Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Song of the Day... Janet Leon - Heartache on the Dancefloor
Friday, August 7, 2009
Song of the Day.. Whitney Houston - Million Dollar Bill
Her new single leaked today!
check it out! very radio friendly, she sounds great, its retro while being able to fit into today's music scene.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
John Hughes is dead at 59
Director of classic 80's films The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, and Pretty in Pink, and introduced us to Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone has died today of a heart attack today. He was 59.
64 years ago today..
the blog The Big Picture has some more gorgeous and haunting photos.
Song of the Day.. Flipsyde - When It Was Good
File this under.. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?
I wonder if Bill actually ever thinks about what he says. Perhaps he doesn't have the intellectual ability to understand that what he says could in fact be called hypocritical. Gee Bill, did you forget everything that has happened on the network you call home since it's inception? Fox "News" is the one of the biggest examples of a large corportation seeking to profit from the promotion of a President's policies. It's entire premise since its dawning has been to tear down Democrats and build up Republicans.
There is something wrong with Bill O'Reilly.
Song of the Day.. Colin Hay - I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You
The grey cool morning weather has me in a mood
Silly, just silly
When I want to post a song of the day, I go to YouTube to find the video. It is a great way to highlight some of my favorite songs, new and old. I grab the embed code, and bring it on over and post it here. However, there are many music labels out there that disable the embed option on their artists' music videos, thus not allowing me to bring that content over to my little tiny blog. Isn't the point of a music video is that of selling the artist and the song and the album? Wouldn't it make more sense to allow people to spread the music far and wide to increase popularity of the song and artist? Wouldn't that maybe help sell more records and tickets? What is their concern about embeding the song? I'd love to showcase some great talent but in their over zealous protection they prevent that. I think that is just silly.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Song of the Day... Gossip - Love Long Distance
Love Long Distance
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Song of the Day.. Eva Simons - Silly Boy
Monday, August 3, 2009
Song of the Day.. Livvi Franc - Now I'm That Bitch
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Gossip..
To celebrate my excitement, the Gossip put out their new single and video today. "Love Long Distance" I am not really sure what to make of the video. I don't actually think the band members themselves are in the video, but can't be guaranteed of that.
Check it out yourself on their myspace page.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=61313499
Song of the Day... Smoke Jumpers-My Flow So Tight (Chris Brown)
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Song of the Day... Aqua - Back to the 80's
Here is their newest single, out a couple weeks now: Back to the 80's
Madonna's Celebration
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Extra song of the day! Mika - We are Golden
Song of the Day.. Calvin Harris - Ready for the Weekend
With 107+ degree predicted temperature predicted for today, I am so ready for the weekend when a cold front will be moving in and it will cool down to the high 80s!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Song of the Day... Bananarama - Love Comes
anyways.. here is the new single off their upcoming album
Monday, July 27, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Song of the Day... Phoenix - Lisztomania
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Forever..
Madonna's Celebration Cover Art
Madonna's upcoming greatest hits album has its official cover art debut! In addition to being the cover art for the album it will also be the cover art for the new single, also called "Celebration".
The image may look iconic Madonna done by Andy Warhol, however the image is actually a combination of two iconic photos of Madonna both from the early days of her career.
The face of this picture:
With the hair of this:
Created by artist Mr. Brainwash, the image invokes the famous painting of Marilyn Monroe
And stuff
I have a family reunion myself this weekend. My sister and I will be traveling on Saturday morning to Sunriver in central Oregon. We are going to be meeting up with our parents, grandparents, and a bunch of aunts and uncles. I am apprehensive about it all. Some of my family are conservative religious racist homophobic sexists, I will be avoiding them in most cases. I will be taking my iPod and a good book to escape them. I do however adore my parents and my grandparents. I hope we get to play some pinochle.
Song of the Day... David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
I'm a Popera Star
Project Runway All Stars!
