If you're anything like me, you like to buy things. You probably like to buy things online, too. And you like to buy things for other people, especially when you realize that all of the knitting projects you thought you could finish by December will remain--unmade--on your yarn shelf.
Have no fear! My friend Liz and her new Etsy store to the rescue!
If you're anything like me, you have also recently discovered the joyous wonder of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'm digging the love match between Seth "he's-as-cute-as-he-is-short" Green and Allyson Hannigan's goofy-smart-Jewish-witch character (before she comes out of the closet and before she's a witch).
If you're anything like me, you like pop. Here's a poppy new song from an Australian band called The Grates that I saw on Pop Scene, the Irish music video show. Pop! If it's got hand clapping and harmonies and you can't not jump around when you here it, it counts as pop, right?
Showing posts with label pop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pop. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Noise Pop is Good Pop
I love pop music. I was first able to admit this when I was living in Sweden in 1997. There's nothing like good Swedish pop music on your headphones to warm your insides when your trudging through the snow at 1:30pm--and the sun has already set.
But the fair-haired lovelies of Scandinavia do not have a monopoly on good pop music, as expertly demonstrated by the bands at last night's Noise Pop show in San Francisco. I was there to see Mates of State, a band introduced to me by my brother (he's the kind of guy who knows ALL of the good indie bands, bluegrass bands, vocal bands--you name it.). Opening act Aqueduct was a totally adequate, nothing-terribly-special-but-perfectly-entertaining-none-the-less indie pop band, but the sister-sister pop-duo Smoosh was an added bonus entirely. The novelty of their ages was undeniable (keyboardist/singer Asy is 12, drummer Chloe is 10), but it wore off as soon as they started playing. They were, in a word, awesome. Contagious, even. Less then 24 hours later, I've downloaded their album from iTunes and I've already made everyone at the office listen to it--twice. They certainly held their own as an opening act for the pop-filled harmonies of Mates, and seemed right at home in the smilely, head-bobbing line up.
And I fell asleep with a huge smile on my face last night, and that's what really matters.
But the fair-haired lovelies of Scandinavia do not have a monopoly on good pop music, as expertly demonstrated by the bands at last night's Noise Pop show in San Francisco. I was there to see Mates of State, a band introduced to me by my brother (he's the kind of guy who knows ALL of the good indie bands, bluegrass bands, vocal bands--you name it.). Opening act Aqueduct was a totally adequate, nothing-terribly-special-but-perfectly-entertaining-none-the-less indie pop band, but the sister-sister pop-duo Smoosh was an added bonus entirely. The novelty of their ages was undeniable (keyboardist/singer Asy is 12, drummer Chloe is 10), but it wore off as soon as they started playing. They were, in a word, awesome. Contagious, even. Less then 24 hours later, I've downloaded their album from iTunes and I've already made everyone at the office listen to it--twice. They certainly held their own as an opening act for the pop-filled harmonies of Mates, and seemed right at home in the smilely, head-bobbing line up.
And I fell asleep with a huge smile on my face last night, and that's what really matters.
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