This Scissor Sisters song and remix is so old, but I have listened to it again recently. I love it when it says "I don't feel like dancing without you" over and over again. I think the song is actually kind of sad. I always imagine the song is being sung by someone whose love has recently died. I try to make the lyrics of songs darker than they really are.
Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing (Linus Loves Dub)
The mp3 I have of the above song sounds a little messed up. Sorry about that.
The remix of the song was done by Linus Loves, and he has another song on his MySpace that sounds just like Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Israel". He must have sampled it. His song is called "Rock Chk", and you can listen to it on his music player on his MySpace.
Listen to "Israel" here ...
and here is Linus Love's "Rock Chk" for comparison ...
In other news, the new Harry Potter movie has a trailer out, and it looks great! I love the idea of Voldemort as a child ...
My friend, Cristen, and I are supposed to go to the Dallas World Aquarium this Saturday. I am really excited because as far as I know we do not have anything like this in Austin, and it will be nice to be somewhere you can walk around indoors. There is also a rain forest that is connected to the aquarium, maybe ... I am not sure, but it sounds like it will be great. I love nature ... as long as I don't have to sweat to appreciate it.
On iTunes, M.I.A.'s single, "Paper Planes", continues to move up the chart. It is at #11 right now, and as more and more people realize how cool M.I.A.'s music is, the song should continue to rise (it took you long enough, world!).
Anyway, here is an image of the chart ...
I wouldn't purchase the song on iTunes. I would buy it on Amazon.com's MP3 Downloads site because it will be DRM-free (meaning you can play it on any device as much as you want, and you can burn into onto as many CDs as you want or share it with as many friends as you want because it doesn't have that annoying digital rights management format)
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=darkknight.htm
It takes a while for all the international money to be calculated so the worldwide total could be a lot higher right now.
The rankings on the bottom-right part of the webpage are very interesting, too. If you like BoxOfficeMojo.com, you should probably register on the site with your email address, but don't try out the trial version, and make sure you go into email preferences and turn off all of the subscriptions. I go to the site almost everyday because I love to see how well and badly movies do (I'm talking about you, Love Guru!).
P.S. Make sure you buy M.I.A.'s single, "Paper Planes", so that awful song by Katy Perry will not be #1 anymore. That song is so bland! I guess it could be a lot worse, but she her management/producers are trying way too hard to make her look like the hip, bad girl. The song, "I Kissed A Girl", has already been done by Jill Sobule a long, long time ago. I mean, the new one has a nice beat to it, but I don't think Katy Perry sings that well. If you want an edgy song by a better female singer, try out someone like Goldfrapp.
One of my favorite people in the world (that I actually know well) has a VOX now. You can listen to her songs there if you like. This is good.
Here is her version of the Gypsy Kings' song, "La Montana".
Here is a very old picture of Cristen and me that we got done in a photo booth, I think. You could choose graphics to add to the photos.
I don't think that blonde is Ladyhawke, but it could be.
This Santogold song is pretty cool. My favorite part of the song is where Santogold starts singing, and I love that M.I.A. can be heard in the background. M.I.A.'s singing is not bad either.
The song is produced/mixed by Radioclit who has a MySpace here. You can download this song here.
I'm not a big rap fan, but when it has all the cool elements of this song, I like it. Of course, this song could just be called electronic since it has so many different sounds going on.
In other news I had to go to a share insurance training session today for my job. I work at a credit union, and I always tell people to stop using banks and find a credit union they can use. There are tons and tons of ways to qualify for membership at credit unions now, and credit unions seem a little safer than banks like IndyMac and companies like Countrywide. Most credit unions do not do that sub-prime lending that has gotten Countrywide into trouble.
Anyway, you can usually find a financially sound credit union in your area that will offer all the services banks do. Credit unions usually offer lower fees than banks (or no fees at all), they usually have better loan rates, and they usually have better dividend rates (for the money that you earn on your savings, money market, IRA, certificate, etc.).
Credit unions are insured through the NCUA/NCUSIF, and you can read all about share insurance here. Credit unions are kind of like hybrid vehicles ... people have heard about them, know that they are probably good for them, but they don't use them until something awful happens (like high gas prices and banks going under).
Credit unions also have to fight against banks to stay in business so you should always donate to credit union polticial action committees, such as TCUL PAC (in Texas), and you should vote for politicians that support credit unions (usually Democrats).
OK, that's all I have for now.
This is one of the best commercials/music videos I have seen in a while. I love the special effects that look like something you would do in an arts and crafts class.
You can download the song at www.converse.com (after some clicking).
Those are lyrics from one of my favorite songs at the moment, "Embrace" by Ladyhawke ... OK, I guess it is by PNAU (featuring Ladyhawke). It's just as great as "Paris is Burning" (maybe even better). I love the whole 80s vibe. It seems like it should be played at the end of BMX Bandits (Nicole Kidman movie).
Here is the mix I like ...
Here is a remix of "Embrace" ...
Here is another song by Ladyhawke called "Back of the Van" ...
PNAU have a website here, and if you go here, you can play their video game.
In other news, I am amazed at what an impact the trailer for "Watchmen" had on the song "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning" by Smashing Pumpkins. The song jumped to the top of the charts on iTunes and Amazon's MP3 section. It's probably because everyone who saw "The Dark Knight" loved the trailer of "Watchmen" right before it. The song and the trailer went together perfectly. I love how dark the song sounds. A co-worker of mine told me how there are various versions of this song. Here is a more guitar version called "The End is the Beginning is the End" ...
That same co-worker told me I needed to download the song, "Snail", by Smashing Pumpkins. Here it is, but it doesn't really grab me ...
Another song that seems to be gaining in popularity on the download charts (iTunes and Amazon, for example) is M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes". It probably doesn't hurt that it is featured in the trailer for "Pineapple Express" (after about a minute).
M.I.A.'s birthday was July 17th (I think that is right), and someone from the M.I.A. Fans message board made two YouTube videos where they got people to wish her a happy birthday and/or dance to her songs. Here are the videos ...
The Smashing Pumpkins wrote a song for the awful, horrible movie, "Batman and Robin", called "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning". Well, it was on the movie's soundtrack. I don't know if they actually wrote it for that movie. The song is now featured in the latest trailer for "Watchmen". The trailer was shown before "The Dark Knight", and it looked really cool. The song and the visuals went really well together.
Here is the trailer ...
Here is the song ...
I really liked "The Dark Knight", and I am glad it is breaking all kinds of records. The performances were all very good, and it was nice to see a grown-up action movie. Besides seeing cool movies this weekend, I also went to a conservatory with my parents in Shreveport, Louisiana. I need to be able to go to a conservatory everyday. It was very cool.
These are not new songs, but they are new versions of songs.
Here is a better quality version of "Sound of Kuduro" by Buraka Som Sistema ...
Here is a remix of Bucky Done Gun that is new to me ...
Here is a song that pops into my head (just to be random) ...
Also, I wanted to post this song since it was in my head yesterday I think ...
OK, that's all I got for now. This is what happens when you can't sleep.
Noia 2.0 (extreme) is my favorite theme for Firefox. I always used it for Firefox 2, and it has recently been updated for Firefox 3. Here is what it looks like ...
Download load it by going to the webpage for it ...
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/72
Here is the website of the person who made it ...
