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Archive for December, 2009
Glee – Watch it! (just don’t tell anyone)
Dec 26th
After seeing a couple of adverts on TV I decided to watch a few episodes of another new US import called Glee. Glee essentially is a high school show about a bunch of kids and their teacher who start a Glee club. Glee which apparently is the lowest form of social status in american high school consists of social misfits, stutterers, gays and wheelchaired students. Slowly they manage to attract a few football players and cheerleaders but also a host of enemies including the head cheerleading coach & the rest of the school. You’ll notice a few familiar faces in Glee, the cheerleader coach is the crazy lady from role models, and both of the Glee teacher’s love interests are former “Heroes”.
While the story line is filled with love interests, pregnancies and sabotages. The real reason to watch Glee is the music. I’ve always liked the odd choir-esk cover, those who’ve seen the movie slackers might remember the Ace of Base cover. But Glee takes it to another level, with 4/5 songs every episode and tracks you’d all know. To be fair, after hearing their cover of “Don’t stop Believing” I had to watch more and the song list doesn’t disappoint with tracks that include Gold Digger, Ride Wit Me, No Air, Push It & Confessions, to name a few. Those from the UK will also notice a heavy skew to Brit music (especially in the first few eps) with covers of Duffy, Amy Wino & Lily Allen.
One episode led to watching the whole of the first season in a week. I’d best describe it as a cross between Sister Act 2, High School Musical, American Pie (if it was PG-13) & any typical high school TV show. Glee for the past week has been my vice & while it won’t do my newly awarded biggest office metrosexual image any good, I’ll be catching it again when it comes back in April 2010.
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5 Jurassic 5 Tracks You Should Listen To
Dec 6th
For some reason I’m in a Jurassic 5 mood today, so I’m going to share 5 J5 Songs you should listen to. If you want to get one J5 album, I’d recommend the self titled “Jurassic 5 LP
1. Concrete Schoolyard (Album: Jurassic 5)
2. In the Flesh (Album: Jurassic 5)
3. Whats Golden (Album: Power In Numbers)
4. Twelve (Album: Quality Control)
5. Back 4 U (Album: Feedback)
New Look Site – for now
Dec 3rd
Been having a couple of issues with the old template so I’ve changed the look temporarily until I find a solution.
Let me know what you think.
Jay-Z + Radiohead = Jaydiohead
Dec 3rd
My past few posts have all included remixes. Most of which are bands which I like but don’t particular love, until now…
This cross Atlantic collaboration, and by collaboration I mean a mashup without their permission, consists of 2 of the biggest artists of the past 10 years. In one corner we’ve got the king of the remix Jay-Z, and in the other we’ve got the melodic beats of Radiohead.
There’s been several attempts over the past years to remix Jay-Z with varying results. Dangermouse’s Grey album is probably one of my favourite albums (Jay-Z and Beatles – whats not too like!). Jay-Zeezer was a decent but mostly unsuccessful mashup of Jay and Weezer.
The Jaydiohead attempt is actually pretty good. Nothing seems forced and it seems to flow really well. I’ve got a couple of previews below (as well as some of the other attempts) but if you want the full albums you can download them here: Download
UPDATE: should really give a shout out to the guy behind it, Max Tannone. You can find more of his work at the above link.
Jaydiohead – Song and Cry
Jaydiohead – Change Order
DJ Dangermouse – 99 Problems
Jay-Zeezer – Say it Aint Dec 4th
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