "Kids" by MGMT but covered by The Kooks. the solo took furrrevaarrrrr -___- but it sounds really good and i can shine ;). THEN we're gonna play "Poker Face" by The Gaga. hahahahah acoustic version is so weird compared to the techno-synth of the original. we were planning on doing "Naughty Girl" by Beysus hahahaha but i definitely would not have been able to keep it together with chloe singing that.

dad's here so i'm gonna show him around slo which means i won't be able to go to the Billy Madison day party/Dan's bday :( but whatever, it's good for me because i should probably stop drinking sfm.

also, i would like to note one of the best undiscovered musicians i've ever seen on YouTube: Adam Temple. he does covers of songs like "Skinny Love" by Bon Iver, "Intervention" by the Arcade Fire (fucking brilliant), some death cab, bright eyes, and some originals. here are my favorites of him:

Skinny Love


Intervention


and his own "Somewhere in a Synapse"






good luck and meow.

matt & kim

anyone know where i can get Grand and/or self-titled?

only because i think i'm "good"

truth
tones that strike the synapses like chords
poke and play fun,
influencing emotions and provoking thoughts,
realizing realizations that i've been too weak to accept:
the hardest truth of all those damned truths.
and there are a lot of damned truths
but this one just really hurts.

day
i fell asleep with the smell of a book,
with the sound of modern British;
with the fickle chill of the wind,
fresh from the waters of
the coast, from the lands of Faraway,
grazes carelessly:
my soft and vulnerable extremities.

anxious and waiting and anxious and anxious and waiting.
hours passed, while emotions tested, when voices silenced where
music oscillates into the broken brain to remedy the broken heart.

speechless and finished and
made up to break up and
too tired so giving up and
damned and damned and damned and damned and still anxious and still waiting
and for what?

...sun retreats and Cold fills.
clouds turn to fog, mobilizing,
preparing, assembling, to frost the buildings and our bodies.

a hard day to anyone's standards
accompanied with a rough sleep and a
thousand questions unanswered, unwavering,
never ceasing their presence in that
rattled and shook brain with that
sore and beaten heart.

falling
the repeated used of "falling" is the integral
part:
a thing i did and am only just picking myself up now,
scraping off the debris and bruises
the sores and scabs
the broken hearts and the broken bones.
trying to gather my life, putting this in the past
putting this in perspective
pushing through to another day
where I SWEAR TO GOD I HOPE IT'S BETTER THAN THE LAST.

if not- struggling will continue and i will be
walking up a hill on a triple digit day, free of water,
raining of sweat and frustration at you and you and you
but mostly me.

to mrs. bukowski
charlie bukowski
sits billowing
in the smoke
and in the stench of alcohol,
sitting in his den of papers
furiously writing and omitting,
swearing and cursing all of your mothers!

forgetting his wife and giving more to art
than he ever could to a woman,
(a lousy actualization for her)

but it's charlie bukowski:
the most unlikable character you've ever known
but you can't understand
why in the hell you like him
and that makes you like him even more.