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So I'm a loser and was searching my name in Google to (a) make myself feel better about my accomplishments and (b) see myself through the eyes of a prospective employer and I re-found this blog! It's really weird to experience my music life from senior year of high school to freshamn year at Swarthmore to sophomore year at Brown. Woooooooo for abandoned Blogger blogs throughout the interwebsphere. So I'll do a post why not.

Frank Ocean is a person that makes me feel better about all persons.

Bop! Bop bop! Like this lil dancey number. Slowburn. I like his (perhaps cliche) use of an 50s informational voicetrack. Can't help it.

Back to School

Back to Brown this Saturday!! (Above is a picture of the 1938 Brown tennis club. Why were guys hotter then? But what's up with the one guy in a suit...? Hey man.) Three hours in the car means a great soundtrack is in order:

Perfectly melodic without compromising atmospheric charm
Air France - It Feels Good to Be Around You

This is my favorite song in the last two years. WOW BIG CLAIM.
Wild at Heart - Get Related

When I listen to this song I feel like I'm on a trotting horse. Just me?
Urban Cone - Urban Photograph

三番おねがいします

Been watching movies like a fiend (Godard suck my cock ugh) so I thought I'd bring you the third installment of my favorite music video list. There are others I forgot that I will get up on here eventually. Whatever. I need to do some more RottenTomato-ing.

El Guincho - Bombay
Guns! Boobs! Is that guy fucking a vacuum??

Sweet Freedom

DONE WITH WERK! It was fun, but I'm so happy I can relax. Here are some victory tunes:

Jamiroquai - Canned Heat (Calvin Harris Remix)
Neon Indian - Polish Girl
The Cool Kids - Swimsuits
Mean Lady - Far Away
Theophilus London - Why Even Try (RAC Remix)
Dirty Gold - California Sunrise

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Oshe-YAY-ga

I'm back from Osheaga, and it was gr8. I'm sunburned as shit, my feet have molded into the shape of my music-festival-wedges, and I needed an entire day of sleep to recover. BUT IT WAS GR8! Ellie (see above) looked beautiful; why do ppl say she's ugly? Psh. Not true.

This little lady wore a vampire cape and painted a canvas picture of a voluptuous ass.
Janelle Monae - Wondaland

Even in a shapeless white sheet she was fucking lithe and beautiful.
Oh Land - White Knights

Her voice amazingly sounds like it does in the songs. Didn't expect it.
Ellie Goulding - Lights (Bassnectar Remix)

More:
White Lies - To Lose My Life
Ratatat - El Pico
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Young Adult Friction

Lazy Post

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I could explain why I picked these songs. Instead I will tell you that it's 11:55, I'm tired as fuck, I have to write a paper, and these songs are an attempted pick-me-up.

Part Deux

I literally just read the entire wikipedia page for "Music Video." It was way more confusing than I had hoped, but it seems that Devo and Marilyn Monroe were important in some way. It's been a long day of internshipping. Weirdly met Jason Derulo. Not that I really care but it was weird. Apparently my boss almost got in a fight with Justin Bieber; he was carrying around a video camera filming Biebz from the back when they had a BOWLw/BIEBER event (lol) and the small boy wonder turned around, slapped the camera to the floor, and looked my boss up and down in a "come at me bro" action. Do you like that I used "come at me bro" twice in two posts? Great.

The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
Strangely haunting and obviously clever, plus a great song

MTV isn't Music Television

OK, FINE! Jersey shore is entertaining. I agree with you. I like when Snooki eats pickles and when Ronny yells "Come at me bro" and when Vinny is adorable. But this is not music television. There is no music in this show, other than background dubstep obnoxiousness. The show isn't even about musicians. I'm a n00b but apparently MTV used to play music videos. Here's what MTV should be playing... (not that they have to GET RID of Jersey Shore...)

Wolf Parade - I'll Believe in Anything This video literally sums up every douchebag ever... plus victorian wigs

Trying to Be Happy

You can't force yourself to feel happy... Unless you have iTunes and a box of Annie's white cheddar bunnies. Then you get close.

Bibio - K is for Kelson
Clams Casino - Motivation [Lil B]
Lightwaves - Working All Day
Summer Heart - Please Stay
Freelance Whales - Girl That U Want

I Called It

My friend, in visiting my music blog for the first time, exclaimed "wow. too hipster to function." So I write this post self-consciously aware of accidental pretentiousness... But I am not ashamed of who I am, I guess. Here's a post where I tell you what bands will be the next Passion-Pit-like electronica buzz bands and I will say "I called it..."

Sounds a lot like the Chunk of Change EP, plus 90s references
Reptar - Stuck In My Id
Reptar - Context Clues

Space-agey in a Florence and the Machine kind of way, but with lasers
Purity Ring - Lofticries
Purity Ring - Ungirthed

They're Australian and a duo. Get over it.
Monarchy - I Won't Let Go (Bag Raiders remix)
Monarchy - Gold in the Fire