Who Are John Legend And Amy Winehouse Working With?

just now with my itunes playlist on random, Amy Winehouse's "He Can Hold Her" came on.



something about it sounded familiar... the first few notes, the beat, the familiar wailing in the background...

then it hit me.

John Legend's "Slow Dance"



take a listen for yourself!

upon further research, the blog Track Nine: Musical Interpretations had a post (a year old, cough) detailing that both songs were based on The Icemen's 1966 single "My Girl, She's a Fox".



it seems John Legend took a more original approach to recording his version by keeping the same feel to it, although speeding it up a bit.

heh, now would you imagine that! John Legend's version is still my favorite.

don't even get me started on Janet Jackson's "Free Xone" and Archie Bell and the Drell's "Tighten Up"

A Revelation Was Made Tonight.

A couple of weeks ago on LOST, two suited mans who later turned out to be lawyers approached Kate at her new abode off The Island demanding that she prove to them that Aaron is or is not her son via blood test.

Hmmmm this one guy looks kind of familiar methinks...

Passed my mind just as quickly as the scene ended.

But as I got a second glance and a chance for my brain to work, I realized that THIS MAN



used to be a part of this show that some people may have watched in the 90s...



That's that. THIS is why everyone needs to get back to the island.

The End.

Whoa This Kid Is Flyin With The Birds!

I present to you, “David After the Dentist”




Watched this last night and couldn’t help but think back on the time when I got 4 wisdom teeth taken out when I was 17 years old.

Best. Experience. Ever.

Seriously! Maybe me being admitted into a hospital for the procedure (I have asthma, and they wanted to take extra precautions with anesthesia) made me the poster child for the whole experience? I would do it all over again.

What I remember is going into the operating room, and the doctors commenting on how much I was smiling. “Not for long” I said. “Awwwwww”.

Then they put the gas mask over my face and told me to count backwards.

99… 98.. 9- ZONKED.

[What felt like 15 minutes] LATER I woke up in the “recovery” room to a nurse saying, alright that’s it!

“That was quick…” I said…to which she replied something along the lines of, “Yeeeaahh” whilst probably thinking something along the lines of “This bitch is high”

For the next few minutes or hours, I have no idea, I raised my hand to get someone to get me a milkshake. I never got one. Finally when I saw my parents I could do nothing but tell my dad how I got a B+ on my calculus test and my mother how much I loved her.

She told me my hair was messed up and I screamed/slurred “I KNOW CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!!!”

When it was time to go home , my parents parked me in a wheel chair in the hallway to wait for them where I sat eyes glazed and staring holding up a towel to my mouth to catch the drool. I had worked part time at the hospital on the same floor and remembered some of the women and waved to them. To this day I’m pretty sure they didn’t remember me and just left it as another crazed person left to themselves in a hospital hallway.

Then eventually we went home. AFTER of course the nurse helped me into my parents car and I gave her a hug for it. Once home I complained that I couldn’t go out to hang out with my friends. I’m a jerk sometimes.

As for recovery, I was fine. In fact I ended up popping stitches in my mouth because I wanted to eat real food so badly. The worst part was not being able to eat what I wanted. So, what was the meal you ask?

Wendy’s French Fries.

Ready The Sheets, It's Time To Put 2008 To Bed.

What to say, what to think, what to do?

Less than 7 hours left until the new year! Australia's already been gettin down for a while now, and I will be planning to do the same later on tonight.

SO, this of course is going to be the post where I reflect on some of the things that I've been grateful for this 2008. I'm happy to say that this has been one of the best years of my entire life that I can remember, which makes me await 2009 with open arms and a wide crazed smile.

2008 brought some of the best times of my life, and also one of the sickest times of my life. Strep throat 3 times in a row with no health insurance? How bout it!


