February 2012
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Friday Night Sounds: Dark Days
This fickle weather has really made me feel cooped up inside. There isn’t enough snow to venture into snow sports, there isn’t enough sunlight to get outside after work, and it definitely isn’t warm enough for my taste. As a result, I’ve been listening to a lot of bands with darker sounds. This collection of songs should make you feel a little more badass than the...
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Linda Holmes hates Liz Lemon
In response to NPR’s Monkey See article The Incredible Shrinking Liz, I was astounded to see that Linda Holmes has no idea what she’s talking about. Liz Lemon from NBC’s 30 Rock has definitely grown as a character, perhaps not in the most efficient and straight forward way, but she has let go of many daily stressors that have held her back from achieving her own happiness.
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Have-You-Heard-Sday? "Waiting to Exhale"...
(Image via Amazon.com) Whitney Houston’s death has me a little shook. She was a mess, for sure. But I always thought she was going to get it together, you know? Needless to say, I went a-bingin’ on iTunes… Do you remember Waiting to Exhale? I was 8. My parents were freshly divorced. I hadn’t seen the movie but my mom had the soundtrack and she played it non-stop....
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High as a ... balloon
Helium is not entirely safe but in small doses, it can’t do much harm. It’s not illegal, yet. Although with the government being as crazy as it is, who knows how much longer we have helium balloons at parties. Having a helium balloon for dessert certainly cuts down on calories. At a restaurant in Chicago, you can now order one off the menu and be like this guy, who is obviously...
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Dakota Fanning is 18 years old!
(Image via imdb.com; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.) Dakota Fanning, of cult-favorite Uptown Girls fame, is now 18. Which means she’s technically no longer a child actress. She’s now an actress actress. My mind is blown! I am so old! Where did the time go? And when did she start looking like THIS? (Image via huffpost, care of Elle UK) http://rhymeetreason.com ...
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A fresh take on makeup tutorials: "How To Be a...
YouTube makeup tutorials can go one of two ways: There are the professionals and the YouTube stars who are paid to plug pricey products— and really, any woman who needs to go online to learn how to put on makeup probably shouldn’t shell out $28 for the highly-worshipped NARS Orgasm blush because she doesn’t know what she’s doing anyway. The remaining videos are essentially vlogs (shudder)...
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Shenandoah and the Night
via their facebook Shenandoah_and_the_Night_-_So_Low,_So_High.mp3 Listen on Posterous The piano draws you in and then the violins offer you something to hold onto. Shenandoah and the Night are a quartet from Brooklyn (who isn’t, these days?). The song, “So Low, So High” is cinematic and sweeping. There is a sub genre called “pop noir” now so I guess it fits...
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Dråpe - By Heart
“By Heart” by Dråpe is said to be shoegaze and, you know, maybe shoegaze in Norway is different than shoegaze by American standards. I wouldn’t call this shoegaze except that it does make use of echoes which could allow it to have an ethereal quality, if you really want to push it. The way that the guitars and drums are used doesn’t make it sound like shoegaze. Moving...
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Rihanna Making Music With Chris Brown Makes Us...
(Image via Google search and www.pynkcelebrity.com) Not to be exploitative or anything (re: the above photo) but a little more than 3 years ago, the night before the Grammys®, Chris Brown beat the living shit out of Rihanna. Indeed he was screaming that he would “kill her.” She’s lucky he didn’t. Seriously, read the police report. Chris Brown didn’t do a...
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The 500th Episode of The Simpsons
simpsons_movie_dad-scan_edit (Photo credit: ChrisFizik) To be utterly and completely honest, I haven’t watched a Simpsons episode in years, until today. The 500th episode aired last night. During the time that I spent in South Africa growing up, I vividly remember watching The Simpsons and loving it. It was a treat from America, one that you didn’t get every day - and we loved the...
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The Ugly: New York Fashion Week FW 2012
Last week, Rhyme et reason didn’t want to bombard you with New York Fashion Week (Fall Winter 2012) updates. There were hundreds of runway shows and presentations and serious fashion journalists covering every moment. Now that it’s on to London over, we’ve decided to give you the good, the bad and the ugly—as we see it. Here’s the UGLY. Marc Jacobs ...
