What Ive been listening to lately

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Working two retail jobs, I hear a lot of the same music playing over and over, all day long on repeat for several weeks in a row until we get a new DVD/CD/software update/whatever every month.  Sometimes, the same band will stay with us for several months in a row.  Some songs play at BOTH jobs.  

As a result, I've developed quite an intimate relationship with some of them.  I mean, I wake up with them every morning, listen to them tell me their feelings 3+ times a day, then carry them around in my head (unwillingly, might I add--they're just ridiculously catchy) for the remainder of the day until I fall asleep, then I wake up and it starts over.

Today I'm off at both jobs (an event that occurs once every two weeks or so) and you know what?  I kind of miss them.

The songs, I mean, not the jobs. 

So here I am, about to clean the apartment, and I decided to invite these guys to help me, along with some other friends I don't have to hear on a regular basis:

 

Dear Chase Bank

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Dear Chase Bank,

Thank you for helping me get back that $100 in insufficient funds fees I acquired as a result of something stupid I did. I even forgive you for those times you screwed up all of those credit card payments and didn't even care when I called you crying because that meant I ended up paying $500 for just a new tire and the Sims 2 Deluxe Edition (which, I might add, never did work properly on my computer anyway!)

Although, I guess if you hadn't screwed me with those credit card payments, I'd have an extra $400 and wouldn't have gotten those insufficient funds fees in the first place, huh? ((Oh, who am I kidding...I'd have spent that on shoes and coffee either way, and would still be in this predicament.))
And also I wouldn't have been denied for every credit card I've applied for since then, and I might have even been able to use one of those instead of getting myself into negative balances with you while I wait for my automatic deposit to kick in.

But whatever.  That's $100 I didn't have this morning, right?

Thanks again,

Dawn

I have five clocks in my life and only one has the time right

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Internship full time part time at Job #1 (I call it job #1 even though it's only part time because it's my favorite) is pretty much kicking my ass right now!  But that's okay, I have some fun stuff to share.

When this Bacardi Mojito commercial came out I was all like "omggg who is this band?  I know this song from somewhere!" and would probably drive Brett nuts everytime it came on.  At that time, there was NO ONE else talking about it online (okay, so maybe there was SOMEWHERE, but damned if I could find them), and I was sad. And I had to wait.  But noooow I've finally gotten the answer, and wanted to share it with all of you!  So here is the video:

 

 

The band is Matt & Kim <3  You can see the lyrics on their website here.  Hopefully I'll be getting their latest album soon.

Banksy still in New Orleans!

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Last summer there was news of Banksy having been in New Orleans.  I hadn't gotten a chance to see any pf them before there was already word that the Gray Ghost was starting to cover them up.  I was afraid that by the time I'd be in New Orleans next, there would be none left.  Brett and I went in February and didn't even see any.  However, yesterday we ran into this:

 

Nice to see at least one is still there nine months later!  I thought I'd never see a Banksy in person.

Music: Japanese Cartoon

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

So I got the newest issue of Elle yesterday...

[That makes it sound like I'm actually going to write a fashion post (like I originally intended this blog to be) doesn't it?  Haha!  No, this post is about music.]

...and came across an interview with Lupe Fiasco and Kenna about how they and Justin Timberlake intend to race to the top of Mt. Kilamanjaro.  Which sounds like a lot of fun.  Anyway, it sparked me to listen again to the LF album a friend gave me a while back, which sparked me to look up more about him on Wikipedia, which led me to his fashion website.  Had there been ANYTHING FASHION-RELATED THERE, this post may have ended there.  But unless I'm doing something wrong, the only thing there currently is some super-awesome music playing in the background.  Which leads me to share with you...

Japanese Cartoon.

Apparently there are still rumors circulating (since January, I guess when Japanese Cartoon sort of...debuted) that LF may or may not be Japanese Cartoon frontman Percival Fats.  Who knows?  And does it really matter?  Good music is good music, right?  Anyway, here are some places you can find some downloads of their songs:

Army

Crowd Participation

Heirplanes

In the Jaws of the Lords of Death

You may also want to visit them on Myspace.

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