Lifetime the new home to homoliciousness, "Project Runway", will air a two hour special "Project Runway: Allstars." Bringing back some fan favorites and some love to hate personalities to compete for a prize of $100,000. The special will air just prior to the season six premium on August 20th.
Among the former contestants: my "boyfriend" Daniel Vosovic (Season 2 Runner Up) and perhaps the gayest contestant ever on the show Chris March (season 5 drag queen).The rest of the line up includes:
- Santino Rice (Season 2, original jerkface)
- Jeffrey Sebelia (Season 3 jerkface winner)
- Uli Herzner (Season 3 flowy print dresses)
- Mychael Knight (Season 3 "ghetto"tastic finalalist failure)
- Sweet P (Season 4 beautiful tatoos)
- Korto Momolu (Season 5 gorgeous african woman)
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
When can I buy tickets?
The Gossip, the Beth Ditto fronted awesomesauce band, have announce dates for their upcoming US tour to support their new album Music For Men. They will be going on a 15 city tour starting in Washington DC on October 7th. They will be coming to Portland, their band home town, on October 24th at the Wonder Ballroom.
10/7, Washington, DC (9:30 Club)
10/8, Philadelphia, PA (TLA)
10/9, New York, NY (Terminal 5)
10/11, Boston, MA (Paradise)
10/15, Detroit, MI (Majestic Theater)
10/16, Chicago, IL (Metro)
10/17, Madison, WO (Orpheum)
10/19, Denver, CO (Bluebird)
10/20, Salt Lace City, UT (Urban Lounge)
10/23, Seattle, WA (Showbox)
10/24, Portland, OR (Wonder Ballroom)
10/25, San Francisco, CA (Regency Ballroom)
10/26, Los Angeles, CA (Henry Fonda Theater)
10/29, Austin, TX (Emo's)
10/30, Little Rock, AR (Vino's)
Gossip - Heavy Cross:
Lady Gaga's next single? all about the boys!
Here they both are:
Lady Gaga's Boys Boys Boys:
Lady Gaga's Summerboy:
Lady Gaga and Republican.. secret besties?
CNN is currently running a story that says that the G.O.P. big wigs were shown a parody of Lady Gaga's massive hit "Just Dance". This parody is titled "Just Tax". The video, created by recent college graduate and show to Republican's in order to highlight its abilities to use technology and new media. I find just a few things wrong with this..
First, song parody isn't using technology or new media in any way shape or form. I'm a child of the 80's and remember the brilliance that is Wierd Al's "I'm Fat" and "Like a Surgeon". Using today's pop cultural equivalents to make parodies isn't using new media or technology... FAIL
Second, Lady Gaga gonna rip you apart!
Third, G.O.P. your outdated message of high taxes isn't going to resonate with the youth of America and the aging class that message will resonate with don't have a clue who Lady Gaga is, just like many of you.
Fourth, this just reminds me of the funniest part of the national party conventions of watching the middle aged and old white people dancing in suits to music that are shown during any break in the staged show. Can't you just imagine seeing McCain, McConnel,Hatch, Boehner etc... suit, ties, and loafers.. HAHA
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Been sick..
I have the flu, I think. It is going around. Four people out of a staff of eight at work have it.
Friday, February 20, 2009
All Star Pop Culture Trivia
First round was all about Chick Flicks, we rocked this round. 9 out of 10 correct. Second round was the year 1992, we ran the table that round with 9 out of 10 correct. Third round was a tough one for us. Name "THAT GUY". You know... That Guy! Him! He was in that one movie... He played so and so.. name the actor.. 5 outa 10, ouch!. Half time question was "Who of the following did not guest star on Friends? a. Slema Blair b. George Clooney c. Hugh Laurie or d. Kate Walsh" We answered dear ole Dr. Addison Montgomery and thankfully got it right for the ten points. Onto round four for "Name the place" This show was set in what city? 5 outa 10. ouch again! Round five: One Hit Wonders.. some very obscure stuff. We were shaken but not stirred after two bruising rounds with a strong start. Marcy Playground, Concrete Blonde and Luscious Jackson et all. I was really hoping for some Los Lobos. We did alright with 7 outa 10. Going into the Super Six we had accumulated 45 points out of 60 possible.
