A Note On...Fave Muzik of '09

In no particular order, and not necessarily released in 2009 but discovered by me in that year, these artists are on constant rotation. If you don't likey, then oh well. If you do, then we should def be besties. Muzik and friendships feed my soul, so the more, the merrier. Special thanks to Lula for adding to my library with many fabulous gems (not all featured here).  Allons-y!

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Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago; A Fine Frenzy - One Cell in the Sea

Arcade Fire - Funeral; 500 Days of Summer soundtrack

 

 

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Metric - Fantasies; Paramore - Brand New Eyes

New Moon Soundtrack (Thom Yorke! Bon Iver!); MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

 

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Passion Pit - Manners; The Bravery - The Sun and The Moon

Sia - Colour the Small One; Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

 

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Radiohead - In Rainbows; Zero 7 - Ghost

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!; Regina Spektor - Far 

 

Under the Influence of Giants

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Foux da Fa Fa

*giggle*

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Spy Silliness is Back!

Oh, Chuck.  How I've missed you.

Please watch and enjoy it with me.

Sunday, January 10th at 9p (2 hr premiere)

Regular time, Mondays at 8p

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Do You Feel What I Feel?

I have fallen in love with Bon Iver. Please, do yourself a favor. If you have not grabbed all there is available from this artist, run. Now. Do it (especially Rosyln from the NM soundtrack, on the playlist at right).

I discovered this little gem and watch it over and over (also on the playlist at right).

I get chills. Amazing.

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Do the Robot!

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Tee hee hee & YUM

Cuuuuuuuute!

Squeed like a 13 yo fangirl when they did this. Yeah. I'll admit it.

I'm late with these, but I just think they are really cute & funny, so they're getting shared with you. I grabbed them from LTT or LTR (can't remember which) and I think they grabbed from ROBsessed. Want to give credit where credit is due...I just can't remember where exactly that is. :-P Enjoy! You can head over to MTV.com to see lots o' clips from the awards. Some funny moments that are necessary to watch over. And over. And over, again. :-)

Oh, and enjoy these, too. ;-)

Best. Profile. EVER.

{B&W an EW outtake ; NYC photo can be found at PopSugar or ShineOn-Media.com}

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One for the "PRO" column

I didn't deviate too far from the Twilight, now did I? Haha. Ok, I just watched this over at the Forum, so I had to post b/c it dovetails quite nicely with my post earlier on Kristen. They're people who worked on The Cake Eaters giving some really nice interviews on why Kristen is so amazing! I knew that! I have yet to see the movie, but it's sitting in my Netflix Queue.

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I'm Back!

Hi Hi!

I know, I haven't posted in almost a month. Internet's been on the fritz at home and I just wasn't inspired to write anything recently. Too distracted. Promise I'll be better. I'll be posting some more eBay items for auction prolly this weekend. Sure to be some Anthropologie in there. Can you guess what my current distraction is? Weeeell, the DVD just got released. I watched this movie over the weekend and am now in full-on obsession mode. Can you guess? YUP! It's Twilight!! Haha. I now own the film and am soon to own the books. I got the hardcover set of all 4 books coming from Barnes & Noble. Yeah, that and the eBay auction prepping is what I'll be doing this weekend. Fun times! Here's a few lovely pics from the Vanity Fair shoot that never made it to print in the mag. Enjoy!

{images courtesy cybermelli on Flickr}

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Oscars: Red Carpet Faves

So, there was an abundance of light, white or "wedding-gown" dresses (as some have called them) on the carpet this year. Most played it safe, but I thought several ladies looked amazing. See my faves below.

Reese Witherspoon in Rodarte
I guessed this before I knew b/c of the draping in front. Go me!


Marion Cotillard in Dior Haute Couture
So lovely. Luv the belt and makeup. Loved her "speech" for Kate Winslet.


Freida Pinto in Galliano
I have yet to see Slumdog, but the actress is lovely.


Kate Winslet! In YSL
Congrats! Her speech was lovely.


Amy Adams! In Carolina Herrera

Check out her necklace:

Fab-u-lous!

And now for some of the "white" ladies:


Marisa Tomei in Atelier Versace
Breathtaking.


Evan Rachel Wood in Elie Saab Haute Couture
Old Hollywood Glam. Very classy.


Jennifer Aniston in Valentino Couture
I like how she kept her hair more her style. A bit casual and "undone."

And as I was searching for photos, look who I should come across at the InStyle Oscars Viewing Party:

Zooey & Emily Deschanel!
Wish I could see their outfits, but they look gor-geous anyway.

Chuck!
aka Zachary Levi and some chick (Jessica Stroup)

{images courtesy Style.com, FabSugar and InStyle}

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Kittens

Umm, funny, cute and odd...all at the same time. Enjoy.

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eBay Update & The Oscars!

Just another quick note to say I have added more items to my auctions and there is now a link on the sidebar for your ease.

I have to say that I am super hyped right now. Watching the Oscars and they are pretty darn good this year! Have sat through the whole thing. And have no idea how I'm going to calm down and get to bed cuz I have to get up early to go to work! Gah! I just watched Kate Winslet give her acceptance speech and I was getting teary. So, so good. I love her! The whole thing is so, so good this year. I am very pleasantly surprised. And I am officially obsessed with Reese Witherspoon's dress. Seems blue and black have been worn by a few lovely ladies already. Luv! I'll hopefully be catching up on some of the movie nominees that I wasn't able to see yet, so then I'll know what some of the [Slumdog] hype was about. Enjoy the night and I'll be back tomorrow with my red carpet picks!

