2009 Musically Speaking

Ta Da!!!!!

I post therefore I am. Kinda.

It's that time of year again wherein I list out my favorite music of 2009 with an emphasis on newer bands. It goes without saying that with new albums from U2 and Green Day and Muse released in 09 that Kidlet and I were pleased. Add to that the epic soundcheck front of the barrier concert experience and you could say we reached the mountain top this year.

Now we have U2 and Muse in 2010. Woot!

Now then. In years past I have done this as a Thursday Thirteen. Which was fairly ridiculous as I never listed just 13 songs. Cause that is just a stupid low number and I hate playing by the rules.

Now then, on to the music. Good year! Damn good year! In addition to U2, Green Day and Muse's new albums which rank in the fuh duh catagory on the whole did ya like it question. Aside from Da Big Three, here are some other songs I really dug. And yes some albums were released in 08 blah blah blah. Fuck Off Music Snobs. Damn Dirty Radiohead fans :P

Now these are in no particular order outside of the first two which tie for my favorites songs of the year.

#1 and tied for my DAMN I FLOVE THIS SONG award: Fireflies - Owl City and Ain't No Rest For The Wicked - Cage The Elephant. How do I love thee? Let me count the iPod plays ;)

Seriously. Awesome music here. Fireflies is one of those songs that just puts a smile on my face whenever I hear it and Ain't No Rest puts a shake in my ass. And really, what more can we ask of our music than that?

Let's check out the ladies this year next. Again, DAMN good year! So good I felt compelled to give female artist and chick fronted bands their own section.

Lily Allen - The Fear and Fuck You. These songs are like musical crack. It's snotty, it's catchy and she has a dirty mouth. I like it!

Katy Perry - Ur So Gay, Hot and Cold, and Waking Up In Vegas. That's right. Katy Fucking Perry. I ♥ Katy. Although to this day I have to say I still hate I Kissed A Girl. But the above is a trifecta of fun music. AWESOME driving songs to sing to, particulary Hot and Cold.

Estelle ft Kanye - American Boy. There is something about this song that just stuck in my brain. It's fun and breezy music with surprisingly naughty lyrics. There something about it that reminds me of Joe Jackson's Steppin Out.

Ting Tings - That's Not My Name. First time I heard it I hated it. Second time I heard it I was pissed I did not hate it. Third time I heard it I was converted. Again, puts a shake in the ass.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero. Any song that wants me to put my leather on is A-Ok with me. Seriously though, this album is awesome. Buy it.

Noisettes - Never Forget You. Rule Fucking Britannia! With Amy, Duffy, Estelle, and The Noisettes I do believe we all owe them a big old kiss for reviving the classic retro Spector/Motown/Stax sound. This song, with it's chiming chorus, is one of those that will make sing Karaoke with your hairbrush microphone while putting on makeup. Another awesome band people should be checking out.

Florence and the Machine -Kiss with a Fist. Further proof that the Brits are doing something hella right.

Raveonettes - The Last Dance. The Danes are not sucking either. This is the most awesome song. It was very high on my list. Imagine a sunny Jesus and Mary Chain with a chick singer. With harmonies. WIN.

Morningwood - Best of Me. I just love this band. First of all, the name makes me smirk. This song is damn near as catch as Nth Degree.

Doll and the Kicks - Red Carpet. Opened for Morrissey and I bought their album. If these guys do not get signed something is horribly wrong with the music business. Had to go Youtube for these guys. She is Siouxsie Sioux and Karen O and Gwen Steffani all rolled into one. And damn good bass! I am a bass fan.



And of course Woman of the Year....Lady Gaga. Kidlet was into her way before the masses. I have to add that or she will sneer when she reads this. Where to start with The Lady? Just Dance, Starstruck, Bad Romance and my favorite Poker Face. Anyone who bluffs with her muffin and admits it is ok by me!

The best of the rest time.

Cage The Elephant - Back Against The Wall. I flove this band. That is all.

Airborne Toxic Event - Some Time Around Midnight. We have ALL been the dude in this song. I love the slow build on it.

Kings of Leon - Use Somebody. God Bless KoL for reviving Southern rock sounds. Thanks. Y'all.

Eminem - Crack A Bottle and We Made You. I ♥♥ Marshall.

All American Rejects - Gives You Hell. Just about the best damned snotty kiss off song I have heard in ages. Truly a musical Oh Snap.

Foo Fighters - Wheels. Of course I just dig the Foos in general.

Black Joe Lewis and The Honey Bears - Get Yo Shit. Oh my God is this good. The horns! The blues! Memphis Stax reborn! Had to go YouTube for this one as well.



Weezer -If You're Wondering If I Want You To (I Want You To) and Who's Your Daddy. Rivers is made of awesome sauce and I LOVE that long ass titled song to death.

