Synchronized dancing DOES happen in real life...

Awesome in so many ways. Apparently 800 people were taught this in an hour and were placed throughout the crowd to quickly teach the others around them. Now if this could happen to me in real life I would be giddy :)

[Dipdive] Black Eyed Peas Video+Audio » Oprah Feeling / I Gotta Feeling Live at Oprah's 24th Season Kickoff Party

Mmmmm Crown and Diet Coke

I am sitting here drinking that aforementioned drink and listening to She Wants Revenge "All Wound Up" ("because I'm all wound up and I like to ball...") - sucky day turned into a good night. Last time I had this drink (or should I say 1/2 a bottle of Crown in one night) was February 17th, 2009. My body crapped out, my hands lost their feeling and one of my oldest friend's both laughed at me and force-fed me orange Gatorade. This time around I just feel....effing fabulous. All I apparently need is my Ma to offer me a big girl drink and it changes everything ;)

This work malarkey is slowly killing me. I may have been lazy, or not cared in past jobs but this time around I do. A hell of a lot. And I love what I do. It's that whole pesky lack of sleep/stress combo that is knocking me into the ground and I need to man up. Mmmmm whisky....

Songs I've been listening to lately? Kinda the main point of this blog right? I've delved into the back catalog, hitting things up as random as Slipknot, Basement Jaxx, Justin Timberlake, Massive Attack and Twista. Speaking of, his verse on Ludacris' new single "How Low?" Fuck me. Listen for yourself...

Ludacris - How Low (Remix Ft. Rick Ross & Twista)

And just for kicks
Ludacris - What's Your Fantasy

OK. I'm done. Gone all glazy eyed...

All In A Week's Work - 01/14/10

Back from my very first RV tradeshow (never thought I'd type those words ever...) and it kicked my ass.
BEFORE SHOW:


AFTER SHOW:

Yeah. Not so much.

I have consequently slept over 26 hours this weekend and listened to music (as well as introduce Jiggy to the wonder that is "Labyrinth." How someone can get to the age of 20 and never understand the magic that is David Bowie in tights and yell "LUDOOOOOOOOOOO!" is beyond me...) and tried to find new stuff seeing as I have been a SLACKER since the year started with this blog. I have also not been able to get Tribe's "Hot Sex" and Adele's "Make You Feel My Love" out of my head but that's another story entirely...and just to give you an idea of the guys I was working with here's visual representation:



So, seeing as it's past midnight, here goes:

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER
Helloooooooo Felt (aka Murs and Slug). Good...effing...lord...
Felt - Chewed Up

I am entirely bummed that this album came out last spring and I only just found it now but I've always held a soft spot for General Elektriks. Plus they're just badass...
General Elektriks - Little Lady

And to introduce you to them if you didn't already know...
General Elektriks - Facing That Void
General Elektriks - Take You Out Tonight (anyone else hear Harry Nilsson's influence here????)

This makes me want it to be 85 degrees outside instead of pissing down with the rain. Fuck you winter.
Georgia & Declaime - Endure (EthNick Remix)

While waiting for the new MIA album here's her new single (including video). Producer on this? Rusko - my dubstep crush.
MIA - Space Odyssey



Random:
Blondes - You Mean So Much To Me (Acid Redux)

Aaaaaaaaand finally, this song was playing constantly on Sirius when I moved to ATL and, hopefully not meaning to piss me off my San Francisco/California friends, I'll be posting it now. I can't help it. Regardless of the lyrics you can't help but sing along:
Wild Light - California On My Mind

All In A Week's Work 01/10/10 - Throwback Edition

An otherwise quiet weekend was injected with a bit of fun by me setting my hair on fire this morning with the propane lamps outside. I'd watched my dad turn them on a bunch of times, tried to figure it out, hit the gas button, lit the barbeque lighter and then it backfired...a huge flame came out of the lamp, lit my hair and wrecked the lower two inches of all of it, not to mention some of the hair on the top of my head. I've been followed by the smell of burned hair all day.

