New Britney video.

Everyone knows I love this girl and want her to get her shit together. She needs to put some effort in to what she does though, man. Stop half assing things. This video could have been worse, but it could have been a WHOOOLE lot better.

Someone get this girl a stylist, trainer and some decent hair extentions. Please.

Old Britney FTW.

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Thoughts?

Today I come bearing gifts. Gifts that make you want to dance. These songs are on an iTunes play list of songs I listen to at work. Why are they on there? Because it is full of songs the 2 year old likes to dance to. I try to keep the television to a minimum and whenever he asks for it, I say, “how about music instead?” I always get an enthusiastic, “DANCE! MUSIC JAMIE!”every time.

So with that I have a few of the little guy’s and my favorite songs to dance to at work.

Justice - D.A.N.C.E

MSTRKRFT - Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT remix, original is by Metric)

Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body

Moving Units - Anyone

Nelly Furtado - Do It

This kid is going to have amazing music taste when he grows up ;]

And how about a little celebrity update? I haven’t done that in a long time. Let’s see:

Jessica Alba = knocked up. Yup, it’s true.

Lily Allen slimmed down and looks fabulous in a photo spread for GQ.

Heidi makes an ass out of herself blasting her song outside of her car and pretending to sing.

If anyone knows what that is from, I will give you a million dollars. Okay, not really, but you would be my new best friend.

Every once in awhile, I go on a music kick where I rediscover how much I love a band and basically refuse to listen to anything but said band. Right now, I am definitely in that kind of mood about my favorite band, Jets to Brazil. Unfortunately, Jets to Brazil disbanded in 2003, right about when my obsession began and I never got to see them live. I can honestly say, if they ever decided to do a reunion show, no matter what, I would be there. I don’t care if I had to fly across the country, I’d book tickets as soon as I heard word.

Blake Schwarzenbach is incredible. He was in Jawbreaker also, another favorite. Basically, Blake is one of the main influences of so many bands and carved the shape of the indie/punk/emo scene and as Wikipedia says, is one of the “godfathers of emo”. But I don’t give a shit about all of that.

The man can write.

He’s one of those people you would kill just to have a conversation with, well, I would at least. So on this Tuesday, I am going to upload some songs from my favorite band in the world. Here’s two from each of their albums. They are beautiful and sad (some are sad), but so amazing. I had a hard time picking out only six!

Four Cornered Night
You’re Having the Time of My Life
Little Light

Orange Rhyming Dictionary
Chinatown
I Typed for Miles (my favorite song in the world ever)

Perfecting Loneliness
Cat Heaven
Further North

There you have it. My Jets to Brazil. If anyone would actually like the whole albums, email me and maybe you will get some holiday love from Blake and I in the mail!

Now, I propose a question: If you only had to listen to only one band (or artist) or album for the rest of your life, who would it be?

I got tagged for this by Spunk yesterday. She is lovely and I have impeccable music taste, so I figured I would do it!

Remember back when you were like 16 and had a livejournal and would do like 5 million surveys because you had nothing better to do? ….. Maybe that was just me.

MEME Rules:

1. Put Your itunes/ music player on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT

After you’ve answered all of the questions, tag 5 other people and then let them know they’ve been tagged to do the meme themselves!

IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
Right for Me - Justin Timberlake

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Just a Girl - No Doubt (haha)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
We Laugh Indoors - Death Cab for Cutie

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Sea Anemone - Jets to Brazil

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
A Movie Script Ending - Death Cab for Cutie

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Pistol of Fire - Mark Ronson

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Different People - No Doubt

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
All I’m Losing Is Me - Saves the Day

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Demure - Engine Down

WHAT IS 2+2?
Prozac - Denali

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Needy Girl - Chromeo

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Damn Girl - Justin Timberlake

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Sweet Avenue - Jets to Brazil (Aww, I love this song. One of my favorites)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Stop Me - Mark Ronson

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Rock With You -Justin Timberlake

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Lemon Yellow Black - Jets to Brazil

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Hit That - M.I.A.

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Golden Skans (Sebastian remix) - Klaxons

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
I’m A Slave 4 U - Britney Spears

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Hot As Ice - Britney Spears

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Bodywork - MSTRKRFT

WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
In Charge - Uffie

5 Lucky Tagged Bloggy People

Jenn @ Flawed if You are Not Free
Christy @ ChristyLouWho
Tia @ Clever Girl Goes Blog
Lacey @ Perks of Being a JAP
Big Time Fancy

Last night the boy and I went to go see M.I.A. We get there and in big letters we see SOLD OUT. It was probably my fault, because I didn’t get out of the house until 7:30 for the 8:00 show. It was such a bummer, because M.I.A. was actually headlining this time and the last few times we have seen her it has been with other acts. We really didn’t think it would sell out either. If you remember, a few weeks ago, I posted up an M.I.A. song or maybe no one was reading then. Since I missed out last night, everyone gets music today!

I don’t have the older album Arular on my computer. Maybe when William wakes up he will send me some songs from it. Here are a few more tracks off of Kala and one from Timbaland’s album Shock Value that features M.I.A.

Bamboo Banga
Paper Planes
Hit That
&
Come Around (featuring M.I.A.)

It’s a really different, awesome and unique sound, if you never heard of M.I.A. Seriously, give it a chance. I promise you will like it!

It’s Friday! This means I have two actual days of sleeping past 6:30AM. It means I won’t have grubby little fingers poking at me for two days. It means I won’t have to deal with screaming infants and toddlers for TWO DAYS!* Yay Friday!

Today I am proposing a question to all you readers. I was inspired by the last fact on my 100 Things About Me list and that was inspired by conversation with my boyfriend while denim shopping at Old Navy. I think it is kind of funny so I wanted to offer it to the internets. My answer is on my list at the end so if you’d like to know my answer, mosey on over here.

