Part One: I wanted to do a quick weigh-in on my favorite Super Bowl ad. Without a doubt, it was Bruce Springsteen's advertisement for America that aired during halftime. By the end of his four-song medley, he had encapsulated all that is good about America: guacamole binges, flagrant rock maneuvers that end with a crotch crashing into a camera lens, ejaculatory fireworks, and even -- this was the best part, for sure -- a shout out to Disneyland! By the time the commercial wrapped up, I was off to buy an American flag, a bigger [...]

In the spirit of Valentine's Day , 1-800-Flowers.com has joined forces with Grammy-Winning R&B singer Robin Thicke to create " The Sweetest Love Bouquet ," inspired by his hit song of the same name. < Who better to create an ultra-romantic bouquet than the king of sexy and sultry himself! The bouquet combines both classy and modern elements, featuring one dozen red roses, presented in the hand-tied European tradition. The bouquet is beautifully arranged in [...]
A pretty dumb video made better by the fact that the song is pretty great. FESTIVAL's "Valentine" has lots of sweet girl harmonies and slow pianos that pick it up in the second half with hand claps and tambourines. Fun stuff. I'd give it a passing grade.

Noël c'était juste l'anniversaire à Jésus et les amateurs de Coca-Cola ainsi que les fichus décorateurs de bling-bling CO2. Partagez avec vos amis, amitiés, romantisme et bonnes humeurs. Restez simple et respirez le savoir vivre contemporain. 23h59:50 GMT+1 23h59:51 GMT+1 23h59:52 GMT+1 23h59:53 GMT+1 23h59:54 GMT+1 23h59:55 GMT+1 23h59:56 GMT+1 23h59:57 GMT+1 23h59:58 GMT+1 23h59:59 GMT+1 00h00:00 GMT+1 Bonne Année 2009, Happy New Year 2009 et f*ck les nouvelles résolutions. ENCORE MERCI 2008 : A1shop, A1team, AliasOne the 100% [...]

Ayer, en un comentario en LA MEJOR BANDA DE ROCK DE LA HISTORIA , Peluko dejaba a Bon Scott como mejor vocalista y a Angus Young como mejor guitarrista. Junto a algunos memorables videos de "Down Payment Blues" , "Night Prowler" o "Live Wire" me dejó algo que me ha hecho retrasar a mañana la entrada [...]

We had the wonderful Bryanna do some photo interning for us (read: taking photos while we finished off our first Coke) and the first dozen or so are all hers. Pretty good job for a slacker type (kidding). Alex English killed it with his mix of 80s, 90s and contemporary electro bangers and resident DJ Holla pulled through, despite rampant battles with the sound set-up. Thanks for coming out kids, we had fuuuuuuuuuuun. (mp3) Justice - Valentine (Vega remix) [...]

Brooklyn DJ Mr. Vega has transformed "Valentine" by Justice and "Black Balloon" by the Kills, two typically more relaxed tracks, into some bangin' dance numbers. Particularly "Black Balloon", listen up. The Kills - Black Balloon (Vega Remix) Justice - Valentine (Vega Remix) Mr. Vega Myspace AZLTRON MUSIC BLOG

"You can get a lot farther with a kind word and a gun than a kind word alone." - Al Capone "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." - Dwight David Eisenhower "The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun." - Richard Buckminster Fuller "Instead of a Seeing Eye dog, what about a gun? It's cheaper than a dog, plus if you walk [...]
Feb 14, 2008, 5:10pm
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Happy Black Thursday Song Bill Withers ~ " Lovely Day " Just check out the lyrics and tell me they don't belong on a Black Thursday Card: When I wake up in the morning, love And the sunlight hurts my eyes And something without warning, love Bears heavy on my mind Then I look at you And the world's alright with me Just one look at you And [...]

This record is tops. And she covers Hot Boys like lil' wayne hot boys. Also tonight me and My! Gay! Husband! played at Avenue in riverside. There were a lot of people there, we drove the whole way there and back talking about music, and how easy it is to be a HypeMachine DJ. What's crazy is the reason I started DJing is because all I ever heard in clubs was Fatman Scoop and Crooklyn Clan Mashups and I wanted to mix it up. Now all I hear is fucking Hypem.com top ten blog tracks on repeat. [...]
Happy Valentines Day Ann - I'll Love You Forever. Love is in the air everywhere I look around Love is in the air every sight and every sound Yes it's that time of the year again when Cupid's arrow goes into overdrive and the lovelorn greet the day [...]
heartbeat still the one www.xoxthevalentines.com So, I'm in the process of organizing my iTunes library. This is no small task considering I have thousands upon thousands of random songs that are either unnamed or too obscure to figure out who they actually are made by. It's been a hassle. I'm really trying though. Anyway, I stumbled across a band I had downloaded a song from who knows when, that had somehow fallen through the cracks, gotten [...]

Is everyone having a great Labor Day? Hope you're chowing down on burgers, drinking some beer, and planning out your schedule for this week's Next Big Nashville . It starts in only two days and you have more than 130 bands to choose from, so I'm here to offer another batch of 10 mp3s from arists playing the festival. But before I get started, the winner from my Next Big Nashville giveaway is Jeff H . Congrats Jeff - check your email and I'll see you at the [...]

Then came the night of the first falling star. It was seen early in the morning, rushing over Winchester eastward, a line of flame high in the atmosphere. Hundreds must have seen it, and taken it for an ordinary falling star. Albin described it as leaving a greenish streak behind it that glowed for some seconds. Denning, our greatest authority on meteorites, stated that the height of its first appearance was about ninety or one hundred miles. It seemed to him that it fell to earth about one hundred miles east of him. - H.G Wells [...]
If you are looking for something different to do tonight, you're in luck. Something very cool sounding is happening in Christchurch Cathedral and it's FREE in. Temple Bar Gallery and Studios in association with the artist Matt Stokes and Christ Church Cathedral present Sacred Selections, a live pipe organ recital featuring experimental transcriptions of underground music at 8pm. Paul Ayres performs Happy Hardcore tunes as recognisable and playable music on a pipe organ. With its mix of celebratory, uplifting tunes based around hectic breakbeats and rapid pace, Happy Hardcore creates an infectious energy [...]
Every Valentines day, I try to find a unique way to surprise my wife of eight years. This year, we gave our family a puppy , and combined with some chocolate, a romantic dinner and some wine, our Valentines Day will be a huge success. This year, I have asked my favorite booksellers and pop culture zealots (and LHB sponsors for my 52 Books, 52 Weeks project), Benn Ray and Rachel Whang of Baltimore's Atomic Books for Valentines Day gift suggestions. In their [...]

Ahhh, the ol' Northern Soul Phenomenom. Take some obscure American soul records, play them in the north of England, get lots of people really into it, and presto: You've got a whole new trend sweeping the nation. This whole thing was very confusing for an American growing up in the eighties and nineties. Why was music I knew to be Southern being called Northern Soul? Eventually I figured it out and life went on etc but I vaguely remember starting an argument with someone about the fact that the Stax/Volt label was in fact in [...]
Wow! In één woord fantastisch, deze muziek van Valentine! Valentine iseen popzangeres uit Duitsland. Binnenkort komt alweer haar tweede album Blue Merry-Go-Around uit. Op het eerste gehoor klinkt dit album niet meer dan gewoontjes, maar na enkele luisterbeurten vervaagd ditgevoel compleet. Op Blue Merry-Go-Around schrok ik me soms bijna wild van de opeens verschijnende orkestrale inzetten van ond...