Now that you're done laughing at me I also happened to notice my brother playing "Fallout 3" yesterday because of the soundtrack that was blaring out of his TV. An alternate universe in which nuclear fallout has created messed up enemies you're supposed to shoot at, the hits of the day consisted of 1930s/1940s music that has been stuck in mine and my brother's head all weekend, leading us to break out into lines of "I don't want to set the world on fiiiiiiiiiire" at inopportune times. And so I ask you to join me in my pain because believe me, once you listen to this song it will NOT get out of your head...(I've also thrown some other goodies that appear within the game and songs that I just plain old love :D)

The Ink Spots - I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
Billie Holiday - Crazy He Calls Me
Billie Holiday - Lover Man Oh Where Can You Be
Ella Fitzgerald - Sunshine Of Your Love
Louis Armstrong - A Kiss To Build A Dream On
Nat King Cole - When I Fall In Love

Dramatic Annie's Top 20 - 2009 Edition

With six hours left to go of this wretched year I've finally narrowed my Top 20 songs that have been posted on Dramatic Annie this past year. This year wasn't one of my greatest having been unemployed from February to December. So, a 2,500 mile relocation, a new job and a smile on my face. 2009 started off shitty and ended pretty damn well and along the way this music made me smile my BIG smile. So, here ya go. Here's to 2010 being kick-ass ;)

In no particular order:

1. The Ting Tings - Great DJ
AWESOME song and actually the best one that The Ting Tings performed at Day One of Coachella this year. When it gets played on Alt-Nation, my Ma and me still dance around the kitchen like idiots :D

2. White Rabbits - Percussion Gun
Excellent drum beat, I heard this song at the beginning of the year and haven't gotten sick of it since. That's a BIG deal coming from the girl who plays an album obsessively for seven days and then gets sick of it...

3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
Yes the remixes that came out for this song were good but the original still holds up. And since my brother put in his own lyrics for the chorus ("Casseroooole, on the floor") I haven't been able to listen to it the same way since.

4. MuteMath - Clipping
These concert tickets were bought for me even before I stepped foot in Atlanta, but when I finally saw them I found a new concert venue to love (The Tabernacle) and a new band to be impressed with. They're AMAZING live and if you have the chance, go see them.

5. After Midnight Project - Take Me Home
This is an epic song (in my humble opinion) and kicked off my life in Atlanta. They will be forever associated with that fateful weekend in Columbus, GA :) These guys are going to be big in 2010 (or at least I hope they'll be big enough to finally make it to the East Coast!).

6. The Lonely Island - I'm On A Boat (Ft. T-Pain)
OK, I know this was played out but the thinking behind this was so clever and catapulted SNL back into a mainstream that hadn't cared about it for years. Yay for Andy Samberg and kudos to T-Pain for being able to make fun of himself.

7. Flight of The Conchords - Hurt Feelings
Following with the comedy album vein, Flight of The Conchords still continue to make me giggle and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a third season. Or more use of a toy piano.

8. Safetysuit - Annie
A late entry (in fact I posted this last AIAWW) but this entire album is effing fabulous. Go out and get it and TURN IT UP LOUD.

9. She Wants Revenge - All Wound Up
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good. How are they not huge? Why is there not an album out? Who's the chick on the mp3 cover?! I don't know but I want more!!!!

10. Gossip - Heavy Cross (Burns Remix)
The year of Gossip, they were EVERYWHERE and several choice remixes came out but this one won. Beth's voice is just plain rad.

11. MMM - The Way You Got Me That Feeling (James Brown vs. Michael Jackson)
2009 - The year that Michael Jackson died. And even if you thought he was a freak it made EVERYONE go to his back catalog and start stocking up on those old albums like crazy. This is by far one of the best remixes that emerged and makes me miss the "Bad" album :)

12. Pink - So What
It's a bit of fluff but Pink proved she was a bad ass with this song that has been proven to get stuck in someone's head for days at a time (OK, just mine but whatever...). And the girl said she wouldn't film a video for it unless her estranged husband appeared in it too? Ballsy seeing as it's basically a massive diatribe against him. And now they're back together...huh?!

13. Keri Hilson - Knock You Down (Ft. Ne-You and Kanye West)
Before you knock it just listen to the line, "I used to be commander of my pimp ship flying high" and then get back to me. Bubblegum pop gold my friends.