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Movie Review: Confessions of a Shopaholic & Others

So sad, dear readers. I skipped out late yesterday afternoon (day off from work, yay!) to see it with a friend as we were bored, and I was pretty disappointed in what I saw. I know I was excited and skeptical to see it, and I was right to have that skepticism. They just changed/adapted too much, and not in a good way. I know Disney bought the rights, but it still could have been "family friendly" and entertaining in a good way. This just wasn't. Ah well.

The army brat was home this weekend for a surprise visit, and I did manage to watch a movie with the fam the other night: Sunshine. Apparently, some people didn't like it. I leave you to make your own conclusion (i.e. don't read any reviews until you watch it!). I also watched Definitely, Maybe. I was really hesitant to see this as I wasn't sure how Ryan Reynolds would fair as a lead. Plus, the previews when the movie was out didn't make it that appealing. I was wrong! The army brat and I have similar tastes in music and movies and such, and he loved this movie. He actually had the DVD with him, so I set myself up in my room and watched. Luv! Granted, I am a romantic and like romantic movies, and this is one; but it was a good film. Miss Isla Fisher is in it and I was pleasantly surprised by her performance. I really like her in the movie. Could be I'm now on an Isla kick and that's why I spontaneously went to see Shopaholic. Definitely will be looking forward to seeing her in more roles; and I hope Shopaholic doesn't blacken her too much. I will say that the girl can get her zany on. She does some pretty wacky stuff in the movie. A bit over the top, but less crazy than Wedding Crashers.

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Just Another Manic Monday (Woah, Woah)

To brighten up your Monday morning. Let the week begin!

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Confessions of a Shopaholic (the movie, not me)

I feel I had to clarify that because some people might think we're talking about me. Yes, I have a slight problem with shopping, as I said. But not to the degree of Becky Bloomwood in the book series, now made into a movie. She's got a problem to the, like, nth degree.

Now if you're looking for something serious and literary, you won't find that here. The books are lighthearted and fun. I enjoyed them and sometimes re-read parts to get a laugh. The movie is coming out in about a week, Valentine's Day weekend to be exact. I wasn't sure I was happy with the casting decisions, but I may change my mind. I do like the actors that are in it, and I know the rights being sold means the production company can do whatever they want with adapting the books; but I do hope they do a decent job.

Isla Fisher as Rebecca "Becky" Bloomwood

Hugh Dancy as Luke Brandon

This one will have to be seen with some girlfriends at Lux Level at the movie theater. See, at Lux Level you sit in a separate section of the theater and are able to order food and drink, alcoholic drinks to be specific. The seats are big and comfy and it's really quite fun. I just went for the first time recently to see Gran Torino with Clint Eastwood. Great film.

Here's another wacky outfit that Isla wears in the movie. Styling look familiar? It's Patricia Field, the same costumer for Sex and the City, Ugle Betty and The Devil Wears Prada.

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Where the Wild Things Are is a Movie!

So I just learned that Spike Jones has turned one of my favorite childhood books into a movie. And it's live action! So exciting! I wonder how dark it'll be. By the photos that have been floating around, I'm not so sure the movie will be as age appropriate for the kiddies as the book is. It's being released in October, so we'll see then.

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Zooey at Sundance

As I mentioned before in this post, Miss Zooey Deschanel had her movie 500 Days of Summer premier at the Sundance Film Festival. Some fun pics for your viewing pleasure. Your welcome!

{photos courtesy of zimbio}

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Guy Crush: Henry Cavill

He's British. He's (very) hot. Need I say more?

In The Tudors on Showtime

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Girl Crush: Zooey Deschanel

Ok, so admittedly, I have a bit of a celebrity girl crush on Zooey Deschanel. I've just moved on from Alexis Bledel (blame marathon watching of Gilmore Girls which I own on DVD, eek).

Out with the Old

In with the New

I'm getting more into She & Him, the musical duo she's in. Can I say how fab her voice is? If you've seen Elf, then you know she exhibits some of her talent in the scene where she's showering and Will Ferrell freaks her out by joining her. Anyway, anyway, she's got a great voice. Like one of the old singer standards, such as Billie Holliday or Ella Fitzgerald or Nina Simone. I love them. I also just randomly watched Failure to Launch on TV this past weekend and discovered she's in it. Yay! Of course, she's her cute, hipster, aloof Zooey-self in it, which made me love her more.

If you know Zooey, then you might know she has a sister, Emily. Emily is on the show Bones on FOX. I never really watched it before, but I've seen some episodes recently and I'm getting hooked! Maybe it's the attraction of David Boreanaz. I mean, I did religiously watch Buffy and then he moved onto Angel, which I didn't watch so faithfully, but it was still great. Emily and David's (aka Bones and Booth) chemistry is so cute to watch. You just know the show's going to end when they put those two together. I hope. cross fingers

Zooey's working on the music gig and her film 500 Days of Summer just premiered at Sundance to great reviews. I guess it doesn't come out for the rest of us until July. Go figure.



If you get Domino magazine (like I do), then you also saw her in the latest issue showing us her fabulously styled music/hang out space.

She's also just done an ad campaign for Oliver Peoples spring/summer 2009. So very retro and cute. Just like Zooey!


AND! I just read that the girl is engaged! To this guy, right here (the one in the glasses).

Luv them!

Man, she is quite the busy little bee. And so, those are some reasons why you, too, should love Zooey.

Tomorrow: Guy Crush. Oh, and it's so worth a visit to see who it is. ;-)

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