Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Doo Wops & Hooligans
Bruno Mars' latest album "Doo Wops & Hooligans" is by far the best album I have heard all year. I had only heard his voice featured on a few rapper's singles such as B.O.B's Nothin on You and Travis McCoy's Billionaire. The first song to really catch my attention was "Count on Me" released as a single before the summer 2010. I couldn't stop listening to it! The lyrics were so simple, but meaningful, and Bruno Mars delivered the song so beautifully.
This is not the "Official Video", but it is a very well made music video for the song Count on Me:
Anyway, check out his album Doo Wops & Hooligans. I give it 4 stars out of 5!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Girl with a Pearl Earring
I saw this movie yesterday and although it didn't stir any emotions in me, (and therefore, in my opinion, not a good movie) I became interested in the painting. At the end of the movie, just before the credits, they show the real painting by Johannes Vermeer. It is quite a beautiful painting filled with mystery. Who is this girl? What is she thinking? Why is she looking at the painter like that?
After doing a search as to whether the story in the 2003 movie starring Scarlet Johanssen was true or false, I discovered a whole website dedicated to the painting and the analysis and history of it.
http://girl-with-a-pearl-earring.20m.com/
It is an amazing website with so much information! Turns out the girl is unknown to this day and the movie was based on a book by the same name. What an amazing painting!
I also never knew how a camera obscura worked, but it was used by Vermeer while painting this girl. It is amazing that a camera obscura could imprint whatever objects around it onto a canvas so that a painter could more accurately finish his masterpiece. I suppose it is a lot like a printing press for paiting. It was the beginning of photography.
After doing a search as to whether the story in the 2003 movie starring Scarlet Johanssen was true or false, I discovered a whole website dedicated to the painting and the analysis and history of it.
http://girl-with-a-pearl-earring.20m.com/
It is an amazing website with so much information! Turns out the girl is unknown to this day and the movie was based on a book by the same name. What an amazing painting!
I also never knew how a camera obscura worked, but it was used by Vermeer while painting this girl. It is amazing that a camera obscura could imprint whatever objects around it onto a canvas so that a painter could more accurately finish his masterpiece. I suppose it is a lot like a printing press for paiting. It was the beginning of photography.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Awesome Site: Complex.com
Even this website is geared towards young males, I really love it. The design is really user friendly and it gets right to the point, with no excess baggage.
What brought me to this site was my search for the funniest movies ever made, and this website had the best list:
http://best.complex.com/lists/Top-50-Funny-Movies/wet-hot-american-summer
http://best.complex.com/lists/Top-50-Funny-Movies/wet-hot-american-summer
50. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
49. Shaolin Soccer (2001)
48. Wayne's World (1992)
47. Very Bad Things (1998)
46. Grandma's Boy (2006)
45. Undercover Brother (2002)
44. Super Troopers (2001)
43. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
42. Dodgeball (2004)
41. The Wedding Singer (1998)
40. Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
39. History Of The World Part I (1981)
38. A Christmas Story (1983)
37. PCU (1994)
36. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
35. Major League (1989)
34. Boomerang (1992)
33. Swingers (1996)
32. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
31. Death to Smoochy (2002)
30. Weird Science (1985)
29. Trading Places (1983)
28. Stripes (1981)
27. CB4 (1993)
26. Dazed and Confused (1993)
25. The Jerk (1979)
24. Heathers (1989)
23. Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
22. Kingpin (1996)
21. The Big Lebowski (1998)
20. Clerks (1994)
19. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle (2004)
18. Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
17. Election (1999)
16. Ghostbusters (1984)
15. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
14. Animal House (1978)
13. Half Baked (1998)
12. Best in Show (2000)
11. I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988)
10. Zoolander (2001)
9. The Naked Gun (1988)
8. Groundhog Day (1993)
7. Happy Gilmore (1996)
6. Office Space (1999)
5. Raising Arizona (1987)
4. Friday (1995)
3. There's Something About Mary (1998)
2. Coming to America (1988)
1. Anchorman (2004)
Sunday, June 27, 2010
M.I.A's Born Free music video
So this is a music video for M.I.A's Born Free song (Thank you dailymotion.com). This video has been banned on Youtube as well as other websites for its violence and content matter. It is a truly amazing video on the atrocities of genocide. I love how they used American soldiers as the perpetrators and the ginger haired as the inferior race. Although genocide is bad, it hasn't been around me when growing up so I didn't really pay much attention. This video has really helped me realize how serious genocide is and I want to help.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd2w3j_mia-born-free-video-official-real-a_music
.: M.I.A – Born Free :.
