December 2010
111 posts
Photos of the East Coast Snow Storm - NYC →
blogs.denverpost.com
Thousands of travelers trying to get home after the holiday weekend sat bored and bleary-eyed in airports and shivered aboard stuck buses and subway trains Monday, stranded by a blizzard that slammed the Northeast with more than 2 feet of show.
The storm closed all three of the New York metropolitan area’s airports. Buses sputtered to a halt in snow drifts. Trains stopped in their tracks. Taxi drivers abandoned their cabs in the middle of New York’s snow-clogged streets. Even the New York City subway system – usually dependable during a snowstorm – broke down in spots, trapping riders for hours.
Click the link above to see more awesome photos.
*A special thank you to Conchita for providing the link.
The Fashion Police on E!!!!
Really?! Ugh whatever with E! lol Julianne Moore is a goddess!
2010’s 25 Best Performances That Won’t Win Oscars →
nymag.com
“Oscar buzz rarely surprises: Inevitably, the nominees are Hollywood stars in upper-middlebrow prestige pictures, with a couple of British stage actors thrown in to class up the joint. And as a result, many great-but-unconventional performances are overlooked, and this year there seem to be more than ever, from a tween action-movie heroine to an underrated character actress to a pair of A-listers who gambled on oddball (or downright bizarre) projects.
Click on the link above to see some favorite sure-to-be slights, for your consideration.” - NY Magazine
Falling Away
Milosh
Milosh - Falling Away
“You’re not in love with me / I’m in love with you / You barely even noticed / What’s good about me”
Michael Milosh, known professionally as Milosh, is a Canadian electronic musician. As well as being an electronic musician, he is a classically trained cellist starting from age three, as well as a jazz aficionado. He describes himself as wanting to make music that moves its listeners, whether it be “good, bad or sad.”
“Falling Away” taken from his second album Meme (2006) is so elusively beautiful with its rising piano chords, and jazz-toned vocals fraying into electronic bliss. The singing is airy and delicate while at the same time gritty and soulful.
Throughout the piece you feel like you are moving underwater enveloped by sonic tones, but anchored by the real loveliness of Milosh’s voice as he sings:
“So I’ll keep on swimming my way / Through that pitch black part of me / Singing this tongue tied and twisted melody / There you go falling into that sea of people”
If you haven’t heard the album, you can listen to its entirety here.
It’s a soft electronic album that gradually lifts you up and away. Milosh’s voice is subtle and is finely supported by the beautiful undulating grooves.
“Christmas - that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance - a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved.”
—Augusta E. Rundel
Do You Hear What I Hear/The Little Drummer Boy
Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams - Do You Hear What I Hear/The Little Drummer Boy
Star Bright is the first Christmas album by Vanessa Williams, released in the United States on November 5, 1996 by Mercury Records.The album achieved critical acclaim and success as one of the best-selling holiday albums of 1996 and 1997. It peaked at number thirty-six on the Billboard 200, number twenty-four on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and number five on the Top Holiday Albums.
The album went on to be nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album and was and was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies. Although no official singles were released from the album, “Do You Hear What I Hear/The Little Drummer Boy” became an instant holiday classic becoming the most played holiday record of 1996 and reaching number fifteen on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.
Happy Christmas~!!
Merry Christmas! ;-)
“Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed.”
— Bhagavad Gita
Lunar Eclipse 2010 Recap: Photos, Video & Tweets →
huffingtonpost.com
In case you missed the highly-anticipated lunar eclipse which coincided with 2010’s winter solstice for the first time in some 400 years, you can catch up on all the action you with photos, video and tweets from the main event here.
Christmas In Harlem (feat CyHi Da Prynce)
Kanye West
Kanye West - Christmas in Harlem
“I like the way you think, mommy/Now pour some more eggnog in your drink, mommy/Got a surprise for you, it ain’t on your Christmas list/Gave her the hot chocolate, she said it’s deeelicious.”
2011 Golden Globe Nominees In Photos →
mtv.com
Mila Kunis snagged a nod for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in “Black Swan”
(Click here for more photos of this year’s biggest nominees!)
The Golden Globe Awards: An in-depth look at nominations →
washingtonpost.com
“Let’s uncork a bottle of champagne in the face of the Golden Globes, the Kathie Lee Gifford of awards shows. What other trophy trolley would lurch between a high-falutin British period piece starring Colin Firth as a stuttering King George VI and a Lifetime movie featuring Jennifer Love Hewitt as a Texas beauty queen who selflessly turns to prostitution to support her family?”
2011 Golden Globe Nominations →
goldenglobes.org
And The Nominees Are…
In the first major awards season announcement of 2010, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed its nominations for the 68th annual Golden Globes Tuesday morning (December 14), confirming the status of certain cinematic front-runners, damaging the hopes of other films and bringing a few movies attention few expected. The TV categories were entirely more predictable, with “Glee” once again notching the highest number of nominations (five, up from four last year), trailed, like last year, by “30 Rock,” “Mad Men” and other shows.
The big surprise in the Best Motion Picture — Drama category was that “True Grit,” the Coen brothers highly praised new Western, DID NOT land a nod in the category. In fact, it didn’t nab a single nomination. “127 Hours,” the true story of a trapped hiker starring James Franco, DIDN’T gain a much expected best picture nomination EITHER. Instead, Mark Wahlberg’s “The Fighter” snuck in, joining other nominees “The King’s Speech,” “The Social Network,” “Black Swan” and “Inception.”
Take a look a the full nominees list here.
Christina Aguilera and Sia Score 2011 Golden Globe Song Nomination →
theshazzamity.tumblr.com
CONGRATULATIONS XTINA & SIA!!!!!
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION: Best Original Song - Motion Picture
“Bound To You” – Burlesque;
Music By: Samuel Dixon;
Lyrics By: Christina Aguilera and Sia Furler
Listen to nominated song here.
Get Some (Beck Remix)
Lykke Li
Lykke Li - Get Some (Beck Remix)
We’ve already heard Mike D.’s remix (listen here) of Lykke Li’s single “Get Some”, now find out what happens when Beck Hansen puts a spin on it. The second of two remixes is set to be included on the deluxe edition of “Get Some”. The package, which also includes b-side “Paris Blue”, will be available for digital download through iTunes starting tomorrow (Dec. 14th).
As previously reported, “Get Some” is the first single off Lykke’s forthcoming sophomore effort, Wounded Rhymes, due for release on March 1st via personal imprint LL Recordings. The Swedish star will support the release with a North American tour next Spring. Yey!!!
