Coachella is coming up. Hype it up. HYPE! IT! UP!
Coachella 2008: Hype Mix I
Jack Johnson – If I Had Eyes MP3
Fatboy Slim – Brimful Of Asha (Cornershop FBS Remix)Â MP3
The Raconteurs – Steady as she Goes MP3
Tegan & Sara – Nineteen MP3
The Breeders – Bang On MP3
The National – Around The Bend MP3
Battles – Dance MP3
Spank Rock – Put That Pussy On Me (Josh Console NOT RNB remix) MP3
Stars – Elevator Love Letter MP3
Does It Offend You? Yeah – We Are Rockstars MP3
Daft Punk – Da Funk (Casino Inc. Amazing Disco Remix) / Digitalism – Pogo (Shinichi Osawa Remix) / Cool Kids – Gold and A Pager (Klever’s Ride Big Remix) / Scott Grooves – Mothership Reconnection (Daft Punk Remix) / Justin Timberlake – My Love (Diplo Remix) / Grizzly Bear – Knife (Girl Talk Remix) / MIKA – Lollipop (Radioclit Vocal Mix) / Xiu Xiu – Hello From Eau Claire (Gold Chains Remix) / Battles – Atlas (DJ Koze Remix) /Daft Punk – Da Funk / Dadftendirekt / Britney Spears – Gimme More (Daft Punk Dead or Alive Remix) / Soulwax – NY EXCUSE (Justice remix) /Justice – D.A.N.C.E. (Eli and Diplo mix) / Hot Chip – My Piano (Dj-Kicks) / Lily Allen – LDN (Switch Remix)
Before we kick things off, a quick reminder that two new episodes of Chuck are airing tonight! I am TiVoing them and I couldn’t be happier! Alright, back to the Showdown. Last week, I started a fun series called Gossip Girl vs Chuck Music Showdown. I thought it would be cool to have a little crowd interaction here @ PMA. I didn’t think I would receive the reaction it did. 18 comments was a hell of a lot more than what I expected. I did get some emails asking me to get an interactive poll up as it would be easier to count and a lot easier to vote with. I guess I’m going to stop being lazy and get a poll going!
The first showdown was really interesting, both shows had great track lists, but I do believe Gossip Girl had the best one, so did most people as Gossip Girl grabbed the most votes (13/18). Tough luck Chuck (haha, yes I make myself laugh). I kind of feel bad for Chuck, the Episode 2 track list isn’t too hot (it’s only 4 songs long), and Gossip Girl seems to have an amazing Music Editor. But I’ll let you decide, here are the lists for episode 2.
Chuck Episode 2
Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
Spoon – Don’t Make Me a Target
Gnarls Barkley – Gone Daddy Gone
The New Pornographers – Challengers
Gossip Girl Episode 2
Ferraby Lionheart – The Ballad of Gus and Sam
Gia Farrell – Hit Me Up
Gym Class Heroes – The Queen and I
Joss Stone – Tell Me Bout It
Rhianna – Shut Up and Drive
Rooney – When Did Your Heart Go Missing
The Bravery – Believe
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Yesterday afternoon 28-year-old Heath Ledger was found dead in his SoHo apartment with pills nearby. Police suspect the overdose was nothing intentional. This is truly sad… Heath was an incredibly talented actor and a father.
Updates from Gothamist:
5:00PM :According to the NYPD spokesman, Ledger, who was living in an apartment at Broome street, “had an appointment for a massage…The housekeeper who went to let Ledger know the masseuse was there, and found him dead at 3:26 p.m” with “pills strewn all around him.”
The housekeeper and masseuse tried to awake him and called the authorities when he did not respond. When the paramedics responded he was in full cardiac arrest and they attempted to perform CPR. It was unsuccessful, however, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.The police say foul play is not suspected.
Ledger, whose performance in 2005’s Brokeback Mountain was nominated for an Oscar, had broken up with actress Michelle Williams last year. The couple have a child, Matilda, and were a familiar sight in Brooklyn until they split. Ledger and Williams reportedly created identical bedrooms for Mathilda in their homes the child, now 2 and a half, wouldn’t feel displaced.
A recent trailer for the next Batman sequel, The Dark Knight, features Ledger as the Joker. He had been filming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus for director Terry Gilliam in England and Canada.