Whooo!
Yeah I made powers
Stood like a tower higher and higher hello
And the higher you go you feel lower, oh
I was close to the end staying undercover
staying undercover
With a nose to the ground I found my sound
Got myself an interview tomorrow
I got myself a jacket for a dolla
………….
and the car doesn’t work so I’m stuck here
yeah i don’t wanna live for tomorrow
I push my life today
I throw this in your face when I see ya
I got something to say
I throw this shit in your face when I see ya
Cause I got something to say
I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
(bo-bo-born free ….)
You could try to find ways to be happier
You might end up somewhere in Ethiopia
You can think big with your idea
You ain’t never gonna find utopia
Take a bite out of life make it snappier yeah
Ordinary gon super trippyer
So I check sh!t cause I’m lippyer
And split a cheque like slovakia
Yeah i don’t wanna live for tomorrow
I push my life today
I throw this in your face when I see you
I got something to say
I throw this sh!t in your face when I see you
Cause I got something to say
I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
(bo-bo-born free ….)
ooooh
I don’t wanna talk about money, ’cause I got it
And I don’t wanna talk about hoochies, ’cause I been it
And I don’t wanna be that fake?, but you can do it
And imitators, yeah, speak it
Oh Lord? whoever you are, yeah come out wherever you are
Oh Lord? whoever you are, yeah come out wherever you are
and tell em!
Born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
(bo-bo-born free ….)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xd2w3j_mia-born-free-video-official-real-a_music
.: M.I.A – Born Free :.
Whooo!
Yeah I made powers
Stood like a tower higher and higher hello
And the higher you go you feel lower, oh
I was close to the end staying undercover
staying undercover
With a nose to the ground I found my sound
Got myself an interview tomorrow
I got myself a jacket for a dolla
………….
and the car doesn’t work so I’m stuck here
yeah i don’t wanna live for tomorrow
I push my life today
I throw this in your face when I see ya
I got something to say
I throw this shit in your face when I see ya
Cause I got something to say
I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
(bo-bo-born free ….)
You could try to find ways to be happier
You might end up somewhere in Ethiopia
You can think big with your idea
You ain’t never gonna find utopia
Take a bite out of life make it snappier yeah
Ordinary gon super trippyer
So I check sh!t cause I’m lippyer
And split a cheque like slovakia
Yeah i don’t wanna live for tomorrow
I push my life today
I throw this in your face when I see you
I got something to say
I throw this sh!t in your face when I see you
Cause I got something to say
I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
(bo-bo-born free ….)
ooooh
I don’t wanna talk about money, ’cause I got it
And I don’t wanna talk about hoochies, ’cause I been it
And I don’t wanna be that fake?, but you can do it
And imitators, yeah, speak it
Oh Lord? whoever you are, yeah come out wherever you are
Oh Lord? whoever you are, yeah come out wherever you are
and tell em!
Born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
I was born free (born free)
(bo-bo-born free ….)
Fuck Positivity
So like everyone else around the world, except maybe America, I have been watching the World Cup. It became an obsession that has robbed me of my sleep and eat. Yes, eat. I can use words however I please.
Anyway, I got the Listen Up! WOrld Cup official soundtrack and I am addicted to all the songs. They all sound glorious and epic. Just like how I want my life to be.
So here's K'naan's Wavin Flag video with Lyrics. I realize that K'naan has another song called Wavin' Flag about a totally different subject, so this is the one that he did specifically for the World Cup:
.: Official song South Africa FIFA 2010. K’naan & David Bisbal – Wavin’ Flag :.
