August 1, 2010
Darwin’s Albums of 2010 (so far, in no order)
Corinne Baily Rae – The Sea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO7KrgALE2k
Beach House – Teen Dream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITOAtVwF5Wc
Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fp73J6VjII
Black Keys – Brothers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBAHyK8N8fw
Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness Rock Record
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZyCOvrGEoI
Dessa – A Badly Broken Code
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eQL3BrRqM8
The Like – Release Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IBPbCjY8aA
The Morning Benders – Big Echo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jaBxDBMCUY
Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STwVx6ynYjk
August 4, 2010
This is what Ela said about the blog:
“today i was out. with belanos. we ate currywurst for the first time of my life. it was awesome. then we bought beer. though we are not even 21 yet. it was an exciting mission. but we succeded. wow what an experience. i came home at 2ish. at home i recognized that i smell. so i took a shower for like 10 minutes. im fresh again. yeeehaaaa.”
Not sure what to say about it, but it’s pretty spot on and hilarious.
Either way, she’s still all scared and worried about the US and coming here in two weeks. She’ll deal with adapting with the culture and everything, but I can understand being homesick for family and friends and stuff. I keep telling her to stop bitching.
August 5, 2010
I have work then go food shopping for some salad mix, Crystal Light, frozen chicken breast, Kashi Go Lean Crunchy (soooo crunchy and healthy to boot, suggested), and a salad from the salad bar. Boy, I guess you’re really on a diet when a salad tastes like a treat. Peppers, brocolli, balsamic (no oil), cucumber, cherry tomatoes, and loads of egg whites from hard boiled eggs. I would prefer chicken if they had it… Anyway, shit’s so good.
I get home, I chillax for a bit. Then time for pull-ups and biceps.
Erdem calls me about dinner. Convo goes like.
H: You wanna get dinner?
D: Sure, where?
H: Wings.
D: Naw, I’m good. Thanks though.
H: Can you help us find wings?
D: Like what? Harbor? Hooters?
H: No, look it up, WINGS!
D: I don’t know what you want. Bars like Donovans have wings. Lemme look… I mean, Korean fried chicken?
H: No, that’s expensive, WINGS!
D: Hasan, you don’t understand, there’s no such thing. I just gave you options for wings.
H: Find WINGS! WINGS WINGS WINGS!
D: This is ridiculous, I need to go.
H: Oh cmon! Help us find WINGS! WINGS WINGS!
D: Bye Hasan…
I’m glad he’s still his ridiculous self. It’s all pretty harmless and stupid, but it still reminds me of how much of a waste planning stuff with him can be. All it is is excuse after excuse. Sometimes the excuses are pretty fucking great.
Example, how about we go into the city? Nope, Hasan’s been there, done that. By the way guys, if you kids weren’t aware, from ages 19-20, Mr. Erdem was the son of an UAE oil tycoon. He tore up New York City, spending over $100,000 in certain nights. Man’s a legend. Not even, man is myth.
August 6, 2010
I have a Yelp event to go to and I head in a bit late. I get into the city by 8ish and I take a cab to Lucky Strike lanes. It’s from 7-9, but I should still be able to hit some of it up. I go to the place and the guy in the front asks if I’m there for the event and I say Yes. He’s not a Yelp person checking names, just a regular bouncer checking IDs.
I go to the bar and the place is way empty. I ask the bartender what the Yelp event specials are. She has no idea what I’m talking about. I go to the lanes and they’re a few parties of people playing pool and bowling. It’s like absolutely dead. I leave and it’s only 8:20. I head downtown and wait around at Kim’s Music Store and grab a Subway sandwich while waiting for people to head in.
We meet up with Stefan and Avi. Then come Miah, Alon, and Kenny. We move to Doc Holidays. After that, we meet Atron and go to Sophies. We actually meet the main character from The Pacific and Rubicon. Avi spots him. It’s pretty awesome running into a celebrity. It seems like people have that happen in LA, but it’s much rare in NYC.
August 8, 2010
I go on Yelp to look up the review of the event. Yes, the site even has reviews for events it throws. I look at the pictures and it seems like it was a mighty poppin’ situation. Buckets of UFO beer, little gourmet snacks, free knick knacks, free t-shirts, loads of people bowling and posing for pictures. I’m thinking to myself…. What? It wasn’t like that at all.
Lameboat, I should’ve showed up on time. It turns out that the lanes have a lounge attached to building. You have to go to the end of the bar and go through a certain area to get to it. Great… The bouncer didn’t know to direct me to the attached other part of their establishment. The bartender had no clue what was happening that night. Meh, guess next time I should really find out what the deal is before assuming that the event was “dead.”
Wednesday 11 August 2010
Sunday 1 August 2010
End of July
July 28, 2010
I've been watching some movies and have a queue sort of set up.
My brother suggested Greenberg, though I didn't like it. It was just boring to me. I didn't like Ben Stiller's character.
And a surprise to me, I actually enjoyed Hot Tub Time Machine. Fine, it's not a good movie at all, but it's one of those shitty stupid movies that I'd be willing to watch if people wanted to sit down and watch something. Again with my opinions on people watching movies, it should be done by yourself unless it's something easy to watch where people can socialize, etc.
Mad Men starts off the season really well, though when did it become cool to watch the show? People have jumped on the band wagon. I've been watching the show for years and motherfucker should have listened to me. Gotta listen to my word, dicks. I decide what's cool, not other people.
I've been also trying to get back into music.
I really like The Like album. They haven't released anything since I was in high school (2005). I found them out through the Cali crowd of bands when I used to listen to Phantom Planet. It seemed like I only knew the band and I really loved their album. Now, they're back with Mark Ronson producing and it's an homage to the oldies. Going back to the 50s and 60s with the female singing trios, Motown, and more. Much fun.
The Jaime Lidell is a bit disappointing. His last album was fantastic. He evolves more in this album, but a lot of the songs are throwaway. Then again, the highlights are killer, especially Camo Cameleon. It's one of the best songs of the year and has some help from Beck, which can surely be heard in it.
I've been watching some movies and have a queue sort of set up.
My brother suggested Greenberg, though I didn't like it. It was just boring to me. I didn't like Ben Stiller's character.
And a surprise to me, I actually enjoyed Hot Tub Time Machine. Fine, it's not a good movie at all, but it's one of those shitty stupid movies that I'd be willing to watch if people wanted to sit down and watch something. Again with my opinions on people watching movies, it should be done by yourself unless it's something easy to watch where people can socialize, etc.
Mad Men starts off the season really well, though when did it become cool to watch the show? People have jumped on the band wagon. I've been watching the show for years and motherfucker should have listened to me. Gotta listen to my word, dicks. I decide what's cool, not other people.
I've been also trying to get back into music.
I really like The Like album. They haven't released anything since I was in high school (2005). I found them out through the Cali crowd of bands when I used to listen to Phantom Planet. It seemed like I only knew the band and I really loved their album. Now, they're back with Mark Ronson producing and it's an homage to the oldies. Going back to the 50s and 60s with the female singing trios, Motown, and more. Much fun.
The Jaime Lidell is a bit disappointing. His last album was fantastic. He evolves more in this album, but a lot of the songs are throwaway. Then again, the highlights are killer, especially Camo Cameleon. It's one of the best songs of the year and has some help from Beck, which can surely be heard in it.
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