Double Whammy

These are songs that I like right now:

• Bang Bang - K'naan ft. Adam Levine
• Seduction - John Legend
• Me Against the Music - Britney Spears ft. Madonna
• So Human - Lady Sovereign
• Love my Way - Psychedelic Furs
• Why Georgia - John Mayer
• West Coast - Coconut Records
• Amy - Ryan Adams

Beautiful Day

Tuesdays are great. DVDs and albums come out on Tuesdays and I get to sleep in a little. Sure, Itunes makes a fortune thanks to my obsession to getting albums the day they come out but I make cuts elsewhere (who needs food anyway?). Today U2's No Line on the Horizon came out and I am obligated, like every respectful music blogger on the planet, to make a list of my favorite U2 songs.
So here it is (in no special order):

• Windows in the Sky
• Beautiful Day
• Where the Streets Have No Name
  
• Elevation
• Walk On
• Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out of
• New Year's Day
• Crumbs from your Table
• City of Blinding Lights
• In a Little While
• Yaweh

I don't love Sunday, Bloody, Sunday. So kill me. But I love Tuesdays.

Top Chef lowdown

While watching Top Chef - which I love - I realized that, even though Jeff is always frazzled and doing too much, he should have his own show. Don't you think? He's good looking, young and charismatic. Okay so maybe that's not enough but I would watch him ;D. Since we're on the topic, let's talk Top Chef.

I loved Radhika's food. Everything looked soooooo good. I love Carla's energy, I don't know who wouldn't, she's lovely. Jamie makes a great role model - ya cheesy I know BUT - she's talented, smart, calm, strong, yet feminine - all things I aspire to become. Fabio and Hosea look like really cool guys. Yes so I'm not a food expert but I know that I really enjoy this season. Yay.

Playlist (no particular reason)

• Part-time Lover - Lost Fingers
• Sick - Sam Sparro
• Les 400 coups - Dumas
• Time to Pretend - MGMT
• Ulysses - Franz Ferdinand
• Dirty Laundry - Bitter:Sweet

Ladies and Gents, Bonsoir.

The City

Watching The City makes me want to buy everything that's at Urban Outfitters.

• Top of the World - Pussycat Dolls

Happiness

I love Sundays like today. Productive, relaxing Sundays. The recipe for this kind of day, starts with waking up earlier than 10am. Then taking a shower and pampering. Having an elaborate but light lunch before going studying and doing errands by foot around the neighbourhood. After all that, I get home, call a few friends and then put a good movie on. Later on, make supper and enjoy the company of those with you while listening to good music and drinking fake wine.

Playlist:
Anything The Kooks, Lily Allen, Buena Vista Social Club

The new year

The new year has arrived and as we say goodbye to the 2000's glasses, I wonder what this year will bring us. This past year seems to have lasted an eternity and as they say time passes quickly when you're having fun. And so I deduct that 2008 wasn't fun. Although, I am happy about one achievement: reading. I read a lot this summer. I devoured James Patterson's novels and finished Yousuf Karsh brick-sized biography. This year was also a year of many album launches. I fell in love with Santogold, rekindled the flame with dear Brit Brit and was smitten by John Legend, all over again. TV wise, I must say the internet saved my culture life (STC, Sidereel). My highlights were the Daily Show, Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Brothers & Sisters and Life. I also got to watch "old" series like Kitchen Confidential, The West Wing and Freaks and Geeks.

The new semester starts Tuesday, and without the buses I'm sure everyone will be cranky. But I sincerly hope that this year will be a good one, full of success, peace of mind and lasting friendships.

Here are a few songs I'm listening to at the moment. Nothing really related to my state of mind but it seems unpurposely to be a ladies only playlist.

• A Beautiful Life - Lindsay Lohan
• Baby Doll - Girlicious
• Vanished - Crystal Castles
• Emmenez-moi - Vanessa Paradis
• Je veux te voir - Yelle
• Leave your Boyfriends Behind - Leona Naess
• All Nite - Janet Jackson
• Single Ladies - Beyoncé
• Ice Cream (Van She Remix) - New Young Pony Club

I hear nothing

My favorite movie of all time is You've Got Mail. It's not a masterpiece but it's perfectly comforting and light. AND the music is as awesome as the dialogue. It played twice this week and made me want to watch it again in the comfort of my kitchen. I've always wanted to order a Tall Decaf Cappuccino although I hate anything tall, decaf or cap. I find it has the most interesting lines and mini stories - like Frank's love for his typewriters. I also learned about Jane Austen, Foucault, the joys of capitalism as well as a bit of NYC's geography.

I know that this whole story is completely impossible. Just searching for the type of chat room Joe and Kathleen met in has led me to a succession of "Rated A for adult" content. Sure, it's possible that a Kathleen Kelly type exists somewhere but Joe Fox : impossible. He's rich, funny, smart, charismatic, sarcastic, good looking and nefew of a 12 year old girl. Maybe incredible characters like this one make us unrealistic when in search for love but it doesn't change the fact that for the 118 minutes it lasts, I'm happy.

I also love how Parker Posey played Patricia. Her paragraph in the first Tom Hanks sceane is wonderfully acted and hilariously true.

But when you think about it, the central theme of the movie (other than love) is capitalism, this case, in the "book business". The destruction of small businesses and the survival of the fittest are realities that are even more rellevant today than they were ten years ago.

I could go on for a while, even write a thesis but instead I will give you the list of my favorite song included in the movie.

• Dreams - The Cranberries
• I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City - Sinead O'Connor
• The Puppy Song - Harry Nilsson
  
• Dummy Song - Louis Armstrong
• Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder
• Lonely at the Top - Randy Newman

(Kathleen also speaks of River by Joni Mitchell, although I love Sarah McLachlan's version)