Resolutions...scratch that

Back just in time for a New Years Eve post. This holiday season flew by, but it was most enjoyable. This song is off of the Ocean's 12 soundtrack. Its right at the point where the one guy jumps through the lazer fields. I don't think that gives away too much of the plot point. Anyway, it's a dance song for New Years Eve so everyone can start kicking it out like mad hatters on pixie sticks, because that's how it should be. I mean, if this song doesn't get you acting like an idiot, then I guess I fail. But if it does, then I succeed where no one else could, in creating a living, dancing monster. Maracas and a spanish beat always does that to me anyway.

Here it goes.

Nikk Furie - The A La Menthe

No more Finals

Let us all rejoice, for holiday season is upon us and the beast that is school will be kept at bay for another four weeks. Four Weeks! This whole college thing seems, so far, to be a lot better than high school. 16 hours of school versus 35 hours of school. Longer breaks, less busy work, more free time. What more could you want? And then when you do get to come home on break, you don't have to worry about long term break projects that some teachers may have given in high school. Hell, if you're still in High School, I recommend, with out any hesitation, that you forget about the whole thing and just go to college.

So I have a fairly exclusive song this time (it's been a while since I've posted anything, but finals bogged me down). This song is off of the new Wicker Park movie, which looks to be a sappy love story a la current pop TV shows such as the O.C. That shouldn't take away from the soundtrack, though, which is filled with a few indie standouts. Most notably is a new song by the Postal Service, covering Phil Collins' Against All Odds. The song is typical Postal Service fare, which isn't to say it's bad at all. I find the Postal Service begins to grow after repeated listens, and this song has too. While not as great as many of the songs off Give Up, it still contains a beat that asks for a few repeated listens. The songs weakness lies in the fact that the lyrics were composed by Collins. A great songwriter in his own right (all though, Peter Gabriel has him beat times 10), the lyrics aren't the usual introspective, metaphorically filled poems that we usually expect from the Postal Service.

I'll let you decide, though.

Here'sThe Postal Service - Against All Odds.

You can also see the music video here.

No more Finals

Keep X in Xmas

Ahh, Christmas Time is coming, and just is quickly finals week is coming. I'm about ready to be done with school for a little while. Thanksgiving was a nice break from the rigors of the whole academia thing, but I'm yearning for the full month of Winter Break.

I like college, the people are great and my classes aren't so bad. I'm just ready to sit by the fire, drink a little hot chocolate, and listen to Christmas music, ya know? I really like this season, and I'm starting to get the Christmas bug again. It's not so much that I like the masses of corporate sludge that's come to be associated with Christmas, but rather that feeling that you get when you walk outside on a cold december night. The breath comes frosty from your mouth, and the moon shines frigid in the sky. But, the light and the mirth coming from the inside makes the coldness that much better. God, I sound sappy. Maybe I just like getting presents (I still wake up at 6 in the morning to run down and stare at the presents... maybe it's not so much the presents but the tree and the morning and everything else... or maybe I'm just a little kid.)

Anyway, here's Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan dueting on God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. It's a great song to get you in the mood, and the bass will make you start tapping the foot with that Christmas spirit.

Here's the Song : God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen