Sorry. I've been busy. The next post I wanted to do was a huge review of The National, but that would have taken a lot more effort and time than I could have afforded to give at that point.
But I am here! And I'm hoping that I can start downloading new music again (and re-downloading all the old music that I lost, too).
Last week I spent $140 on tickets to Dark Was The Night, an concert and HIV/AIDS benefit show featuring artists (including the National, Bon Iver, Feist) that played on the CD of the same name for the same cause. I haven't told my parents yet. Anyway, I picked up the CD itself today, and will give it a listen tomorrow. I'll post who's playing at the concert later. It's on Sunday May 3rd at Radio City Music Hall. I'm thinking it'll be something of a post-SAT reward.
But for now, Wolf Parade. I've been listening to these guys all week, and for some reason I can't get enough. I think Wolf Parade is what the Strokes would be if they went indie. I'm not describing them very well, but here is a video of their song "Dinner Bells." I don't know why the video is what it is.
Also, I bought really sick Mix-Style headphones at Urban Outfitters last weekend. They're from Japan. And like all things from Japan, they are really sweet (the sound quality is fantastic, they look crazy, and they keep my ears warm!)
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Dedicated to Olivia Harris
THE SONG THAT STARTED IT ALL.
This song is probably the reason that Olivia and I spend so much time on the seventh floor of the school building playing guitar and screeching like no one's business. It's so much fun, singing as if there aren't teachers all around us giving us strange looks!
This is the beloved intro song of the classic Taiwanese Drama, Meteor Garden. Weird that the video for the song is from some other drama, but anyway, without further ado, 情非得已 by Harlem Yu (DUDE that rhymed!):
By the way, I'm sorry if the video doesn't work or loads slowly, embedding was disabled for each of the uploaded videos of this song on YouTube, so I had to look for it on tudou. It looks cool, though, right? :D
You're making good progress with your Mandarin, Olivia. Keep up the hard work, Pal!
This song is probably the reason that Olivia and I spend so much time on the seventh floor of the school building playing guitar and screeching like no one's business. It's so much fun, singing as if there aren't teachers all around us giving us strange looks!
This is the beloved intro song of the classic Taiwanese Drama, Meteor Garden. Weird that the video for the song is from some other drama, but anyway, without further ado, 情非得已 by Harlem Yu (DUDE that rhymed!):
By the way, I'm sorry if the video doesn't work or loads slowly, embedding was disabled for each of the uploaded videos of this song on YouTube, so I had to look for it on tudou. It looks cool, though, right? :D
You're making good progress with your Mandarin, Olivia. Keep up the hard work, Pal!
Labels:
Chrissie and Olivia,
Harlem Yu,
Mandopop,
Meteor Garden,
Qing Fei De Yi
Saturday, March 28, 2009
I won't forget you.
After a semi-forceful/hostile text message from Olivia (ah, affectionate badgering! <3), I am here with a quick but necessary update!
This song was sent to me a while ago by one of my dearest friends, and I love its sweet and heartwarming sound (and lyrics). It's one of those feel-good songs that I just can't get bored of. Unfortunately I don't know much at all about this group and can't give them a good introduction, but according to the video info, this song is from thirteen years ago in 1996 (it makes me feel lovingly embarrassed thinking about American music from the 90's). Here it is, "Cherry" by SPITZ with English subtitles for your viewing enjoyment:
I hope this friend of mine knows I'll never forget her, and everyone else dear to me, you know who you are (or at least I really hope you do). You show me kindness and shape me each day, and you make me a better person; thanks, and this song goes out to you! :)
This song was sent to me a while ago by one of my dearest friends, and I love its sweet and heartwarming sound (and lyrics). It's one of those feel-good songs that I just can't get bored of. Unfortunately I don't know much at all about this group and can't give them a good introduction, but according to the video info, this song is from thirteen years ago in 1996 (it makes me feel lovingly embarrassed thinking about American music from the 90's). Here it is, "Cherry" by SPITZ with English subtitles for your viewing enjoyment:
I hope this friend of mine knows I'll never forget her, and everyone else dear to me, you know who you are (or at least I really hope you do). You show me kindness and shape me each day, and you make me a better person; thanks, and this song goes out to you! :)
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Dedicated to Lisa Chen
She's so lucky...
Ripped off of the potato website! TUDOU!! LOVE LOVE LOVE
and Brittany knows all about it.
Ripped off of the potato website! TUDOU!! LOVE LOVE LOVE
Labels:
britney spears,
karaoke,
lucky,
olivia and lisa
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Love at First Listen
He may look like your average emo-kid, but he's not, I can assure you. His name is Adam Lambert, and he is a top 13 semi-finalist currently in American Idol. He is really really amazing, and he rocks the Pete Wentz look with no fear. He is all sexy and all beautiful vocals. His falsetto is outrageous. God bless this man. He deserves a legitimate and long-lasting career.
He writes his own stuff, has played Fiyero in Wicked LA, performs in cabarets, and sometimes dresses like Freddie Mercury. I'm deeply in love.
This evening, he performed "Black or White" by MJ, and he was SO amazing. As soon as someone gets the video online without looking like it came from directly from a small TV, I am downloading it for keeps. But for now, I'll leave you with Satisfaction.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Fearless
Unfortunately, her website prevents me from giving the official video. Ah well.
Labels:
Bust Your Windows,
Fearless,
Jazmine Sullivan,
lauryn hill,
Need U Bad,
olivia
Sunday, March 8, 2009
let's go!
Greetings, greetings! =D
I, too, have been recruited to contribute to this blog by the lovely Olivia. While this whole thing is still in its early stages, let me just get this out of the way: my taste in music is not nearly as sophisticated nor my knowledge as vast as that of either of my partners in crime. I love Asian music, and have a penchant (SAT vocab, woohoo!) for Asian pop in particular. Come to think of it, my computer is relatively new and ALL of the music on it so far is Asian... So basically, expect a lot of it from me. I'll mix it up as often as I can with different kinds, but that's where my general comfort zone is. Maybe I'll even surprise you sometimes. :)
Oh and I decided I'm going to try to use proper capitalization on this blog. It's pretty difficult for me since I'm used to using all lower-caps, but hey. Everyone else is doing it. And it looks classy.
When trying to decide what music to put in my first post, sticking with one of my old faves seemed like a good place to start. Five Treasure Island (F.T Island for short) is a Korean group consisting of five boys ranged from ages 16-19. Unlike many Asian pop groups that simply sing, these boys also do their own instrumentals, and man are they good at it. They're cute as a button, to boot! Here's their debut song, self-titled F.T Island or Gok Miri Mannaboki:
This song has really kept its place in my heart! No matter how many times I hear it, I think it still keeps its charm. I highly recommend F.T Island's first album, Cheerful Sensibility. It features a healthy mix of peppy, uplifting songs and emotional, heartfelt ones. Sad to say I haven't listened to any of their newer stuff though. I'm a little intimidated by it... FTI recently went through a strange sort of gothy punk rock phase. Hard to believe, right? It kind of seems to be a necessity to Kpop... Lots of groups went through similar phases. They seem do be done with that now, but Wonbin (the first singer in the vid) is no longer in the band! :( so sad...
I, too, have been recruited to contribute to this blog by the lovely Olivia. While this whole thing is still in its early stages, let me just get this out of the way: my taste in music is not nearly as sophisticated nor my knowledge as vast as that of either of my partners in crime. I love Asian music, and have a penchant (SAT vocab, woohoo!) for Asian pop in particular. Come to think of it, my computer is relatively new and ALL of the music on it so far is Asian... So basically, expect a lot of it from me. I'll mix it up as often as I can with different kinds, but that's where my general comfort zone is. Maybe I'll even surprise you sometimes. :)
Oh and I decided I'm going to try to use proper capitalization on this blog. It's pretty difficult for me since I'm used to using all lower-caps, but hey. Everyone else is doing it. And it looks classy.
When trying to decide what music to put in my first post, sticking with one of my old faves seemed like a good place to start. Five Treasure Island (F.T Island for short) is a Korean group consisting of five boys ranged from ages 16-19. Unlike many Asian pop groups that simply sing, these boys also do their own instrumentals, and man are they good at it. They're cute as a button, to boot! Here's their debut song, self-titled F.T Island or Gok Miri Mannaboki:
This song has really kept its place in my heart! No matter how many times I hear it, I think it still keeps its charm. I highly recommend F.T Island's first album, Cheerful Sensibility. It features a healthy mix of peppy, uplifting songs and emotional, heartfelt ones. Sad to say I haven't listened to any of their newer stuff though. I'm a little intimidated by it... FTI recently went through a strange sort of gothy punk rock phase. Hard to believe, right? It kind of seems to be a necessity to Kpop... Lots of groups went through similar phases. They seem do be done with that now, but Wonbin (the first singer in the vid) is no longer in the band! :( so sad...
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