A selection of my great in '08 list goes as follows:

- Moving out of my parent's house in January amidst skepticism and living on my own, quite successfully I might add (meaning I can afford air/heat/cable/internets/AND food), for almost a year now.
- Getting hired into a new position at work and actually being happy doing what I do.
- Maintaining college friends in my life after leaving school.
- Saw a bunch of amazing concerts/performances
- New Friends!
- Living in Chinatown for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
- um, THE PHILLIES WINNING THE WORLD SERIES!
- voting in the most historic election in the history of the United States FOR BARACK OBAMA!
- late night Broad Street runs


2008 you will be missed but never forgotten!


Bring on 2009!


Happy New Year everyone!
Be Happy.

A Few Last Minute Gift Ideas.

Strapped for a gift on that special someone because you waited to long into the holiday season? Well ladies and gents I have stumbled on a site with all the gift ideas you'll ever need. Intimate and useful all at the same time.

A couple of my favorites from this list include:


"Nothing"
For when you find yourself so enraged at someone at (what is supposed to be) one of the happiest times of the year, you literally...want to give them nothing.



and Squirrel Feet Earrings. Quite fashionable if you ask me.






You're welcome.



http://inventorspot.com/articles/15_strange_funny_weird_bizarre_sick_gifts_20878

Japanese People are Funny!

They come up with the most creative things that, more often than not, seem eerily useful and appealing to me.

Introducing the Private Browsing Sweater:



I imagine your body temperature rising rather quickly.

Lets give a giant F for the month of November.

According to my own archives it looks like I've had just next to nothing to say the entire month of November. Maybe it's the weather that makes my brain quiet... or too loud and congested to make sense of anything that floats around up there.

Here's a jewel that was brought to my attention at work this past week. I can't get over how ridiculous it is. And I'm still looking for friends who would like to make this video our own and re create it in the Philadelphia area. Just let me know.

Ingrid Michaelson: In Review, Take Two

First (jesus christ) its been forever since I had anything to say, er rather, come out of a laziness slump to want to write anything. Who better to make me want to but Ingrid Michaelson!

Sunday night she delighted us in Philly at the TLA once again and as you can imagine it was beyond amazing. This time around I knew just about all of her songs inside and out and had to keep myself from climbing over the rail screaming and crying her name. Thank god someone else was wasted enough to do that and needless to say, ended up embarassing not only herself (assuming she remembers) but her friends as well. Congratulations!

ANYWAY- because the her last visit in June she thought the TLA looked like a ballroom, she suggested to everyone that if she visited again, everyone should dress up like they were going to a ball. While my friends and I did not, and maybe 2 or 3 in 10 did, her entire band was decked out in horrid dresses and suits (including the opening acts). You can get a glimpse of that here of a someone took while everyone swayed back and forth to Lady in Spain



Opening with Die Alone I almost forgot how much I liked that song. She did a handful from her Girls and Boys album (Far Away, Corner of Your Heart, Breakable, Overboard, and The Hat) as well as a few from her latest release along with Lady in Spain including The Chain (which kills me, this time she didn't pull anyone up on stage which I was kind of hoping for again but that's alright...and that's alright!) Be Ok, Giving Up and a couple of other covers.

Not gonna lie, I'm not really blown away by her second album "Be Ok". It feels like she just put it out there just to have something. Instead of calling it her second album (mainly because I believe it's her third?) I will call it her 1st and a half. It was a half. If it wasn't for The Chain on it and Keep Breathing (WHICH SHE DID NOT SING) and You and I and and and and... I would be highly disappointed.

Apparently she has yet another album coming out which came news to us as she announced and then played a new song called Locked Up.



Sounds pretty good, I like this one a lot! Her fascination with being 17 intrigues me...

Even her opening acts were spine tingling. David Ford, who also opened for her over the summer, was back again Sunday night. Watching him run around stage playing his different instruments listening to his songs Go To Hell and State of the Union as they progressed almost brought tears to my eyes. Listening to his studio versions just isn't the same. I highly recommend hearing him live.

Sunday night was far from disappointing. Except that damn slice of pizza from Lorenzo's at the end of the night that made my tummy box hurt :(

I'm ok. Cheers to a great show, can't wait for the next.

