de la soul

Definitly not a style(genre?) that I would normally go for. De La Soul is an American hip hop group from New York. They're kinda jazzy, rappy, Obviously hip hop and have a judicious use of sampling in their songs.
tiimshel from LJ suggested the following songs, and the order they're in is the order I've listened to them-


This is such a relaxing song.

I'm suddenly flashing back to early childhood...

I really like this one. I just do.

All in all, I would probably listen to them when doing school work, or just chillin. I'm more in the having a passing like about them, but they are pretty fabulous.

link to wiki and their myspace page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_La_Soul

http://www.myspace.com/delasoul

A Love Like Pi

I'm being a bit lazy with this one, I'm not finding much about them quite yet, but I'm loving them. Though I can see people not liking them, the singer seems to be sorta shouting, but I'm still liking them SO MUCH. The one guy, Leif- his dad is pastorlenny on livejournal and he pointed me at them. SO PHAB.







http://www.myspace.com/alovelikepi
http://alovelikepi.com

james taylor and susan boyle

These are two people and songs that my mom suggested I listen to. She was saying there was interesting back story to both songs. So I'm not sure if they're backstory's to her, at least for the James Taylor song, or something else. OH WELL, ON TO LISTENING TO THEM.

James Taylor first. Alright Wikipedia says : James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Carrboro, North Carolina.[1] He currently owns a home in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. A five time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2000.*1



This is such an amazing song. All I heard was the first strains of the song and I was hooked to it. Listen and you might feel the same.
In a BBC interview he said the song chronicled his experiences in mental institutions and the suicide of a friend. The fire in the song refers to shock therapy (which Taylor said he experienced during a stay in a mental institution), and rain is the cold showers that follow shock therapy.*2




Alright. The next song mom wanted me to listen to was Susan Boyle's cover of Wild Horses.*3 The first time I ever heard the song was on the Buffy The Vampire Slayer soundtrack, done by The Sundays.


Now while I like their version, Susan's version is hauntingly beautiful.
Boyle explained to Christian Today why she decided to cover the song: "How could you help but be drawn in by this haunting theme? It conjures up memories of childhood amongst Council Estates, poverty and struggle in the first verse. Irony and bitterness – One of my personal favourites and an emotional release."*4

Just listen to it. She's got such amazing talent.


And who can forget her first appearance???

I love the looks on people's faces when she starts singing. I was thinking it was like a "HA HA YOU DIDN'T EXPECT THAT HUH?" What a delight.






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Alestorm

Okay, a suggestion from S, and I looked them up on YouTube before checking out Wikipedia.
And then went WTF???? And then I laughed.

Alestorm is a pirate rock band. It's unique to say.



This was the first song I listened to - the first thing after "Wtf?" I thought was... my friend J would like this. I feel like I ought to be drinking rum or something along with this music. Very much a fun times music.

Holiday music

Alright. Do we really need five hundred versions of that "Santa Baby" song?
Because every time I hear a version of it it gets more and more annoying.

John Barrowman...

sometimes makes me wish I were a gay man.

He's an amazing singer. I'd go into a particular song - though he's done a lot of theater. So most of the Broadway classics, you name it, he's probably sung it. I don't believe I had heard of him before he was in Doctor Who, and then he was in Torchwood.

Hmm, I have nothing more to say. Well, I was going to stop after the "gay man" part, but thought I should have a little more. So this is only slightly Off Topic.

Totally Off Main Topic

My friend JB and I were hanging out one night at her place, and it suddenly occured to us as we were talking; What would we put in an emergency kit? What would be the items we absolutly needed, if there was an emergency and all we had time was to throw some clothes in a bag, and to grab the kit?
Well, this is our list, some things on it I would not have, some things she wouldn't - and its a rather long list, so sorry for the wall of text.

JB and Rage's Awesome E-Kit List

1. Excedrin
2. misc water bottle drink mix packs
3. Matches/lighter
4. Plastic Bag
5. Condoms
6. Pen/sticky notes
7. granola bar/gum/mints
8. lotion/shampoo/conditioner/hairspray (all in travel bottles so as to have preferred products)
9. Wisps
10. Bobby pins/hair band/small comb
11. Spray neosporin
12. Qtips,Wet wipes, baby wipes
13. Small Utility Knife
14. Purse pack cigs
15. Disposable Razor, Tweezers
16. Thread and needle
16a. Utility Knife
17. Perfume of some sort (or fabrezze travel stuff, or a sample perfume from one of the perfume counters at the mall and other places)
18. Tide pen, or other brand
19. Purelle hand sanitizer
20. Tampon/pantyliner
21. Tissues
22. Head On
23. Ziploc baggies, or other tiny resealable bag
24. plastic gloves
25. sandwich size lock n lock
26. extra memory card, thumbdrive, phone charger, AA batteries.
27. LED Flashlight
28. Rope
29. Small bottle
30. Candles (small candle or pack of birthday candles)
31. Phone/camera charger
32. Head bandanna/handkerchief

What isn't on the list that you would need?