Heaven help me, I know not what I do...
In case you couldn't tell from the fact that I've only managed to post once so far this month, I am in the throes of finals. I just went to my last class of the term earlier today, and I only have two days of exams next week, and then omg I am done and it is Christmas break for five weeks yessss. That's a pretty intense motivator right there, and a lovely payoff for getting all my work done.
But even though it will be nice once I'm done, for now all I have to say is: URRRGHHH. I've met my quota for the amount of homework I wanted to get done before Jeopardy!, so I don't feel too guilty about taking a break to catch up on some fandom babble.
First of all (because I'm listening to it right now) Blake Lewis's album finally came out this week. And it's actually GOOD! For once you might actually feel unashamed to show your true colours as an American Idol fan. It's all the best of 80s cheesy synth, angsty Maroon 5-ish ballads (which sound distinctly less whiny when sung by Blake), and awesome Cake collaborations. Despite the obvious influences on the album, I certainly wouldn't describe it as derivative--just think of how he made all of those covers on AI his own, and multiply it tenfold because here it's actually his own music. Compared to his pre-AI work, I'd say it's maybe a little more mainstream, in the sense that the songs are a lot tighter and catchier. But there's such a huge variety of sounds on just this one CD that he clearly hasn't boxed himself into one category.
So anyway, y'all should totally go buy a copy -- $10 on Amazon, and as one of those CDs that you can play from start to finish without getting bored, it's totally worth the investment. If you still need to listen to some songs before being fully convinced, YouTube is your friend. My personal favourite is She's Makin' Me Lost It, which is SO AMAZINGLY GOOD THAT I SIMPLY CANNOT TALK ABOUT IT WITHOUT CAPSLOCKING. SERIOUSLY, JUST LISTEN TO IT. A THING OF BEAUTY AND WONDER, I SWEAR. The song he wrote with Chris, What'cha Got 2 Lose? (just looking at the grammar, you can already tell that they wrote it, haha), is another highlight.
And I spent too much time squeeing over that, so I'll have to confine the rest of my ramblings to one sentence: PSYCH CHRISTMAS SPECIAL TONIGHT. USA NETWORK 10/9C. It will be epic. And okay that was more than one sentence, whatever.
I really don't have an appropriate icon for this post. All of my dormant fandoms are coming out of hibernation!
But even though it will be nice once I'm done, for now all I have to say is: URRRGHHH. I've met my quota for the amount of homework I wanted to get done before Jeopardy!, so I don't feel too guilty about taking a break to catch up on some fandom babble.
First of all (because I'm listening to it right now) Blake Lewis's album finally came out this week. And it's actually GOOD! For once you might actually feel unashamed to show your true colours as an American Idol fan. It's all the best of 80s cheesy synth, angsty Maroon 5-ish ballads (which sound distinctly less whiny when sung by Blake), and awesome Cake collaborations. Despite the obvious influences on the album, I certainly wouldn't describe it as derivative--just think of how he made all of those covers on AI his own, and multiply it tenfold because here it's actually his own music. Compared to his pre-AI work, I'd say it's maybe a little more mainstream, in the sense that the songs are a lot tighter and catchier. But there's such a huge variety of sounds on just this one CD that he clearly hasn't boxed himself into one category.
So anyway, y'all should totally go buy a copy -- $10 on Amazon, and as one of those CDs that you can play from start to finish without getting bored, it's totally worth the investment. If you still need to listen to some songs before being fully convinced, YouTube is your friend. My personal favourite is She's Makin' Me Lost It, which is SO AMAZINGLY GOOD THAT I SIMPLY CANNOT TALK ABOUT IT WITHOUT CAPSLOCKING. SERIOUSLY, JUST LISTEN TO IT. A THING OF BEAUTY AND WONDER, I SWEAR. The song he wrote with Chris, What'cha Got 2 Lose? (just looking at the grammar, you can already tell that they wrote it, haha), is another highlight.
And I spent too much time squeeing over that, so I'll have to confine the rest of my ramblings to one sentence: PSYCH CHRISTMAS SPECIAL TONIGHT. USA NETWORK 10/9C. It will be epic. And okay that was more than one sentence, whatever.
I really don't have an appropriate icon for this post. All of my dormant fandoms are coming out of hibernation!