Are any of you familiar with Patrick Watson? He's the guy who did most of the male vocals on "Ma Fleur" by the Cinematic Orchestra (&hearts!!!) and I nabbed his album a bit ago... and I gotta say, this guy reminds me SO MUCH of Jeff Buckley it's not even funny. Like, there are sections of this song, "Luscious Life", in which his voice is almost ( Read more... )

1. I just got an email from Equality California, the main organization behind the No on Prop 8 campaign, saying that many of their supporters have received a threatening letter from the Yes on 8 campaign demanding that they donate $10,000 to their cause or they will, I dunno, tell their clients that they support equal rights? Full story is here. I ( Read more... )

1. I found a album of a string quartet's tribute to Nine Inch Nails. I was into it primarily because I really like NIN's harmonic tones and they seem like they would play out really well on the strings. Their rendition of "Just like you imagined", aka the theme from the 300 trailers, is pretty wicked. Download here. The rest of the album is also ( Read more... )

I've been having a weird time lately. It seems like the sense of homey-ness I've been fighting so hard to build and maintain is slipping away from me, and I'm not sure why. My room doesn't feel right, I feel alienated from my co-workers, and I'm just feeling like a stranger in my own life. I feel like everything around me is my naïve attempt at ( Read more... )

1. The guy next to me in BIS103 today was making animal grunting-ish noises throughout lecture. I really, really wanted to hit him.

2. My mailman has a crush on me. He's invited me to two concerts now.

3. For some reasons, someonen made a music video for Lamb's "Lullaby"... using clips of House and Cameron from House MD. I'm surprised - I mean, ( Read more... )

I'll preface this by saying that I'll be at Berkeley most Thursdays and Fridays this summer, so I'm celebrating my return to the Bay by going to LOTS OF SHOWS in the bay area.

Friday, May 30th: Phantom of the Opera in Sacramento! I'm supposed to go with my mom, godmother Joanne, and godsister Jessica, but Jess has mono and probably won't make it. ( Read more... )

Blake (dude who works at Delta of Venus) just told me about Yuri's Night, a huge event being held at the NASA Ames Research Center this weekend. He pointed it out to me because the DJ he had on the stereo was apparently going to be playing there, so I picked up a brochure and, well, it looks AMAZING. Here's the info from the event website, since I ( Read more... )

The Tool show last night was INCREDIBLE. I mean, I'm normally a huge fan of the band, but after last night I feel like my appreciation for them skyrocketed. The set list was incredible; I would never have thought to pair 10,000 days with Lateralus, but the combination was perfect - one flowed so perfectly into the other. Are there any die-hard Tool ( Read more... )

1. I finally got my new digital camera, which is pretty cool. I prefer my old one personally, but I'm sure it's just that this one will take a bit of getting used to. They have the same settings and everything, the only difference is that this one, uh, works ( Read more... )

1. Lord help me, I woke up with Britney Spears stuck in my head ( Read more... )