And I am SO GLAD that someone posted her encore, You and I, WHICH I WAITED ALL NIGHT FOR HER TO DO!!!

Enjoy!


frown to the girl video poster singing off key.

The World Is Saved. Welcome to the Rest of Your Life.

We really can make a difference.

Phillies Win, Comcast FAILS.

Last night watching game 3 of the World Series, Comcast was not so Comcastic...

Around midnight the picture started to get a little pixelated and the sound started dropping out. No biggie...Comcast does that all the time. I gave up completely on trying to watch SNL because a cast member would deliver a joke and the punchline was dropped because the screen froze and/or the audio failed. Again, no big deal...I can watch it tomorrow on Hulu.com (However I just read that it was announced last night during the Weekend Update that Amy Poehler FINALLY POPPED last night and gave birth to Archie Arnett. Thank you Comcast.)

BUT THEN the unspeakable.

The entire channel went to black. Hindsight the lost picture was only out for about 15-20 minutes. But sitting on Twitter I knew that my TV wasn't the only one vomiting on itself, and that because of the missing picture, I had then missed the 2 biggest plays in the game: Chase Utley and Ryan Howard's back to back homeruns. Perfect. Awesome! Great. The most exciting part of the game was now lost in the universe because I couldn't see it on my television. I can only imagine what kind of histeria ensued at all the bars last night at that moment, but I'll leave that to imagination.

So after a little while the picture came back and everything was back to normal. Everything, that is, except Comcast customers taste for their cable service going completely sour. Not a good time for an epic fail on their part with the entire city watching the same channel. I googled 'comcast world series' this morning and dug up this article , with a quoted apology from Comcast spokesperson Jeff something or other:

" A little before midnight we detected a equipment failure that resulted in disruption to most standard definition broadcast channels, including FOX. The issue was detected immediately by our internal monitoring tools. However, it took anywhere from 15 to 25 minutes to restore.

We sincerely apologize to our customers and know many of them were watching the World Series"

So today, as I watch game four and longingly look at the Verizon building from my window that doesn't provide FIOS to this part (or any part?) of the city, I'll be crossing my fingers that the picture doesn't go out. But if it does, I'll remember that they will sincerely apologize for it tomorrow.

This Is SNL Soaking Up Ratings While They Still Can

Did you happen to catch Sarah Palin LIVE from New York on Saturday Night? Well if your taste is anything like mine a) Her maybe existing sense of humor still won't change the fact that this woman is a shrew and b) Everything about it made you uncomfortable.

SARAH PALIN THIS DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING!

But lets dole out the obvious applause to Tina Fey's spot on performance of Sarah Palin yet again (THIS will also make you die of laughter, Tina Fey explains how she figured out her impression of Gov Palin. "PAULA'S SLEEPUHN!")



My next question is: When is Amy Poehler gonna pop?

10 Reasons Why John McCain Should Not Be President.

1. If John McCain died in office, Sarah Palin would become President.
How long has it been now since the Vice Presidential candidates were announced? Well, count those days and weeks and that's how long I've cared about this election. Previously, I could give two shits in a Rumpelstiltskin outfit handing out candies who was running for president. Now I'd like to thank Sarah Palin herself, her in her Tina Fey glasses, for pissing me off so much that I feel the need to vote NOT BECAUSE I care anything about the Democratic party winning this election, but because I feel so deeply inside my soul and bones that Sarah Palin does not deserve it.

2. John McCain is already the “After” picture.
You’ve seen the before and after pictures of all the presidents of the United States. How young, buff and hunky they looked prior to their stay in office, and then how terrible they looked after! The zinger right here is that John McCain ALREADY LOOKS LIKE THE AFTER. You can’t elect a man who ALREADY, no stay in the oval office yet, looks like he’s too stressed/fragile/at risk of a heart attack/prone to death over something like too much variety and anxiety over what to pick off of the Wendy’s dollar menu.

