August 2008
14 posts
Guilty Pleasures
foxinstereo:
I’ve had this little list for a while, but I’ve put off posting it due to equal parts embarrassment and laziness. The only criteria I had for this was that I do in fact listen to the artist with regularity and would not normally express my admiration for them in public, hence a guilty pleasure.
Sara Bareilles The Police Foreigner Incubus Fall Out Boy John Mayer
P.S. Everybody...
While watching the Olympic opening ceremonies with...
...the commentators kept talking about Zhang Yimou (the choreographer/director of the ceremonies), which sounds like 'Jong Emo' when pronounced properly.
Mom: His last name is Emo?.... Is that where the term 'emo' comes from?
Dad: No, 'emo' is short for 'emotional cutter'.
Jebus Walks.
Today I received word that Nate Ruess, former frontman of The Format (which fizzled this past Winter), has begun a new endeavor with Andrew Dost (Anathallo) and Jack Antonoff (Steel Train) called “Fun”. They have one demo recorded, which is just enough to get me hyped. “The first song we had worked on was “Benson Hedges” (the demo, which we record that very first...
