If I Had a Heart

Swedish singer, Karin Elisabeth Dreijer Andersson, who you probably know as the lead singer for The Knife is releasing an album for her solo project called Fever Ray in March. It has been released digitally, for your listening pleasure.



That's the music video for the song "If I Had a Heart." I suggest watching it in a dark room with the volume of your speakers turned way up. It's spooky, dark, Swedish, and above all, beautiful.

This is quite the (welcome) departure from The Knife's sound. I really need to go to Sweden.

It's THE APPLE!

I'm very very very very very excited about the below pic, snapped by my friend and fellow Mets fanatic, D Sherm.


Baseball season can't come soon enough!

With my naked eye I saw all of the falling rain...

And it feels all right.

Performance 1: Tehching Hsieh

Tehching Hsieh's One Year Performance: 1978-1979 is currently on view at MoMA:



He locked himself in this cell in his Hudson Street apartment for one full year. A friend brought him food and took a photo of him on a daily basis. He was not allowed to communicate with anyone while he was there, including his visiting friend.

The photos and cell are on display.

WTF

I like Scarlett Johansson and thinks she's pretty banging but WHAT THE FUCK is this tattoo?


It's okay, Scarlett. I still think you're hot. But, really?!

Girl Crush: Emily Haines

Emily Haines is the leading lady of Toronto-based bands Broken Social Scene and Metric, and she recently put out a solo album called Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton, but this is not about the music. It's about the clothes.


I have a majorly obsessive crush on that outfit. It's perfect. I want it and I want to rock it, but I'd probably wear heels instead of those wedges because I take cabs everywhere that's not work and don't perform (except for nights alone in my bedroom or when I play Guitar Hero at weird hours like waking up at 8am on a Saturday morning, but that's a different story altogether...).

The Music Sounds Better With You.

Love might bring us both together.

PMS

Sorry to all the boys that read my blog, but I'm so goddamn PMS it actually HURTS.

Examples:

The margin of my notebook is covered in doodles of unhealthy food:


And I cried when I found out all the people on what I'll call the Hudson River Plane survived. I cried tears of joy! And of uterine lining! That was really gross, I'm sorry.

Forget about going to the movies to see Notorious , because apart from the fact that this movie is probably going to suck something called cock and balls, I'm way too menstrual to even think about Biggie. I always get misty-eyed listening to him when it's THAT time of the month.

And if you don't know, now you know.

I'm From Virginia, Where Ain't Shit to do But Cook.

When The Clipse dropped Lord Willin' is 2002, I couldn't not listen to it. The beat for Grindin' is so simple, so sharp, so hard, and so fucking good to mix with. It's that song that makes everyone go crazy when it's dropped, be it at the club, at a house party, or in my bedroom when I'm messing around with my turntables (something I need to start doing more). I mean, with The Neptunes covering all of Clipse's production, they come correct with a huge advantage. But apart from The Neptunes involvement, Pusha T and Malice are two of the most talented rappers to put out records in a very long time.


Hell Hath No Fury came out in 2006 and much like Lord Willin', the cd did not leave the player (I'm all kinds of old school, records and cds, I know I know). It's such a complete hip hop album, and probably the best shit I've heard in a long time. I like Clipse better than anything Mr. Kanyeezy has dropped. It's not WHAT they're rapping about, it's how they do it. Lyrically, there aren't too many rappers out there that can even compare. They are grimey, they are raw, and they could never be a thug, they don't dress this well.


They are slated to drop a new album sometime this year called Till The Casket Drops. Neptunes aren't exclusive on production this time around, and they have enlisted the likes of Rick Rubin, P Dids, and some others. I'm anticipating some good shit, even though I'm slightly disappointed that they're not All Neptunes All The Time.


Anyway, the shirt says it all. Pusha T and Malice for President.

'Cuz she's the cheese and I'm the macaroni!

If you know me, you know that I love to cook. And if you don't know me, now you know. Tonight I will be making a special dish:


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= TONIGHT'S DINNER!
It could be a disaster, but it could also (and probably will) be the most delicious combination of food ever known to man.

I think about food 90% of the day. The other 10% I think about work. Right...

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The croquettes did not work out. But I did make a sick mac and cheese. Guess I shouldn't try out for Top Chef anytime soon.