Just heard about an East Coast touring band called Tragedy, and it kind of is. Sounds like Guns 'N Roses doing Bee Gees songs. Click at your own risk.
At work, we have this fun thing every month where we get a chunk of company time to do a completely non-work-related creative assignment. Everyone contributes ideas for the assignments, which are chosen at random. This month, it was "design your cubicle." Twenty sheets of paper, some tape and toner, and my mini-schnauzer isn't mini anymore! The program I used is free, fast, and you can make your own gigantic prints here.
If you are one of those smug bastids who have a new iPhone, or loaded 2.0 onto their "old" iPhone (myself included) here's how to take a screenshot.
-hold down Home button
-click top button
Voila! Your clever and witty text messages or webpages or whatever you want to save will appear in your photo album.
Saw this in some Martha Stewart magazine and gasped in awe. It's shrimp on ice and I wish I were at that photo shoot.
These hydrangeas are so perfect, they look fake!
Personally, I feel that Amy Winehouse clapped out a looooong time ago. I pretty much tune out when I hear her name, because the news is rarely about her doing something innovative, and is usually instead about her doing a Shane MacGowan impersonation. That said, when I heard that she released an EP of four ska covers to her fanclub, my interest was piqued. I tracked it down, and I now bestow it unto you.
My thoughts:
Overall, I'm gonna give it an A for song choice, and a B- for execution. Hearing these mostly just makes me want to listen to the originals. I'd forgotten what a great song Hey, Little Rich Girl (The Specials) is, and I can't really name a Sam Cooke song I don't love. Monkey Man and You're Wondering Now are both superstars, but they've sort of been done to death.
Amy's takes are decent. I think Rich Girl is the strongest track. I've never heard anyone turn Cupid in to a ska song before, but I definitely like it. Monkey Man is great, but it's missing the "Ay ya ya ya ya" part, which I think is important. Her version of the lyrics to You're Wondering Now is interesting, and maybe intentionally filthy? So that's good.
The record as a whole is fun. I like that it's not very polished, and it has a house party feel to it. I will allow it to exist... but she better not try to touch Nite Klub on the follow-up.