Carolina Liar - Show Me What I'm Looking For. The chorus sing along of "Save me, I'm lost" raises the hair on my arms. Great album.

Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don't Stand A Chance and the new one Cousins. I love this band. They are fucking quirky. I dig quirky.

Gaslight Anthem - The 59 Sound. Another new band for me this year. I likes their sound.

The Virgins - One Week of Danger. This song was theeeeees close to make it a Menage A Trois at #1. So very funky.

Spoon - Got Nuffin. Awesome bad with a new album due for 2010.

Two Hours Traffic - Jezebel. So yeah the song is older than 2009. But no one has heard of them and I just founds them. So shut it. Great band go check them out. http://twohourstraffic.com/

Audrye Sessions - Turn Me Off. Really a great year for fresh new music. I want to hear more from them. Had to go YouTube here as well.



Hockey - Real Fake. He sounds snotty. I find that amusing.

Big Pink - Dominos. This is fairly new and oh my do I love this song. It's swirly. I dig swirly.

Death Cab For Cutie - Meet Me On The Equinox and Grapevine Fires. Every year, Ben makes my list. Grapevine Fires is one of the lovliest songs I have ever heard. Zooey is a lucky girl.

Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls. Kick ass song and they are really great live.

Cobra Starship - Good Girls Go Bad and Hot Mess. One of my favorite new bands of the entire decade. Such awesome dance music. And damn good in concert. Fangs Up!

Pearl Jam - The Fixer. Perky Vedder is hella scary but the song is great.

Monsters of Folk - Say Please. Oh man, awesome album. A must for any alt country, alt anything music fan.

Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson - Relator. Yes that Scarlett. Awesome song =)

John Mayer - Heartbreak Warfare. Well the entire album, Battle Studies John never lets me down

And finally a look at the big three. First up U2.

I still quite like Horizon as a whole. Stand outs are Magnificent, Breath and Stand Up Comedy.

Muse - Uprising and Unknown Desires stand out for me but the entire new album kicks it.

And last but not least, the album I was most pleased with from 2009, 21st Century Breakdown from Green Day. I think it is 100% the equal of American Idiot and pickig a favorite song is damn hard. Top three for me would have to be East Jesus Nowhere, Peacemaker, and the Gloria's. And Last of the American Girls. And Murder City...see? The whole damn album. Word.

What It's REALLY All About

I hope you all have wonderful holidays with friends and family =) I wouldn't be pushy Starr if I did not ask you all to stop and think about yours, mine and ours extended family. Thanks to all of you who helped us this year with the walk and signed those annoying petitions I posted ;)

Wordless Wednesday - The Gift Philosophy Addition

They Will See Us Waving From Such Great Heights

Shazam! It's a post. Kinda. Sorta. Ish and all that jazz. I am working a LOT these next two weeks. Kinda shutting the door after the horse done run'd off but hey. Christmas will be taking place on the Eve this year. Going to go eat at a La Foo place and then back to the parentals for Christmas present openings.

Christmas Day the Parentals and I are seeing Sherlock Holmes. Told ya my ass would be there and so it shall be! Then the day after Xmas proper I do believe after I work that the kidlet and I shall be taking a wee drive. Hopefully the weather will be decent. Oh yeah and Christmas night and for sure New Years Eve I shall be live blogging while in an altered state (Maker's, baby!) some movie or another. Not sure which one yet. We shall see :P

And now I leave you with a mix I am currently rockin at the office, The My Pretty Pony Mix =)

Freezing In PDX

That was us outside in 20 degree weather the night of the Morrisey Concert. Alas, there are no Dandy Warhol pics as we both forgot the camera.

Slaquer

That's me. I will be taking a few days off from the blog cause I just have WAY too much shit going on. I will be on Facebook though...cough Vinny cough cough.....

I Waited My Whole Life For Just One....

Sunday night Kidlet and I will attend An Italian Christmas Festival hosted by The Dandy Warhols - who are a seriously awesome band that more people should know about - and I will be filling you all in on that. Not sure what all the Dandys have in store for us but I'd bet bucks it won't be boring!




And new music! Diggin these guys too

Cough Cough

Kidlet has been sick and I am fighting off a cold so there is no TT today. Well that and I am a lazy bitch :P

I'll shoot for something coherent and/or entertainingly NON coherent on Friday.

This Is The Post You Are Looking For - WW

Props to Desert for this!

Jury Of My Peers? NOT.

Don't count on it people. Seriously. My opinion of the human race has gone down. Who would have thought that was possible??!?!

The basics of the case was meth possession. The defendant was all "That's not meth and crack pipe! My friend ...no wait we are not friends just co-workers - well but I was drunk celebrating my "not a friend's" new car - and and and, I was drunk, but my "not a friend" does not do drugs - I have no idea how two packs of meth and a pipe were found on us!"

Who knew there was a Meth Fairy?