5:13PM: We went to the apartment building and there’s a bunch of media on the scene, the police are in front. TMZ is already there — all the local news channels. It’s a five story building, third lot in from the corner. No one has mentioned if the body has been taken out yet (no ambulance in sight). Police are trying to clear the scene, but the media is canvassing the street. The detective says no one is coming out soon.
5:22PM: The Times is saying the fifth floor apartment is owned by Mary-Kate Olsen. A commenter suggests this Corcoran listing (a rental for $23,000/month) is the apartment. TMZ is saying that while the two were romantically linked over the past few weeks or maybe months, Mary-Kate is at Sundance and Ledger was not in her apartment.
6:00PM: Fox News is showing old interviews with the actor, who in November said, “I feel good about dying now because i’m alive in her [Mathilda], but at the same hand you don’t want to die because you want to be around for the rest of her life.” Heartbreaking.
TMZ talking heads are also popping up on the news outlets, saying that the body will be removed from the apartment “soon” and the autopsy will be performed tomorrow.
NYPD has now confirmed it was not Mary-Kate’s apartment.
7PM: The Post reports that “bottles of Diazepam and Alprazolam, both anti-anxiety drugs prescribed in his name, were found in the house.” Additionally, a friend of Ledger’s uncle said, “[Uncle Neil Bell] said the father and mother are devastated because they found out of his death through the media.”
A friend told US Magazine that Ledger had a “rough” time getting sober but his “one joy” was his daughter: “This is terrible and I’m in shock. But to tell you the truth… we saw it coming.” And Warner Bros., which is releasing The Dark Knight, issued a statement: “The studio is stunned and devastated by this tragic news. The entertainment community has lost an enormous talent. Heath was a brilliant actor and an exceptional person. Our hearts go out to his family and friends.”
8:45PM: The Mary Kate-Olsen connection explained – by TMZ: “The cleaning lady called police. The masseuse, we’re told, called the bodyguard for the Olsens. She called him because they’re friends and he’s an EMT. The bodyguard was around the block at Ashley’s and he immediately went over. By the time he arrived, the cops were already there.”
TMZ’s Harvey Levin told Keith Olbermann that Ledger was suffering from pneumonia at the time and added that Ledger’s family was upset that there were suggestion of suicide. And ex-fiancee Michelle Williams is apparently on her way to NY.
Deep condolences to Ledger’s family and friends. He was an incredible actor with promise. Talent extinguished far, far to early.
Goodbye Heath, a Mixtape
R.E.M. – Everybody Hurts
Eric Clapton – Tears In Heaven
The Doors – The End
Radiohead – Exit Music (For a Film)
Pearl Jam – Last Kiss
Martina McBride – Concrete Angel
Portishead – It’s A Fire
Terry Jacks – Seasons In The Sun
Bob Dylan – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Johnny Cash – The Long Black Veil
Jeff Buckley – Eternal Life
Jimmy Eat World – Hear You Me
Eva Cassidy – Fields of Gold
Bruce Springsteen – Secret Garden
John Lennon – Imagine
I’ve missed Chuck, a lot, thankfully my ÃœberFan-Boyism got me looking at the NBC website which proudly confirms Chuck’s return to my TV (TiVo memory, really). But in Chuck’s absence, I’ve quickly fallen in love with Gossip Girl. Both shows are pretty damn interesting in their own right, but what really keeps me coming is the cool selection of music in each episode.
So lets play a game. I will post the episode track lists for both shows (according to episode number). You job is to listen to the tracks and vote on your favorite. For now, a comment with “Chuck” or “Gossip Girl” will suffice, I might get one of those poll things, but I am not expecting massive amounts of votes so commenting should be fine. But I digress. Here are the track lists.
Chuck Episode 1 – The Pilot
Teddybears feat. Mad Cobra – Cobrastyle
Jet – Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Gomez – See The World
The Shins – A Comet Appears
Beck – Cellphone’s Dead
Foreign Born – Into Your Dream
Journey – Any Way You Want It
Ennio Morricone – A Fistful Of Dollars
Martin Brothers – The Missionary
Gossip Girl Episode 1 – Pilot
Air – Photograph
Akon – Don’t Matter
Albert Hammond Jr. – Hard To Live In The City
Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
Angels & Airwaves – The Gift
Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up To Dry
Hanson – Go
Justin Timberlake – What Goes Around Comes Around
Peter Bjorn and John – Young Folks
Rihanna – If It’s Lovin’ That You Want – Part 2 (Feat. Corey Gunz)
Timbaland – The Way I Are (Feat. Keri Hilson and D.O.E.)
Washington Social Diamond Club – Diamond Hipster Boy
So, about 10 minutes ago I reposted up one of the coolest things I’ve read in a long while (on the net), here’s another! Yay for Digg! Rob from The Playlist, has crunched up this wicked-sweet Soundtrack (or Playlist, I guess) for Cloverfield. Which, by the way, was a killer movie, thankyouverymuch.
Rob’s Party Mix – The Unofficial Cloverfield Soundtrack
Coconut Records – West Coast
Kings of Leon – “Taper Jean Girl”
The Blood Arm – “Do I Have Your Attention”
Scissors For Lefty – “Got Your Moments”
Parliament – “Give Up the Funk”
Gorillaz – “19-2000″
Spoon – “The Underdog”
Kings of Leon – “Pistol of Fire”
Architecture in Helsinki – “Do The Whirlwind” [RMX]
The Black Keys – “Grown So Ugly”
Bright Eyes – “Four Winds”
Joan As Policewoman – “The Ride”
Ratatat – “Seventeen Years”
Of Montreal – “Wraith Pinned To The Mist and Other Games”
I want to introduce you to HUGS ON FIRE. Say “hi”, guys. This is the mix that will start it all, HUGS ON FIRE is the series of mixtapes/playlists that will be featured on PMA. There is no set time that HOF will be posted, it comes when it comes. Most of the HUGS ON FIRE will be themed, I’ve been on an edgy, frustrated mood all day, so today’s theme is I WANNA BREAK THINGS… LOTS OF THINGS. Rolls right off the tongue doesn’t it?
HUG ME BACK if you’re feeling this and want them to keep coming.
HUGS ON FIRE v1 – I WANNA BREAK THINGS… LOTS OF THINGS
1. Beck – Timebomb
2. Lil Wayne – Burn This City
3. Radiohead – Bangers & Mash
4. Lupe Fiasco – Streets On Fire
5. M.I.A. – Paper Planes
6. Rihanna – Breakin Dishes (Soul Seekerz Remix)
7. Nickelback – Animals
8. Bloc Party – The Prayer (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix)
9. LCD Soundsystem – Tribulations
10. Kate Nash – Dickhead
11. Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana – Back Republican
12. Beyonce – Ring The Alarm
13. Of Montreal – She’s A Rejector
14. Eminem – Mosh
15. Liars – Freak Out
So here it is: my somewhat WTF-worthy, pizzaz-y, eclectic, mega-mixtape of 2007 – a week into 2008 – of course. I gave up on trying to rank all the songs somewhere at No. 45 so I just split them up into smaller playlists. Here are my definite 10 Favorite Songs of 2007, beyond this, rank as you please.
NOTE: MY GOAL HERE IS NOT TO BULK UP YOUR IPOD. DON’T PISS AND MOAN TO ME.
10 Favorite Songs of 2007
1. Justice – D.A.N.C.E .
2. Los Campesinos! – You! Me! Dancing!
3. Kanye West – Stronger
4. LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
5. Arcade Fire – Intervention
6. Rihanna – Umbrella
7. Spoon – Finer Feelings
8. M.I.A. – World Town
9. Britney Spears – Piece of Me
10. Arcade Fire – Keep The Car Running
Lets kick this off…
Gimme That Indie
Spoon – Black Like Me
Arcade Fire – Intervention
Radiohead – 15 Step [live]
Los Campesinos! – You! Me! Dancing!
Blonde Redhead – 23
Explosions In The Sky – Welcome, Ghosts
Bloc Party – The Prayer
Of Montreal – Suffer For Fashion
Ryan Adams – Halloweenhead
Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent
A Place To Bury Strangers – To Fix The Gash In Your Head
Spoon – Don’t You Evah
Stars – Take Me To the Riot
Grizzly Bear – The Knife (covered by CSS)
Deerhunter – After Class
!!! – Heart of Hearts
Panda Bear – Bros
Beurit – Elephant Gun
Iron & Wine – Boy With A Coin
Sunset Rubdown – The Mending of the Gown
Bloc Party – The Once And Future King
Band Of Horses – Is There A Ghost?
White Stripes – You Dont Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)
Bright Eyes – Four Winds
Rilo Kiley – Silver Lining
Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah – Underwater (You and Me)
Radiohead – Reckoner
Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up To Dry
Arcade Fire – Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
Arctic Monkeys – Teddy Picker
Wilco – Impossible Germany
Spoon – Finer Feelings
Chris Walla – Sing Again
Of Montreal – The Past is a Grotesque Animal
Grizzly Bear – He Hit Me
Interpol – Pioneer to the Falls
The Knife – Silent Shout
Liars – Houseclouds
The New Pornographers – Myriad Harbour
Vampire Weekend – Oxford Comma
Los Campesinos! – We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives
Radiohead – Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Arcade Fire – (Antichrist Television Blues)
Cold War Kids – We Used To Vacation
The Shins – Phantom Limb
Raveonettes – Aly, Walk With Me
Black Mountain – Tyrants
Of Montreal – Gronlandic Edit
The Cribs – Men’s Needs
Battles – Atlas
Mellow Out, Pop!
Feist – 1234
Suzanne Vega – New York Is A Woman
Colbie Caillat – Bubbly
Feist – My Moon My Man
Sarah Bareilles – Love Song
Kate Nash – Foundations
Kelly Clarkson – Sober
Ingrid Michaelson – The Way I Am
Hilary Duff – With Love
Fray – Look After You
Tegan And Sara – The Con
Marie Digby – Umbrella (Rihanna Cover)
Amy Winehouse – Tears Dry On Their Own
Lily Allen – Littlest Things
Mark Ronson – Toxic (Britney Spears Cover)
You Rawk So Hard
Foo Fighters – The Pretender
Queens Of The Stone Age – Make It Wit Chu
White Stripes – Icky Thump
Smashing Pumpkins – Doomsday Clock
Nine Inch Nails – Survivalism
Coheed and Cambria – The Running Free
Velvet Revolver – She Builds Qu
ick Machines
Foo Fighters – Long Road To Ruin
Kelly Clarkson – Haunted
Paramore – Misery Business
Baby Shambles – Delivery
Jimmy Eat World – Big Casino
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Hump De Bump
Daughtry – Over You
Fall Out Boy – This Aint a Scene, Its An Arm’s Race
Against Me! – Thrash Unreal
Evanescence – Sweet Sacrifice
Buckcherry – Sorry
Finger Eleven – Paralyzer
Paramore – Hallelujah
Dirty Pop
Britney Spears – Gimme More
Amy Whinehouse – Rehab
The Go! Team – Grip Like a Vice
Rihanna – Umbrella
Justin Timberlake – Love Stoned
Mark Ronson ft. Lily Allen – Oh My God
Britney Spears – Piece of Me
Kylie – Love Is A Drug
Robyn – With Every Heartbeat
Groove Armada ft. Mutya – Song For Mutya
Fergie – Glamorous
Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse – Valerie
Lily Allen – LDN
Kylie – 2 Hearts
Avril Lavigne – Girlfriend (Lil Mama Remix)
Nelly Furtado – Say It Right
Rihanna – Shut Up And Drive
Robyn – Handle Me
Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love
Madonna – Candy Shop
Kate Nash – Mouthwash
Aly & AJ – Potential Breakup Song
Justin Timberlake – Summer Love
Nelly Furtado – Do It
You’re Every Woman!
Beyonce & Shakira – Beautiful Liar
Mary J Blige – Work That
Keyshia Cole ft. Missy Elliot, Lil Kim – Let It Go
Alicia Keys – No One
Jordin Sparks – This Is My Now
Fergie – Big Girls Don’t Cry
Beyonce – Upgrade U
Lil Mama – Lip Gloss
Rihanna – Breakin’ Dishes (Soul Seekerz Remix)
Britney Spears – Toy Soldier
Mary J. Blige – Just Fine
Ciara – Like A Boy
Vanessa Carlton – Nolita Fairytale
The Pippettes – Pull Shapes
Miranda Lambert – Gunpowder & Lead
Carrie Underwood – Before He Cheats
The Bangers
Kanye West – Stronger
M.I.A . – Bamboo Banga
50 Cent – I Get Money
Common – Driving Me Wild
Lupe Fiasco – Superstar
Jay-Z – Roc Boys
DJ Felli Fel – Get Buck In Here
Outkast – The Art Of Storytelling Pt. 4
The Clipse – Roll With The Winners
DJ Khaled – I’m So Hood
Ice Cube – Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It
Chamillionaire – Wont Let U Down
Rich Boy – Throw Some D’s
Kanye West ft. the Clipse – Flashing Lights (Benzi Refix)
50 Cent – Ayo Technology
Timbaland – Give It To Me
Soulja Boy – Crank That
Lupe Fiasco – The Coolest
Will.I.Am – I Got It From My Mama
It’s Weezy Baby!
