chrryblssmninja

I have finally found a stable link to share the best mashup ever:

Osymyso - "Intro-Inspection"

12 minute song made entirely of intros. It totally works as a song. It's brilliant. It's amazing. If you have any interest in mashups, download this song.



oh, and I have an interview tomorrow. Wish me luck!

It might be part time, but I got hired by a temp agency last week, so I can fall back on that too.

It seems like half of the times I post now, I'm explaining why I've been gone for several days. Well, due to anthro project fieldwork, family errands, and other homework, I've only been able to really get online around 3-4 AM these past few days. So I've flisted very little.


Today was a good rest day after class, after staying up till 6 AM (okay, with a nap from 10:30 PM to 1:30 AM) working on anthro stuff. Oh, and I had a test today on an entirely different subject. Just one essay question on a Tale of Genji thing. I hope my answer wasn't too rushed.

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While I'm not into the boutique cupcake shop trend going around right now, I do like the Cupkates cupcake truck. Gourmet cupcakes in a more palatable setting, I think.

See you tomorrow in Downtown Berkeley at 12. Addison and Shattuck across from Berkeley Rep.


I've tried the Red Velvet Cupcake. The cupcake itself is good, but it's that cream cheese frosting that was reallllllllly good.


the menu is here. Somewhat expensive, but a nice treat now and then.



Also, Sweet on You has reopened inside the Subway on Telegraph Avenue. This location's much smaller, but they still have a nice variety of classic candy shop fare. The buttermilk frosting for their cupcakes is pretty good too, and a dollar cheaper than Cupkate's stuff (a bit smaller though).

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Finally, three versions of the same song. I have an mp3 of the last version here, but I'd like one of the first one. And the second one too, if possible.

argh, I should have done more work this Spring Break. But then again, I don't feel that I've relaxed enough.

via prthecrazyone:

You can learn a lot about someone by the music they listen to. So here is the game! Hit shuffle on your ipod or mp3 player and write down the first 25 songs. No cheating or skipping songs that are shameful. That is the fun! Then tag your friends!
ah whatever, ( here you go, no tagging )

I've been in the mood for horror these past few weeks.

I finished reading Ted the Caver. It was alright, but I could recognize some of the tricks used in other stories.
thoughts on the story and its rumored veracity;
the original, complete story (pg 14 is where the online version stopped).
Sometimes it's better to leave things unexplained.
also finished Dionea House and its related sites. Also pretty good but I can see the gimmick. I guess, with stories like this, I want something as developed as House of Leaves.
Still, this is creepy: Those who know, we consume.
one of the commenters created a nice name for this genre: docu-horror
ETA: okay, I'm reading more of the connected blog comments and now I'm afraid of doors. what. I should be afraid of one-story houses

via IMDB:
Survive the Outbreak, an interactive zombie movie. Anyone want to try it?
the use of sound in horror film
Some of the best analysis I've seen on the "torture porn" genre, and very concise but informative on the topic of cinematic sound as well.
Zodiac utilizes an interesting technique when the voice of the Zodiac killer is heard over 911 lines. David Fincher and his sound team assembled a vocal track using two different actors’ voices, alternating each word, in order to create an altogether strange, but not unreal, moment.
aww cool.

finally, ladyalcalmy found this link to last night's episode of Supernatural: The Changing Light at Sandover

subject title thanks to toronja, for finding this link

a few words on The Spirit:
Eisner and Miller do have common ground on which to stand: noir. Both The Spirit and Sin City are derivatives of classic film noir, and for this reason it seems to make sense for Miller to direct an updated film noir using Eisner’s classic source material. Or does it? The Spirit the comic isn’t really a derivative of classic ’40s noir, it actually is ’40s noir, albeit for the page rather than the screen. Miller’s brand of noir truly is derivative, with updates and distortions that render it something completely different than the old detective and dame yarns we all know.


Being Human "prequel" clips to give you an idea of the upcoming show

in case you haven't heard: the new Doctor.
this is a Doctor-ish picture of him someone posted.