Honestly, both lawyers in the case SUCKED ASS. All I could think when I was there was "Damn I thought these people would be smarter. Smoother. Have a better command of the English language than me." Uh....not so much.

My fellow jurors...fucktards for the most part. My favorite was the hippy bitch, the poster yuppy for white guilt, and the "I wear a tinfoil hat and fear the police state" Lexus owner. LONGEST two days of my life. I drank both nights. BOTH.

Tinfoil Hat Man at one point told me to piss off. At which point I told him to get fucked sideways in a tree. Oh God, and then there was this professional juror with Carol Brady's hair and an obviously HUGE collection of fashion color Lady Leisure Suit. GAH.

It was the final nail in the coffin of human survival as an option in my mind. We are gonna go the way of the dodo's.

My daughter is cooking us noodle soup! We both have tiny baby colds trying run us down. To hell with that. I have been told my inate stubborn streak will not subdue a virus. I refuse to buy that :P

Ghirardelli chocolate is yum. That is all.

On a final note - Shine on, John.

This Is Not The Post You Are Looking For

So, like, I'm a slacker? Uh ..yeah. I was laaaazy all weekend long. ALL weekend. And I LIKED IT! And frankly I just had absolutely no creative juice in me for a blog post for the day. We shall try for Tues. Thursday Thirteen will be a good one courtesy of my dad and his politically incorrect and tasteless limericks. Questionable taste runs in the family :P

Tuesday I will give you all the jury duty details.

Wednesday - Hell if I know

Friday - You will get a link To MSM where my Morrissey review will be living :P

With that...I am back to my book!

Aww Crap

So, like it's nearly 9pm and I just realized I have no post ready to go. Probably slipped my mind post Jury Duty with FUCKING MORONS. I have to go BACK tomorrow. Grr.

And I can't talk about it of course at least until we are done.

But then? Oh yes. The Starry One will have much to share. Tomorrow we are having Salmon and I think au gratin potato for Kidlet's birthday at my parents. Plus she gets her grandparental presents. Saturday I have a candle party at her BFF's house then I take small child home and then I get to come home and Blog. And have beer.

Jury Duty

Oh yay. Well at least I have my book and my iPod. Hopefully I will just sit there all day and they won't need me. I can listen to Cherry and read!

In case you are wondering it's the new King and it is freaking ginormous and I wanna start reading it NOW. But I am being good. Writing my little piece of crap post and playing on Cafe World and Farmville. Watching SYTYCD. Group number is using one of my favorite Billy Joel songs. That would be pre Brinkley cause that bitch done killed his mojo dead. Uptown Girl? /shudders

OOOO....it's Glee Night! Yippers!

That's it for tonight folks!

Teenagers Scare The Living Shit Out Of Me

Oh my. I have to write a blog post for Wednesday. Uh.....shit!

Well first off, today is Kidlet's birthday. The old bat is now 15 years old. (Just kidding, chile!) I am dropping off a card and chocolate covered cherries with her breakfast on Wednesday. We are going to do dinner at my parents Friday night for her birthday party and presents. I think she wants a giant pan chocolate chip cookie instead of a cake. The girl does things in her own weird little way. Wonder where that comes from ....

Prodigy on So You Think You Can Dance. Oh my. Russell, Legacy and Ellenore are leading my list of Me Likey this season.

Oh Lord, Idol commercials. How are they gonna top The Glambert?

Let's see. Saw Mozza last night. Mozza is no where near the douche you might imagine him to be. He is really pretty freakin cool. And the opening band kicked ASS. Like Major Freakin I Am Gonna Buy Them Ass.

They are called Doll & The Kicks. They are from England and they were worth the price of admission. Doll is frickin adorable and the girl can sing her fringe covered ass off. Doll & The Kicks

Full review of said Concert coming up next week over at Music Savvy Mom. This weekend is Blog Weekend. I have to do the Morrissey write up for MSM, start on my decade in review and come up with my end of the year favorites. Although I might cheat and do that one as the post for 2009. Yeah...oh yeah, I am gonna cheat.

I have no idea what's up with my appetite these days. I just don't have one. I eat because I have to. The only thing that sounds really good is soup. And apples. The Honey Crisps and Pink Ladies are out now and they are damn good. Get this...I did not finish my pecan pie on Turkey Day. I didn't have room. WTF is up with that?!

Tonight I had Pho. 5 bucks for a huge bowl. And Jasmine tea. It was awesome.

Oh fuck me running, the weather dweeb just started talking about "very cold weather" on our horizon. I swear to god if it snows like last year I am gonna burn the building down.

I am not amused by the upcoming Glee hiatus. Not. At. All.

This has gone hell random as far as posts go :P

With this semi coherent and truly pointless post I leave you all with the Hella Random playlist. First up on the list I am sending out a wink and nudge dedication to the Kidlet for her Birthday.

j00 don't scare me, Widget!