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Songs of Summer 2009

Oct 1

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All of these are my favorite songs by far, that epitomize the summer of 2009. Most were heard / listened to when I lived in Hawaii over the summer. A few aren’t Hawaiian themed, but I assure you all are amazing. Sorry for the lack of music videos for some songs, but groups like SDIB don’t have music videos, and it’s rare to find a full version on youtube (past some douche with his new acoustic..)

5. Razorlight – Golden Touch : Great song, quite catchy. Not hawaiian, but played throughout the summer never the less.

4. Kid Cudi vs. Crookers – Day N’ Night : Love it, would tweak out the local Hawaiians playing it / blasting it in my bio-diesel powered Jetta. Respeck. Story of my life per say, haha.

3. The Dandy Warhols – Get Off : Great song I’ve heard from Dom Joly from the Trigger Happy TV / World Shut your Mouth Soundtracks:


2. Heavy D – My Love Is All I Have : Probably should be tied with #1 as I still listen to this song. In fact I found no real way to stream it on the page except linking to Yahoo music so I dug up code from Google just to embed it, took a little while to do, but totally worth it. Great music, alot of my favorites this summer were from Heavy D – Vibes album, if you were on any island, especially Maui, you heard at least 3 songs from that album per day.


1. SDIB – Midnight Hour : By far my favorite, hawaiian themed song. First few times I heard it walking around Maui / at restaurants thought it was about a guy and his girlfriend (hence the singing to eachother) – Listened to the first part when I downloaded, it’s infact about a ukelele. Makes me love it all the more:

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Dragonfly Music & Arts Festival – 2009

Sep 29

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Another music festival kicked off on Saturday in Reading, Pennsylvania by Dragonfly & Todd Jones, local organizer. The Dragonfly Music & Arts Festival was produced by Todd Jones, a local festival manager. With his previous experience with amazing festivals, this event assuredly went as planned, even with the rubbish weather!

Did not even bring an ezUP. Decided to use only my car and a fold out tabe, and an incredibly sopping wet hoody to sell the products I bought. Knowing I wouldn’t be able to even explain a 1W LED Flashlight, I decided to only sell / present the LED Glow Sticks & LED Glow Batons I had made. By the end of the night / 11PM the music was just ending, the rain was strong, but I came out with quite alot of sopping dollars and fives.

The event is a quite modestly priced gathering with much music and also art & crafts for the children and adults. It’s only $25 per person for the day and the kids under $10 are free. No gouging going on here, camping is also available, but the weather fended off many campers to be.

The festival was named after their host, Dragonfly Studio and Galleries. They handled “Art” part with lots of Dragonfly merchandise and creativity.

Housed on a camping ground / older Blue Falls Grove Waterpark, the Festival was in a waterfront area with tree lined groves surrounding the event. An incredible venue for this type of event.

Next year, Dragonfly is planning on expanding to a two day event with even more Dragonfly merchandise and activities! From the numerous products / pendants I personally bought from David Dragonfly himself, I literally cannot wait!

Big thanks to David Dragonfly & Todd Jones for an amazing event.

Save this link for news regarding next year’s event – Dragonfly Studio & Gallery – Dragonfly Music & Arts Festival

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Panic! At The Disco – New Perspective : Official Music Video

Sep 20

Posted by Kris in Music, Random | 1 Comment

First off, I’d like to say goodbye to Ryan Ross from Panic! at the Disco. I’ve been following Panic! since they had around 20 hits a day on PureVolume. My ex who was totally emo (loved it) got into them, and of course I followed. Actually ended up loving their music, and got to know Ryan Ross just from emailing / advising him to clear his WHOIS info on the official website’s domain, as it was still his home address, and I had a good feeling they’d be quite popular soon. We talked routinely over AIM while he was on tours, and saw him at some smaller shows. Months later they were touring with Fall Out Boy as the headliner on the Nintendo Fusion tour. That summer they were the headliners with Senses Fail, The Academy Is, etc. Always liked Panic best, and of course their stage style / theme.

Sadly I’ve read Ryan Ross has left Panic! At the Disco (they got smart and re-inserted the ! into their name July 2009) with Jon Walker, a former band member due to musical differences, and started their own band, The Young Veins, a 60’s style pop band out of California. Shame Ross left P!ATD, but I’m sure The Young Veins will have more than a lot to offer, with two of the best from Panic.

