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Mashup Weekend: Floating Paranoia
Published February 15, 2009 kanye west , modest mouse Leave a Comment
Today’s post is in celebration of the warmest, most loving holiday on earth…Saturday!
Due to a petty lawsuit from some unknown douchewaffle, Santogold is now officially changing her name to Santigold. Yeah, I know. No one knows who “Santo Rigatuso” from Baltimore is, but for some reason he won this. I refuse to buy into this episode of Sad Times. It’d be one thing if this was a Sasha Fierce-esque name change, but this just doesn’t seem right or fair to her.
More Röyksopp remixes for Happy Up Here.
I like the scratches on this one:
Happy Up Here (Mr. Wyse nice edit) by Röyksopp
I like the tempo of this one:
Happy Up Here (Breakbot Remix) by Röyksopp
And, of course the Boys Noize remix. I’m not too keen on this one, for some reason:
Normally, I refer to Cam’ron as the most ig’nant rapper in the game. (See Anderson Cooper Interview on snitching) However, I’m going to temporarily revoke that title. I Hate My Job is amazing! And love the low budget sheen on this video. Granted, Cam’ron obviously has a loveable job a famous rapper, but hey, let’s not play that authenticity game.
Monday Guilty Pleasure: Listening to Scandinavian Pop Music When You’re Well
Published February 9, 2009 program notes Leave a Comment
There was a twenty minute snow shower this morning. I was able to snap this photo from my window. Doesn’t this look like Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree’s slender Dutch cousin? It’s huge!
I’m feeling a lot better since last week. Nothing like having your glands back. For now.
New Röyksopp here. It’s so lovely; I can’t wait for the new album on March 23.
This week’s Gossip Girl episode (parents get upset over the Gossip Girl website) gave me serious ‘nam flashbacks to my Marymount NYC days. There was a site called “Interschool Hos.” The New Yorker did a pretty comprehensive Talk of the Town piece on it. Looking back, it’s hilarious how sloppy the technology was. It wasn’t really a blog; it was a free voting website with an orangey-beige backdrop. The spelling was inconsistent, there weren’t any pictures and it was a pretty obvious that it was a baseless revenge site. Despite being the web equivalent of a car phone, it was damaging. Some really painful things were said. I doubt that whoever wrote on that site even knew who the heck they were talking about. It was stranger on stranger crime.
Two things I’m glad about: first, I was too young for my personal shit to be aired; I was only a freshman when this debuted. Second, that facebook didn’t exist. (shudder)
There hasn’t been one of these for a while. But this weekend I’ve got Fergie’s London Bridge vs. Tom Tom Club’s Genius of Love. Enjoy!
It’s by RevoLucian and it’s amazing. This actually sounds like a real song. If I heard this at a club, I wouldn’t blink.
One of my professors is snowed in over in Britain. I got my face exfoliated by an ice shower while biking yesterday. Too much coldness everywhere!
Now that my glands have retracted back into my throat (at least temporarily) let’s have some Haitian salsa:
So this building used to be a hospital and was there was a mortuary in the basement. That mortuary is now the bike shelter. Freaky! I half expect David from Six Feet Under to pop out from around the corner. Or Dexter. Any Michael C. Hall character would be at home down here.
Can you tell that classes haven’t started yet?
Published January 29, 2009 Leiden , Men at Work Leave a CommentYeah, I’m still poking around my new room/building and taking pictures…
There are stained glass windows all down the staircase.
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Speaking of fresh, this new room is amazing. I was wrong about having a lofted bed.
It’s just cheesy 90’s house music and current pop remixes. Currently, “If I Were A Boy” by Beyonce is getting a fierce remix makeover treatment. And yes, this morning I woke up to Show Me Love. No lie. This needs to be the new Dutch National anthem.
Better Off Alone by Alice Dee-Jay
In My Arms (Radio mix) by Mylo
Never Gonna Give You Up (Solly remix) by Rick Astley
I’ll go back to posting quality things, don’t worry. But I’m loving the 90s right now.