The A.V. Club's best TV episodes of the year
I would have picked different episodes of 30 Rock and The Office, but yay Lost and Chuck and BSG and Pushing Daisies and The Middleman and Doctor Who and IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA!, of which I'm still on Season 2 but it is awesome anyway.

via subtle__sarcasm:
49 films that will define 2009
I know some of these films were released in 2008, but I guess it’s a mix of distribution/award shows/cultural influence.
I heard that Assassination of a High School President doesn’t live up to the awesomeness of its title.
Monsters vs. Aliens looks promising, and I like their little bit on Up
Public Enemies! Directed by Michael Mann! He directed Collateral, one of my favorite movies ever, and I still need to watch Heat...wasn't too excited about the Miami Vice film version, though. Still, great cast with cool history-based crime people!
Anna Friel in Land of the Lost
Lol the pics of Matt Damon
Hmm maybe The Wolf Man might work


A first look (with longish articles) at 12 upcoming movies
Not so wild about The Ugly Truth, but Public Enemies looks fantastic, and Where the Wild Things Are actually looks okay


7 songs of the moment in chrryblssmninjaland:
all songs are on sites that let you try them out first.
1) "Boyz" - "The Very Best" mixtape version by Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit
this hybrid cover/mashup of M.I.A's "Boyz" does what was once impossible: it adds even more energy and rhythm to the already frantic song, with Malawi-born singer Mwamwaya adding even bits of Christmas carol melody. You can get that track and more for free here.

2) Council Estate - Tricky
Tricky adds a furious rush of rock to his trip-hop sound to create this great little anthem.
They call you council estate
They call you 'can't go straight'
They call you crime rate
They call you 'can't go straight'
But remember boy you're a superstar
Can't break it, can't take who you are
Can't break it, can't take who you are
Remember boy you're a superstar

3) Mighty Mike - "Beggin For Glory (Madcon “Beggin’ [Instrumental]” vs. Portishead “Glory Box”)
very cool. Try it out.

4) Creeper - Islands
Right from the start I was stabbed in the heart
no I wasn't breathing
no I had been bleeding
it's creepy and pretty and catchy and rock.

5) Paris Summer - The Last Shadow Puppets feat. Alison Mosshart of the Kills
Alison Mosshart's voice is so so strong and pretty on this...I had heard some songs from The Kills before, but her voice just a standout on this live track.

6) Coming Back - Gotye
very romantic and pretty song, with great rhythm.
Though I count the days, they're grey without you
The weather's much better when I think about you
I'm just gonna wait till you come home
Empty glasses, burnt out matches
Curtains drawn on near-full blackness
I'm sleeping through the day
You're coming home

7) The Killing Moon - Nouvelle Vague (Echo and the Bunnymen cover)
It's so soft and waltzy and pretty and it makes me swoon

finally...since this is my first non-101 resolution post of the year, I can use that as an excuse to post this:

罪と罰 - 椎名林檎

Tsumi to Batsu (Crime and Punishment).
my favorite song of all time.
Shiina Ringo's voice is a bit rough in that video, but the performance is raw and rock n'roll.

I've been trying to catch up on flisting but I've probably missed a bunch. ack it took me three times to spell bunch right. And two times to spell "spell." I don't like you, Mr. bleary-eyes cold.

via hobbitofkobol:

The Fandom Casting Meme!
Comment below with your LJ name, and have your flist reply with whom they would cast to play you, your significant other (or potential significant other), your best friend, your family members, etc.

Gender need not apply!
I think that last sentence needs more words to make it work.

My thread!

hobbitofkobol's thread (because I know we share some flisters and no one else commented)


I went crusing for mashups yesterday and found a bunch of quality songs I'll post later (Tony Bennet meets Chopin!). But this song is stuck in my head argh
Shut Up American Boy (Estelle feat. Kanye West vs. The Ting Tings)


via cleolinda:
alert the internets! Rpattz has cut his hair!
State of Play remake stills…
can’t find the trailer argh. I don't know, it just doesn't look right.


ETA: Star Wars, the musical.

A day late, again.

( Solstice Special #3: Reviews of movies watched and books read between December 22, 2007 and June 20, 2008 )

also, I'm currently addicted to this mashup: San Francisco DJ Amplive adds some Bay Area rap flair to the indie electro glam rock of MGMT.
Amplive vs. MGMT - Of Moons Birds and Monsters (edit feat. mistah fab). It's crazy and sci-fi-ish and cool.

whee, my grades are out!
Andean Archaeology: A-
Intro to Native American Studies: A
History and Theory of Ethnographic Film: A-
International Perspectives in Education: P (it was a pass/fail two credit class, but it filled a breadth req)

yay!
Wrecked my sleep schedule even further, though.

