One Two Punch

So I was re-reading my blog the other day as I often do, tweaking sentences and re-wording Whitneyisms, and as I was watching the movie trailer for Half Nelson, I noticed something. Did anyone else catch Broken Social Scene's Stars and Sons? It's such an amazing song, (I'm listening to it right now) but I didn't, erm, know people still listened to Broken Social Scene. They're amazing, and incredibly fitting for that particular movie trailer.

Oh! Found the coolest thing the other day. If you know what Pandora is (and I'm not going to bother explaining what it is, because if you don't know, you never will) then you will absoloutely appreciate this hack. This page I found explains how to rip tracks from Pandora to keep. I haven't tried it out yet, because I'm usually fairly successful in finding the ones I want elsewhere, but it's still something totally worth knowing.
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/pandora/technophilia-15-ways-to-get-more-out-of-pandora-201072.php

I went and saw The Last Kiss the other night with Caroline. It was.... mediocre. I really, really, really hate saying that, because I have faith in Zach Braff. But the guy who wrote it (who suprisingly penned Crash) couldn't write his way out of an all white room with no door -- there's a way, I swear. I think Crash's saving grace was the directing and actors. The Last Kiss was filled with lines like, "if you never give up, you can never fail." I mean come on -- it shouldn't be hard to write better than that.
When there was an actual shred of real human emotion -- dread, guilt, doubt, sadness, etc., it was dangled in front of you like, "look! Zach Braff is sad. Ohhhh no."
That being said, I'll still let my faith in Braff remain vested in my repeated viewings of Garden State and racous laughter over Scrubs. Don't do it to me again, Zach. Please.
That being said, The Last Kiss soundtrack is admittedly, very good. It pains me to say it, because I am a firm believer that a film's soundtrack should compliment the storyline, not completely overshadow it. However, I did actually own the Garden State soundtrack before I saw the movie... I'm not sure why. I think it was something about no one wanting to go see the movie with me. Anyways, I know it's easy to smack a Snow Patrol song in with a Coldplay ballad and finish it off with a little bit of Rufus Wainwright, but in between the songs you've heard a million times are songs that are probably more of note than their more famous trackmates. "Star Mile" by Joshua Radin sounds like a Simon and Garfunkel cover, even though it's not. As I was listening to it my roomate yelled from her room, "This sounds like something you would hear on the OC, Whitty." I think that effectively sums it up. "Pain Killer" by Turin Brakes is a more energetic and lively song than I've heard from Turin Brakes before. Another song of theirs that I'm familiar with is "Rain City," which is a beautiful slow song. It's in my "Emo Me-mo" playlist on iTunes, if that helps you get a picture. Skipping down the list a little (not without mentioning Cary Brothers "Ride," which is very, very good) we screech to a halt in the middle with Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek." Ouch. It's a pretty jarring transition to the rest of the album, being too slow and electronicized to convey any real emotion.
I was going to just skip songs and describe the ones I liked best, but every song is top-notch (with the exception of "Hide and Seek".) So, instead of detailing each song as it comes up in my iTunes, I suggest you get this soundtrack however you can.... it's really, really good.

Another CD I just got was the Scissor Sisters' new CD, Ta-Dah. If you've never heard of the Scissor Sisters, they're a New York band that blew up HUGE in the UK. They're mildly popular here, but they are literally gigantic in England. They've got an old piano-y, disco sound unlike any other new band that I've heard. The first track on the album, "I Don't Feel Like Dancing" totally contrasts its name, because it's a track that makes you want to dance around flailing your arms and hopping from one leg to the other.
Or maybe that's just me.
Anyways, Scissor Sisters = No Shame Dancing. Hell yeah.

So a new EIGHTY freaking gigabyte iPod is only $350.00. That's outrageous. I think my 20 gb iPod cost around $300. Damnit. I have to keep bumping stuff to put all of my new songs on. Actually, it's not like I missed the 400 50 Cent songs I had from high school anyways.

I haven't been able to write on Good Bloggie as much lately because of my school schedule. And by school schedule I mean the two hours of my day that I'm on campus and the 800 hours a day I spend in front of my DVR. It's a sickness, I know.
And the only cure? Mas blogging.

I went and saw Kal Penn of Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle fame tonight at the LSC theatre. It was interesting, to say the least. I thought that he would be doing some sort of standup, but instead he showed the trailer for Van Wilder II and then opened up a question and answer. I was actually surprised at the type of questions people were asking. They all seemed to be race related -- not necessarily racist, don't get me wrong, but some were questions people wouldn't ask me. Very interesting. He handled all of them very well, and I was surprised to learn that they didn't really smoke pot in H&K, they just smoked... erm, high-less pot that still produces smoke. It was some insurance issue. I dunno.

How good is Simon and Garfunkel's "The Boxer?"
Really good, that's how good.

A few more things before I go. There's a song everyone needs: "Brother" by Annuals. I don't think the album is out yet but there's quite a bit of buzz about them in the blogosphere... and yes. I did just say "blogosphere."
And.... I got a new job! I'm going to keep my old one, and work this one during the week for the time being. I'm going to be doing marketing research for the head of marketing for the CSU Research Foundation. It's going to be a lot of bitchwork, but it will look so, so good on my resume.

One more thing... this is just plain awesome:


I'm hearing strains of Sex and the City coming from the living room, so I'm going to go stare blankly at the tube. Big surprise.
Good nighty!