Filed under: Music | Tags: Acoustic, Christina Aguilera, Folk, Live, Music, SiA, SiA Furler, Singer-songwriter, Song Of The Day, SOTD, The Voice, Zero 7
Song: Lentil (Live)
Artist: SiA
Album: Lady Croissant
Genre: Pop/Alternative
In short: Pint-sized Australian songbird Sia Furler has been making music for a long while, but her breakthrough came after her collaborative work with UK trip-hop duo Zero 7. Preceding the release of her fourth album, Some People Have Real Problems, Furler released a live album containing some of her old hits and new songs that were later included on the follow-up release. One of those songs is the sublime “Lentil”, written by Furler herself and long-time friend Samuel Dixon, the song mirrors Furler’s charming personality and is a notch above most singer-songwriters’ material.
Lentil (Live) – SiA [Download]
Filed under: Music | Tags: Lady Gaga, MTV, MTV VMAs, Pop, Pop culture, Pop Music, VMA, VMAs
Lady Gaga is set to open the 2011 MTV VMAs with an explosive performance of—hopefully—a set of her hits, or just “Yoü And I”.
Tune in on August 28!
Filed under: Music | Tags: Bad Habit, Hip-Hop, Introducing, Joss Stone, Raphael Saadiq, Song Of The Day, SOTD, Soul, UK
Song: Bad Habit
Artist: Joss Stone
Album: Introducing… Joss Stone
Genre: Soul
In short: There is no artist in recent history that has tried to reboot his/her career as much as Joss Stone is trying to do. After the phenomenal success of her sophomore album Mind, Body, and Soul, Stone released three album titled Introducing… Joss Stone, Colour Me Free, and LP1, respectively. On each record, Stone has tried to revamp her career and gain more credibility, but sadly none of the releases were as good as her sophomore record. That being said, on Introducing… Joss Stone, “Bad Habit” stands out like a flame inside a railway tunnel.
Bad Habit – Joss Stone [Download]
Filed under: Movies | Tags: 2011, Amanda Seyfried, Andrew Niccol, crime, fiction, In Time, Justin Timberlake, Moviedar, Movies, sci-fi, Thriller, upcoming
Imagine a world where you can actually buy time, where you don’t age past 25, and where the riches can live forever? That’s the premise of Andrew Niccol’s In Time, starring Amanda Seyfried and Justin Timberlake.
More posters and the theatrical trailer after the jump!
Filed under: Graphics, Pretty, Tech | Tags: Beautiful, Creative, Design, History, Illustrations, Pretty, Twitter, Visually
Here’s a nicely put not-so-detailed history of Twitter. Click on the image to see the whole illustration.
Courtesy of Visual.ly
Filed under: Movies | Tags: Evan Rachel Wood, George Cloony, Jeffrey Wright, Marissa Tomei, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
First things first, how great is that poster? Very!
Second, how great is that cast? Unbelievable!
Third, watch the trailer below.
Filed under: Music | Tags: Beautiful, Calming, Maria Mena, Pop, Song Of The Day, Soothing, SOTD, Swedish, Viktoria
Song: This Too Shall Pass
Artist: Maria Mena
Album: This Too Shall Pass – Single
Genre: Pop
In short: “This Too Shall Pass” is the lead single off Maria Mena’s highly-anticipated fifth studio album, Viktoria. Written by Mena, the number is her own letter of apology to the people she has hurt unintentionally or intentionally. “The winds of your ego / The waves of My tears / Made The most perfect almighty storm that we’ve seen this year / But experience gathered / We’ve learned from our past / So don’t worry darling / This too shall pass,” sings Mena on the confessional number.
This Too Shall Pass – Maria Mena [Download]
Filed under: Movies | Tags: 2011, Action, Drive, Movies 2011, New, Nicolas Winding Refn, Ryan Gosling, Thriler, upcoming
Operation heavy-promotion-regarding-and-hype-surrounding Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive is green lit.
The Ryan Gosling-led, action-packed movie has been a critics’ favorite ever since it was showcased during the Cannes Film Festival.