oh, in my Solstice Special #2, I forgot Sword of Doom(Dai-bosatsu tôge) (1966)
During most of the film, I thought it was an admirable, watchable critique of the last days of the samurai. Samurai became ronin, women were dishonored, and a sword-obsessed fighter like Ryonosuke Tsukue (Tatsuya Nakadai) is drawn to the path of darkness. Director Kihachi Okamoto maintains excellent tone with traditional austerity and more modern quick close-ups. These techniques hold the film together during sequences that intially seem like random, peaceful digressions.
Everything coalesces in the thrilling finale. The moral ugliness and violence of all that has come before comes to a shocking conclusion, and Ryonosuke Tsukue earns his place as one of the scariest screen villains of all time. 8.2

fandoms
from red_sunflower via dontburnhot:
Torchwood S2 trailer!!!! Captain Jack's back! James Marsters with awesome jacket! Ianto! SpaceCrack!
and, via flist: BBC2 mixed Heroes with Torchwood. oh dear. Genius. They do share a Claude connection...
and hey, Doctor Who/Heroes macro slash!

in other great advertising concepts, something for the philosophy-inclined: The Kant attack ad. (via ucberkeley)

Yes, Chow Yun-Fat will play Master Roshi in the Dragonball movie.

music
M.I.A. is angry with how companies messed up "Paper Planes.
I like her, and it's a great song. The gunshot sounds are essential! Don't mess with them.
Stereogum and Team 9 present their year-end collection of mashups. The tracks:
1 - "It's A Sweet Ghost Party" (Band Of Horses vs. Guns N' Roses vs. 2 Live Crew)
alright
2 - "M.I.A.-Team" (M.I.A. vs. The A-Team Theme)
Promising concept, HORRIBLE exectution.
3 - "Smalltown Apology" (One Republic vs. Bronski Beat)
4 - "Roc Knife" (Jay-Z vs. Grizzly Bear) (MP3)
5 - "A Forest Prayer" (Bloc Party vs. The Cure) (MP3)
Very nice.
6 - "Loose Dancing" (Bangers & Cash vs. The Bee Gees)
7 - "My Man My Bomb" (Feist vs. New Young Pony Club)
Interesting, but I don't like the NYPC vocals much.
8 - "Smokey Fire" (Arcade Fire vs. Smokey Robinson vs. The Gunsmoke Theme)
soft and sweet.
9 - "Countdown To Girls" (Europe vs. Sean Kingston vs. Calvin Harris)
no.
10 - "Ratatat Under Ether" (Ratatat vs. PJ Harvey)
greatness.

Highly recommended: this 5-minute mashup of Billboard's Top 25 songs of 2007. Even if the individual tracks aren't to your liking, the mashup itself is a work of masterful control and skill.

Stereogum's also got a list of albums coming out in 2008.

La Blogotheque has Caribou's first acoustic show, a little something from Jens Lekman in Portland, and the Romanian band Taraf de Haidouks. Also, their Department of Eagles one was just magical.

Paolo Nutini wants Jimmy Page to produce his next album. whaaa?

and hey, 30 Rock fans: It's a Jordan Christmas!
and Conan rocked the guitar last night.

If you've ever suffered through Powerpoint presentations and/or economics, watch these videos.

Finally, let's dance with Bret, Jemaine, and Lobot!
Or you can just party with the Russian cannibals of "Petrov, Yelyena, and Me."

Happy Birthday to fantasticpants! Well, it was still your birthday here in California when I started typing this…

A song I’ve really been into these past few days is Dr. Dog’s version of “Heart it Races,“ originally by Architecture in Helsinki. You can download it at this site. It’s really hard to find soft songs I like, but this is catchy and pleasant enough to be one of the best summer songs of 2007.

Try this out! Follow the instructions on the picture: when it says drums, and you hear the drums kick in, click on the picture. If it says vocals, and the vocals start, click on the picture. Cool stuff will happen. It’s an interactive music video!

More music: The Raveonettes make a nice cover of John Lennon’s “One Day at a Time” for a Save Darfur campaign, while Spinner has posted Cold War Kids live performances of “Hang Me Up to Dry,” “We Used to Vacation,” and “St. John.” The group has been classified as "suburban angst soul," with an earthy, funk-folk-rock sound full of thick Southern atmosphere- although they’re from L.A. claennis pointed me towards their live performances for La Blogotheque, the leaders in putting indie artists in weird places to perform (They put Sufjan Stevens on a windy rooftop!). Anyways, the first video on that page has the Cold War Kids performing “St. John” while moving around in a parking garage, using cars and wine bottles and more as instruments. IT IS SO COOL YOU MUST WATCH. There’s another video there, but I haven’t had time to check it out…

Speaking of Sufjan Stevens, he let his rock out on In the Words of the Governor. Give it a listen.

