Pop Music Bipolar

Lady Gaga has effortlessly has found her way onto center stage with her upbeat dance tracks, particularly with one of my favorite radio songs Just Dance; however, when I found this track No Floods, I was pleasantly surprised by the Lady's change of character. Check out both sides of Ms. Gaga:

Just Dance - Lady Gaga [rapidshare]
No Floods - Lady Gaga [rapidshare]

Notable Minimal

Homme speaks for itself, but these two tracks are a must download:

Black Pepper -Homme [rapidshare]
Hitch Hiker- Homme [rapidshare]

Happy February

NOCTURNE


There's nothing worse
then feeling bad and not
being able to tell you.
Not because you'd kill me
or I'd would kill you, or
we don't love each other.
It's space. The sky is grey
and clear, with pink and
blue shadows under each cloud.
A tiny airliner drops its
specks over the UN Building.
My eyes, like millions of
glassy squares, merely reflect.
Everything sees through me,
in the daytime I'm too hot
and at night I freeze; I'm
built the wrong way for the
river and a mild gale would
break every fiber in me.
Why don't I go east and west
instead of north and south?
It's the architects fault.
And in a few years I'll be
useless, not even an office
building. Because you have
no telephone, and live so
far away; the Pepsi-Cola sign,
the seagulls and the noise.

-Frank O'Hara 1955

Here's to Reaching Across the Bar

"We need a bottoms up party"- Speaker at an RNC meeting

SOURCE: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/01/a_new_day.php

Random for Jan II

A few more tunes to get you through the last week of Jan:

Furr- Blitzen Trapper [rapidshare]
The Fear (Christian Vorbau Remix)- Lily Allen [rapidshare]
Tick of Time- The Kooks [rapidshare]
Lovers Day- TV on the Radio [rapidshare]

NOTE: I know that if I wanted to be taken seriously (?) as a music blogger, I would leave TV on the radio's Dear Science, on its pedestal in 2008. Unfortunately for you all, I still have not overplayed it, and this track happens to be one of my favorites.

Practice What You Preach

"A weak currency arises from a weak economy, which in turn is the result of a weak government"

Gordon Brown, 1992

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=a1FQyvBVCPyg&refer=uk

The Inauguration Sensation III

Product Placement...