Dropped Her Body in the Frisco Bay

Today's song comes from my favorite Bay Area band, Two Gallants. Liz and I have seen them in concert four times. We are going to see the lead singer, Adam Stephens, on December 16 at Rickshaw Stop. The drummer, Tyson, is incredibly talented. We were lucky enough to see him play with Port O'Brien recently at the Independent.

Welcome to Week 2

My co-worker, colleague, and friend Eric suggested today's song. We played it (during the lunch hour of course) and it sounded quite familiar to me. See if you can place it. I'll put the answer in the comment section.

Thanks for the good work Eric, King of Dublin.

I'm Not Totally Indie

Today's band is well-liked by Jay-Z. He's popular. I'm not totally indie.

Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers also sang a version of this song. He's popular too. With my parents.

Let's Make it Two Days in a Row

I enjoy this song because it combines two things I like once in awhile: African pop music and American indie pop music. The song is a collaboration between Esau Mwamwaya from Malawi and the guy from Vampire Weekend. It's really catchy. It reminds me of our time in southern Africa.

We've Added Music

As you can see by scrolling up, the title of this web journal has added a music component. Since Liz and I have just been watching depressing episodes of Mad Men Season 2 and depressing episodes of Notre Dame football, I have had very little to write about.

Since I started a "song of the day" email with a co-worker, I thought I would add a song of the day feature to this web log (I'm tired of b-l-o-g). I will try to update as frequently as possible.

The first band I have been listening to lately is Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Described as a hippie version of the Arcade Fire, this song is incredibly catchy. I have heard this song on the radio quite a bit, and my hipster collegiate cousin listens to them so they must be cool. For reference, when I say "radio," I mean satellite radio. If FM radio inspired these posts, you would be forced to re-live 1998's big hits: Stone Temple Pilots, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Garth Brooks, etc.

Back to Edward Sharpe. I wanted to go see him on Dec 12 at the Great American Music Hall, but alas, the show is sold out. Craigslist time.

Enjoy:

So you think you can dance?

I didn't get a chance to watch So You Think You Can Dance this weekend because I was too busy at the Notre Dame tailgate. I got to see some real dancing! I'll let you evaluate this Irish jig:

It's a new dawn, it's a new day...

And I'm feelin' JAKE!!!


courtesy of ABC

It was officially announced yesterday that too-perfect Jake has been named the next Bachelor.

My first reaction was that this is a horribly great decision. I enjoy watching shows where I dislike most of the characters (see: The Hills, The City, The Ruins). This season of the Bachelor will ideally fall into that category. Jake is really annoying. He's one of those guys who is cool on paper because he is athletic and decent looking, but has ZERO personality. Much like Jim Carrey in the Cable Guy, Jake's personality was created rather than a natural development. I know I would never hang out with him, and if I had to, I would mercilessly make fun of him.

My second reaction was a prediction. I predict that this will be the first season that at least one of the female contestants leaves because she's not interested in Jake. Usually, this is the most unrealistic part of the show: there is no way 25 random people will all fall deeply in love with the same person in a six-week period. This will be the season that tests the "reality" of the show. If a couple of these girls fall like dominoes, then consider me a believer.