recommendations

i love random shuffle on my ipod. otherwise i'd never hear everything on my ipod.

it started with my infatuation with the song 'cosmic love' by florence and the machine and then i got curious and downloaded the entire album 'lungs'-- so far there are no complaints. i'm not a huge fan of 'kiss with a fist', but it's still sickeningly catchy nonetheless. 'blinding' has a danceable rhythm but it's not dance music-- it's just beautiful. i love the string accompaniment throughout the album; definitely adds a level of sophistocation that most pop music lacks these days.

'hurricane drunk' is kind of like my theme song, however:

i'm going out, i'm going to drink myself to death. And in the crowd i see you with someone else i brace myself 'cause i know it's going to hurt but i like to think at least things can't get any worse. i hope that you see me, 'cause i'm staring at you but when you look over, you look right through. then you lean and kiss her on the head and i never felt so alive and so dead.

why florence and the machine hasn't caught on in north america, i'll never understand.
but definitely pick up 'lungs' at your local record store because it's a must-have.

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currents

okay, okay. these songs are hideously old. sorry. i'm really tired...

10. the artist in the ambulence - thrice
9. you know what they do to guys like us in prison - my chemical romance
8. blue and yellow - the used
7. image of the invisible - thrice
6. the jetset life is going to kill you - my chemical romance
5. cemetary drive - my chemical romance
4. give em hell kid - my chemical romance
3. music box - thrice
2. take it away - the used
1. i'm not okay - my chemical romance

' ... what will it take to show you that it's not the life it seems?-- i'm not okay. i told you time and time again you sing the words but don't know what it means-- i'm not okay. to be a joke and look, another line without a hook. i held you close as we both shook for the last time take a good hard look! i'm not okay; i'm not okay. i'm not okay-- you wear me out... '

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lyrical fitness...

try as he might he's unable to speak-- he grabs her by the hair, he strokes her on the cheek.
the bed is unmade like everything is; dark little heaven at the top of the stairs.
take me like that, ruin it all then build it again by the light in the hall.
he drops to his knees, says please my love please i'll kill who you hate take off that dress you won't freeze.
one more night, that was a good one. one more night, i dreamed it was a good one.
one more night, that was a good one. one more night, the end should be a good one; a good one.
he starts with her back 'cause that's what he sees when she's breaking his heart.
she still fucks like a tease.
release to the sky look him straight in the eye and tell him that now that you wish he would die.
you'll never touch him again so get what you can leaving him empty just because he's a man.
so good when it ends-- they'll never be friends.
one more night that's all they can spend.
one more night, that was a good one. one more night, i dreamed it was a good one.
one more night, that was a good one. one more night, the end should be a good one; a good one.

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lyrical fitness...

a falling star fell from your heart and landed in my eyes. i screamed aloud as it tore through them and now it's left me blind.
the stars, the moon; they have all been blown out. you left me in the dark. no dawn, no day; i'm always in this twilight in the shadow of your heart.
and in the dark i can hear your heartbeat. i tried to find the sound but then it stopped and i was in the darkness. so darkness i became.
the stars, the moon; they have all been blown out. you left me in the dark. no dawn, no day; i'm always in this twilight in the shadow of your heart.
i took the stars from our eyes and then i made a map and knew that somehow i could find my way back. then i heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too so i stayed in the darkness with you.
the stars, the moon; they have all been blown out. you left me in the dark. no dawn, no day; i'm always in this twilight in the shadow of your heart.
the stars, the moon; they have all been blown out. you left me in the dark. no dawn, no day; i'm always in this twilight in the shadow of your heart...

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currents

10. signs - bloc party
9. ageless beauty - stars
8. helicopter - bloc party
7. love like that - the heavy
6. maps - yeah yeah yeaha
5. alright - supergrass
4. giving up the gun - vampire weekend
3. cotton strands - wolf people
2. one more night (your ex-lovers remain) - stars
1. never miss a beat - kaiser chiefs

'... what did you learn today? i learned nothin'. what did you do today? i did nothin'. what did you learn in school? i didn't go. why didn't you go to school? i don't know. it's cool to know nothing. it's cool to know nothing. telelvision's on the blink. there's nothin' on it. i really want a really big coat. with words on it. what do you want for tea? i want crisps. why didn't you join the team? i just didn't. it's cool to know nothin'. it's cool to know nothin'. take a look, take a look, take a look at the kids on the street; no they never miss a beat. no they never miss a beat, never miss a beat, beat, beat, beat...'

