Newness

It seems like in life, new things always come along that grab your attention. When The Office invaded my life, I lost interest in Scrubs. When Community came into my life, I lost interest in the The Office and so on and so on.

After a plethora of my friends told me I would enjoy Dexter, I gave it a shot on Friday night. It is Tuesday night and I just finished episode 8. I want to keep going but I need some sleep.

I love this show.

I am also enjoying a new song posted by Taking Back Sunday. Definitely came out of nowhere and made me pretty happy.

And I am pretty pumped that both Kanye West AND My Chemical Romance have new cds coming out next week. I've previewed them both and I feel like I won't be disappointed.

sidenote: A friend asked me what I was doing over Thanksgiving break. As this is my first year in the "real world," I told her I no longer had a break :(

And to end this random post, it's hard to call myself a reader when all I read are autobiographies. But is it bad that I am really interested in Jay Z's book and will probably get it for my South Dakota flight in December?

Under My Covers, Vol. 7

Oh yea, dusting off a classic.

It's been OVER A YEAR since I've done an "Under My Covers" post but it's something I want to get back into. Especially when inspiration strikes like it did today.

I was driving home from work when the DJ on the alternative station I listen to starts talking about Jay Z. It made me curious because usually she will bring somebody up before going into a song of theirs and an alternative station doesn't really play hip hop (though they did play Kanye West's "Homecoming" - but that's because it featured Chris Martin).

So I realize it's because she is introducing a cover. It's by an artist named Hugo and he took a shot at covering "99 Problems." I have no idea if this is old or new, but it's the first time I had heard it.

It was one of those moments where I just laughed and smiled. I absolutely loved it and I hope you take a minute to at least try it out.

Original Version by Jay Z

Cover Version by Hugo *edit: the video is kinda weird, but nevermind that. Unless you like that sort of thing, then enjoy it even more :)

It's A Struggle (MVP: Edition 2 - Imma Be Rockin That Body)

I'm not supposed to like this music. This is the kind of stuff I am supposed to hate on and make fun of people that like it. But sue me, I like the Black Eyed Peas.

I first got into BEP back in 2005 and have had an on again/off again like with them. Fergie has also gone in and out of my celebrity crushes because sometimes she is smokin hot and others she is not that fun to look at.

When "Boom Boom Pow" came out, my sister and I jammed to it. I acquired the cd, but after one listen my response was "eh" and that was it. Then "I Gotta Feeling" came out and once again it was cool to sing at football games when they played it at the stadium, but I never listened to the song on my own. Then I heard "Imma Be" on the radio and bobbed my head, but once again nothing more.

However, lately I've been hearing "Rock That Body" and I don't know what it is about that song, but I can't stop listening. I've probably played it like 5 times today. And then I discovered this video.

I'm not supposed to like this. And I struggle because the alternative-rock loving musical side of me wants to be like "that damn autotune is taking over and every song sounds the same blah blah blah" but I just end up... dancing. Or trying to at least.

Sidenote: I do listen to more than just alternative. In fact, I'm waiting for Lupe Fiasco's new cd to come out, Jay Z is one of the best musicians I have ever heard and I have two hip hop cds coming up on my Music Sunday countdown.

But back to the Black Eyed Peas. This video is great. It has a concept, the two songs mash together perfectly and Fergie is bringin sexy back.

So let me indulge in my guilty pleasure and I will go back to hating on Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Ke$ha.

*Because I do hate Ke$ha. The fact that I took a couple extra seconds to find the dollar sign to type her name makes me feel like I sold out. So thank the Internet when a fellow blogger posted this gem:

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

(50) Sundays of Music: #41

#41: Linkin Park / Jay Z - Collision Course


I kind of always had an appreciation for Jay Z. He was never one of my favorite artists, but I liked what I heard. However, Linkin Park has always been up there and is on my short list of bands I have yet to see live, but NEED to. So when it was announced that they were doing some kind of collaboration, I got excited at the potential.

Then I heard the first (and I'm presuming only) single, "Numb/Encore." This was before I was heavily into downloading, so I circled the release date on my calendar and counted down the days till it came out.

I worked at Dairy Queen when I was in high school (the time period of this release) and in the same parking lot we had a Sam Goody. So I left for work early, bought the cd and listened to it in my car before I clocked in. I just sat there and smiled. Smiled at how beautifully the sounds came together. I'm a big fan of well done mashups, and taking into consideration that these guys professionally came in there and did it with Jay Z actually getting in the booth and re-recording his verses, the results were amazing.

The only thing sad about it is that it was short. Only six tracks in length, but thankfully there was enough in there to keep you satisfied.

I will say this, usually when a cd comes with a DVD I just skip right over it. But this was one of the most well produced music DVD's I have ever seen as well.

So go back and rock out/jam out with me.