It's been awhile

I totally apologize to the two and a half people that read this blog that I haven't updated it recently. I  got caught up in a new job, school, etc. etc. Another excuse. Anyways, let's share my musical love...


I know most of this material is old of this year, but it's okay. I absolutely love:

1. The Juan MacLean - The Future Will Come
2. Boys Noize - Power
3. Stuck on Repeat (Fake Blood Remix) - Little Boots (SO SO SO MUCH!)

That's all that's really changed. I hope everyone's doing well.

Youth

There comes a time which I'm sure everyone is familiar with. Your music is so overplayed that you're just aching for something new to hold your attention for awhile. Lucky for me, I stumbled onto Kissy Sell Out's debut album "Youth".

I do enjoy it very much. It's got a distinctive style which I've known of Kissy Sell Out by their remixes. The first remix I heard by them was Mark Ronson & Daniel Merriweather's "Stop Me" cover of The Smiths. It's one of my favorite remixes, and I was excited to not be disappointed by their album.

How would I describe this album? Electronic dance-punk indie rock. I know that genre is hideously overused nowadays and quite common, but those are three extremely strong styles that I can feel within this album.

My favorites off the album are "Garden Friends", "Apple Jelly", "This Kiss", and the title track "Youth".

Make sure you check this artist out! You won't be disappointed.

Here's a great song off the album.

Kissy Sell Out - "Garden Friends"

This is like a flashback

This is like a dreaaaaaaaaaaaaam.





This is like Calvin Harris making a music video about him sleeping with women. Novel idea.

Changing things up a bit

Although George was the one who convinced me to join him in writing a blog, he's decided that he doesn't have time or something for it. Which is totally fine, because now I don't feel guilty for obsessing over a certain topic or changing the focus of the blog to match my own focus. Georgey is my lovah but I am in control now. I don't really know if that's a good thing.

What this blog will be about:

• Music. Music I like, more specifically. I'll do album reviews and maybe talk about my song obsessions and such.
• Mmm, burrito. Sorry, I just got a California burrito and horchata. Delightful. Anyways...
• Television... sometimes. Actually, no, not really. By television I kind of just meant Lost.
• Graphic design. I'm going to be posting my work on blog posts, because I really need a place to archive it.
• Movies, sometimes.

Summary of my list:

• Music, and sometimes other stuff.

So yeah, I'll be changing the layout over time. Hopefully I can spice things up.

"Every living thing on Earth dies alone."

I recently bought Donnie Darko off of iTunes because I had some sort of weird gravitation towards it. That seems to happen to me randomly with a lot of books, movies, and music - and usually I'm not disappointed. To go off on a quick universal tangent real quick, I had some strange pull towards Carlos Castoneda's "A Separate Reality" which ended up affecting me in an extremely poignant way. And, that's exactly what Donnie Darko did to me.

I'm not exaggerating when I say that Donnie Darko is my favorite movie of all time. It combines all of the elements I love about stories - a thick plot, constant twists, mindf*cks, and strong characters. The thing that put this movie over the top for me is that the ending did not explain everything. I had to think about it for like five minutes before I figured it out. This is a constant criticism of the movie for most looking for fault with it, but I really find it enjoyable to put the pieces together myself rather than being force-fed the information through the movie. It's like they dropped tiny little hints of a big picture and allowed us to pursue these thoughts further to connect all the dots. Anyways, I'm not going to spoil this movie for anyone. I would however like to point out the things that straight up chilled me, delighted me, or brought me to tears.

First of all, Frank.

When I first heard his deep, dark voice echoing throughout my speakers, I literally froze. It was so immensely disturbing, yet, completely intrigued me. And then, upon first seeing him, I jumped. Now, I know I seem like a total chicken, but I'm really not. I love scary movies. But I usually don't find things very scary. But for some reason, a sadistic bunny with prophetic messages to pass on disturbed me to my core. But in a good way. I love Frank. I don't understand him completely, but that's part of the movie. The movie is as twisty as his relation to it.

The last scene of the movie made me cry. I know I sound pretty stupid, but I don't cry during movies really. As soon as she waved to Donnie's mother, I just kind of started crying. It was a very poignant scene for me.



Anyways, that's all I really wanted to point out. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who is curious about watching it. It will pleasantly surprise you.