Question one: What is the name of the James Bond movie that Madonna recorded the theme for and had a cameo in? Our Answer: Die Another Day.
Question two: What was the name of her first single? Our Answer: Everybody
Question three: What is the name of Madonna's first husband? Our Answer: Sean Penn
Question four: Who opened for Madonna on her first tour in 1985? Our Answer: Beastie Boys
Question five: What Oscar nominated film maker directed Madonna's Express Yourself music video? Our answer: David Fincher
Question six: According to IMDB.com what was Madonna's first appereance in a movie? Our answer: (we left this blank) We couldn't remember the exact name of the first movie Madonna appeared in which was a TINY independent film shot in 1979 before she became famous. We also hesitated becasue we weren't sure if IMDB.com would have listed that or the first mainstream film she was in which is Vision Quest.
Drum roll...
We got them all right! GO US!
Now for the scores to be tallied and the winner announced...
WE WON! A resounding thumping of the other Portland division teams. We scored a 60. the next closest team was Google This with 35 points. We have further increased our lead in the league.
Now we just have to keep winning and hope that we get the Oscar Pool points!
Go Aretha's Hat
Thursday, February 19, 2009
UK to Fred Phelps... HECK NO YOU CAN'T COME!
Phelps has now been bared entry into the country. UK Border Agency and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith have banned Phelps from entering the UK, saying it opposed "extremism in all its forms".
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
He said what?
Sen. Buttars is referring to the "gays".
File this under.. It's about time!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
He said what?
A: That was a terrible thing to say. I mean, he is the President of all of the country. If he succeeds, the country succeeds, and if he doesn't, it hurts us all. Anyone who is pulling against the President isn't exactly thinking rationally.
That was asked and answered by one Pat Robertson... yeah.. THAT Pat Robertson of the 700 Club.
Song of the Day... Madonna - Frozen
Monday, February 16, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Happy Valentine's Day..
I don't view Valentine's day as the smaltzy romantic mushy holiday that many want to make it out to be. I love it for its celebration of love. I love many things -- above all else, my friends and family. I show them my appreciation and love on this day and many others throughout the year.
With Valentine's Day I get to pretend I am in grade school again and giving the silly cards to everyone and decorating my brown paper sack and taping it to my desk for others to give to me.
So here is to all forms of love and appreciation, so go appreciate someone today or tonight or tomorrow or the day after that.
Heart made out of Conversation Hearts... so damn cute!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Song of the Day... Lady Gaga - Love Game
All Star Pop Culture Trivia
Portland Japanese Garden - Free Admission
The Portland Japanese Garden will be open for free on Monday February 16th from 10:00am to 4:00pm.
The garden was designed by Professor Takuma Tono beginning in 1963, though the garden opened to the public in 1967.
In a study conducted by the Journal of Japanese Gardening, it was ranked first out of 300 public Japanese gardens outside of Japan and considered to be one of the most authentic.
I plan on being there Monday.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Only in Portland
Read the full story here.
Judd Gregg withdrawl...
Sen Gregg (R-NH) has withdrawn his name from consideration for the Obama cabinet position of Commerce Secretary. He cites that he has irresovable conflicts with Obama administration.
"It has become apparent during this process that this will not work for me as I have found that on issues such as the stimulus package and the Census, there are irresolvable conflicts for me. Prior to accepting this post, we had discussed these and other potential differences, but unfortunately we did not adequately focus on these concerns. We are functioning from a different set of views on many critical items of policy."
