The Bonus Jonas

Sorry for the blogging absence, I wish could blame it on a fugue state or maybe a bender in Reno, but really I have a far more mundane excuse: finals and long hours at work.  Boring, anyway...

Previously on Children's Hospital...maybe you're like I was this time last week and these words don't mean anything to you, if so then listen up.  Children's Hospital, a little gem of a show, is funny and actually does the medical genre right, ie it shamelessly makes fun of it.  My little brother forced me to watch the new season premier with massive amounts of passive aggression last week, I put up fight, but thankfully wasn't a match.  Episodes are only 15 minutes, and a welcome reprieve from the normal shite of popular "pop" culture.  So be prepared for nuggets like the bonus Jonas, ridicule of the healing power of laughter, and my new mantra "Sometimes no matter how smart you are, you have to do what your brain jelly tells you to do."  Watch full episodes on the adultswim site.

Okay, 5 songs for the 5 days of our upcoming work week...I'm going to need 'em.  Download below.

Luna: Bonnie & Clyde
Austra: Beat and the Pulse
Timber Timbre: Woman
Nancy Sinatra: Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham
The Rosebuds: Second Bird of Paradise

Oh, by the way, in case you're not a 13 year old girl, the bonus Jonas refers to the fourth, unknown Jonas brother not it the band.

Keep Shelly in Athens..Again

I'm still in love with mysterious, down tempo, electro masters Keep Shelly in Athens -- pleeease come play LA!  The duo just put up a string of recent remixes to download, for free.  Listen/download below.  I was pretty blown away by how they completely transformed Lasting Love into this totally creepy, amazing song; check out/compare with the original here. Or listen to some non-remixed KSIA here, and tell me you don't love it.

Our remixes by Keep Shelly in Athens

Fab Friday Music

In an age when sexy boy/girl band duos are the norm, it takes something pretty good to get a bit of buzz swarming around a twosome.  Cue in Big Deal...a sexy boy/girl band duo from the UK who has that something which means they haven't left my "listen to on the ridiculously long bus ride you have to take because west-side apartments are so GD expensive" playlist.


To quote the pair: "We don’t know how to put this but we’re kind of a big deal."  Weirdly, I'm sort of into the arrogance.  Enjoy.

MP3: Big Deal – Locked Up

Talk by Big Deal

Homework by Big Deal

Thurston Moore: Benediction

Considering how much you all know I love Sonic Youth, Thurston's newest solo is a no brainer.  The single Benediction is the first song released off Demolished Thoughts; it's way more subdued than SY, and honestly a beautiful song.  Listen and download below.  The album, Demolished Thoughts (which was produced by Beck) and comes out late May.  Can't. Wait.

MP3: Thurston Moore :: Benediction