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My Life in Music

August 2, 2015 — Leave a comment

Will keep this list updated here.

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Going Down the Van Movie-going Memories~

August 30, 2013 — 1 Comment

I was finally doing some room cleaning, and ran into this plastic bag that had a whole bunch of the tickets of movies I caught while living/staying in Van. The results? Of course, I spent over two hours trying to make out some of the fade tickets, arranged them and put them in order of attendance.

movie-tickets-vancouver

The first movie that I caught there was Hulk at what used to be Tinseltown Cinemark. The first two columns cover my first year of studies. My maximum number of movies a month was 9 flicks in January 2004 (Cold Mountain, Big Fish, Peter Pan, 21 Grams, Along Came Polly, Monster, Butterfly Effect, The Cooler and Ginger Snaps 2), April 2004 (Hellboy, The Delicate Art of Parking, Kill Bill, Connie and Carla, Home on the Range, The Punisher, Dogville (twice) and Man on Fire), followed by July 2006 (Devil Wears Prada, The Omen,The Lake House, The King, PotC 2, Lady in the Water, Strangers with Candy, and an unidentified movie that’s already faded) with 8 flicks.

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Current Flavors and Getting Your Type

August 4, 2013 — 5 Comments

Has people ever ask you what’s your type? In terms of the people that you like, and you really have no idea because you’ve never really talked about.  I wondered if I could see a pattern in the people I like on-screen, so I made a list of women and men — 25 picks each — and placed generally okay photos of them to see if I could see any characteristics they shared.

A few rules- it has to be people that you follow — not randoms that you just find hot. Sofia Vergara is hot but I haven’t seen her outside Modern Family or Chasing Papi. And it also isn’t about talent… completely. It’s people that you would somehow, if given the chance, do / be with / however you want to call it or do is.

Also, photos should generally be color and looking to the front-ish. Natural looks favored, but since it’s a type thing, I suppose you can use any photos you find your subject attractive in.

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Faith Hill Can Hear You Breathe

I can’t exactly remember when was the first time I listened to Faith Hill (unlike my Dixie Chicks story), but I’m certain it was because of Breathe. I bought the album on that same trip, and I remember being incredibly excited for the Grammy that year when Faith performed the song and I was in L.A. at a mere distance from the Staple Center.

Stalkery (and voyeuristic) feelings aside. I just really REALLY loved the song and the music video was sooooooooooooooooooo simple but it was just- you know -good to look at. There’s just a few music videos where I would allow just looking at beautiful people, and this one is one of them. The other one that comes immediately to mind is Sinéad O’Connor’s Nothing Compares 2 U [MV].

Now it seems most music videos aim for the shock factor, and I really can’t blame them. We’ve got the attention span of a goldfish.

Also, Faith Hill’s got a new album coming out this year!!! After the release of Fireflies in 2005, I’ve been deprived of much country music.

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Remembering P!nk – There You Go

I’m pretty sure I discovered Pink on one of the non-subtitled broadcasts of some Music Award they used to aired back in the day on Fox or something. That same year or maybe the next (?), in 2001, I went to Los Angeles to spend my 15th bday there… and then head off to San Francisco to visit family.

On that trip? I remember Popular was airing the few of their lasts episodes on The WB. Which episode? I remember it clearly… I have one of those memories. The News of my Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated.

On my stay in LA? I almost pissed myself because I was in LA the day of the Grammy awards. Two Spanish girls that were on the tour bus with us were attending… I watched from the hotel, of course, but I remember seeing all the limos arriving. I was over the moon, because you know me… I get celebrity-giddy really easy… and I was 15.

I saw the Grammy broadcast, and saw Faith Hill performing Breathe. Wow. Guess what I ended up getting when I got to SF, and told my parents I wanted to get some CDs? xD A broad variety, because you know me… I’m not genre specific, if I like it, I like it and that’s it. So I ended up getting Pink’s debut Can’t Take Me Home, Faith Hill’s Breathe, and Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP.

I still own those CDs — it’s rare I would decide to throw them out — and even though I only own one or two more albums by Faith Hill and Eminem, I can proudly tell you that I have bought every Pink album that’s been released.

So here’s to There You Go, and the Pink hair that started it all!

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Music Video Director: Wayne Isham

There’s no gain without Wayne, or there’s no pain without Wayne. I know it’s something like that. It’s been years since I first heard Wayne Isham saying that on one of those episodes of MTV’s Making the Video, back when making a video was very important for MTV.

Wayne Isham was another name that really popped up when I spent all day watching MTV. If I could describe Isham’s music video style with one word, it would be “woosh!” even though that’s not a word. His videos captured a very energetic vibe with fast cuts and, what I call fade-in wooshes — it’s when Isham would be focusing his camera on the singer/group and there would be a fade-in from one shot to the next one that made it seem like pushing in or away from the subject in a very funky way.