3. John McCain opposes women’s rights.
If John McCain were President, women would lose their right to choose. Whether if it’s deciding if Lifetime really is television for women, what shoes to wear with this shirt, or whether or not she wants to have this child…John McCain does not want women to have this right. He would rather tack up women's choices on a wall on index cards, pour a beer in a whiffle bat, chug that beer, spin around in a circle ten times, run towards the direction of said wall, and make his choice by whichever index card his forehead slammed into first.

4. John McCain can’t lift his hands above his shoulders.
In a time of joy and victory... what do we, as Americans tend to do to symbolize this? WE HIGH FIVE! As President, John McCain would only be able to give you a middle five. Do you want a President who is only capable of giving middle fives? What does that say about you, about your country? America! Home of the apple pie, baseball and childhood obesity, does NOT deserve a middle five!

5. If John McCain died in office, Sarah Palin would become President.
Could you honestly say that you wouldn't be frightened if this woman was in the White House? She lets her children LICK each other! IN PUBLIC.

6. John McCain divorced his former super model wife [AFTER…he had relations with another woman] when he saw that she was ugly as a result of a serious car accident.
I do believe this act would have earned him a supporting role and then killed in the film ‘Seven’. “What’s in the booooooooooooox???”

7. John McCain has no idea how many homes he has.
If John McCain has no idea how many homes he has, how on earth is he able to maintain the interests 300 plus million people? Hm? Hello? Anyone? What this is, folks, is not a sign of just another politician who wants this position for himself and not for the betterment of our country…but a sign of early but most likely advanced Alzheimer’s. John McCain does not know where he is. John McCain does not know he is John McCain. John McCain would rather be eating cereal from a high chair dangling his legs over the edge in his onesies with the rubber soles that prevent him from slipping on slippery surfaces watching Spongebob Squarepants.

8. If John McCain died in office.... Sarah Palin......... would become President.....
Is this sinking in to ANYONE yet?

9. IF JOHN MCCAIN DIED IN OFFICE SARAH PALIN WOULD BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND WOULD HAVE COMPLETE RULE OVER EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE AND TAKE ALL OF YOUR RIGHTS AWAY!
http://palinaspresident.com/
http://palinaspresident.com/
http://palinaspresident.com/

10. John McCain supports rabid kangaroo boxing and paving over cabbage patch kids farms and selling land to chain grocery stores like ACME and Giant.
Or I just wanted something to round out an even 10. Either way, COULD YOU IMAGINE?

Be wise when it comes to who you vote for this election. Don't be stupid and vote for the party of the woman who may or may not have been the voice of Martha Generic aka Bobby's mom from Bobby's world.

Thank you.

Now with that, I'm going to step off and take a nice bresh of freath air and enjoy this warm autumn night.

New Eargasms: Ingrid Michaelson, Vampire Weekend & Nickel Creek (what?)

For the second week in a row, I am pleased to say that my ears are STILL PLEASED with what they're hearing lately! (Despite my heart being broken/crushed/destroyed with no word of explanation, ahem)

ANYWAY! Who would have ever thought that there could be something(s) so soon that would be able to rip me away from my beloved Foreign Exchange's recent album (see post below)? Not me! And there are! THREE!

Let us begin.

As it is already known, I am a huge Ingrid Michaelson fan. After finding her around 6 months ago, I still can't stop playing her songs on repeat. And to make my fandom of hers rise even higher on this make believe chart I just created, she has finally joined, follows AND replies to her fans on Twitter! So if you haven't already...

Today she released her third album entitled "Be OK"



...which some of the proceeds go to breast cancer "SO NO STEALING" -her website. (Oh that's why I can't find it on Limewire). I'm ultra excited that she has finally put up The Chain on this album because every time I hear it my legs give out and I want to lay down and cry. Perfect walking to work at 7 in the morning music if you ask me!


Next up, I introduce (or re-intro to others) to you, Vampire Weekend. I don't get to listen to the radio too much anymore, but when I do I flip around to whatever station comes through until something happens to catch my ear. And the other day, that station happened to be XPN, and that song happened to be Ottoman, by Vampire Weekend.



