Courtney Love maybe a flaming steaming pile of hot mess now, but let's face she has always been a hot mess. Despite that you can not deny the music this woman made in her heyday. AND she almost married Edward Norton!!! Ms. Love is the quadruple OG hot mess rock goddess and for that I will always have a special place sectioned off in my heart for her.
Chris Brown has had quite the week, ok he has quite the last couple of years but let's just focus on this week. He released his new album F.A.M.E. this week and he also blew his gasket at Good Morning America over Rihanna questions. Either way his new album is rumored to be debuting at #1 with about a quarter of a million copies sold. Selling like that these days is quite an accomplishment. And he topped it all of with his new single and video "Beautiful People" w/ Benny Benassi. I am growing to really love this song and the video really matches up to the vibe of the track.
Well it is officially spring now and its time to break out some of those feel good the weather is getting nicer jammies. Right now these are a couple of my faves that you should give a listen too. Up first is Kid Sister's Kiss Kiss Kiss Mixtape. This mixtape was released months ago but I finally got around to listening to it and man it is a perfect dance record. You can literally put this on at a party and let the whole thing ride. If you are not familiar with Kid Sister and how she reps the whole rap/dance/house movement, this will be a great intro. You can download it here Here is one of the songs "Gucci Rag Top" ft Gucci Mane
Next is Childish Gambino. Childish Gambino is the brainchild of writer/comedian/actor Donald Glover who currently stars in NBC's "Community". I know you may groan at the fact of an actor or comedian making music, especially rap music, but Donald does this exceptionally well. Especially since he is simply being himself, he's a black nerd and he waves that flag proudly. And yes I am in love with him. You can download the Childish Gambino EP here And here is the video for the single "Freaks and Geeks"
My day of birth was earlier this month and there was not much hoopla behind it, just had a nice dinner with my mother and brother and some cake and some vodka then I passed out. To me that signals a good time. And I dont expect gifts or anything I mean come on I'm 26. But my mother and my best friend LEY hooked me up with some amazing gifts. My Hello Kitty game got stepped up this year. POW! My mom got me a tin Hello Kitty lunchbox that came in a HK tote, perfect for road trips, which I plan on taking a couple in the next few months! I got another HK tote from LEY along with a pouch that looks like underwears, Hello Kitty lip gloss (which is perfect that there is 8 of them cause I stay losing em) and a blown up picture of all of us in front of the White House that was taken when we all went to the "Rally to Restore Fear/Sanity". I loved these gifts so much and it was so amazing of them to get these for me. I was seriously not even thinking about getting birthday gifts.
My boyfriend Television has been giving me some good gifts lately. We are well into Season 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race and as always the season is fierce. My favorite queens are Raja and Alexis Mateo they are part of my "Drag Fantasy Team". For a while I was a fan of Manila it seemed like she would be a break out star but she has kind of been in the middle the whole season so far and she was the third person on my team but has since been replaced with Shangela. Yes Shangela the one who got the boot first last season is back and although I don't think she is the best QUEEN, she is a fantastic entertainer and has proven so every challenge so far. Here is this season's trip to the Library, this batch of reading has nothing on last season reading though:
In addition to RuPaul's Drag Race my boyfriend TV has dropped of another present for me, season 6 of America's Best Dance Crew is coming back in April. It seems like it has been gone forever but it's only been a year right? Although I always complain about how it gets worse every season I still look forward to it. Here is the trailer:
Hello there. I have not blogged in a very long time cause I had nothing to really blog about extensively, so I figure we'll catch up a bit. Hey I'm 26 now, hooray. Hey did you know it's 2011? I JUST figured that out. Heh. Earlier this year during a facebook chat me and one of my besties decided to set a target date and move to NYC next summer. When we decided on that I started to feel a lot better and dare I say happier. I finally had something to look forward to, a goal, a mission. For quite a while I was in high spirits. That was till I had a passerby conversation with a security guard downstairs explaining my current dilemmas and I just slumped right back into the hole I thought was starting to climb out of. Its so funny how a seemingly harmless, small, quaint, short conversation can take such a major effect. Im stuck in a place, well I've been stuck for years now and I try to see that light, the closer I get the further it goes. Last year I decided to try to go back to school and get my masters in music education. It wasnt because I really wanted to be a music teacher it was because it was something I could see myself doing and something that has some stability behind it. However it is not something that I am completely passionate about. Then I found this studio in Virginia Beach that offered extensive training in Music Production and Engineering. This is something that I want to do, this is something I am passionate about. Of course it costs money, money that I don't have. I have picked up a lot more hours at work, and I do make a bit more money but any extra money that I have I'm helping out my family. Ever since my father passed away and me being the eldest child it is my duty to step up and help when I can. But when I am trying to get MY life together helping out is only holding me back at this point. But what am I going to do not give my mom a few bucks when I can? Not pay a bill? Not have any groceries in the house? So I am looking for a second job so I can help my family and help myself. Up to this point my job search has been a big fat goose egg, no surprise there. So in conclusion I'm not happy, I'm not sad, I'm just existing. The mid 20s crisis continues, on and on and on it goes.
First off I want to apologize for the lack of postage. The Laptop I bring to work has once again thanks to my brother been infected and I've been working like crazy person since the beginning of the year, on with the post. So today Lady Gaga released her hotly anticipated new song "Born this Way". Now I am not a fan of Lady Gaga but you know she is like the biggest artist right now yada yada, so you gotta respect home girls grizzy. So after reading how it automatically shot to number 1 in 20 some odd countries, mother's are sacrificing their children in the Lakes of Minatonca people stopping their cars in the middle of rush hour traffic and dancing, I decided to see what all the hoopla is about. Start the song, basic breathy talking in the beginning typical pop song beginning...the vocal line sounds kind of familiar like I heard it before. Then the chorus kicks in. B!tch this aint nothin but a Madonna "Express Yourself" remix!. Believe me I get the message that she is sending especially to the LGBT community. That's beautiful and a message that needs to be heard and something that I support tenfold. But all the everything leading up to the songs release, the producers and songwriters and label heads saying this song is the most mindblowing thing ever...needs a time out. I guess at the end of the day I'm not in the demo. I wasn't born in the 90s so I've seen all this before, so if you like it I love it, enjoy it.
