I Ain't Fakin, I Ain't Fakin Now.

Acoustic, acoustic... I never appreciated acoustic music the way it should be, with the realness blatantly imprinted on the wax.

A few months ago, I found a clip of the Ting Tings on Indie's website. They were performing acoustic, but what I liked the most about it was how un-acoustic it sounded. They were mishmashing two of their most popular songs (Great DJ and That's Not My Name). It was brilliant. I was hooked.

A few weeks later, I was shocked to find that their show had sold out before I had a chance to buy tickets. Were they already that popular? I didn't even hear them on the radio yet.

A few days ago, Enoch sent me some Ting Ting acoustic songs. Like a mentally disabled dog incapable of learning new things even after deep-rooted self-proclaimed transcendental analysis, I ignored his email and instead, went straight to listening to the full album.

I think I fall in love too easily. The one great thing I love about the Ting Tings is that every song is different. They don't pigeonhole themselves into one tiny niche where you think - Ah, yes, this. Instead, they make you like each and every song for very different reasons.

This one is my favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3CsWQ5g14Y

Bootleg Overload

Let me preface this by saying finding decent quality Pinkerton-tracked live videos from Weezer is damn near impossible. It might be a combination of Rivers Cuomo's reluctance to play songs from that album and the general lack of Weezer recordings available, but I attribute it mainly to the horde of godawful covers inundating the Youtube search results. In a rare act of late-night genius, I was able to circumvent the webcam shots that should be reserved for amateur porn and found some gems like these:





By the way, Youtube is a subsidiary of Google, Inc. and thus the search bar functions similarly in that including a minus sign ("-") immediately in front of a term will prevent that term from being part of the search.

More importantly, though, the link provided in the descriptions of those two videos lead to the motherload of Weezer bootlegs. Registration is free, so go nuts.

Also, this reminded me that I forgot to share a similar source for a multitude of Ash bootlegs which I found a few months ago. Again, registration is free. Happy day, right?

Celebrating Ten Years of Varying Degrees of Awesomeness

It's good to know Photoshop.

Hello, Jailbait!

Apparently, the Wonder Girls are a pretty big deal in Korea. Here are three interesting things I learned from researching this video:

1. They debuted in 2007, and this video is their "comeback." Rough year.

2. The dude stuck on the shitter is Park Jin-Young, their real-life Lou Pearlman.

3. Two of the girls are 16. So watch it, fellas.

This video was brought to my attention via Disgrasian, written by two of the most badass Asian girls ever. The other three occasionally write for this blog.