Wob Wob Wob

Onomatopoeic title to resemble some kind of dance beat. Yah.
I don't know how many people reading this live in England, or even the centre of Niagara Falls, but we've had a lot of rain. IT'S JULY. Being housebound for such long periods of the day calls for one boredom decreasing activity: dancing in front of your mirror as if you are all that and a bag of potatoes. Below are some of my go-to 'bust a move' songs at the moment. I'm allowed to enjoy an overly produced electronic track every once in a while.

Bassline - Chris Brown
This is my favourite track from Fortune. In general, Chris' latest album is more dance infused than previous releases but it definitely paid off in this song.


Morning Sun - Rock Mafia ft. Miley Cyrus
Yes, Miley's voice has been auto tuned to the extreme, yes the repetition of "pimps and hoes" isn't the most evocative lyric of the year but this song makes me want to dance so I like it.

Express Yourself - Diplo ft. Nicky Da B
Dipo always produces such beat driven tracks that it is quite impossible not to want to move to them.

Oh, do you know of any other ways of presenting audio other than embedding from Youtube? It's quite annoying how blogger doesn't have the option of uploading audio files in a neat, presentable way. I suppose I like to use Soundcloud but it doesn't always have certain songs that I want to write about. It would be really helpful to know of alternatives, merci buckets!

Round Sunnies Appreciation Post

Look at the colours you can get these in! Is that sunglasses heaven or is that sunglasses heaven?

I think my love for the round style of sunglasses has been heavily influenced by Miley Cyrus. I have a major girl crush on her at the moment. But that doesn't lessen the fact that these type of sunnies are just perfect; they create such a cool demeanour to whoever wears them.

Yeah, I changed my mind (as I knew I would). I'm scrapping my previous idea and using stereospecs for everything on my peculiar mind. Really, it was pointless because music is created through being influenced by something. Silly girl. But thankyou to Ellen, Katie and Jenn for following me though :)

I Can Hear The Sky Falling Too

Frank Ocean published this detailed piece of text to his tumblr today in which he addresses recently questioned rumours about his sexuality:

I have so much respect for him for doing this, especially as Frank is strongly affiliated with the hip hop world in which sexuality is a relatively sensitive issue. It's unclear whether Frank is stating that he is bisexual or homosexual but quite frankly it doesn't make the slightest difference to me. I still love him.

Big Band Era

Last night I had my final concert this year in the Wind Orchestra and I always look forward to them as all the music groups come together and we get to hear collectives such as the Big Band. There's something so fascinating about live jazz music that always leaves me wishing I could play the saxophone.

Here are a few pieces that were played last night which obviously won't overcome the atmosphere of a live performance, but are still delightful nonetheless. Both composed by Gordon Goodwin.

Hunting Wabbits

Sing Sang Sung

Looking into the era of the Big Band, whenever someone asks "what era do you wish you could've lived in?" I always reply with the 30's. This choice is heavily influenced with this style of music as there are countless images from this decade showing live music being performed and everyone dancing to it so freely. Although I am partial to the odd dance hit, there is nothing that beats live music.
Hmm, this makes me want to watch Bugsy Malone now.

p.s. I urge you to watch this and not be amazed.