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  • Best 2007 Songs + Bonus Best 2006 Songs

    I did a 2006 Best Songs List from the music I had been listening to on my iPod, Internet, or even CD… no radio for me.  – so I thought I’d post this year’s also. In no particular order:

    BEST 2007  SONGS

    • Antigone – Funky Dancers
    • Tegan and Sara – The Con
    • Green Light Go – E Ha’i Ana Wau
    • Shitdisco – OK
    • Quad Riot – Johnny Negro
    • Operator Please – Just a Song about Ping Pong
    • Michael Buble – Everything
    • Los Campesinos! – You! Me! Dancing!
    • Justice – D.A.N.C.E
    • Juanes Feat. Campinos – Bandera de Manos
    • Christophe Mae – Spleen
    • Backstreet Boys – Trouble Is
    • Hanson – Been There Before
    • Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankolov – Water
    • Ayaka & Kobukuro – WINDING ROAD

    Uber SPECIAL mention for Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova for the Soundtrack of the film Once. Including all the album in this list xD
    BEST 2006 SONGS

    • Dixie Chicks – Ready to Make Nice
    • Corinne Bailey Rae – Put Your Record On
    • KT Tunstall – Black Horse & the Cherry Tree
    • The Raconteurs – Steady as She Goes
    • Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
    • Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Phenomena
    • Keith Urban – Once in a Lifetime
    • Rascal Flatts – What Hurts the Most
    • CSS – Lets Make Love and Listen to Death from Above
    • The Sounds – Night After Night
    • Sunset Rubdown – They Took a Vote and Said No

  • Grammy Nominees and Quickie Predictions 2007-2008

    Grammy Nominees were announce, but won’t post (full list here)

    Music was pretty much disappointing this year, only counting with what’s nominated, xD~ However, still decided to pick some… starting from the categories at the bottom of the list… the ones no one cares much about, but I do.

    Producer of the Year Non-Classical – I’m guessing Timbaland… but would like seeing Mark Ronson there.

    Best Song for Motion Picture – It so totally has to be Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova from the Once Soundtrack.

    Best Score – It probably is Babel, but I would like Pan’s Labyrinth.

    Best Soundtrack – ONCE… like, TOTALLY.

    Other winners would be, Vince Gill for Country Album if wanting a chance to win the nod on Album of the Year. Dierks Bentley for Country song, if winning Best Male Country… though Stupid Boy by Keith Urban would be cool~ Duo country, Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson with their cooler version of Clarkson’s own Because of You.

    The Eagles, because… well, it’s them. Would love Alison Krauss winning Female Country, but probably Carrie Underwood will get that if she wants a chance at Song of the Year. Kanye West will probably dominate the Rap category… I’m suspecting Foo Fighters winning in the Rock categories to up the chances of them winning Album and Record of the Year~~~ Also White Stripes for Icky Thump (even though I would like Lily Allen or Bjork for Alternative Album)… Feist for Pop Album, to up her chances for Best New Artist – I just don’t like Amy Winehouse, but she’s got the most chances solely based on buzz.

    Would love love Christina Aguilera for Candyman… but would settle for Feist with 12345 if that means that would up her chances at beating Winehouse for New Artist. Timbaland’s song with Furtado and Timberlake is probably a shoo in…

    Justice for D.A.N.C.E – awesome song from Cross… hope that also wins for Video because that video is so rocking! Michael Buble for Pop Vocal or Traditional yara-yara Album Call Me Irresponsable even though he’s an ass for cheating on Emily Blunt.

    U2 for Windows in the Skies… which should’ve also been nominated for the video.

    Song of the Year, Like a Star by Corinne Bailey Rae just because I dun want any of the others winning. xD

  • Becoming a Model 101

    u know the basics.
    1. throw up everything u eat
    2. pout. always. period.
    3. squint ur eyes. squinty eyes makes mysterious.
    4. pose in the most asymmetrical pose u can still stand on.
    5. naked portraits are art.

  • Golden Compass hits Lima!

    Northern Lights - Golden Compass - PosterOh, yeah! And Amy was there for the 4.20pm show~~ Amy needed her fix of Northern Lights. There weren’t many people then, and even though it was a subtitled version, there were a few kids… one of them was annoying! Talking all throughout the film… kinda cute (bordering on ‘I want to kill that kid’), but really bad-looking on the parent there who couldn’t shut him up.

    Quick facts about Amy and His Dark Materials Trilogy:

    • Northern Lights (aka Golden Compass) was suggested by a friend who knew I liked Harry Potter.
    • After a while, I finally got the books at the beginning of the year.
    • Couldn’t control myself, and had to read one after the other.
    • Amy’s not a die-hard fan of HDM Trilogy, but it’s become her favorite series overall.
    • Amy liked the series so much, she gave her friend the trilogy as a gift. She liked it too.

    Overall, the film was pretty good, except for the Flash pace. It is not as much as an editing fault because the film is not jumping, but many of the scenes don’t really flow… as, let say – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban artistically flows… or how Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is so choppy it makes you feel there’s a whole scene missing in between.

    Now, onto the good stuff. Effects are pretty good. Iorek is great, though I think Ragnar (aka in the book as Iofur) looked better. The bear fight had me gasping, even though there was no blood… if there had been blood, I would’ve been even more so. I loved Eva Green as Serafina Pekkala… and oh! the Witches are so cool!! They flew and fought with such elegance, it left me in awe. I also loved Nicole Kidman as Mrs. Coulter… evil or not, you have to love her. Dakota Blue Richards did pretty great as Lyra, there were times I thought it was not as good, but scenes like the one in Bolsvangar were very dramatic.

