It's been years since I watched American Idol at all, let alone paid attention early on in the season. But this year's different! One of my former students, the awesome MK Nobilette, is in the top 30!
I'm so proud of her, and I can't wait to see more of her performances! She's a great person, not just a great singer, not to mention a trailblazer for gay women.
Check out some of her stuff here:
Audition Video (in case my superskill at html doesn't work, she starts around 8:52)
Idol Group Performances (she starts around 3:20)
Pre-Idol awesomeness:
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Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Friday, November 8, 2013
Stupid song, stuck in my head
They played a Kid Rock song on the radio on my drive home today. And then it got stuck in my head. Which was especially frustrating because the only cure for me when I get a song stuck in my head is to listen to it. Which means I had to look up a Kid Rock/Sheryl Crow duet and play it. I was worried that Ross would make fun of me for it, because I know him and that's what he does, but this was serious! I really didn't think I could handle having that stupid chorus stuck on repeat in my head for the rest of the night.
So I did it. I googled Kid Rock, and ended up on the CMT website. If you wanna watch the video, and think you can stomach those two making googly eyes at each other, here ya go.
Or!
You could just let Ross narrate it for you. Because that's what he did. Instead of making fun of me, he scoffed and smirked and laughed his way through the whole video, and it was like having a "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" going in the background. To the best of my knowledge, this was the running commentary (I may have taken a bit of artistic license here and there):
Ross: You know Sheryl Crow's hit rock bottom when she's doin' duets with the straggelly ass ratface lookin' guy. What's his name? It's something dumb that he probably named himself when he was 8 and still thinks is cool. Kid Rock! That's his name. Look at that glare Sheryl Crow's givin' him. She looks like she hates him - like she hates the producers too. Like they promised her there would be glass between him but now there isn't and hes checking out her ass and she wants to punch him but can't because she's on camera. That dumbass hat. What is he trying to do with the giant mirror attached to the front of that thing, blind anyone who looks at him? This song is the theme song of West Virginia, right?
I think this might be a new fun game: play terrible songs and document his reaction to them. For tomorrow, I'm torn between that Jordan Knight comeback attempt from about 8 years ago or the theme song to Friends...haven't watched that cheeseball of a video in ages.
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I'm thankful today for bars with gorgeous beer gardens, reading bedtime stories to my kiddo, that delicious yaki-soba that's in the case with the organic vegetables and tofu at the grocery store, dad sweaters, unmatching socks. Because who needs to match, seriously?
So I did it. I googled Kid Rock, and ended up on the CMT website. If you wanna watch the video, and think you can stomach those two making googly eyes at each other, here ya go.
Or!
You could just let Ross narrate it for you. Because that's what he did. Instead of making fun of me, he scoffed and smirked and laughed his way through the whole video, and it was like having a "Mystery Science Theatre 3000" going in the background. To the best of my knowledge, this was the running commentary (I may have taken a bit of artistic license here and there):
Ross: You know Sheryl Crow's hit rock bottom when she's doin' duets with the straggelly ass ratface lookin' guy. What's his name? It's something dumb that he probably named himself when he was 8 and still thinks is cool. Kid Rock! That's his name. Look at that glare Sheryl Crow's givin' him. She looks like she hates him - like she hates the producers too. Like they promised her there would be glass between him but now there isn't and hes checking out her ass and she wants to punch him but can't because she's on camera. That dumbass hat. What is he trying to do with the giant mirror attached to the front of that thing, blind anyone who looks at him? This song is the theme song of West Virginia, right?
I think this might be a new fun game: play terrible songs and document his reaction to them. For tomorrow, I'm torn between that Jordan Knight comeback attempt from about 8 years ago or the theme song to Friends...haven't watched that cheeseball of a video in ages.
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I'm thankful today for bars with gorgeous beer gardens, reading bedtime stories to my kiddo, that delicious yaki-soba that's in the case with the organic vegetables and tofu at the grocery store, dad sweaters, unmatching socks. Because who needs to match, seriously?
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
List #2 - Songs and Videos I Like
I love all these things, usually at different times. Today, I love them all at once, so much so that I want to share them. They're mostly genuinely good songs, with a couple of exceptions, but you'll like those, because they're terribly good. Or you won't, because you have no sense of humor.
My "strutting" song is "Superstition," by Stevie Wonder. That bass line, the trumpet response, the tempo - it just works for making me walk like I mean it, you know? I think everyone's got a strutting song, and if you don't know yours yet, you should find it, because putting your song on when you're walking down the street is like getting an injection of "Hell Yeah I'm Awesome" right into the brain.
I'll often follow that one up with a little bit of P!nk (U + Ur Hand) and Save Ferris (Bonus Track from Modified) because they both make me feel empowered and sexy in a strong woman kind of way.
And after that, if I'm lucky, I'll get to have a date with my husband, and I'll try to do my sexy dance. Which really only makes him laugh, but whatever. I do what I like, and what I like is dancing to this song. I first listened to Morphine one lovely afternoon before we were married, on a drive to nowhere that ended at Pt Reyes, and now they're a staple in my late night music collection.
