Brits and Bears on the Beach

Must thank Lego Rock Band for this week's selection - The Coral's Dreaming of You. I love his deep voice (even better seeing the faces he makes in the video) and the funky, 60's style music that goes along with it. How can you not love a video with a bunch of quirky teenage brits attacking a bear on the beach? I totally want to go get a pint at the local pub with these guys, discuss our heartaches, and then mess some shit up.

"Up in my lonely room

When I'm dreaming of you

Oh what can I do (wah oooo)

I still need you, but

I don't want you now..."

Beltin' One Out...

In case you were wondering when exactly my obsession with singing and having to be the center of attention began, this is a clue. I'm sure there was a lot of whining involved to even be able to listen to my sister's walkman for a few minutes. That tape is probably Violent Femmes or Depeche Mode.

Vampire? I'm totally in...

So basically, anything including the word vampire reels me. In this case, it served me well. Dig'em, if you will.

My pick this week is Vampire Weekend's Oxford Comma.

Happy New Year and a little Flowers!

For this new year and new decade, my resolution is to post my favorite song from each week. I figure that by the end of the year, I'll have a great playlist (2010 Playlist on Last.fm) that will remind me of 2010. It is fun to look back at my old mixes because my song selections always seem to go with how I'm feeling and what's going on at the time. The soundtrack of my life, 2010 edition.

In no way do I claim to be any sort of music expert and am just including songs that I love. Oh and because this is my game, don't be surprised if I change, bend, or completely break the rules. More than likely I'll have weeks where I can't pick just one song. I like options. I will also include a link for downloading the song from AmazonMP3 because it rocks that hard and I might end up with a quarter of a penny in 3 months if you buy it from my link.

My first pick is "Everything Will Be Alright" by The Killers. Mostly I picked this song because I think it is super sexy and it reminds me of an especially adorable guy that I am being a total smarmy, dreamy dream girlie about. The Killers are also one of my favorite bands and Brandon Flowers, well don't even get me started. Just enjoy the song.

But then you took me by surprise
I'm dreaming bout those dreamy eyes
I never knew, I never knew...

The Best Part...

I hate to admit it, but I am a little into the whole Twilight thing. I get that it's completely ridiculous, but that makes me love it that much more. The first movie was horrible, so the best part about the new movie all the snarky movie reviews condemning it. I love how witty the critics get in their review. Here are some of my favorite quotes:

“Even vampires, it seems, don't fancy long-distance relationships.”


“…think before you leap -- and love a vampire.”


“Being in love with the undead can be a grim undertaking.”


“Here is an emotionally tortured vampire. Here is a perky, friendly vampire. And don't forget the vampire who is a dedicated physician. “


“Meanwhile, every so often - but never more than two or three times per minute - one of the characters makes a point of telling the perfectly nice, perfectly average teenage protagonist that she is the greatest thing on earth. Sometimes it's Dad who tells her. Sometimes it's an enemy, who still recognizes our heroine's amazing power. Most of the time, it's some ridiculously handsome teenage boy . . . And each time that happens, five hundred girls in the audience scream.”


“First-kiss anxiety looms great in this film.”


“She's miserable, and what's worse, once you date a vampire, it's apparently like joining the Mafia. They don't just let you quit. “


“Where would Hollywood be without that old standby, the vampire-werewolf-schoolgirl love triangle?”


“Most important, not just one, but two supernatural hunks snarling over the quivering carcass of a breathless, doe-eyed young woman.”

Happiness really is overrated...

Who hasn't gotten lost in a haze of remembrance of something wonderful from the past that ended completely wrong?



"But your memory blazes through me, burning everything like gasoline..."

I'm never going to learn to spend within my music budget. I hear a song and just have to buy it.

"Because losing you was something that I always did so well..."

The Invention of Sugha Dust

Just cause I think I am funny and am a major music geek (...err just geek really, but whatever), I've set up a new blog so I can write about and post the music that I'm currently listening to. Music is my longest enduring obsession.

About a month or so ago, my friend Dale convinced me if I didn't buy Beatles Rock Band, my life was going to come crashing in all around me. How could I say no? I had already been toying with the idea because I love the Beatles and secretly have always wished that I learned to play drums. Within two minutes of finding the microphone, I forgot about the drums and have been singing my heart out ever since. I am a lifelong car singer, but now I have a way to amplify the sound from my television while having a cartoon grading system tell me I'm a rock star (well, duh.). My collection has since expanded to include all the Rock Band games, Band Hero, and Karaoke Revolution.

I know the music is important, but the most important part for any band (especially fake video game ones) is the name. One fateful day in a team meeting at work, we were all going sugar high on a big bag of Smarties and completely spazzing out. I laughed about something, and a puff of chalky sugar dust came out of my mouth. ; the name was born. My teammates gave the best part of it. They said it needed to be Sugha to make it a little more hardcore.

So now, I've created this blog, a twitter account, a bunch of Last.fm playlists, and a facebook fan page. I'm all kinds of tech savy... I think. Mostly it just gives me an excuse to yammer on about music forever.