14. Rusko - Jahova
I haven't been able to blow the speakers in my car yet but that isn't for want of trying with this song. God, when this kicks in? Religious experience. Rusko (an English dubstep DJ) just moved to the States this year so I'm hoping he'll tour more. Go see him if you'd like to have your heart stop momentarily.

15. Kelly Clarkson - Already Gone
She's amazing. I love her despite suffering through the 12 year old girls screaming at her shows. This was the song I listened to after driving out of San Francisco for the last time and missing Chris (aka Ideal Man) so much my heart hurt. Hardcore.

16. Q-Tip - Move
As long as he keeps releasing albums like "The Renaissance" (one of the few good hip-hop albums released this year) I will keep listening to him. Now as long as his live set doesn't become as self-indulgent as the last time I saw him then I'll be a happy camper...

17. TI - Dead and Gone (Ft. Justin Timberlake)
The man spent the majority of the year in jail and still had one of the best-selling albums of 2009. Yay for him because if his future shit is anything like this I'll be buying the next one too.

18. Phantogram - When I'm Small
Contenders for Portishead's crown and their album isn't even out stateside yet. Magic.

19. Luck One and Dekk - The Coolax
They're from Oregon, they don't have an album yet and this EP was released for free download throughout the internets. Perfect night-time driving music.

20. Volcano Choir - Still
I purposefully left this one till last because it's quite possibly my favorite find of the entire year. It made my eyes water on first listen and no, I don't care that I'm a big baby and YOU can go suck it up. But seriously, wrenches your heart out, stomps on it and then says, "Now. Listen to me again please." And that's exactly what every great song should do to you.

Happy New Year!!!!

All In A Week's Work 12/20/09

So I completed my first full work week and it knocked...me...out...so this is going to be a very short AIAAW (I'm gearing up for my Top 20 for next week so that's taking a LOT of time).

Here's what we've got:
Hot Chip's new album comes out in February (and this is a new single off of that album) and I for one will be buying it as soon as I can. I love these guys!
Hot Chip - One Life Stand

I JUST heard this and I kinda like it. Partly because I feel like it's being sung to me!!!!
Safetysuit - Annie

Another one that I feel is being sung to me...seeing as this is my real name...
Girls - Laura

And finally:
The XX - Intro

Happy Holidays mother effers...I now have to go and work my ass off for three days...

All In A Week's Work - 12/13/09

It's been a BIG week. I finally got a job after 10 LOOOOOOONG months of being unemployed and am now a Marketing Communications Specialist, very happy and very productive in a job that pays weekly. Yes, weekly. I am a VERY happy camper :) I'm also exhausted because I'd forgotten what it was like to get up at 6:00 a.m. every weekday morning.

So, to wake me up I need some good choons right? Before you do anything this week, make sure you get a hold of these two albums: "Blakroc" - the joining of hip-hop heavy weights and The Black Keys, and The Answering Machine's "Another City, Another Sorry." Both excellent and both of which will be blasting on my morning commute tomorrow. Just watch this video and see what I mean:

Blakroc - Ain't Nothing Like You (Hoochie-Coo) (The Black Keys Ft. Mos Def and Jim Jones
Blakroc - Done Did It (Ft. Noe and Nicole Wray)

The Answering Machine - Lightbulbs
The Answering Machine - Obviously Cold

In other Mos Def news, here's a fabulous video that I've happened to watch a dozen times. It's a wonder I haven't vomited yet due to the motion-sickness inducing background but I just can't help it. Love the man :D


OK. So Lupe Fiasco isn't retiring after just two albums. He's apparently coming out with another album and recently did a song for the "New Moon" soundtrack which is kinda surprising. Especially seeing as it's all "rock-y" like. See what you think:
Lupe Fiasco - Solar Midnite

A random song but one that's perfect for a Sunday night...
Polar Bear - Peepers

Aaaaaaaaaaaand finally. I posted the Keys N Krates "Justice" remix a while back on this blog but there's tons of their stuff floating around blogs which is awesome for the Toronto trio (please come to ATL!). This remix and the accompanying video show just how talented these guys are. Unfortunately the "Fugee-La" video shows a bunch of drunk fools as their audience. Sad.

Aaliyah - One In A Milli (Keys N Krates Remix)