Archive for March 2, 2006

Roxanna Rawson comes to Myspace

{ March 2, 2006 @ 8:02 pm } · { Music }
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My friend sent me an MP3 called I Robbed A Cook by a Roxanna Rawson… he had no other information, so I turned to Google, and got nothing. Aboslutely nothing! What on Earth exists that cannot be found through Google? Apparantly Roxanna Rawson.
Fast forward to 2006 and Roxy Rawson has her own Myspace page where you can hear her songs in living internet color. I Robbed A Cook is super crazy, but her other songs are warm and soulful. Her voice kind of reminds me of CocoRosie, but maybe if CocoRosie and Fiona Apple had a super hip baby who could sing and was grown up. Please give a listen, I’m sure you’ll like it.

Ok maybe you won’t like it, but if you don’t try it, you’ll never know.

And that will haunt you until your dying day.

Roxy Rawson on Myspace.

The Polyphonic Spree is not a cult

{ March 2, 2006 @ 8:05 am } · { Music, Observations }
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Ok so maybe they are a cult, but you know what? Who gives a rat’s ass! What do people have against music that makes you feel happy, makes you close your eyes and see sunshine and rainbows and bunnies and unicorns, without the pesky cost and side effects of drugs and alcohol?

I think it’s the ever-pervasive idea of the American individual, the cowboy, the lone ranger… look at Morning Musume in Japan! There’s like 30 iof them and no one thinks they’re a cult! The whole anti-communist witch hunts of the McCarthy era made everyone forget that it’s ok to be social, it’s ok to have a community… The Polyphonic Spree knows this. Are they the only ones?

Did you know that Girl Scouts aren’t allowed to be in malls in Southern CA because of laws saying that a gathering of over 5 people constitutes a “gang”? GIRL SCOUTS! Yes, they’re annoying, but their cookies! Their cookies are so delicious!

REVIEW: Spying On Myself

{ March 2, 2006 @ 7:57 am } · { Reviews, Television }
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The first episode of Spying On Myself aired tonight, and I have to say I was very unimpressed sadly. The idea had a lot of potential, but I think the execution is pretty poor. Plus, I walked away with a feeling of, “Why didn’t they just talk to whoever in the first place?” Why did they need to go to such elaborate lengths just to confront whoever it was they thought might be hiding something?

While the father-daughter segment was touching, overall I don’t think the show is very well done. Albeit they only made 6 episodes, so perhaps some of the next episodes will be better, but to tell you the truth, I’m not that curious in tuning in later and finding out.