While in the library

I've been spending the last four hours of so working on my statements of purpose for grad school (by which I mean I've been getting only the pre-writing done). And I've been listening to this for almost the entire time:

Besides the trance caused by monotony and repetition, listening to this piece made me consider throwing caution in the wind and trying my hand at costume design.

But that really isn't who I am. Maybe ten years from now.

A fabulous nightmare

I hope that I see this exact thing on the day I get cosmetic liposuction to trick myself into loving my body. And of course I don't watch a promotional video until more than a year after it comes out. Lack of cable makes it difficult to keep up with pop culture.

Speaking of pop culture, I think it's funny that my dad watches True Blood and Dexter while I watch Mad Men. It just seems like we've got our demographics switched up.

Ah! Ich habe deinen Mund geküsst, Jochanaan

I can't believe someone made this video before I.

Hurricane Venus

Caution: song may cause spontaneous dancing and autotune poisoning.

When the World was Young

Snatched from the Chateau. Absolutely beautiful.

Shiina Ringo x Saito Neko - Gamble

Pretty damn awesome. I prefer the remix for Sakuran, but that movie never had an official soundtrack. Woeface.

Queen

I should probably do something about the fact that my favorite type of music is the kind that slowly kills brain cells.

A nice cup of vague sacrilege to wake you up

Fuck restricting posts. It's my blog, I do what I wont (and that includes not bothering to change the tags).



Someone on OMONA They Didn't! said they were getting ready for conservative Christian backlash. I thought that was silly until I remembered how very Christian Korea is.

In related news, I just learned that YouTube lets you edit the size of the video when embedding. I'm so good with technology!

BBI-Ri-BOp-ARGLEBARGLE and Break It

Along with a music video, have a teaser for what looks to be an amazing club banger with fierce visuals. I must say, as tiresome as she can get, Lady Gaga certainly brought back music videos as an experience. On the downside, now anyone with a visually striking MV is accused of ripping off Gaga. Delicious irony.



Now for an actual vid. Magic waterbending dancing is amazing.

Love is the Drug

I think it's truly unfortunate that this music video makes me think of this.

Turn it Up

I don't even know.

Many Moons

This week's musician: the incomparable Janelle Monae. I wasn't sold on this song when first heard it, but like Stockholm Syndrome, I fell in love with it after a few more listens. Besides, how could I not love the mildly fucked up music video: a fashion show with androids being sold to the highest bidder. Pretty unsubtle symbolism there.

Music Monday

In an effort to keep this blog afloat, I think I'll try to have at least a few days a week devoted to something. So Mondays will be for music videos or just music I enjoy listening to.

Today we have Jasmine. She's pretty recent on the J-pop scene, having debuted in mid 2009 and released five singles since. No album yet. Probably for the best since I've only enjoyed one of her songs so far. That song is Jealous, a catchy RB tune about a girl telling a guy not to talk about his girlfriend. This video is a pretty good intro to the inside of my head: impractical clothes, shoes, and headpieces, infidelity, and a focus on women in a very George Cukor's The Women way, i.e. men are still the focus, just off-screen.