Happy Corgan Day!

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A child is who I was;
A child is who I’ll die;
with soot in my hair;
& stars in my eyes

Not only is today St. Patrick’s Day, but it’s also Mr. Billy Corgan‘s birthday! That’s right, he was blessed with the luck of the Irish! That would kind of explain it all, now wouldn’t it? ;)

So happy birthday to the other man in my life. Thank you for making such amazing music that has touched so many people’s lives, including my own. Without your words and tunes, I would have not been able to make it through some tough moments in my life and continue to need you as musical therapy on a daily basis. So please stay around for a little longer, I like having you back.

Love,

Melificent

Lovable Friday!

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1. So NoTORIous
1. So NoTORIous

Yes, it’s an old show. No, I never watched it. Until now. And although it makes my brain bleed because of its complete stupidity, I can’t help but love Zachary Quinto‘s character, Sasan (gah, I lurve him). Sasan is based on Tori Spelling’s real-life very gay personal assistant and Mr. Quinto nails it (a little too?) perfectly! After knowing him solely as creeptastic Sylar, there were a few moments where I literally laughed out loud at the pure ridiculousness that spewed from his mouth. Case in point: “I’m gay, Iranian, and Muslim. All my identities hate each other. It’s a miracle my complexion is as flawless as it is.” Epic.

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Don’t ever say I didn’t do anything for you

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Thanks to Google Analytics and good ol’ WordPress blog stats, I have been enlightened that the more I feature pretty boys on this blog, the more visitors I get. Hmm, what does that say about all of you? ;)

Anyways, in an attempt to give you all what you want, here’s a shot of Gavin Rossdale filming a new video for the song, Forever May You Run, off his Wanderlust album. I have a feeling this video will make it into my youtube favourites bin. Just a hunch. You know, just ‘cuz.

And I have to say that I am kind of angered at Mr. Rossdale. He recently released his spring tour dates and is not coming to South Florida. Instead he’s opting to head to Orlando again. In the middle of the week again. Curse you, Gavin. Curse you & your pretty little face.

Hmph.

God is a DJ

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A helluva crazy one!

Sunday night we were lucky enough to have tickets to see the sold out Girl Talk concert at the Culture Room. I believe our friend, Omar, is to thank for introducing us to this mashup king that goes by the stage name of Girl Talk. We were hooked almost instantaneously. It was just so much fun to listen to and Feed the Animals was definitely the album I would pop in when I needed to cheer up a bit. It’s often playing in the background as I’m doing paperwork in the office. My coworkers appreciate it. ;)

Girl Talk is known for his highly interactive live shows, often dropping all barriers and letting the audience join him on stage to better get the full effect. Our show was no different. About one minute into the set, everyone rushed the stage and Augi lifted me up to join them! Although it was super cool to be up on stage with him, watching him do his thing and groovin’, I realized I must be getting old because all the extremely young girls on stage were so violent and aggressive that I actually feared my life. No joke. It truly made me and Augi rethink our hope for a daughter – so terrifying to see the way some of these seemingly “little” girls were dancing.

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Lovable Friday!

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Watchmen Premiere
1. Watchmen Premiere

Finally after what feels like a terribly long wait, the Watchmen movie premieres tonight!!! I’ve been reading the comic (almost done with all 12) and must say it is amazing. I’ve heard early reviews already and the movie seems to live up to the greatness of the comic, which is quite the feat. The hubs and I along with about 10 of our friends (no joke) have tickets for Saturday at the IMAX theater. Much excitement.

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Lovable Friday!

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1. Twilight Shirts
1. Twilight Shirts

All of you know by now (thanks to last week’s Lovable Friday post) that I’m a Twilight fan and although I do play the part of crazy fangirl, I don’t like the cheese that comes along with it. When I fangirl, I like to do so with class and these shirts from Spreadshop do the trick and then some! Their simple listing of names for each “family” whether it be the Cullen’s, Quileute’s or Volturi are a pretty immediate indicator as to your “team” when it comes to the Twilight series. They don’t stop at families either. More of a fan of emotionally complex love triangles? Check out their Bella&Jacob&Edward shirt. Which one am I picking up? The Cullen family, of course.

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Hella Good

Truly the best news in my music universe this week has been No Doubt’s tour date announcement.

Hands down.

I am ridiculously happy. So much so that when I saw the video & read the tour dates, I literally shrieked, jumped to my feet and started hopping all over the house. Then I launched myself on the hubs. Yeah, that’s how happy this makes me. For me, after the Smashing Pumpkins comes No Doubt and it’s been about 8 years since I saw them live. Plus, I have this ridiculous girl crush on Gwen Stefani. I think she’s amazing. So amazing that I named my dog after her.  And it goes without saying that Tony, Tom & Adrian are the best. The lyrics, the music, the high-energy shows…what’s not to love? Sorry if this post is crazy & slightly incoherent but I am just.so.excited. Maybe it’s best not to blog when in the midst of a fangirl panic.

Edit: Just scored 10th row (center) tickets to the show!!!!!! SQUEE!

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Music spotlight: Oren Lavie

I have to give my husband credit for introducing me to Oren Lavie during his most recent mixtape creation (check it out here, it’s great). He states that I scoffed at the song at first, but I don’t remember that at all (heh). Either way, Her Morning Elegance is such a beautiful little ditty (there is no better way to describe it). It immediately made me smile and is there really anything better than a song that makes you smile?

Maybe a song that has a video that makes you smile as well:

WTF BBQ?

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In possibly the strangest news ever, it has been reported that James Iha of the Smashing Pumpkins, Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick, Hanson’s Taylor Hanson and Fountains Of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger have decided to come together and form some sort of supergroup named…wait for it…Tinted Windows.

I don’t even think I have the proper words to express how WEIRD this situation is. How did these people meet? Apparently Iha and Schlesinger co-own a recording studio, which is where Tinted Windows recorded their debut album, but….I guess what I am trying to say is: Hanson?!?! Really?

However, despite the strange pair-ups, I have to say that I’m a bit intrigued after Entertainment Weekly reported that the band’s sound is “old-school, naive, young, bubblegum power-pop” influenced heavily by the Knack and the Buzzcocks. Hmm, color me curious!

The band will be playing the SXSW festival in Austin, TX next month so if any of you will be attending, please come back with full reports!

I wonder how Billy Corgan feels about this.

Source: Hipsters United

Edit: Rolling Stone has now posted their first single, Kind of a Girl, and I have to say it is pretty good. I am somewhat impressed, but then again I’m a sucker for fun power pop. To hear it, go here.

Music is my boyfriend.

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I’m going to make this very clear: I know my husband is the king of online mixtapes. I know this, but still figured I would try my hand at making mixes that I think you would all enjoy. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right?

Just think of it this way: now you can have his&hers mixtapes reminiscent of our wedding favors. Afterall, everything always needs a feminine touch, right? ;)

With my first mixtape, I decided to keep it simple & sweet. No real theme, just a collection of songs that have put a smile on my face lately. I hope they have the same effect on all of you. Let me know if they do.

A Melificent Mix Vol. 1

[Mix Fun Fact:] I just bought floor tickets to see Kings of Leon in May!