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got a big plan, this mindset maybe it's right. at the right place and right time, maybe tonight. and the whisper or handshake-- sending a sign. wanna make out and kiss hard? wait, nevermind.
lat night, and passing, mention it flipped her best friend. who knows saying 'maybe it slipped'. but the slip turns to terror and a crush to light when she walked in, he throws up-- believes its the fright.
it's cute in a way, 'til you cannot speak and you leave to have a cigarette-- your knees get weak. an escape is just a nod and a casual wave. obsessed about it heavy for the next two days.
it's only just a crush, it'll go away.
it's just like all the others, it'll go away
or maybe this is danger and you just don't know
you pray it all away but it continues to grow.
i want to hold you close, skin pressed against me tight.
lie still and close your eyes girl; so lovely, it feels so right.
i want to hold you close, soft breasts, beating heart.
as i whisper in your ear: i want to fucking tear you apart.
then he walked up and told her thinking that he'd passed and they talked and looked away a lot, doing the dance. her hand brushed up against his, she left it there. told him how she felt and then they locked in a stare.
they took a step back, thought about it. what should they do 'cause there's always repercussions when your dating in school. but their lips met and reservations started to pass.
whether this was just an evening or a thing that would last.
either way he wanted her and this was bad. he wanted to do things to her-- it was making him crazy. now a little crush turned into a like and now he wants to grab her by the hair and tell her
i want to hold you close, skin pressed against me tight.
lie still and close your eyes girl; so lovely, it feels so right.
i want to hold you close, soft breasts, beating heart.
as i whisper in your ear: i want to fucking tear you apart.

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currents

10. the sun keeps shining on me - fonda
9. how you like me now? - the heavy
8. why did we ever meet - the promise ring
7. parasol - the sea and the cake
6. you can see me - supergrass
5. all i believe in - the magic numbers & maria amadou
4. clockwork - mutemath
3. sea of teeth - sparklehorse
2. holy roller novocaine - kings of leon
1. love like that - the heavy

'... i don't need a love like that. i don't need a love like that. you put me to great lengths all that i can do is summmon up the strength to get a reaction. how do you sit so still? don't you recognize that you want me still? but bitch i'm too lazy. i don't need a love like that. who needs a love like that?...'

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recommendations

i can't stress how bored i get about top 40 music. i also cannot stress how much i'm liking this gritty, rhythm & blues sound rivival of late. and it's getting better every time i listen.
i love all things gritty and a throwback to the ages of old.
and southern rock. my god i love southern fried rock.

but all that aside, if you're feeling down in the proverbial top 40 blues, take a listen to the heavy. there ain't no way you won't instantly fall in love with them. i can't stop listening to every track on their album 'the house that dirt built'.
originally, and i won't be shy about it, but the first time i heard the first single 'how you like me now?' was after the superbowl when they release the commercials to canada. the song is featured in the new kia sorrento ad and boy, did it have me hooked.
the baseline, the singer, the guitars.
it makes me feel like i'm in my parents basement on a beanbag chair with the vinyl on. i feel gritty listening to it and i love it.

so in a nutshell, this is my pick for the month of march. buy it! now! that is all, minions.

and if you liked the heavy, definitely check out wolf people. i know a couple of fangirls that i'm sure remember the song from being in the details out take video? you know the one right? the one where robert pattinson is surrounded by vag? [i realize after typing that i'm sure he's always surrounded by vag... but you know what i'm getting at...]
yeah. you heard the song. i doubt you paid attention. as it was, i had to watch several times to get the full effect.
of the music... yeah. that too.

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i had a feeling once that you and i could tell each other everything for two months. but even without hope with truth on our side when you turn away from me, it's not right.
i think you're a contra; i think you're a contra. and dear contra, i think you're a contra
my revolution thoughts: live in lies of desire-- i wanna trace them to the source and the wire. but it's not useful now since we both made up our minds. you gotta watch out for yourself , so will i.
i think you're a contra; i think that you lie. don't call me contra 'til you've tried.
you wanted good schools and friends with pools; you're not a contra.
you wanted rock 'n' roll, complete control well, i don't know.
never pick sides, never choose between two. but i just wanted you.
never pick sides, never choose between two. but i just wanted you.
i think you're a contra; i think that you lie. don't call me a contra 'til you've tried

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currents

10. maple leaf forever - michael bublé
9. invincible - muse
8. sunburn - muse
7. draining - silversun pickups
6. (whorehoppin') shit goddamn - eagles of death metal
5. hours - tv on the radio
4. earlylight/clockwork - mutemath
3. mind eraser no chaser - them crooked vultures
2. i think ur a contra - vampire weekend
1. how you like me now - the heavy

'... now there was a time when you loved me so. i could have been wrong but you needed to know. see, i've been a bad, bad, bad, bad man and i'm in deep-- yes i am. i found a brand new love for this man and i can't wait till you see; i can't wait. so how you like me now? remember the time when i  would eat ou up? you know that i wasn't lyin' that you can't give up. so if i was to cheat on you baby would you see right through me? if i sing a sad, sad, sad, song would you give it to me? so how you like me now? how you like me now? does that make you love me?...'