Via logovo: 80’s music macros. HA.

I thought up this weird Sylar mashup that has Muse’s “New Born.” Klaxons’ “Totem on the Timeline,” Arty Fufkin’s “Liar in a Brianstorm (Beyoncé feat. Shakira vs. Arctic Monkeys), the actual “Brianstorm” by the Arctic Monkeys, “El Tango del Pecado” by Calle 13, and “Sick, Sick, Sick” by Queens of the Stone Age. Really, I marked all the music and lyric snippets and breaks on a piece of paper. Now, if only I had the time, data, and software to actually make it into a video…gaaaah…
Speaking of “Sick, Sick, Sick,” I don’t agree with most other blogs that it’s not as good as 3’s and 7’s another song off QotSA’s newest album, “Era Vulgaris.” Actually, I think the number track sounds boring. But then again, I don’t like the blog indie gods Arcade Fire (oh no! They’re going to steal my basketball now!), so…yeah.

Anyways, I watched the video for “Sick, Sick, Sick.” twice now. It took me a while the first time to figure out it was about cannibalism. Watch it if you don’t want to eat afterward. But that video is so much better than the (CAUTION NOT WORK-SAFE) “German video” for the song. The alternate sick colors and stretch effects are cool, the weird T+A are not.
You can watch the live Channel 4 performance of the song, sans The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas’ guest vocals.

By the way, there’s this German band, Fotos, that sound scarily like The Strokes. Except younger. And German. The lead singer even does that wide-eyed thing that Julian does. They sound more fresh than derivative though.

Finally, ( there are some weird things I’ve said/thought over the past month )

First, something I promised sharkina:

Yeah! Celtic won the Scottish Premiership! Pic above is of Shunsuke Nakamura, my favorite Celtic player. So enthusiastic, and he makes some great goals.
Tangent #1: Ooh, that’s Desmond’s team. Lost is tonight!
Tangent #2: Yesterday I finally heard “Icky Thump,” the White Stripes’ latest single. There’s a part in the middle that made my brother comment, “What? They’re not Irish!” Let’s just say that middle solo sounds very psychedelic Celtic. Haha
Tangent #3: Nakamura! That’s Hiro’s surname! I’ve already commented enough on the past Future episode on other people’s posts, so I’ll just say this: OH MY GOSH NEXT WEEK SENSITIVE!SYLAR VISITS MOM HIRO HAVE TO KILL WHAT REUNIONS WAAAAH. See the Canadian preview for more information.
Tangent #4: I know how to write Nakamura in kanji! I need to study for Japanese…the oral final’s on Friday and the written is on Monday and Tuesday. Waaah taihen desu…

Oh, and yay Liverpool and MILAN YEAH BEAT MAN U! Ricky, Seedorf, and Gila! Aww, now I like both teams in the final…
-hugs Chelsea and Man U fan friends- May the best team win.

Hey rondaview, something to think about… This person is set to finish college in one year.

So, yesterday we also went to Costco. In the car, my brother told me about one Conan episode when Tyra Banks said that someone was “killed to death.” When we stepped outside of the car, we noticed that it said “Partial Zero Emissions” on the back of our new car. And then, inside Costco, there was a display for the “Amish Original Cedar Gazebo.” The strange, it abounds.

Music
- Hey, Entertainment Weekly has Coachella photos up here along with their day-by-day reports. Stereogum thinks that Björk might have been the best set of the fest.
- Check out Arty Fufkin’s latest mashup: “Liar in a Brianstorm (Beyonce feat. Shakira vs. Arctic Monkeys).” At first I thought that he needed to up the volume on the Beyonce/Shakira track more, but now I can’t stop playing it…
- one band with great buzz from Coachella is The Noisettes. Free legal download of “Scratch Your Name” here. Down and dirty rock like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and the lead singer does sound a bit like Karen O.
- Found this a while back, forgot to post it: The eleven-minute animated music video for Weird Al’s “Trapped in The Drive Thru.”
- one of the members of Franz Ferdinand made a soundtrack for the Otters Holding Hands video.
- interesting article on the whorification of Joss Stone and other female singers. Why Nelly Furtado seems to always evade this kind of discussions I’ll never know. I mean, she pulled a mini-Jewel (folkish to dance pop) and no one cries sellout. Despite the differences between pre-sellout Jewel and Furtado, there’s a nagging feeling in my mind that it also has something to do with her tan-skinned Latinness…
- oh, and some of the worst music videos ever/

