Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Lets get to business like the D-train to manhattan. Two songs that have been keeping me up at night and asleep during the day.
DJ Danger Mouse, producer made famous for his Jay-Z/Beatles mash-up The Grey Album, is putting the finishing touches on a new collabo with hip-hop middle-ager Cee-Lo. And their group's name surpasses everything in coolness since MC 900 Foot Jesus. --Gnarls Barkley-- How fucking rad is that? Well the lead single, "Crazy" which will be sure to tear up iPods later this spring, has been my pre-game anthem the last few weeks. Dig it.
http://www.stanford.edu/~joshsc/gnarls_barkley-crazy.mp3

Second, we have a track so utterly immobilizing I fear I may kickstart the wheelchair industry just by posting it. The former Frou Frou leadsinger, made famous by her swirling, "Garden State" closing, airport terminal kiss soundtrack "Let Go", has released a solo album under the name Imogen Heap. I discovered this track recently when a friend choreographed an unbelievable dance to it for her troupe Urban Styles. I literally got moist around the eyes watching it, and booked it home afterwards to pick this up. The track, "Hide and Seek" redefines that potential of an A Capella track, and has become my meditation hymn. Please check this out, but PLEASE, give this song the respect it deserves, and listen to it first by yourself without interruption. When you wash up onshore 4 minutes later you'll understand.

http://www.stanford.edu/~joshsc/05-hide_and_seek_320_aac_cbr_ex.m4a

-Steenboat, not writing his final Soc paper.


Inflicting My Taste Upon The Cosmos

After seeing a fellow music aficiondo lay down a sweet blog, I thought it might be nice to start a place to feature my current favorite songs and other assorted media. I had never had a blog because I assumed one would just use it to spread their own gossip, something with which I need no assistance. As long as I don't get sued for putting up tight, albeit copyrighted, music and I DO get picked up by hip lifestyle magazine, we'll be in good shape. Prepare to be implicated or be one of the little people that helped me along the way.
-Steenboat