stuff is cool

Mary has been YouTubing on her blog, so now I want to as well. I don’t visit YouTube harldy at all, but I was thinking of making a post about the music I’ve been listening to lately, and its so much more effective when readers can hear it if they want to.

When I was in high school and college I was very very into popular music. I watched Crossroads every night. I loved, in particular: The Replacements, Ben Folds Five, Lyle Lovett, Dave Matthews Band, Better Than Ezra, and the Jayhawks. I have also long been a fan of “One Hit Wonders” and became enamored with: Sunshine Anderson, Nikka Costa, Josh Joplin Group, Rufus Wainwright, Barenaked Ladies and so on. Then in college it was time for Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, Get Up Kids, Saves the Day and blh blah blah. Basically, I like to listen to music that sounds good.

So now I am all moony and nostalgic for the days when I was obsessed with Robin Thicke’s first single, “When I Get You Alone” from, like, 2002. Thicke as in Alan Thicke’s son. Instant cool factor. Anyhow, I see from MTV snooping that he’s slowly gaining real cred, and I wanted to show you guys this awesome song that got overlooked. Also, he is totally going to be confused with JT. And maybe that’s why now is his chance to get famous. But here, this song is funky and it makes me bite my lip and jerk my torso and head around awkwardly in an attempt to be funky-fresh:

Back around 2002 I also predicted the eventual superstardom of two artists who were just emerging: John Mayer and Remy Shand. I got one right. But I still like skinny white boy Remy being totally soulful. He’s like Robin Thick, who is like Jamiroquai.

I don’t want to overdo the YouToobing on this post, but next up: the comparison of the SNL Digital Short “Dear Sister” to the OC Season Two Finale where Mariss shoots Ryan (omg, oops, spoiler!)