The Song Sex Talk (Not To Be Confused w/ The Sex Song Talk)

This entry is is to cover my recent obsession...covers! (Laugh ironically at the pun, please)

I used to hate covers. Don't get me wrong, they weren't all bad. I loved Janis Joplin doing Summertime and only knew Adam Green's version of What a Waster. Still, there seemed to be something innately dirty about tampering with a great piece of music.

Then I was in the mood for something new. I had downloaded so many albums, explored so many bands, that I really just wanted to appreciate the songs that I had fallen in love with.
This is where I have to thank my friend Joshua for being stocked with a full folder of links to cover blogs.

So, I listened. At first I would try and find bands I loved covering songs by other bands I love. How can you go wrong with The Shins covering Pink Floyd or Stars covering Springsteen? These were great musicians performing odes to the geniuses before them. It was beautiful. Soon I was listening to some of my favorite songs being covered by artists I don't even listen to and enjoying it.

Anyways, here are some of the covers born of these unions:

Jose Gonzalez - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)

The Shins - Breathe (Pink Floyd)

Cursive - Franky Mr. Shankly (The Smiths)

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)

Stars - Hungry Heart (Bruce Springsteen)

Just because these are super awesome, don't forget to download the original songs as well (if you don't already have them). Each version has its own charm.

Till next time...

Oh, and I'd really appreciate comments since I'm something of a n00b (yeah, I said it) at this.

A Love Song For Sleep

If I blog about sleep, will it find me?

Things get so boring in those hours between 3 and 8 am, when everyone is still asleep. Have you ever realized that the hours you have nothing else to do are the hardest ones to get work done during? If I could only make use of these odd hours, I could write a novel or something. I certainly wouldn't be online. No one updates facebook at this hour.

Some physiological effects of sleep deprivation (according to wikipedia):
-Blurred vision
-Colorblindness
-Dark circles under the eyes
-De-realization (a personal favorite)
-Hallucinations
-Psychosis
-Slurred speech
-Severe yawning (oh no!)
-(Drum roll please...) Sleep

Thank you wikipedia, for informing me I'll go crazy and yawn.

And, just to be a real masochist, here are some songs that make sleep sound really nice:

The Postal Service - Sleeping In

Liam Finn - Lullaby

The Smiths - Asleep

Goodnight!

Anglophiles Unite

Ok, so I think I've got this file sharing thing down. As a result, I can now bombard you all with my latest obsessions in music.

Here is a song by Adam and The Ants that I actually found on the soundtrack for a British show called Skins. It's a pretty soapy teen show (full of drugs, sex, partying, all of those things that make high school look way more crazy than it really was), but because of that it's really easy to get hooked on. Plus...it's British. That automatically makes any show worth at least listening to. Unfortunately, it doesn't air anywhere in the states, but some nice fan put all of the episodes up on youtube. Watching TV on TV is so over-rated anyways.

Adam and The Ants - Prince Charming

Oh, and another British show you should all watch it Doctor Who. I know it can be cheesy sci-fi, but the new Doctor is played by David Tennant who is a very very sexy Scottish man. It can be found through Sidereel (aka God to procrastinators and TV geeks).

Feel free to comment, and I'll post again very soon.

The Beginning Of The End

I have a confession to make. I have no idea what I'm going to blog about. To tell the truth, creating a blog just seemed like the best thing to do to procrastinate. Also, I have enough bookmarks with this damn blogger icon that I just wanted my own.

My goal is to figure out how to post songs so that you can all listen to and steal all of my latest obsessions and then become obsessed with them yourselves. Until I can figure that out, I guess I'll just make recommendations.

I'll also post pictures from my various film cameras or my digital camera of things I think are fun and interesting and..well...pretty.

I might also ramble. In fact...I probably will.

Well, now that that's off my chest, I guess I'll see you next entry.