    I enjoyed the confrontation at Bolsvangar, even though it’s not quite epic… it was quite thrilling. The kids running, about to be attacked then Iorek shows up and BAM! SNAP! The Witches show up, arrows begin flying… golden sparkles, SWOOSH! And the Gypsies SNAP SNAP!

    Would love to watch that again… or wouldn’t mind some blood on the bears, uncensored version, non? x’D How about a Director’s Cut?? Because I would’ve love to have 30min more of it… especially since the film didn’t include the OH SO OMG ending chapter (or chapters…) but I guess it would’ve been unfair to have movie-goers wait for The Subtle Knife to hit theaters in 2009… or maybe even forever if GC bombs at the Box Office. Better leave this with no cliff-hanger…

    Grade: 3.5/5 – (docked a whole point for fast-pacing)

  • Revolutionize, Give Your Music for Free!

    Lol’

    Like ANY artist would. They should like soooo totally do it. Kick it Radiohead style!! They do make you feel kinda guilty over that, I ended up giving some money – Good music deserves $$ =D

    Moby, he’s not cool… but totally earned some bonus points when giving his tracks for non-commercial videos/films etc etc.

    Major labeled artists shouldn’t complain about illegal digital copies. They’ve got enough money, and they make all their $$ in their concerts anyway… just ask Madonna.

  • Not Much Love for the JT HBO Concert

    Justin Timberlake - HBO - Future/Sex Love/ShowIt’s 1hr. into the Justin Timberlake, FutureSex/LoveShow Concert on HBO Latin America. You can guess by me writing. Not enjoying it too much. Rock Your Body just began… looks promising, more on that later.

    The concert began slow with FutureSex, and shortly interrupted by a black screen, and Like I Love You/My Love – that one number was good. Exciting,but then the show went down the drain for me. Can’t really say I enjoy much JT’s ballads… the whole playing instruments part is kinda nifty, but let’s just say I’m not paying to see him play any instruments… well, I’m not paying. But I wouldn’t go to his show to see him sit on his squeaky-bum… I wanna see some jumping around, and sweat… loads of breathless chorus with some playback on.

    So, Amy’s not big on the whole slow jamming Timberlake does, and Rock Your Body begins, but doesn’t deliver. The next guitar-driven JT ballads are kinda alrite to listen to, snorted a bit on the whole Nsync back-in-time Gone performance, and I still think Justified is a better album than FS/LS.

    If you enjoyed the whole FutureSex/LoveSound album, there’s a chance u might like this show. However, I’m one of those who just enjoyed about 5 songs of it, I’ll just stick with the downloads… not worth my DVD $$. I can live without having this in my collection, and can probably live without being in one of his concerts. Besides, JT’s got enough $$, so he won’t mind me I bet…

    Anyway… loads of “ohhs,” “ooh!,” “ahhh,” “moan moan,” lick a finger over here… have a drink there, have a thrust “whoa…” how about a little rub ooh! I’m freaky, ask Julyssa if you want xD I need me some innocent sounding pop music…

    Image of the concert, totally cool. Dig the giant screens where you can see JT’s giant face and the giant spirits of gospel chorus. The band was good, JT’s voice… hmm, not on the plus side. Dancing wasn’t too cool either… random shots on random bimbos not knowing lyrics to the songs, totally snort-worth. Backstage camera? I dunno…

    Visuals: 4/5
    Voice: 3/5
    Dancing: 3/5
    Music: 4/5

    Overall: 14/20

  • I Love It!

    Lainey got the chance to interview the Spice Girls.

    Pretty fun read, here.

  • Spice Up Your Life!

    There’s something seriously wrong with the world around me, when the first thing I check out once I open my browser is a gossip column. I admit I even checked it out before going to sleep, and I knew that when I woke up, Lainey was gonna have her review and pictures.

    Yes, Spice is back! And for some weird reason, they’ve made me nostalgic even though I don’t have any of their albums, and I was never a big fan of them… so I can’t imagine how Spice fans would feel. For the record, I’m not in Canada… and I won’t even get close to going to their Argentina concert…

    Wanna read? Check Lainey’s review.

    PS: Lainey needs a RSS Feed, so I can add this to myGoogle.

  • Imagine Me & You

    I watched Imagine Me & You about a week ago, and they are re-broadcasting it at the moment. It was quite cute, anyway… my friend thinks the last kiss was so awwwwwwwwwwwww so romantic.

    I think there are about three instances… one where they’re about~~~~ to kiss. One where they finally kiss, but get all “there’s a thorn in my bum”, and the final moment in the middle of the street and the “you’re a wanker #9!!” kiss, which my friend loves~~~

    I give my vote to the “there’s a thorn in my bum” kiss, but here’s a couple of graphics:
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  • Sarah Polley – Away from Her

    Satellite Awards nominations are in… Sarah Polley and Away from Her are kicking in~~

    ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
    Julie Christie, “Away From Her” (Lionsgate)

    MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
    “Away From Her” (Lionsgate)

    DIRECTOR
    Sarah Polley, “Away From Her” (Lionsgate)

    SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED
    Sarah Polley,”Away From Her” (Lionsgate)

    But not as much as La Vie en Rose, which has 7 nods~~ (more here)