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marvelous march

... sorry i got distracted at the gentleman looking at porn in the bank of computers ahead of me. i'm terribly distracted that someone would do this in a public computer lab.
distracted is the wrong word. i'm slightly sickened by his outward cry for 'sexual healing'. it's a goddamned public computer lab for pete's sake!

march! happy first of march! it's a rare sight that i actually write something of substance in here, but it's getting to be that time of year again. i was so excited for adventureland in april last year, and this year i'm equally as excited for several things coming up in the next month. so here goes nothing:

march: so much to look forward to here let's do this chronologically, shall we? there's the first of march, which is a pleasant hang-over from the most crushing blow of olympic prowess canada has ever displayed. not only did we win the most gold medals in the history of the winter olympics ever, but we also won the gold medal hockey game to a team that was our physical bests. i'm quite proud, even if a woman, for all intents and purposes scored the game winning goal. god those lips. if i were a guy... i'd fantasize about those wrapping around my... WAIT. the dude in front of me is looking at porn and i got a bit carried away. no, not really. crosby's lips do something to me.
next is march 5, the day that lewis caroll will simultaneously cringe and rejoice in his burial plot at the latest workings of mr tim burton, johnny depp and helena boneham-carter (burton). i'm intrigued, to say the very least. i love alice in wonderland, and after my brief jaunt into the hot topic on hollywood boulevard and the store was decked out like a forest wonderland, i've only gotten more excited. hot topic doesn't usually get behind things that aren't successes (read: twilight saga?).
then there are a few days that i can collectively calm myself from being a complete basket case (mind you my brotha from another motha's birthday falls the day before alice in wonderland comes out... ruh roh) and then the next days follow in quick succession of each other.
march 7 is dearest cameron's birthday and in some sort of friendly effort i'm trying to wrack my brains out as to what kind of bang 'em up party he should have. last year will be, by far, the hardest to top. strippers? you can't do them two years in a row-- they get old and stale. i need to come up with a completely new plan. and i need to cheer him up simultaneously.
march 11 is my birthday and i'm afraid of what everyone's concocting. it seems a hush hush now, but i fear the most for those plans.
march 12 is where i'll probably fall apart if i'm allowed to. this day i'm getting my hair done for a scant $18 from people who will make it look bad-ass. i'm bored of my mahogany hair in the worst way you see. then and only when i'm finished being coiffed to the max can finally sit and watch 'remember me'. smexy times with the ever drool worthy rpatz. like, fuck. there are sex scenes. not good ones, mind you since the movies only rated pg-14. fucking summit. AND IN THAT MOVIE THERE IS THE ECLIPSE TRAILER. like, fucking finally. the movie's only been finished since august?
i'm sure i'm missing things in between the dates i've already listed, like i know there's a term paper in there somewhere or a critical book analysis. ONE DAY AT A FUCKING TIME, tiger. hahaha.
THEN to pile on the misery for my bank account march 20th is the dvd release for new moon. deleted scenes?! i'm still the hugest twihard at heart, i just don't have anyone to  twi-out with anymore. everyone else has moved on. i'm still a bit obsessive. and by a bit, i mean insane. hello? have you seen robert pattinson? if i could find a half-decent facsimile i'd be all over him like stink on a skunk. really.
then when i don't think i can handle this fever pitch anymore, me and the bestest best friend in the whole wide world are going to muse and silversun pickups at the saddledome where we will proceed to get sloppy drunk off of heroin beer and whatever else i decide to drink before we get there.

is that not the best birthday month ever?! i can't wait! once i realized it was march first today i nearly squealed.  now that i've written it all down i get goosebumps. stoked on LIFE.

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lyrical fitness

stand back! stand back!
what are those dogs doing sniffing at my feet? they're on to something, picking up, picking up this heat.
give me steam and how you feel to make it real, real as anything you've seen. get a life with this dreamers dream.
you know your culture from your trash; you know your plastic from your cash. when i lose sight of the track, you know the way back, but i know you.
you know your stripper from your paint; you know your sinner from your saint. whenever heaven's doors are shut you kick them open, but i know you.
give me steam and how you feel to make it real, real as any place you've been. get a life with the dreamers dream.
stand back! stand back!
can't you see i've lost control i'm getting indiscreet. you're moving in so close 'til i'm picking up, picking up this heat.
give me steam and how you feel to make it real, real as anything you've seen. get a life with this dreamers dream.
you know your green from your red; you know the quick from the dead. so much better than the rest, you think you've been blessed, but i know you. you know your ladder from your snake; you know the throttle from the brake. you know your straight line from a curve; you've got a lot of nerve, but i know you.
give me steam and how you feel to make it rea, real as any place you've been. get a life with the dreamers dream.
everybody nosedive, hold your breath, count to five. back slap, booby-trap; cover it up in bubble-wrap. room shake, earthquake; find a way to stay awak. it's going to blow, it's going to break-- this is more than i can take.
oh yeah, i need steam. feel the steam all around me, ah you're turning up the heat. when i start to dream aloud, see you move your hands and feet. won't you step into this cloud of steam? this steam.
give me steam, and how you feel to make it real, real as anything you've seen. get a life with this dreamers dream.
hel me, yeah. ready to steam out the log jam. stir crazy from the freezer to the boil. water's bubbling. it's b-b-b-bubbling. bubbling like it's coming to a boil. give me steam lady, give me steam all around me now. ah coming alive...
said give me some steam.
like it's coming to a boil

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