When I wanna cry, in a good way, I throw this one on. In the best and sappiest ways, it encompasses everything I'd hoped to be able to do for myself when I was younger, and everything I want for my kiddo. Also, I really like to try to sing along to it. No one else here likes it when I do that, except for maybe my sister's dog, so it mostly happens in my car. So if you see me singing in the Ninja, "Brave" by Sara Barielles is probably why.
Also, both of these by Matt Harding. I discovered them ages ago, and whenever I want to feel good about the world and let a couple tears fall, I watch them. So inspiring. My favorite moments: When everyone rushes in, when he dances along with the Indian women, when they all dance in Oakland (represent!), and the very end of the 2012 video when he has his son with him. I'm literally tearing up right now it makes me so happy.
In a similar vein, when I'm thinking about how much I love my family, there are a couple of songs that get me going. One is "Home" by Michael Buble. His voice is so smooth, and the song just captures that essence of missing someone so much. Ross and I spent so much time as a long-distance couple, and I live so far from most of my extended family, and this just rolls all that together into an excellent piece of music.
More specific to my kiddo and Ross, "Ho Hey" by the Lumineers is just fun. It has to be played loudly. There's no other way.
My favorite funny video is so nonsensical I really can't even explain why it's so funny, except for the walrus bit. And the fridge. And the making fun of Justin Timberlake. And how it was originally presented in a loop (like Vines) so it just kept going and going and getting funnier and funnier...I recommend playing it at least twice, if not three times. (If you want to see the original, go here)
And finally, my very favorite music video ever made. There is nothing in the world that compares to this. It's deep, thoughtful, almost revolutionary. And all in the stupidest way possible. They're so serious, and I can't believe that they're that serious, but they are and it might be the best thing to ever happen on the internet. Please, if you didn't hit play on anything else in this list, hit play on this one.
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Today, I'm thankful for YouTube, discount rum at the Lucky's up the street, moons that look like big grins, my mother's good health and enchiladasagna, which I am about to go eat right now.
My "strutting" song is "Superstition," by Stevie Wonder. That bass line, the trumpet response, the tempo - it just works for making me walk like I mean it, you know? I think everyone's got a strutting song, and if you don't know yours yet, you should find it, because putting your song on when you're walking down the street is like getting an injection of "Hell Yeah I'm Awesome" right into the brain.
I'll often follow that one up with a little bit of P!nk (U + Ur Hand) and Save Ferris (Bonus Track from Modified) because they both make me feel empowered and sexy in a strong woman kind of way.
And after that, if I'm lucky, I'll get to have a date with my husband, and I'll try to do my sexy dance. Which really only makes him laugh, but whatever. I do what I like, and what I like is dancing to this song. I first listened to Morphine one lovely afternoon before we were married, on a drive to nowhere that ended at Pt Reyes, and now they're a staple in my late night music collection.
When I wanna cry, in a good way, I throw this one on. In the best and sappiest ways, it encompasses everything I'd hoped to be able to do for myself when I was younger, and everything I want for my kiddo. Also, I really like to try to sing along to it. No one else here likes it when I do that, except for maybe my sister's dog, so it mostly happens in my car. So if you see me singing in the Ninja, "Brave" by Sara Barielles is probably why.
Also, both of these by Matt Harding. I discovered them ages ago, and whenever I want to feel good about the world and let a couple tears fall, I watch them. So inspiring. My favorite moments: When everyone rushes in, when he dances along with the Indian women, when they all dance in Oakland (represent!), and the very end of the 2012 video when he has his son with him. I'm literally tearing up right now it makes me so happy.
"Where the Hell is Matt" 2008
"Where the Hell is Matt" 2012
In a similar vein, when I'm thinking about how much I love my family, there are a couple of songs that get me going. One is "Home" by Michael Buble. His voice is so smooth, and the song just captures that essence of missing someone so much. Ross and I spent so much time as a long-distance couple, and I live so far from most of my extended family, and this just rolls all that together into an excellent piece of music.
More specific to my kiddo and Ross, "Ho Hey" by the Lumineers is just fun. It has to be played loudly. There's no other way.
My favorite funny video is so nonsensical I really can't even explain why it's so funny, except for the walrus bit. And the fridge. And the making fun of Justin Timberlake. And how it was originally presented in a loop (like Vines) so it just kept going and going and getting funnier and funnier...I recommend playing it at least twice, if not three times. (If you want to see the original, go here)
And finally, my very favorite music video ever made. There is nothing in the world that compares to this. It's deep, thoughtful, almost revolutionary. And all in the stupidest way possible. They're so serious, and I can't believe that they're that serious, but they are and it might be the best thing to ever happen on the internet. Please, if you didn't hit play on anything else in this list, hit play on this one.
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Today, I'm thankful for YouTube, discount rum at the Lucky's up the street, moons that look like big grins, my mother's good health and enchiladasagna, which I am about to go eat right now.
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