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The Bad: New York Fashion Week FW 2012
Last week, Rhyme et reason didn’t want to bombard you with New York Fashion Week (Fall Winter 2012) updates. There were hundreds of runway shows and presentations and serious fashion journalists covering every moment. Now that it’s on to London over, we’ve decided to give you the good, the bad and the ugly—as we see it. Here’s the bad—not so bad...
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Marni for H&M
Marni for H&M—the Swedish mega-retailer’s latest designer collaboration—is fast approaching and we’re pretty stoked… Look for Consuelo Constiglioni-approved quirky pieces that are so wrong they’re right! Here’s some the pieces we’re eyeing from the collection. All photos taken from an RetR favorite, Refinery29—but be sure to visit...
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The Good: New York Fashion Week FW 2012
Last week, Rhyme et reason didn’t want to bombard you with New York Fashion Week (Fall Winter 2012) updates. There were hundreds of runway shows and presentations and serious fashion journalists covering every moment. Now that it’s on to London over, we’ve decided to give you the good, the bad and the ugly—as we see it. Let’s start with the good! ...
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Friday Night Sounds: "Happy" to be "Leaving You...
Don’t worry, you guys! We’re back to putting our own mixes together. This week we were feeling inspired. Something’s in the air—and it’s got to be love. We have some happy songs, and some sad ones but they’re all about love. This playlist features: Astro Janet Jackson Florence + The Machine Adanowsky Lana Del Rey Drake feat. Rihanna Amanda Blank...
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The Bonnaroo Lineup Proves Red Hot
The 2012 Bonnaroo lineup was announced this week, at 12 p.m. on Valentine’s Day. There were hundreds of rumors, mock lineup posters, guesses out of left field, and innumerable hopes for this year’s list of performers. I myself was looking for Jack White in particular, but I didn’t have any real expectations.
Some of the rumors and clues from the ‘Roo spokesperson Gary Chardonnay proved to be...
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JC Penney rejects sales in new pricing strategy
JC Penney rolled out new ads this month touting its new tactic free of gimmicks, coupons and sales. Promises of low prices every day replace full-page newspaper ads, TV spots and coupons clogging mailboxes. This approach requires faith that consumers can cut out their coupon habits to believe they’re getting the best deal. Shoppers may need some convincing that an omission of “total...
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Pete Yorn Covers The Beach Boys
(Image via peteyorn.com) And it’s not bad! (Cough, cough Adam Levine.) Pete Yorn’s “Surfer Girl” is a little bit slower—maybe she’s stoned? I’m impressed that he knew not to attempt the high notes. Here’s his take on “Surfer Girl”: http://rhymeetreason.com Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/rhymeetreason
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Bon Iver is Bonnie Bear? No.
Bon Iver won the Grammy for Best New Artist. The problem? He’s been around for a while. The Grammys think that they have some sort of monopoly on the music industry’s trends. According to Wikipedia, the band has been around since 2007…so they’re by no means “new.” Bon Iver ( /boʊn iːˈvɛər/ bone ee-VAYR) is a folk band founded in 2007 by American indie folk...
In Case You Were Wondering, Chris Brown Is Still... →
motherjones:
If you haven’t read the old police report lately or seen Brown’s tweets from Grammy night, you owe it to yourself to check this out.
Duh?
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We (Really) Need to Talk About Kevin
Tilda Swinton is lifted up by a swarm of people covered in red - presumably bits of tomato like the annual “La Tomatina” in Spain. She plays Eva, a woman who loves to travel and somehow gets stuck in the suburbs after living in New York City and becoming pregnant with Kevin. Tomatoes and red paint pop up in the movie time and time again. It symbolizes blood and the violence that ...
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Love's Lost: Valentine's Day Playlist
For Valentine’s Day, we slapped some sad songs, mostly about love, together. Valentine’s Day may just be a gigantic marketing ploy but that doesn’t mean we don’t have hearts. Enjoy your single-hood or together-hood and listen to these songs. Click to open in Spotify! Love’s Lost: VDay Playlist http://rhymeetreason.com Follow us on Twitter...
