don't worry who's watching.

the gay boy record party: august 1, 2011

haven't we been here before? this could possibly be a repeat a post from a while back, but i don't really give a rats. these are the songs i love so much, and that prove to the world that i am a proud, white, dork from the midwest who grew up surrounded by really sappy pop music in the 70's. i'm happy to count these songs among my all time, desert island favorites. and i am so not kidding. (these videos were not chosen because of their video content, but because they contained the best quality audio.)

WARNING: by watching these videos, your opinion of me may either be indelibly altered forever... or totally, happily confirmed.

i don't know what to want from this world

totally. completely. obsessed.



if you like john grant as much as i do, you need to click here.

come blow your horn

is buying a trumpet when you're 47-years-old because you used to play one in junior high school part of a mid-life crisis?

my life can end peacefully now

rolling stone gives the new elton john / leon russell album, the union, five stars. they're right to.

Singing in a strong, elastic growl and matching John's piano work with low-end rolls and top-note sparkle, Russell jars the younger man from his routine sheen, back to the natural fiber and grandeur of 1970's Elton John and Tumbleweed Connection. On The Union, produced by T Bone Burnett, John and Russell share the resurrection. Each goes back to what he first did best. Then they do it together.

npr is streaming the entire album.

UPDATE 10/21/10: it's official. rolling stone is now in love with elton john (and leon russell.) the two legends kicked off a concert tour promoting the union last night at the beacon theatre in new york:

The centerpiece of the show was a complete performance of The Union. Powered by four back-up singers, a four-piece horn section and the house band led by guitarist Marc Ribot, the songs sounded even better than they do on record. Elton and Leon have such similar styles it was often hard to tell who was playing piano. The best material on The Union ranks among the best work of either singer, particularly the Civil War epic "Gone To Shiloh." When Elton and Leon's voice merged on the line "when flags and bullets start to fly" the result was positively chilling.

today is my boyfriend bruce springsteen's birthday

i mean. c'mon. look at the arms. good god. (wanna feel old? springsteen is 61 today.)

i don't want to wait

So you look at me from across the room. You're wearing your anguish again. Believe me, I know the feeling. It sucks you into the jaws of anger. So dig a little more deeply into my life. All we have is the very moment and I don't want to do what his father and his father and his father did.

I want to be here now.

street corners, hula hoops, and deer

my friend john mcgivern asks me about hula hoop sha-boop. oh, and deer.

the earth is a bitch

there's something about this era i'm longing for right now.

late to the party: the apples in stereo

this band has been around since the early 90's and none of you bitches ever told me about them?

growing down instead of growing up

janelle monae. "many moons." love this.

cute cute, little baby.

little pee pee, little toes.

"once you kill a cow...

...you gotta make a burger." beyonce gets lady gaga'd. definitely nsfw.

this friday is so tuesday

a little something to perk up your day.

so fresh it almost makes me want to cry

time to show those evil spuds what's what.



the new album is due in may.

clouds in my coffee

40 years later we're still wondering who's so vain?

the knack's fieger dead at 57

doug fieger, lead singer and guitarist for the knack, died this morning. he had been battling both brain and lung cancer since 2004.

"Everybody knows they're going sooner or later. I don't know any better than anyone else when I'm going. I've had 10 great lives. And I expect to have some more. I don't feel cheated in any way, shape or form."

the knack's "my sharona" topped the billboard charts for 6 weeks in a row, and was the number 1 song of 1979.

for my valentine

because i'm a big, stupid sap. here are two songs for my valentine.

we are the (auto-tuned) world

give money to help haiti. right here.

now watch this embarrassing video. can you tell who is really singing (jennifer hudson, streisand, pink) and whose auto-tune dial is turned up to 11? remember when people used to sing with their own, live, human voice?

oh and one more thing. jamie foxx is a douchbag.

a white supremacist dick, ctd.

john mayer promises to never use the n-word again.