Say you had your own tv show about your life. Or you were a superhero and on the way to save the day. Or even just walking into a room, what music would be playing?

If you had a theme song, what would it be? Why that song?

Comment with your answer, lovelies. I’m dying to hear!

*Don’t get me wrong, I love my job and I love the kids but, man, I need a little break!

What better way to get that extra push over to the other half of the week, than with a song. There is no better way! Obviously.That is why I have presents, lovely presents for your speakers and ears. Don’t say I never gave you anything!

I think I scared some of you off with my French dance music last week, no one really commented on the song. Whatever though! You are the ones missing out on a super dancey fun song! If you weren’t reading then or have just had a change of heart, you can still find it here.

I couldn’t really decide on what I wanted to upload for you guys today, so I enlisted a little help from my boyfriend, William. He dj’s pretty regularly here in Chicago, and he knows his shit! Then I picked one, so you have two songs today! Three, if you count last weeks because it is still up!

Today we have M.I.A - Bamboo Banga. If you haven’t heard of M.I.A, where the hell have you been these past two years? Seriously, get on this. Maya does it and does it well. (Wikipedia & Myspace)

Now I am going to hand this over to Will:

When Jamie asked me to pick one song to post on her blog, I knew it was going to be a bit tough. I had no clue where to start. Since she was posting something current, I decided to take it a bit back with this one (not too far though).

I’ve made sure that this track is a staple when I’m playing at the club. It isn’t as instantly recognized like his more popular songs (”Kiss”, “When Doves Cry”, “Erotic City”), but it isn’t any less of a jam (give me this song over those others any day). Maybe this is an obvious one for some of you…if it is, cool! If not, then enjoy! Off “Sign O Times”, released in ‘87: Prince - Hot Thing

Will is probably going to start hanging out at least once week and be the resident dj here over at Oh! How Lovely! so expect some more awesome (and most likely exclusive!) music from him soon!

Go listen to those songs. Dance around your office or house. Make Wednesday fun.

Bye!!

Are you ready? It is officially the start of NaBloPoMo or National Blog Posting Month, for those of you who aren’t in the know. I will be posting every day for 30 days or I fail at life, kind of like Heidi and Spencer.

For the little readers I have, if you would like to see me write about anything in particular this month, I will definitely take everything into consideration! I know I will probably feel like I am running out of ideas and will need a little help. Oh and don’t worry, not all my posts will be mocking celebrities or “celebrities” and about my frivolous shopping habits, I promise!

There are a couple things I have in mind for my blog this coming month. Not only will I have a pretty new bloggy design soon, but at least once a week, I do plan on posting at least one MP3 to stream or download, if you so choose. I will force my impeccable music taste on you, unsuspecting readers! You will love it. I swear. So what better way to kick of NaBloPoMo than with a song? As I said before, my music taste is across the board, so you never know what you will get when it comes to my MP3 days!

My choice for this week is Yelle - Je Veux Te Voir. The first link is her Myspace and the second is the actual song. It’s a French poppy club dance song that, I swear, will make you want to get your ass out of your computer chair and dance around. It’s such a fun song. I couldn’t tell you what the hell she is saying, but I still love it. Oh wait, I just looked it up, a tad vulgar. Oops.

Don’t even care.

It NaBloPoMo time, bitches!

My music tastes ranges all across the board; from hipster dance club music, to being a pretentious indie snob but boy, I sure do love me some pop music. You put my iTunes on shuffle and who knows what will pop up.

I’ve been waiting for this day for awhile. I’m not even ashamed to admit it. I love Britney Spears, I was so hyped for this album once I heard “Gimme More”. VH1 featured Blackout on the Leak so fans could listen to it a whole week early.

I really like the album. Honestly, I was hoping for a little more but I can’t complain. I still love it. I think my favorite track is “Break the Ice” and honestly, as much as I love “Gimme More”, this might made a better single to lead off with.

Britney speaks out about the media in “Piece of Me”, seriously the song couldn’t describe the girl’s life better: “I’m Mrs. ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,’ I’m Mrs. ‘Oh my God, that Britney’s shameless,”. She knows exactly what people are saying about her and believes she will have the last laugh with the line, “Now are you sure you want a piece of me?”. Brit is obviously not as oblivious as people think.

“Radar” is going to be one of those catchy as hell songs you will not be able to get out of your head whether you like it or not. “Get Naked (I Got A Plan)”, produced by Danjahandz, along “Hot As Ice”   were just meant to be dance songs and that’s just what they are, as is most of the album.

The closing track “Why Should I Be Sad” is basically self explanatory. It was produced by Pharell and I love him just as much as the next person but I was hoping for a seriously hot song from him, a la Boys, that was written and produced by the Neptunes. Ultimately, in my eyes, a major let down.

Overall, it was good. It could have been better but consider all that’s been going on in Britney’s life, I am impressed. It definitely will be in rotation on my iTunes. I do hate the album cover though, it’s incredibly cheesy looking. I seen some other pictures that were supposedly going to be the cover and a few were a lot better than what we got!

All in all, I say, go Britney. I’m loving it. All she needs is the straighten out the mess she’s become, get herself a stylist because good Lord, the girl can’t dress herself,  get rid of those extensions (embrace the short hair, girl!) and she will be well on her way to a full on comeback.

I’m currently loving this song. It’s kind of my favorite in the whole world at the moment. Mark Ronson could probably cover anything and make it amazing. He’s done a Smith’s cover and even Toxic by everyone’s favorite trainwreck, Britney Spears.

Watch this if you know what’s good for you.

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