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Garbage Hates Love
Shirley Manson et al just released a video snippet of their song “I Hate Love” from the forthcoming Not Your Kind of People. What do you think? http://rhymeetreason.com Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/rhymeetreason
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On The 46th Annual Grammys®
If you haven’t heard, Adele won an armful of Grammy® awards at the 46th annual telecast on Sunday evening to the surprise of absolutely NO ONE except perhaps the singer herself. She gave enough “fank you’s” to make me forget the snoozefest of a show and recall the cockney accents of select characters in Mary Poppins. (Hey, at least they could escape on to cartoon carousel...
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Anderson Cooper's interview with Adele
I caught a bit of Anderson Cooper, the one with the prematurely white hair and mother of fame, talking to Adele on television. He made a big point of the fact that she didn’t look like any other singer currently enjoying the limelight to the extent that she is.
She was quite candid when she said, yes, I am a plus size, and he went on to ask if she considered herself a role model for...
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Happy Valentine's Day!
Whether you love it or hate it, today is still Valentine’s Day. There’s no escaping it! Nothing says Saint Valentine was clubbed to death and then beheaded x number of years ago better than a tasteful card or some candies! Maybe a nice dinner? Amirite? <3 Rhyme et reason http://rhymeetreason.com Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/rhymeetreason
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Oberhofer - "Heart"
March 27th will mark the release of Time Capsules II, Oberhofer’s newest album. This is a sad song at the beginning. However, the lyrics then start and you’d think it was rather upbeat with the layered sound that emerges. It’s a song with an epic feel with that orchestral sound coming through. The end makes you think you’ve traveled back in time to the twenties....
EZ Curry for one, possibly two (Recipe)
Spicing up your life doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive, so I came up with a low cost recipe that can either be a large lunch for one, or a moderate, exotic meal for two. via Curry can be one of the easiest things to make, and the simplest way to turn an ordinary dish into something ethnically delicious. Here’s what you’ll need: 1 can of chunky beef soup (Campbells...
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"Cheerleader" - new St. Vincent music video
See the full gallery on Posterous credit to Ron Mueck. When I visited Australia almost two years ago, I visited the Ron Mueck exhibit at an art museum in Brisbane. Mueck’s sculptures are people, either very big or very small. The details are all accounted for and the ability to make it lifelike is surreal. Mueck’s work seems to be the inspiration for the new video from St....
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Eli Mardock - Everything Happens for the First...
Eli Mardock’s first album, “Everything Happens for the First Time,” was produced by Justin Gerrish (Vampire Weekend, The Strokes). The song by the same name is seems to be part Arcade Fire and part Vampire Weekend. It’s lively and familiar at the same time; a well put-together song. Follow him on Twitter or Facebook or Soundcloud (great songs on there). ...
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Wildcat! Wildcat! - Mr. Quiche
Wildcat! Wildcat! is a collaborative effort between a few guys living in L.A. who have been making music together since they were 14 years old. I’m not sure why it’s called Mr. Quiche but sometimes there is no logical explanation for these things. The band members are Jesse Taylor, Michael Wilson, and Jesse Carmichael. Wilson collaborates with his friends in a project called Black...
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GRAMMYS®
Bad. So Bad. So, So Bad.
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More Than Just a Dance Party: What Whitney Houston...
I was born in 1984, now for anyone who’s younger than me, you have to understand that this was a hot time for music. MTV still played videos, HBO was hip and I was adorable. I have young parents and with them come friends and relatives who are of equal or lesser age. This provided a lot of pop music in my younger days. One musician stuck out: Whitney Houston.
My mom’s friend, Linny,...
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Whitney Houston
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Friday Night Sounds: Obama's Spotify Playlist
We’re cheating this week. Instead of making our own playlist, we decided that we’d just steal Obama’s newly released Spotify playlist. Some of his taste isn’t too bad, actually. Except for the large proportion of country and obscure songs on there. Of course. This playlist features: Arcade Fire Ray LaMontagne Florence + the Machine No Doubt Noah and the Whale ...