Of course, the best way to understand that woosh concept is to see it in action. For instance, those fast cuts are very prominents on Metallica’s video of I Disappear (from the Mission Impossible II OST) xD Continue Reading…

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MixTape – Remember the 90’s-o-Mix

March 13, 2009 — Leave a comment

Weeeeee

  1. TLC – Waterfalls
  2. Christina Aguilera – What a Girl Wants [Video Version]
  3. BSB – I Want it that Way
  4. Shania Twain – You’re Still the One
  5. Hanson – Mmmbop
  6. Britney Spears – Baby One More Time
  7. *NSYNC – Tearin’ up my Heart [Extended]
  8. Faith Hill – Breathe
  9. TLC – No Scrubs
  10. BSB – Everybody (BackStreet’s Back) [Extended]
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My Life as a Soundtrack~

February 19, 2009 — 3 Comments

I’ve got another list of songs for you~

care to do yours too?? It’s the same business~

  1. grab your music player of choice (iPod, iTunes, Windows Media, etc)
  2. activate shuffle
  3. the song that plays for each category~~
  • Opening Credits
    East Village Opera Company – O Mio Babbino Caro Redux
    this actually has a nice intro for an opening sequence. I accept. ^^
  • Waking Up
    Matchbox Twenty – If You’re Gone
    kind of a downer song for waking up, no?
  • First Day At School
    Tegan and Sara – Back in Your Head
    this soundtrack has all the flare of a RomCom, no? Back in Your Head on the First Day at School
  • Falling In Love
    Gianmarco – Te Mentiria
    Again… I’m sure I’ve got something against love.
  • Fight Song
    The Futureheads – First Day
    this one has a nice energy for a fight sequence. trouble-maker amy!! Fights on the First Day.
  • Breaking Up
    Greenday – Homecoming / The Death Of St. Jimmy / East 12th St. / Nobody Likes You / Rock And Roll Girlfriend / We’re Coming Home Again
    hahaha, such an epic breaking up song~
  • Prom
    The Sunwater Diaries – Age Old Question
    Prom’s the Age Old Question? LOL – xD
  • Life’s OK
    Faith Hill – Dearly Beloved
    sounds like either a wedding, or a funeral… something church-y going on here.
  • Secret Love
    St. Vincent – Marry Me
    uh-oh. is that a request?
  • Mental Breakdown
    Greenday – Extraordinary Girl
    great… must have a mental breakdown to be an ‘extraordinary  girl’
  • Driving
    Melanie C – Protected
    … ‘coz me’s dangerous at the wheel? xD
  • Flashback
    Bjork – Innocence
    oh… falshback to my innocence? does that mean I’m not no more?
  • Getting Back Together
    Lauryn Hill – Can’t Take my Eyes Off of You
    *i love you baby!* xD
  • Wedding
    Anika Paris – It’s About
    what the…
  • Birth of Child
    Aqua – Barbie Girl
    oh, geez~~
  • Final Battle
    The Ark – Hey Modern Days
    final battle for modern days? xD
  • Death Scene
    Yugo Kanno – 暖簾を守る (Noren wo Mamoru) – Protect Reputation (Osen OST)
    Actually… kind of a nice song. LOL
  • Funeral Song
    Dixie Chicks – Baby Hold On
    ugh, break my heart already~~
  • End Credits
    Pink – Who Knew
    the end! who knew!! xD
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AMA ’08 – Did You Watch?

November 24, 2008 — Leave a comment

Because I didn’t. I don’t watch awards for music (anymore) other than Grammy, and MTV… and I am doubtful I consider MTV any worth now. However, I read enough headlines on the past American Music Awards to make me curious… so did you watch? I saw 6 clips of the performances…

  • Christina Aguilera
  • Taylor Swift
  • New Kids on the Block
  • Jonas Brothers
  • Sarah McLachlan & Pink
  • Alicia Keys, Queen Latifah & Kathleen Battle

I do like Christina Aguilera, in fact, I love Back to Basics as an album. I don’t think her “greatest” hits was either great (like the writer for Entertainment Weekly) or sucked (like Lainey said) – It was neither here nor there… though the performance of each song was ok, the medley was disaster. O.o

Another medley disaster was New Kids on the Block. LOL – and I do sing along to Steps by Steps or the Right Stuff, so I’m not a hater. I like Jordan Knight solo stuff, as well as Joey McIntyre… but new NKotB smells like middle age crisis. They are still trying to sell it to teens, while telling us NKotB has matured. Doesn’t reflect on the music…

LOL, don’t even get me started on the Jonas Brothers. This is the second live performance I see of them and I’m still unimpressed.

Sarah McLachlan and Pink was good, as was Alicia Keys, Queen Latifah and Kathleen Battle, though I felt that Kathleen Battle didn’t mix well with the whole feel and number, even if she has a voice.

Taylor Swift, however, I was actually kind of impressed. I haven’t had the chance to hear or review Taylor’s sophmore album, just her debut which I thought was kind of decent. Then I heard her speak in an interview and lost the little respect I could get from hearing her music, but this is the first time I see her performing… I was sort of reminded of Faith Hill. *blasphemy!!* xD

White Horse is a pop country-ish ballad that faintly reminded me of Faith Hill’s Fireflies… talking about fairytales and real life, I still need to give a listen to both songs back to back to really know what I’m talking about, but Swift reminded me of Faith Hill in that AMA performance. OJO! Just faintly reminds me… Faith Hill has a voice so powerful… Swift’s voice still needs maturing, she sounds more like a chill studio Avril Lavigne at the moment, but if she goes the right way, I can imagine her in 15 years with a really powerful voice… and better stage presence… you gotta admit she looked a little bit nervous standing there…

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