Upgrade U
I Feel Like Dying
Dough Is What I Got
La La La
Help!
Dj Khaled – We Takin’ Over
Jay-Z – Hello Brooklyn V2
Kanye West – Barry Bonds
Hey Shawty
Flo Rida – Low
Chris Brown – Kiss Kiss
Rihanna – Hate That I Love You
J Holiday – Bed
Ne-Yo – Because of You
R. Kelly – I’m A Flirt
T-Pain – Bartender
Akon – Don’t Matter
Fabolous – Make Me Better
Do The D.A.N.C.E.
Justice – D.A.N.C.E.
Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
Chemical Brothers – Chemical Beats
LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great
Daft Punk – Around The World/Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Air – Mer du Japon (The Teenagers Remix)
Justice – The Party
Burial – Untrue
Stars of the Lid – The Evil That Never Arrived
Thom Yorke – Cymbal Rush (The Field Late Night Essen Und Trinken remix)
LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
M.I.A. – Paper Planes
Simian Mobile Disco – Wooden
Calvin Harris – Acceptable In The 80’s
CSS – Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above (Diplo Remix)
Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
Bloc Party – Flux (JFK Remix)
Burial – Unite
Justice – DVNO
Bright Eyes – Easy/Lucky/Free (Hot Chip Remix)
Britney Spears – I Got A Plan (Get Naked)
Hilary Duff – Stranger
Chemical Brothers – Do It Again
Crystal Castles – Air War
Paul van Dyke – White Lies
Life In 2007
Arcade Fire – Windowsill
Kanye West – Can’t Tell Me Nothing
Lupe Fiasco – Dumb It Down
LCD Soundsystem – Watch The Tapes
M.I.A. – World Town
Hilary Duff – Dignity
Spoon – Don’t Me A Target
Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
I hope everyone had a great Christmas, Chanukah, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or whatever you celebrate this week. I hope everybody is geared up for the New Year’s Eve this Monday. Here’s a little playlist I put together of some of my favorite remixes, covers, and mashups to lighten up this holiday season.
M.I.A. vs The Bravery – An Honest M.I.A
Madonna vs M.I.A. – UR Hung Up
Bloc Party vs Coldplay – Hunting For Witches In My Place
Jay-Z vs Joe Budden – Freestyle (Pump It Up)
The Kooks – Crazy (Gnarls Barlkey cover)
The Dresden Dolls – Rid Of Me (PJ Harvey Cover)
Utada Hikaru – With Or Without You (U2 Cover)
Nickel Creek – Just (Radiohead Cover)
Final Fantasy – This Modern Love (Bloc Party Cover)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Gold Lion (Diplo Remix)
Death From Above 1979 – Blood On Our Hands (Justice Remix)
Justin Timberlake – Love Stoned (Justice Remix)
Arctic Monkeys – When The Sun Goes Down (Dale B Dance Remix)
Daft Punk – Human After All (Sebastin Remix)
LCD Soundsystem – Us vs Them (Go Home Productions Remix)
Up next? The Absolute BEST of 2007.
So today I noticed my blogroll is completely gone. I did some digging around and it turns out I’ve done nothing wrong, but its the system’s fault. I was living in bliss thinking I was free from Blogger’s shitty screw-ups. Looks like Even Wordpress Dickfarts. So to all of Pretty Much Amazing’s affiliates: Sorry!
And the sexy pic award goes to…
mp3: Akon – Sorry, Blame It On Me
mp3: Feist – So Sorry
mp3: Sunset Rubdown – I’m Sorry I Sang On Your Hands That Have Been In The Grave
mp3: The Futureheads – Stupid and Shallow *download or die*
mp3: Schoolshooter – Stuck On Stupid
mp3: Green Day – American Idiot
Free Music is nice and all, but wouldn’t you prefer the happy feeling your soul gets when you actually buy music? Take a peek at Amazon, eMusic, and iTunes.
