music tuesday: mc chris- cookie breath

you may recognize mc chris's voice from adult swim shows like sealab 2021 and aqua teen hunger force. if you didn't know he is also a rapper under the name mc chris. and though he denies it i catagorize him as nerdcore, though i geuss he does that to try to be perfesonal or something. anyways today for music tuesday i picked an older song of his from 2003 cookie breath. the song has a simple catchy beat with lyrics talking about unrequited love, nothing to amazing but great junkfood music. this is a good jumping off point if you haven't heard his music. other song of his that i would suggest are nerd girl and hoodie ninja, there'e basically the greatest hits but you gotta start somewhere.

ps. hoodie hinja was in a honda commerical i few years back

music tuesday. the breeders- divine hammer

today i picked a song that i have loved forever divine hammer by the breeders. also i picked this particular performance for a few reasons. i really liked this version cus afterwards they do some talking to a young conan o brien, its kinda trippy how different he doesn't look. also i like this live performances cus shit happens and its funny how they react. if you notice carefully one of the guitar strings breaks in the middle of the song and you can see them laugh about it while performing.

also if you like this lead singer she also does lead vocals for gigantic by the pixies, another great song

music tuesday: the muffs - really really happy

the track for this week is the muffs with their song really really happy. i got into this band last year and now love them. this is actually the first song i heard of theirs, downloaded it years ago from demonoid (wow remember that) but only last year did i think to look for more of their songs. now so many of their songs have become a staple in my spotify playlist but before it was only this song.
   this song is a good start because it is a good example of the general energy that they have which is a lot. this is just a fun smile song about not giving a fuck, also bonus points for an entertaining video.
   if you want some recommendations for other songs of theirs i suggest "oh nina", "big mouth", "on and on", "from your girl"

good music tuesday: fishboy: i'm a ghost

so i haven't done good music Tuesday since like 2010 but i want to bring it back because it kept me writing something even if it wasn't much.
   today i want to feature a band that got into last year and that has recently released a new album. which i haven't pick up yet but will when i got more money. but it doesn't matter because here is one of the songs from the new record, I'm a ghost. i love this song it's very danceable and is catchy as fuck. also huge bonus, this song and the entire album incidentally are about the elephant that Thomas Edison electrocuted. the record even comes with a comic drawn by the band to accompany the music. that is dedication that you don't see in music anymore and the reason i want to acknowledge this record and song. this is a band that has consistently made songs about weird subjects fun. i also appreciate the narrative of each record because if you listen in order it tells a story. that is not to say that each song can't be enjoyed on their own because they totally can. personally my favorite song is parachute (which I've just linked to) but these new songs still are undeniably fishboy but i with enough difference to tell it apart from other records of theirs.
  here is also a link to comic and record 
and a link to their tumblr

music pick: big d and the kids tables - shining on

So i havent been posting anything and i think its time for me to start again. for now on I will post the playlist for my radio show here and just in general write more.
now i will post this song cause i hope you'll like it as a prreview for my wensday radio show at www.elac.com/kela at 2:00pm pacific time

late post thursday: the buzzcocks-everybody's happy nowadays

sorry got to make this speedy but I'm studying for finals after that the blog and all blog related things will get my full attention, stuff like my youtube,art,comics,my comic and everything else i've postponed.

so today I picked this song cause I just love it to bits. I was intranced by it and didn't even notice,I was just grooving dropped everything and just listened. When a song can do that to you just make you forget everything and take you somewhere else for those few minutes you know its good.
thats all i can say about this song cause I don't have the knowledge about this band like I do with most ska bands so sit down relaxe and let the buzzcocks take you away for a bit.

(reading this back it sounds like i'm high but I swear i'm not....right now) ;)

covers better then the orignal tuesday: come on eileen- save ferris

I'm a little sad about using this song for today's song of the week because I actually wanted to write a whole post about this blog but I always forgot so I will synopsis the band and what they do, later I'll make something more complete. but now I will talk about just one of this bands song, come on Eileen.

First lets talk a little about the band,save Ferris, who were a huge thing in the late 90's in so cal (southern California: the land of my existence). one of the many ska bands that rose and fell in that time and place in the world. they were one of the many that didn't make it because of various different reasons, like changing the style of music or disbanding to tackle different projects. that's where save Ferris is categorized..

now this song is probably the most known song and also the most mainstream. This also in my opinion is one of the greatest ska cover songs ever (that's something to write about). This song just has a great fun loving energy that the original didn't have to this level. also the added horn section actually complements very well with the speed up tempo, and finally I want to talk about the main singer Monique Powell who puts out all the stops in this song she just puts this song over the top and makes it great, she has what very few musical artist actually have, the ability to sing! best example in this son in particular is the end where she keeps here voice at super level for a real long time with her last "Eileen" she puts all her effort , and i love it.

rad music tuesday: the aquabats- demolition rickshaw

so this week I decided to play a song from what is in it true soul my favorite band I am of course talking about the aquabats! yes I can remember listening to the aquabats when I was as young, probably the age of five! the aquabats and reel big fish are the two major musical influences from my childhood. so instead of playing you one of the classics that everyone has heard like super rad, magic chicken, playdough, pizza day or the other classic i want to play for you one of my more resent favorites from their album charge!!! demolition rickshaw



the charge album was to some fans a major departure from the bands previous work in that it has less ska influenced sound. though there aren't as many horns they still have the sound and style that fans have come to expect and love from the band, with crazy lyrics and awesome stories with kickass beats and hypnotic rhythms. you may argue that it doesn't sound ska but it does definitely sound like the aquabats.
this song in particular is so smooth but with chaotic spastics sounds that are moving in all directions. This song has some my favorite lyrics from any aquabats song and are sung in a way that it makes it like a story is being told. whenever i hear it I can imagine everything moving fast and the fun keeping everything slow as the day comes to an end on a perfect california summers day.
I wish I could have put up a track from their EP "radio down" that came out last week but i couldn't find it on YouTube. the EP is very good and sounds classic, i don't know how to explain it. well see you next week

good music tuesday! madness- baggy trousers

so today I got lots of things on my plate. for one my dad very much believes that I am smoking weed, today I will explain to him I didn't but I friend did, hope he believe.
so today I picked a song that reflects what is happening to me in life. I'm getting in treoubles that started in school cause everything can be trased to then though much different ways then in the song. other songs about weed and smokking would make more sense but they are more known and I want to give songs that I feel need to be remembered more.
( alfie by lily allen might make more sense right now)
unlike the song i am not a troubled britich youth I'm actually a morally neutral american somewhat youth.
will make better post next week that actually talks about the band more lates

new music tuesday! voltaire

so i guess this a new segment on my blog NEW MUSIC TUESDAY! when i say this i mean I will highlight a band or person that I discovered that i liked or a band that I like that I want to talk about. so this isn't neccesarly indy talents its just stuff that I like and I will post tuesdays.


now i present voltaire! yes this isn't my usual music taste but still its good. this guy is a goth musician. when you hear that you don't want to listen to more of it then you are really hung up on labels, because this guy is actually a great writer and wonderful musician. so I don't neccesarly know what kind of goth he is the best way to describe him to me is(tell me if i'm wrong)a semi parody of the goth culture.when i say that i mean that he is trying to debunk long held beliefs about goths with funny ,witty lyircs.
I don't know thats just what i think. whatever the point is i like this guy and know have dozens of his songs on my ipod.