Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Chillaxing gif of the day: "Baby, you're a firework"

cinemagraph by KerryMorrison.com









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Everyone's life sucks compared to the people captured in this cinemagraph.

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Random Musing : On "The Curse of Oak Island"



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I don't know how "The Curse of Oak Island," that show on the History Channel, does it. Hardly anything happens, but these dudes constantly manage to convince you they're on the cusp of an amazing discovery. And this discovery is endlessly  mysterious and historically significant. 

Also, the lead brothers have little charisma, yet they somehow manage to build momentum and suspense. What the hell happened on that island and when will we, the viewing public, finally know the truth?!!







Song of the Day: "Take on Me" by A-ha

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I have decided that the members of the band A-ha—with a special shout out to lead singer Morten Harket—deserve a Nobel Peace Prize. Hear me out. 

What is the very opposite of war? Peace which, to me, is a near synonym to happiness. I have yet to hear A-ha's "Take On Me" without feeling happier. I have yet to meet a contemporary who does not feel happier when they hear "Take On Me." I have yet to meet a millennial who dislikes it or a child who doesn't get the allure of that ethereal voice, somehow every-rising above what is arguably the best synth riff ever devised. 

—Sarah Torribio


      

Sunday, February 18, 2018

Song of the Day: "Classic Girl" by Jane's Addiction

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I'm listening to "Ritual de lo Habitual" by Jane's Addiction today, with its amazing Klezmer music  undertones mixing with the band's usual Plutonian rock 'n roll mysticism. Specifically, it's "Classic Girl" that's playing fight now. 

You know, I'm kind of, to quote the song's lyrics, "slapping myself in the face," because I interviewed Perry Farrell when I was freelancing for the Reno Gazette-Journal. I'll drop names and boast on that one, because it was one of my life's greatest honors. (I'm that kind of fangirl.)

Anyhow, I failed to ask him how he makes his voice sound like THAT. Is it distortion, reverb, feedback, loops or is he, as I've long suspected, from another planet?

Oh yeah, and I'm totally going to Pinterest all the wedding ideas from the video. 

—Sarah Torribio