Song: What Can I Do?
Artist/Group: Nan Quan Mama (南拳媽媽)
Nan Quan Mama are a group from Taiwan. Nan Quan (南拳), “Southern Fist”, is a kind of powerful martial arts and Mama (媽媽) means “mother”, so their name is like a paradox, showing that they can be as strong as Nan Quan and as gentle as a mother.
沒魚的海 [...]
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Song of the week: What Can I Do?
Posted in Music, tagged Mandopop, Taiwanese music on October 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Song of the week: White ‘n’ Nerdy
Posted in Music on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Song: White ‘n’ Nerdy
Artist/Group: Weird Al’ Yankovic
Man I love this song. Because I’m white. And nerdy. If you havn’t heard of Weird Al he does parodies of music hits. This song is take off of Chamillionare’s song Ridin’ Dirty. If you, like me, are white and nerdy and don’t speak gangsta, “riding dirty” is driving [...]
Song of the week: Bruises
Posted in Music, tagged Chairlift, indy, ipod nano on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Song: Bruises
Artist/Group: Chairlift
I tried to do handstands for you
But everytime I fell for you
I’m permanently black and blue, permanently blue for
you
That’s right, it’s the song everyone’s talking about – the song from the ipod nano “chromatic” ads! It is fun and happy and cute. But it’s also “indy”, which means that you’re allowed to like [...]
My Rollercoaster
Posted in Music, tagged Kimya Dawson on August 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Song: My Rollercoaster
Artist/Group: Kimya Dawson
Today bf and I watched the movie Juno. The soundtrack was really cool and included several tracks by Kimya Dawson, an artist who I’d never come across before. Each of her songs that I’ve heard is really distinctive, and yet at the same time really personal. Simple, but at the same [...]
Feelin’ Blue
Posted in Just Blogging..., Music on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So the cold, cold weight of winter study is weighing upon me… I decided to make a mixtape to remind me of blue skies and warm days!
Of course I couldn’t figure out how to get it embedded into frickin’ wordpress.
>> so you have to click this link. <<
海阔天空 无拘无束 新世界
I wish I could speak Chinese… *sigh*
Frickin’ [...]
Song of the Week: Harajuku Girls
Posted in Music on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Song: Harajuku Girls
Artist/Group: Gwen Stefani
This song came on at work the last couple of weeks, and it was just so nice to get a change from the usual stuff we have to listen to!
I got this album a few years ago and was really pleasantly surprised to find a song with Japanese in it – huzzah! [...]
2x music videos (R13 – partial nudity, kind of)
Posted in Music, tagged 70s, nude, travelling on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I feel like I’ve been writing a lot of posts about music recently, especially considering I’m not a very musical person, but here is one more. Recently two different music videos have caught my attention, and both in very different ways.
I Will Possess Your Heart is a song by American band Death Cab For Cutie. [...]
Song of the Week: I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You
Posted in Music, tagged Colin Hay, Garden State on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Song: I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You
Artist/Group: Colin Hay
Today I was sitting on the couch by the fire looking out at the cold winter day and for some reason this song just came into my head. I think it suits cold weather very well. It feels autumnal.
The song has a real sense [...]
K-Pop, anyone?
Posted in Blogwatch, Music, tagged fangirls, k-pop on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Heehee, as if to prove my point from yesterday, today I came across iKUKKIEZ : Talk Play LOVE, a blog by a fan of Korean idols living in Thailand. She sure knows her stuff and is really dedicated to her idols! This blog has only been around for a month or two but already there [...]
Nick’s Making Tracks: China
Posted in Music, TV, tagged C4, China, Chinese music on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The other night I was watching TV and flicked over to C4 at 8.30pm ‘cos I remembered there was something I’d wanted to see. I’m so glad that I did! Turns out that 8.30pm on Wednesdays on C4 is when Nick Dwyer’s show Making Tracks is on (Making Tracks, geddit?). Each week Nick travels to a [...]
