Music

So, I’m running a little late on this one but I absolutely have to note this down, err I mean, blog this down (in my little online notebook) because…

… I am a music lover, just like all of you.

….I am an admitted fan of Lady Gaga no matter what people say, and so is Lia.

I used to put her to sleep with the album playing when she was so much littler. And then she learned how to dance (really) from too much listening to The Fame, and that’s how she learned how to bob her head up and down, and then later, bend her legs down to the music. I remember when she was also littler and the television bored her to death but she watched intently when Lady Gaga was being interviewed on CNN, up until the end of the interview. I was so amazed.

… because I am a fan of Taylor Swift, only because she is so damn cute and I love listening to her album when in transit. Yes, I am a big country music fan. It doesn’t matter if its country pop or not. I love country and I have always been and will always be a fan of country music. I have never been ashamed to admit to anyone that I listen to country and enjoy it immensely.

… because I am totally in love with Jason Mraz, from the moment I first heard “I’m Yours” back in 2007 (back when I never went online on Yahoo Messenger without my Yahoo radio playing). Prior to that, I could care less. I have since acquired all his older albums and have the most recent releases. I don’t have to say I love “Lucky” and “A Beautiful Mess” and “Live High”, from which this blog site is named after. Come on, people. Hahaha! Some days I listen to his albums uninterrupted on loop from morning until I close my laptop for the night.

… Ok, I’m not a big fan of Beyonce. Though I did buy her “Dangerously In Love” album when it came out because I loved dancing to her music. If not for Glee, I would not love Single Ladies. I do really, only because the image of those football players dancing to it just crack me up.

… and no, I am not, never was and never will be a fan of Eminem. Even if he introduced me to Dido. Thank you Eminem anyway.

… oh and yeah, thank you to Jay-Z for making me more aware of Auto-Tune. You and Glee share credits on that one.

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Beyonce and Taylor Swift are the big winners in the just concluded 52nd Garammy Awards!

Beyonce won six awards, including song of the year for her hit single “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”. Beyonce made history by winning six awards as the most awarded female in one night in the history of the Grammy awards.

Taylor Swift on the other hand won four awards including Grammy album of the year for “Fearless”. Lady Gaga won best dance album and dace recording.

Here are the list of Winners…

Best Female Country Vocal Performance:
Taylor Swift, “White Horse”

Best Male Country Performance:
Keith Urban, “Sweet Thing”

Best Country Performance By Duo or Group With Vocals:
Lady Antebellum, “I Run To You”

Best Country Song:
Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, “White Horse”

Best Rap Solo Performance:
Jay-Z, “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group:
Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, “Crack A Bottle”

Best Rap Song:
Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West, “Run This Town”

Best Rap Album:
Eminem, “Relapse”

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance:
Beyonce, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance:
Maxwell, “Pretty Wings”

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
Jamie Foxx & T-Pain, “Blame It”

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
Beyonce, “At Last”

Best R&B Song:
Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”

Best Contemporary R&B Album:
I Am…Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat, “Lucky”

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance:
Jason Mraz, “Make it Mine”

Best Song Of The Year:
Beyonce, “Single Ladies”

Best Country Album:
Taylor Swift, “Fearless”

Best New Artist:
Zac Brown Band

Best Record of The Year:
Kings of Leon, “Use Somebody”

Best Dance Recording:
Lady Gaga

Best Electronic/Dance Album:
The Fame, Lady Gaga

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance:
Beyonce, “Halo”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town”

Album Of The Year:
Taylor Swift, “Fearless”

These wonderful Indonesian kids are fantastic. I and a ton of other people are instant fans!

These guys just rock!!

Click here to visit Sam Tsui’s MySpage page.
Click here to visit Kurt Hugo Schneider’s MySpace page.

Let’s hear it for all Lady Gaga fans!

Lia for one is a big fan. Ever since she was a month or so old. Hihihi.

New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There’s nothin’ you can’t do
Now you’re in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let’s hear it for New York, New York,
New York

One hand in the air for the big city
Street lights, big dreams, all lookin’ pretty
No place in the world that could compare
Put your lighters in the air
Everybody say “yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah”

To read more on the Blueprint 3 album on Wikipedia, click here.

Click here to go to Jay-Z’s official website.

You may also click here to view the full lyrics.

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At one point in my life, I had planned on going to NYU, for a PhD in Theatre; but those plans have been changed by more important decisions in my life, such as having a child. Maybe someday I’d go back to my dream. Maybe someday I’d get to New York… to walk Central Park, to watch shows on and off-Broadway and visit the museums. Maybe I don’t have to go to NYU, but I would definitely want to see plain NY.

Yes, I would love to go to New York someday.

I have been totally pre-occupied with de-cluttering my life, err, my house lately. I have taken to ripping all my cds into mp3s and hoping to get rid of the actual cds one way or another.

We have been pre-occupied with house-hunting too the past two weeks and that has made me think that I should not have a lot of stuff to pack and move, that I should not fill up the new house with stuff and that it would totally be awesome if I could adopt a zen theme or at least a zen attitude towards the new life, err, new house.

So anyway, I dug up all the cds, at least the ones that are here in the Pasig apartment (not counting the ones that were left in the Taguig condo) and have been ripping all day today and maybe until tomorrow and found my old, old Jewel cd – the first album!

I like this little bit of poetry from the cd sleeve.

Upon Moving Into My Van

Joy. Pure Joy. I am
What I always wanted
to grow up and be
Things are becoming
more of a dream with
each waking day -
The heavy brows of Daily Life
are becoming encrusted
with glitter and the shaking finger
of consequence is
beginning to giggle
Grumpy old men
have wings
Bums sport halos
and everyday dullness
has begun to breathe
as I remember the
incredible lightness
of living

I love Jewel. I listened to this first album for what seemed like forever in my old walkman until someone gave me her second album as a birthday present. I listened to that too for what seemed like endless hours that involved me drifting in and out of sleep. Hahaha! The last Jewel album I bought though was This Way and have not bought any of the others. Maybe I will think about getting the rest.. Maybe.

I remember we used to pass around her book of poetry in the U.P. Rep tambayan, back when it was still in Vinzons Hill. Maybe I will think about getting that book of poetry for myself too.. Maybe.

For now, I will listen to her old music, ponder on her little bits of poetry and watch her old videos. I miss the old Jewel.

I was watching Channel V earlier today and they have this Double Shot thing. Incidentally, two videos from two different artists with sort of the same theme was played one after the other. I just found that interesting.

Also, it’s interesting when by pure chance you find something that reflects your random thought of the moment. I am quite lacking in energy these days and I am looking and waiting for my Prometheus…

The album’s title means “Kings Fire”. Sean Paul commented on the title saying,

“I’m not the king. I’m the fire, I’m the flame, I’m the energy.”

Sourced from Wikipedia

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Sean Paul’s third single from the album Imperial Blaze, released in the U.S. September 2009, Hold My Hand.

I can’t find a full video of Lifehouse’s First Time on Youtube, but for the purposes of illustrating a point, here is a clip.