Ooooooh Wooooooh
Give me freedom, give me fire, give me reason, take me higher
See the champions, take the field now, you define us, make us feel proud
In the streets our, heads are liftin , as we lose our inhibition,
Celebration, it surrounds us, every nation, all around us
Singin’ forever young, singin’ songs underneath the sun
Lets rejoice in the beautiful game.
And together at the end of the day.
WE ALL SAY
When I get older I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom
Just like a wavin’ flag
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes back (x2)
Oooooooooooooh woooooooooohh hohoho
Give you freedom, give you fire, give you reason, take you higher
See the champions, take the field now, you define us, make us feel proud
In the streets our, heads are liftin, as we lose our inhibition,
Celebration, it surrounds us, every nation, all around us
Singin’ forever young, singin’ songs underneath the sun
Lets rejoice in the beautiful game.
And together at the end of the day.
WE ALL SAY
When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom
Just like a wavin’ flag
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes back (x4)
Wooooooooo Ohohohoooooooo ! OOOoooooh Wooooooooo
And everybody will be singing it.
And we all will be singing it.
Anyway, I got the Listen Up! WOrld Cup official soundtrack and I am addicted to all the songs. They all sound glorious and epic. Just like how I want my life to be.
So here's K'naan's Wavin Flag video with Lyrics. I realize that K'naan has another song called Wavin' Flag about a totally different subject, so this is the one that he did specifically for the World Cup:
.: Official song South Africa FIFA 2010. K’naan & David Bisbal – Wavin’ Flag :.
Ooooooh Wooooooh
Give me freedom, give me fire, give me reason, take me higher
See the champions, take the field now, you define us, make us feel proud
In the streets our, heads are liftin , as we lose our inhibition,
Celebration, it surrounds us, every nation, all around us
Singin’ forever young, singin’ songs underneath the sun
Lets rejoice in the beautiful game.
And together at the end of the day.
WE ALL SAY
When I get older I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom
Just like a wavin’ flag
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes back (x2)
Oooooooooooooh woooooooooohh hohoho
Give you freedom, give you fire, give you reason, take you higher
See the champions, take the field now, you define us, make us feel proud
In the streets our, heads are liftin, as we lose our inhibition,
Celebration, it surrounds us, every nation, all around us
Singin’ forever young, singin’ songs underneath the sun
Lets rejoice in the beautiful game.
And together at the end of the day.
WE ALL SAY
When I get older, I will be stronger
They’ll call me freedom
Just like a wavin’ flag
And then it goes back
And then it goes back
And then it goes back (x4)
Wooooooooo Ohohohoooooooo ! OOOoooooh Wooooooooo
And everybody will be singing it.
And we all will be singing it.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Trying
Trying to look on the brighter side of things is harder than I thought it would be. Right now when I try, it is filled with sarcasm and no heart.
I had a great opportunity to see an old acquaintance. It's funny, I never considered this person a friend and can't remember the last time we actually hung out. But this person took such good care of me, basically a stranger. It made me believe in good people again. There are so many selfish people surrounding me; it is easy to follow their footsteps. Imitating their habits. I must remember this moment, being looked after and treated like I exist. Surrounding yourself with qualities you want to have should be the most important thing when looking for new friendships. But you should also treat everyone, no matter how impossible, how rude, how evil they are with the respect that you expect to get.
This is my new test. Holding back my tongue and thinking about others before myself.
I had a great opportunity to see an old acquaintance. It's funny, I never considered this person a friend and can't remember the last time we actually hung out. But this person took such good care of me, basically a stranger. It made me believe in good people again. There are so many selfish people surrounding me; it is easy to follow their footsteps. Imitating their habits. I must remember this moment, being looked after and treated like I exist. Surrounding yourself with qualities you want to have should be the most important thing when looking for new friendships. But you should also treat everyone, no matter how impossible, how rude, how evil they are with the respect that you expect to get.
This is my new test. Holding back my tongue and thinking about others before myself.
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