Monday, May 25, 2009

The Language of All

Two things that are universal:
Math & Music (ok, and McDonald's.)

Math: The only thing I understand (other than English) on the white boards at my Thai school.
Music: I totally got into this Korean rock band the other night... and all the sweet guitar solos. For all I know they could have been singing about sushi, although that would be pretty entertaining.

There is also a mega-band here called "Big Ass." Seriously, there are advertisements everywhere. And every time I see it I secretly giggle to myself.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Celeb Couples

...Ones that are shocking/cool

Ben Gibbard and Zoey Deschanel


Ryan Adams and Mandy Moore

Saturday, May 9, 2009

To Feist or Not to Feist

Fiest: One of the most beautiful voices in indie rock.
Wilco: My favorite band.

Some people have been gravely upset about their collaboration on Wilco's new album due out this summer. Tweety's sober judgement was good. I think it'll be a gem. In a not-so-sober state they could have ended up collaborating with Miley Cyrus. JUST KIDDING.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Kweller



Ever forget about an artist and completely rediscover them? I first listened to Ben Kweller my senior year of high school (Sha Sha) and bought his second solo album my freshman year of college (On My Way). I went to see him co-headline with Gomez my junior year at Baylor, but I was underwhelmed with his new material, which was why I saw him neither year he played ACL (haha, or mostly because I wanted to see other sets).

2007: Robert Earl Keen- saving our spot for Wilco
2006: Galactic

About a month ago I couldn't get his music out of my head. I was literally walking around, working, driving all to the tune of Ben Kweller. To feed my sudden obsession, I checked out his MySpace and absolutely fell in love with the four songs posted. I bought the vinyl (which came with a CD!) that day. And now instead of singing "Commerce, TX" or "I Need You Back," I'm singing "Sawdust Man" and "Homeward Bound."

Random fact: Kweller sings lead vocals on Guster's "I Hope Tomorrow Is Like Today." (Thank you, oh marvelous Wikipedia!)