Secondly, a new song from Panic! At The Disco : New Perspective – Took a while to find proper lyrics, and then an real music video : Enjoy!



Lyrics to the new Single : Panic! At the Disco – New Perspective

I feel the salty waves come in
I feel them crash against my skin
And I smile as I respire because I know they’ll never win
There’s a haze above my TV
That changes everything I see
And maybe if I continue watching
I’ll lose the traits that worry me

Can we fast-forward to go down on me?
Stop there and let me correct it
I wanna live a life from a new perspective
You come along because I love your face
And I’ll admire your expensive taste
And who cares divine intervention
I wanna be praised from a new perspective
But leaving now would be a good idea
So catch me up on getting out of here

Taking everything for granted but we still respect the time
We move along with some new passion knowing everything is fine
And I would wait and watch the hours fall in a hundred separate lines
But I regain repose and wonder how I ended up inside

Can we fast-forward to go down on me?
Stop there and let me correct it
I wanna live a life from a new perspective
You come along because I love your face
and I’ll admire your expensive taste
And who cares divine intervention
I wanna be praised from a new perspective
But leaving now would be a good idea
So catch me up on getting out of here

More to the point, I need to show
How much I can come and go
Other plans fell through
And put a heavy load on you
I know there’s no more that need be said
When I’m inching through your bed
Take a look around instead and watch me go

Stop there and let me correct it
I wanna live a life from a new perspective
You come along because I love your face
and I’ll admire your expensive taste
And who cares divine intervention
I wanna be praised from a new perspective
But leaving now would be a good idea
So catch me up on getting out of here

It’s not fair, just let me perfect it
Don’t wanna live a life that was comprehensive
‘Cause seeing clear would be a bad idea,
Now catch me up on getting out of here
So catch me up I’m getting out of here

Cheers!
-K

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Biz Markie – What You Need (Watch Video)

Sep 13

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Oh baby you, you got what I need, but you say he’s just a friend…

Great song I saw on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia last night, which returns September 17 to the FX Network. Be there, bitches.

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Beatles Rock Band : First Thoughts & Gameplay

Sep 9

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Got Rock Band : Beatles. Amazing game. As for the vocal trainer… Psssh. We don’t need no vocal trainer. In all honesty though, the scales were a bit tipped as I’ve been listening to / singing The Beatles all my life. Also tried Expert: Finished with a meager final score of 79% – Needed some yelping that only hours in vocal trainer could achieve. No thanks, I’ll stick to Hard!

100% on Beatles Rock Band : Review Score

First Thoughts & Review: Unlike many trailers seen, there isn’t a 5 note (GH style) drum scale, it’s in-fact 4 note, normal Rock Band style note scale for the drums. My friend noticed this and mentioned, as he was actually following the release of the game, as I woke up at 9:30 and decided to randomly buy it.

Some of the graphics in intro & loading scenes seem a bit rushed, as does all Rock Band photos / pictures. The pictures that you receive as awards in the game are full quality un-touched photographs from what seems to be a private collection (McCartney’s son possibly, who assisted with the game) The historic photos include a lengthy explanation of the picture and vibe at the time; without dragging on.

Amazing game, and with two players it’s quite easy to achieve many trophies, even when phoning in a few games because my voice was giving out. More to come.

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Eskobar – Whatever This Town

Sep 7

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Amazing song by my favorite group Eskobar. Eskobar is a rather ‘underground’ swedish pop band. Check them out at Eskobar – Official WordPress Blog – Thanks for the music guys, you have some amazing tracks.

Proper Lyrics for : Eskobar – Whatever This Town:


If you try to get close to me, be prepared, it might hurt.
‘Cause I live like the human I am; so my nails, will catch some dirt
Dont expect a knight on a horse to come rescue the princess in you
I got me on my mind , I put myself first; and so should you…

If you find this too hard to survive, please think before you say farewell;
Without the history of my past, I would be, an empty shell –
Bags that we carry around contain fragments of yesterday
The heavier load, the harder to cope, but gas for the grey

Don’t you listen to the choir of jealous people full of hate
If they have nothing better in their lives, I swear inside they ache…they ache

Whatever this town, makes you think of me
I’ll still be around, when the final bell rings.
Whatever this town, makes you think of me

There’s nothing that they can do, this city hasn’t already done;
there’s no need to be scared, so I laugh in their face when they pull their gun. (x2)

Whatever this town, makes you think of me….
I’ll still be around… when the final bell rings (x4)

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