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Fun, Fun, Fun, FUN!

michelle — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:10 +0000

I’m embarrassingly obsessed with Rebecca Black’s “Friday.” I even wrote about the awkward backup dancer in pink and how you can be a Facebook fan of everyone and everything in the video. This cover by Stephen Colbert is so good, I cried.

Girl Talk! Girl Talk! Girl Talk!

michelle — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:00:37 +0000

Apparently, I live under a rock. (It’s squishy under here.) I’m just discovering the rock-your-socks-off brilliance that is Girl Talk (thanks to ever ours!) and have been having a mini-dance party in my apartment and car all weekend. Yep, I’m the crazy lady in the lane next to you. Read about how Gregg Gillis has remixed the rules of the music industry here and here. Download the album All Day (and hear what the heck I’m talking about) here.

Photo via Fast Company

Perfect Song for a Rainy Day

michelle — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:19:13 +0000

“Dream” by Priscilla Ahn. I love her.

There’s so much happening right now. I want to embrace it all, but I also want to curl up in my bed and listen to the patter of storm.

“You’ll be with me like a handprint on my heart.”

michelle — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:45:28 +0000

I recently bought the “Wicked” soundtrack and have listened to this song about 72 million times. It makes me think of a few people who have entered and left my life.

I really like this behind-the-scenes clip.

“For Good”

Holiday cheer

michelle — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:29:09 +0000

Today, I was feeling pretty crummy. Little things just made me growl inside, like the fact that my newly washed car (thanks rain!) was covered in branches (you suck, tree!) and the fact that certain cringe-worthy items on my to-do list just wouldn’t go away and the fact that the first time in ages that I try to write a blog post that’s not all SQUEE-WEDDING-SQUEE!, it’s a gosh darn ghost town around here. (I know, lamest reason ever to be pouty, but I’m highly insecure like that, OK? Now please stop looking at me!)

I was also kinda frazzled about the show I had to put on tonight. You see, I work for this magazine and we started hosting these live web shows featuring actors and music artists. It’s very casual but there are a lot of things to think about and I am just not very good with things or thinking. So once we finally got rolling, I was pretty much ready to be done for the day.

And then she sang.

Scroll to about 00:46:00 to hear the song that made my life sweet again.

“Holy, Holy, Holy”

Priscilla Ahn with Big Phony and The Sweet Hurt.

Love.

No more grumbles.

Squee! It’s the holidays, you guys!

Musical interlude

michelle — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:44:12 +0000

When it comes to music, I’m a total lesbian. I like boys, sure, they’re nice and fun to play with, but deep down, my heart belongs to chicks. Specifically, sweet, folksy ones who sing about stumbling through life and enjoying the view and all that pretty nonsense. Here are some artists you should check out if you need an instant mood lift. Don’t we all?

Priscilla Ahn: Her angelic voice takes me back to my childhood. Also, I met her in real life and she’s pretty much the cutest thing on the planet.

Lenka: My dad of all people recently turned me on to her. Now I can’t stop listening to this song. It makes me want to skip. (Find her real music video on YouTube or on her site. You’re not allowed to embed it.)

Meiko: Have been obsessed with her ever since I accidentally caught the last bit of her show at the Hotel Cafe in LA. I would want this to be my future wedding slide show song, except that it has the word “shitty” in it.

What songs/artists make you happy?