This song is set to appear on Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (which is already out....?) and I can't get enough. This group formed sometime in 2006 at Columbia U, have a couple albums, and describes themselves as rock alternative with afropop influences. Crazy mix eh, but they're a great listen. Do explore.


AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST! (But certainly least expected)

I just want to put out there how after putting my entire playlist of 4k + songs on random this past weekend, up comes Nickel Creek's "Green and Grey"



I've known them as always killing my soul with songs like The Lighthouse's Tale and When You Come Back Down but, I never really paid too much attention to their others. However when you get a song whose very first line is: "I'm in a room full of people and hanging on one person's breath..." how could you not help but collapse to the ground and keep pressing pay over and over again? Well that's exactly what this song did to me, almost 3 years after it was initially released, ha!

Old music is new music sometimes and that's alright with me!

I hope you take these delicious mix of songs and add them on your "I really need to stop playing these" playlist because eventually, you really will need to...you know, to give others a chance.

New Eargasms: Rachael Yamagata & The Foreign Exchange

After FOUR PAINSTAKING LONG YEARS (on both sides, mind you) one of my top favorite artists evar released their newest and 2nd albums today. Yes, both of them their second and both on the same day!

Today October 7th 2008 The Foreign Exchange Released their second installment:

Leave It All Behind



Only after a first listen, its everything you can expect from it. The sweet sounds of Darien Brockington harmonizing mixed with excellent electronics and beats. Also a new voice comes along for the ride, one named Muhsinah. I know nothing about her, though over the next few days I plan to be listening to this one A LOT and researching everything I can on every single aspect of every song. I'm positive it won't be a let down, as it's got me hooked in only a matter of seconds.




Also on this unknowingly magical day, Rachael Yamagata also released her sophomore album entitled:

Elephants... Teeth Sinking Into Heart



Since going to a few of her concerts, a few of these tracks aren't unfamiliar to me. Nevertheless, her raspy voice still grabs my heart the same as the last. Like the previous paragraph, I haven't gotten through the entire thing backwards and forwards yet, but I am excited for it's potential. Something different than the last, especially because of the track called "Faster". Completely rocker chick with it. Let me tell you it's just as awesome here recorded as it is live.

Now let me get back to it! I'll have some reviews in a few. In the meantime, don't watch the debate. Find something else to do instead. Unless of course, you're an undecided voter. But in that case, do not vote for McCain and SheBush because in all honesty if you do, you're an idiot.

This Will Surely Be Picked Up As A Primetime Comedy

Don't forget to tune in tonight to the circus show that will be the vice presidential debates. No one cares what Joe Biden has to say. Frankly, I could care less if the camera even points at him or if the man even SPEAKS! Well, maybe just a bit to see his facial reactions to the horseshit that will surely come out of Sarah Palin's mouth.

If I'm feeling up to it later tonight (assuming I'm not too drunk to misspell things) I'll try and post a little something on the aftermath. For my own good of course, because we all know ...

THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING! THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING!

Go Phillies!

My New Favorite Character On SNL.

Caught a bit of SNL last night. Tina Fey...hilarious as usual playing Sarah Palin WHO by the way was in Philadelphia this past weekend for...well...nobody knows. Check out the info here.

"...one of them began booing loudly before leaving. It’s also reported that another said 'What the F is she doing here?'"

HAHA! Oh Sarah! You just keep getting cuter when you get on the defense!

But I digress...

Kristin Wiig's character Judy Grimes, Weekend Updates Travel Correspondent is the funniest sketch I've seen since Drunk Girl. Cheers to you for squeezing an audible laugh out of my chest for the first time in a long time!



I'm just kidding.

Looks Like Windows Wins This Round!

I caught Microsoft's response to all those Mac commercials the other day and I can honestly say, it was quite impressive! I suppose they would be since I do believe this is the first time that Microsoft has had anything to counteract those Apple commercials.