What is up with Obama's cabinet appointments? For a campaign that prided itself on sound judgement in time of crisis and the what was billed as the smoothest quickest transition in history, they sure have made more than a few mistakes in picking the cabinet and getting down to fixing many of the messes made by the previous administration. I find all the rhetoric at this time of bi-partisanship to be a bit disenguine. The Republicans have no interest in being bi-partisan, their interest lies in stalling the Obama administration and attempting to make the new administration a failure. When will the Democrats and especially the Congressional leadership get the backbone that the last two elections have inspired. We won the election with a resounding victory, ACT LIKE IT!
Happy Birthday...
All Star Pop Culture Trivia
The leader board for the Portland division:
- Aretha's Hat : 167
- Team PDA: 145
- Bologna Nipples: 115
- Google This: 107
- The Pussies Galore: 83
Despite a strong showing Bologna Nipples was unable to match us in the Super 6 round. We were tied going into the final round and we ran away with it by getting 5 of the 6 questions correct and they only got one correct. We talked with an emissary from Team PDA who had realized by now from our solid performances that they were out gunned and wanted to let us know that they were going to go all Tonya Harding on our asses and we'd be screaming "WHY ME?!?!?!"
Original team member Branden is moving to South Korea and will no longer be playing with us. Adrian may not be able to come tonight due to his sore back but I know he is motivated to come.
George is unsure of his ability to attend tonight.
but Ted and I are both very excited about kicking some butt.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Hotmail welcomes POP3
You will now be able to forward your hotmail e-mails automatically to google and other services. If you signed onto hotmail years ago and want to transfer to a better service but don't want to leave behind the years of built up use this is finally the solution that hotmail was waiting for.
POP server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)
POP SSL required? Yes
User name: Your Windows Live ID, for example yourname@hotmail.com
Password: The password you usually use to sign in to Hotmail or Windows Live
SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25)
Authentication required? Yes (this matches your POP username and password)
TLS/SSL required? Yes
Thank you Windows Live team.. now just push out Windows 7 and most everything will be forgiven for Vista.
A couple years ago the authors of one of my favorite books, Freakanomics, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner were sued by John Lott. Lott is a research scientist at the University of Maryland and is well known conservative gun rights advocate. Lott claimed that in their book Levitt and Dubner had dismissed a study that Lott had performed that went to show that carrying concealed weapons lowers crime rates. Levitt and Dubner were sued because Lott said they had defamed him and his research because as Levitt and Dubner had correctly pointed out that other researchers had not been able to replicate Lott's findings.
Lott said in the lawsuit that the claims of the authors "damages Lott’s reputation in the eyes of the academic community in which he works, and in the minds of the hundreds of thousands of academics, college students, graduate students and members of the general public who read Freakonomics."
He lost, he appealed and now the appeals court has turned down that appeal stating "To the extent that Lott is complaining about an attack on his ideas, and not his character, he is barking up the wrong tree. The remedy for this kind of academic dispute is the publication of a rebuttal, not an award of damages."
I wonder where Lott stands on the traditional conservative idea of a frivolous lawsuit.
Starbucks Pink Slips..
Starbucks:
Dear Partners,
As we communicated on January 28, Starbucks is reshaping our operating model and organization structure to support the long-term health of our business. This includes both organizational changes and the difficult decision to reduce our global workforce. These changes are necessary as we navigate through this challenging economy, and they are critical to ensuring we have a sustainable and successful business going forward.
Based upon the company's current and anticipated future needs, certain non-store and store positions have been eliminated or restructured globally. In some cases, certain roles or functions are being eliminated, and those partners will be separated. In other cases, there will be a reduction in the number of similar positions. The first part of this process took place last week with notifications in Partner Resources and Partner & Asset Protection.
Today, approximately 500 U.S. and Canada non-store partners are being notified that their positions have been eliminated. Of these, approximately 300 are at the Starbucks Support Center (SSC) in Seattle. Similar notification and consultation processes are currently taking place in company-owned international markets in accordance with local employment laws.
As part of a broader labor efficiency initiative, approximately 870 Assistant Store Managers (ASMs) are being notified today that their positions are being eliminated. An additional 530 unfilled open ASM positions will not be filled. This change reflects our current business environment, along with recent and new store closures and the reduction in new store openings. The ASM role continues to be critical; however, we no longer require as many positions.