Hey, people. SATURDAY IS FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! Find a participating location near you here. On that page there’s one for USA/Canada and another for everywhere else. Check out the list of Gold Level and Silver Level comics. They’ve got comics for all tastes, from Archie and Mickey Mouse to Simpsons, superheroes, printed web comics, relationship indie, etc.
( Here are some of the more interesting titles. Includes My Chemical Romance and Battlestar Galactica. )

Conan’s San Francisco week is going great. I was thinking of liveblogging it but…yeah, too much. But I must say two things:
1) Those braids on Boba Fett’s costume had to be Wookie braids. The only Jedi with those small braids were padawans during the Old Republic, and thanks to Boba’s fellow Jango clones, there weren’t many of those left by the time Boba got to bounty-hunting. Geekery of the day.
2) Any non-Bay Area people watching Conan O’Brien during San Francisco week? Need help understanding some of the local stuff? Ask away! I’ll try and do my best to aid your comprehension.

Wow that’s a lot of stuff. I think I’ll save the TV and movie links for later. If you’re still bored, check out my new icons! I’ve got new Heroes, soccer, Supernatural, and the dancing Ninth Doctor above. I’ve also brought back a pretty Sun/Yunjin Kim icon, and added even more Shiina Ringo. Yep.

Let’s end with more random!
A Spiderman musical? With lyrics by Bono? Whaaaaaaaat?
Watch this fun footie video via pablo___. Haaa yay Arsenal. Features that song hummed in Lost and Breakfast Club.
And finally…awesome. Plus Doctor Bunny!

Yay, rebelstrike21 is back!
Hahaha, via cleolinda: Banned Words of 2006
And, these (caution, not all work safe) death by indulgence pics that you just have to see. Morbid humor of the highest order.

I just saw three men, dressed as classical composers, skate on ice with shiny numbers affixed to their backs. Joining them was a woman dressed in a light, tan toga-style dress and holding a lyre. A man at a piano was watching them, smiling. Wow.
And then I watched (thanks to censorthiis via 5upamofo) Robin Van Persie spank Thierry Henry on the bottom, and Henry dancing with Ade. Go Gunners! Way to start the year!


Eat more movies. Yup. And go to Muse every Sunday? Woo!
Via viralmemory

In the year 2007 I resolve to: To get a carnivorous fish. Get your resolution here.

Yup.

New Year’s Eve-In the afternoon, I watched parts of the NHK Red and White Singing Festival (Kohaku) broadcast from Japan. It’s just the spectacle of it all that appeals to me. I’m not big on most enka, and the pop fluff is pop fluff (gaah Ayu and Aiko). But they have dancing and pretty or weird costumes and mascots and game show-like interludes! It was nice to see Ken Watanabe as one of the guests of honor. One question: does the current incarnation of Morning Musume have less energy or what?
Later that night: Listened to some of the mashups (I still like that “Grease” vs. Snoop Dogg one) and party music on Live 105. I bounced around, surfing the TV channels and then skimming the newspapers and then eating lechon from a baby pig and then drawing flowers and more channel surfing, literally running from each activity to the next. Then-Happy New Year! My family has a tradition that we turn on all the lights in the house, and at the stroke of midnight we start jumping around. It’s supposed to make us taller in the new year, although there’s no hope for me anymore…and then we hug and stuff and my brother and I keep on jumping because it is fun.
Then we have to eat noodles of some kind. My dad made fettucine alfredo, and it made me so full that I couldn’t eat the pancit. But I did have an incredible craving for milk.

Napped a bit and then went online. Went crazy on LJ and did interest searches and I friended new people (hi!) and joined the almost_unknown and shiinaringo_ communities.

New Year’s Day- finally started to deal with the stuff from school. To put away last semester’s textbooks, I had to stuff them onto my already crowded little bookshelf. So they’re double-parking on each shelf, basically. Started Season 2 of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and started working on the banners for my profile so it isn’t so talky. Oh, and we went to Christmas in the Park. Yay animatronic bears! Yay tree dressed like Santa! Yay carnival rides! Yay fat fluffy churros! There was also this little black bunny fluffing itself in front of a street trumpeter. Later caught about two thirds of the Heroes marathon, and the previews for 1/22 look exciting!

BUT OUR PHONE WAS DEAD. So, no ‘net that night. Sorry if I missed some posts. Was able to read most of them, but didn’t have time to comment on everyone.
It’s fixed now, though.

Finally,

Yeah.

Oh, and supersyncspaz7, did you get the little gift I put in the comments to your New Year’s post?