Not only is it impressive based on the amount of celebrities that are featured (I hope Apple doesn't come back with something too similar to that with stars throwing up out of my tv) BUT this commercial takes the cake with the line of, "I'm a PC...and I've been made into a stereotype" HA! I like to think that Bill Gates wrote that one himself.

Well done sir, well done. Still love my Mac though, I would never go back!

Mad Men & Co. Invade The Twitterverse!

I'm addicted to twitter. But I'm sure my 750+ posts since I first started using it only a few months ago only proves the point.

So tonight in my quest to find new and interesting followers (and hopefully get some back hey!) I found just about the entire cast of AMC's hit series Mad Men! And if you're thinking I found the actors as themselves well hell hell you are wrong my friend. Le characters. Everyone from Don Draper to Bobby and Saller Draper to FATHER GILL and even the random next door neighbor who was divorced with the creepy son.

And for your ease of search and stalk I have here all of the Twitter accounts of the characters from Mad Men listed just for you. At least the ones that I found in the 5 minutes that this stalking spree had my attention. Some have multiple accounts while others do not, not sure why. But what I am sure of is that I will probably stop following them after a couple of days...and that I have way... too much time on my hands.


Roger Sterling
http://twitter.com/Roger_Sterling

Don Draper
http://twitter.com/don_draper

Betty Draper
http://twitter.com/bettydraper
http://twitter.com/betty_draper

Sally Draper
http://twitter.com/sally_draper

Robert "Bobby" Draper
http://twitter.com/robert_draper

Sal Romano
http://twitter.com/sal_romano

Kitty Romano
http://twitter.com/kitty_romano

Ken Cosgrove
http://twitter.com/ken_cosgrove

Pete Campbell
http://twitter.com/pete_campbell

Peggy Olson
http://twitter.com/peggyolson

Paul Kinsey
http://twitter.com/paul_kinsey

Harry Crane
http://twitter.com/harry_crane

Joan Holloway
http://twitter.com/Joan_Holloway

Bobbie Barrett
http://twitter.com/Bobbie_Barrett

Jimmy Barrett
http://twitter.com/Jimmy_Barrett

Father Gill
http://twitter.com/FatherGill

Francine Hanson
http://twitter.com/francine_hanson

Helen Bishop
http://twitter.com/helen_bishop

AND HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN
Bertram Cooper
http://www.twitter.com/bertramcooper

Can't wait for everyone from Heroes, Lost and 30 Rock to hop on the wagon! Oo and maybe the Hills with Lo, LC and Audrina! Haa well I was kidding with the last one...

I really need to pick up a hobby of some sort.

Tina Fey Is Hilarious As Sarah Palin. But You Already Knew That.

I missed Saturday Night Live actually LIVE this past Saturday, but I made sure to check out some clips of Tina Fey playing everyone's favorite shrew, Sarah Palin and my god it is scary to see how closely the two resemble each other.

It was reported that SNL experienced their highest rated episode evar since 2001, no thanks to Michael Phelps! I choose not to watch any of the clips he's in because I can't stand the way his mouth moves.

But anyway, if you've been living under a rock for the past couple days or suddenly lost your sense of sight and hearing, I bring you, via my boyfriend Hulu.com Tina Fey as Sarah Palin:

Olbermann Slams Republicans For Exploiting 9/11

On the eve of the seventh anniversary of 9/11, Keith Olbermann delivered a special comment slamming Republicans for their exploitation of 9/11 for political purposes.

All the conspiracy information and the obvious things that are wrong with the political system have finally made light because of Olbermann. This video is certainly eye opening and leaves you thanking him for FINALLY getting this information out there.

Previously I never cared too much about the political system because of how disenfranchised I became after the 2004 election. But this video gives me inspiration and drive to actually go out and make a change because I can not stand the Republican Party. Not to mention Sarah Palin. But again, you already knew that.

Watch the video and spread it to everyone you know. Republicans, Democrats, fatties, skinnies, blacks, whites, Asians....everyone.

Enjoy.