Still super into Bebe Rexha's voice. Fuse's embed code did not play nicely with LJ, so you can watch the acoustic performance here.

Today I'm thankful for YouTube. Amongst all the other great things about it, if there's a song I have in my head but not my iTunes, I can pretty much always listen to it on YouTube. (This afternoon's song I keep replaying is Fergie's Glamorous featuring Ludacris.)

If Melissa Ferrick's "Drive" (listen/download at box.net) is the ultimate song about sex, then Melissa Etheridge's "Sleep" (listen/download at box.net) is the ultimate song about afterglow.

This post has been brought to you by lesbian singers named Melissa and that time a record label retweeted me.

I correctly guessed that mayqueen517 wrote " The Fastest Way Back Home" for no_tags, and as a reward she offered to make a mix for any of my fic. I chose Changes His Coat, Not His Disposition, and she made me this mix. It has a lovely feel, and I love the somewhat spooky beginning. (And I may have then listened to Florence and the Machine's "Howl" on repeat for an

I started this post early this morning, before I even went to work. Today was a busy - and constantly busy - day, and I loved having this post to come back to at lunch and this evening. So although this is a post of three things that are making me happy, the post itself is a bonus fourth.

Christian Kane's The House RulesOkay, I know this came out ( Read more... )

If you're in bandom and you haven't already, go to Patrick's website and marvel at the terrible usability download both versions of "Spotlight."

( I'll wait. You can come back to my opinion. )

Today I'm thankful for airgiodslv's Stripper Music playlist. I was not in the frame of mind to work on my novel, and then I switched to this and wrote three hundred words in no time. Most of the sex scenes in the first novel would not exist if it weren't for this playlist.

Some amount of time ago, a friend (possibly schuyler, but I could be wrong about that) linked to the Ukrainian polka band cover of "Hot 'N Cold" and said it was proof that Katy Perry is a better songwriter than singer. I couldn't quite agree with her because what I find offensive about "Hot 'N Cold" is the way it relies on stereotypes about women to make ( Read more... )

There are no pictures in these answers. Whoops. I'm really more of a word person anyway.

inlovewithnight asked for my ( top five Gabe pairings. )

• I can't tell you how much I want an AU (or a real future) where Alex Marshall does things like the music over the inspirational stories on the Olympics. Today's example.
• Watching So You Think You Can Dance last season totally changed how I look at performance. I now watch for the people who stand out because of their stage presence. In this, it's ( Read more... )