There is a lot of hype surrounding Gosling’s performance and Nicolas’ direction, so don’t be surprised if they both manage to snatch Oscar noms and a possible Best Motion Picture one as well.
Below you’ll find more posters and a new TV spot that will make you NEED to see the movie!
Filed under: Music | Tags: 2011, Ms. Dynamite, New, nuLike, Rap, Reggae, Single
A winner x3
Neva Soft – Ms Dynamite [Download]
Filed under: Music | Tags: 2011 Awards, Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Michael Jackson, MTV, Tribute, VMA, VMAs
MTV is honoring Britney Spears come August 28; this video shows Spears dancing around and many nods to pop’s greatest figures: Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, and Madonna.
My favorite scene in the video has got to be this one, Ms. Jackspears:
Filed under: Movies | Tags: Animated, Animated Short, Art, Bruno Mangyoku, Jean-Francois, Movies, Tom Haugomat, Vimeo
Vimeo is definitely the place to surf when you have some free time to kill, not YouTube.
The short movie is nothing short of beautiful, the colors and drawing style are really admirable. Well done, Tom Haugomat & Bruno Mangyoku.
Filed under: Personal, Pretty | Tags: Anpanman, Beautiful, Collector, Magnet Collection, Magnet of the Day, Magnets, Milan, Milano, MOTD
I’m an avid magnet collector, have been doing so for some time, and now has a huge wall full of them, and I didn’t even go half of the places I want to see.
‘t you’re following me on Instagram (@Fhaid), you’d recognize the MOTD series, so far only two magnets were posted.
I’ll be posting the magnet pictures on both the blog and Instagram.
Filed under: Music | Tags: Diplomats of Solid Sound, Download, end credit, Niqab, nuLike, Trouble Me, Weeds, Weeds 7x04, Weeds s07e04
Of all the summer shows, Weeds has the best soundtrack songs. The songs that play during the end credits on each episode are always something special, and they rarely fail in making me SoundHound the song and bookmark it for later use.
“Trouble Me” is truly something special, call it Jazz, call it Soul, or just call it pure good music.
Trouble Me – Diplomats of Solid Sound [Download]
Filed under: Music | Tags: Amy Winehouse, Epic, Frank, Immortal, Jazz, Song Of The Day, SOTD, Timeless
Song: In My Bed
Artist: Amy Winehouse
Album: Frank
Genre: Jazz/Soul
In short: Amy Winehouse’s music is unapologetically crusty, and completely sensational. Even though Amy is gone, her music is immortal.
In My Bed – Amy Winehouse [Download]
Filed under: Movies | Tags: Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Drive, Ryan Gosling
Drive tells the story of a Hollywood stunt driver (Ryan Gosling) who moonlights as a getaway driver by night. The movie also stars Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston and Christina Hendricks.
Red-band trailer after the jump.
“You don’t look at the audience when you’re talking to them, no, you pick a random spot on the floor and you stare at it, and it’s like is somebody there? Are you talking to an invisible bug? You are“
Filed under: TV | Tags: 2011, Debra Morgan, Dexter, fall 2011, Jennifer Carpenter, Michael C Hall, Showtime, TV, TV Show, upcoming
Yes, yes, and a million yes.
Debra Morgan epitomizes epicdom.
Filed under: Music | Tags: Hip-Hop, JB3, Jesse Boykins, Jesse Boykins III, Neo-soul, Song Of The Day, SOTD, Soul
Song: I Can’t Stay
Artist: Jesse Boykins III
Album: Way Of A Wayfarer
Genre: Hip-Hop/Neo-Soul
Artist: When it comes to voices, Jesse Boykins has a distinct one that cannot be mistaken for anyone else’s. The Beauty Created was an enthralling debut rich with all-natural extracts, making it hard to follow up, but the Wayfarer EP promises of a grander sound. “I Can’t Stay” has a sound more progressive than that found on his debut, leaving listeners wanting more while whetting their appetites for the upcoming full-set release.
I Can’t Stay – Jessy Boykins III [Download]