A number of organizational changes are being announced globally to ensure that we have the right structure and leadership to support our strategy. These changes include:
• Canada and Latin America will be combined into a single region (Americas) in order to leverage regional talent and leadership and to make SCI more scalable.
• Our U.S. Field Operations structure will be realigned, with DSVPs focused on setting national strategy and implementing enterprisewide programs. RVPs and their RDs and field teams will focus on ownership of their respective regions and on localizing implementation of company strategies.
We are thankful and proud of the contributions our partners make to the organization, and we are committed to treating all partners with respect and dignity - those who are departing Starbucks and those who will stay.
Over the next week or so, partners who will continue on the journey with us will have a series of meetings with their leaders and workgroups. We will use these meetings to map out a direction for the future.
In the meantime, partners have many resources available to provide support. In addition to your leadership team and Partner Resources staff, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is available for all partners. In the U.S. and Canada, EAP counselors are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at (800) 682-0364. International partners may refer to the EAP numbers in their respective regions or markets for assistance.
We realize how difficult it is to say goodbye to partners who have played such a critical role in the success of Starbucks over the years. We thank you for your passion for Starbucks - and your fellow partners.
Regards,
Chet Kuchinad
Koala named Sam saved from the fires raging in Australlia
Michelle Obama on the cover of Vogue
The First Lady who is expected to save the fashion industry is gracing the cover of the March issue of Vogue..
The photo was taken by famed Annie Leibovitz..
I don't know how to say this without sounding like a jerk.. but something went wrong in the photoshopping of this pic...
Michelle is a beautiful woman and this photo just looks off kilter. It just doesn't look right. Her head looks a little small and her hand next to her neck just doesn't match up with the shadows of her face and chin.
Love the dress and her arms tho!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Republican Governor of Utah comes out for Civil Unions and gay rights..
Republican Governor Jon Huntsman Jr of Utah has come out in full support of a legislative effort in the state championed by Equality Utah. The bill, Common Grounds Initiative, would among other things would extend health care benefits and provide for employment and housing discrimination protection.
The Governor, and remember Republican from Utah, has further come out in favor of civil unions.
ABC 4, of Salt Lake City asked Gov. Huntsman:“You support civil unions?”
Gov. Huntsman replied, “Well, its something I have given a lot of thought to and the answer is yes.”
It is rumored that Gov. Huntsman is looking to position himself as a compassionate conservative for a run at the White House in 2012.
I for one will be interested in how he moves forward.
Where dreams become heart attacks...
is it bad that at least some of these look like something I would want to at least try? Not that corn dog pizza.. EW!
New Lady Gaga - Fashion
I love Ellen and Lady Gaga.. in the bathroom?
Still A Rock Star...
Tonight is "That's So Gay Trivia" at Crush hosted by the beautiful Michelle..
Tonight's hints:
- Trivioake: Country Divas (think reba, the chicks, loretta, dolly, etc.)
- Mystery: Literature (think famous characters...)
- Picture Pages: Celebs in High School
Monday, February 9, 2009
Chris "Forever" Brown and Princess RiRi... um wtf?
So reports are all sketchy and not much detail is available so far other than this:
- Chris Brown allegedly assaulted someone late Saturday night after the Quincy Jones Pre-Grammy Bash
- Rihanna is the person that Brown allegedly assaulted
There are of course so many rumors running around out there about these two even before all this happened.. a mini-recap is necessary
- Chris Brown allegely is gay and dating Zac Efron
- Rihanna is a big diva and broke despite having some of the biggest hits of the 00's
So many questions.. so few answers at this time..
I hope Rihanna is ok...
I hope Chris Brown gets help for what he may have done...
I hope the Oprah/Barbara Walters interview with them happens soon!
And I hope Kathy Griffin talks all about it when she comes to Portland in March!
Come and play with me
But here we go nonetheless...