Fine Friday XV: Bluetooth Headphones.

I'm almost never happy with the status quo.  When I listen to music, I hate wires.  So what do I do when I want to use my phone to listen to music?  I use my Bluetooth headphones of course!  Now what I love about my headphones is the fact that they are wireless, meaning that I have no cords to get tangled, I can't accidentally pull my phone off a table by walking away, and I can answer calls and they automatically pause my music.  What I don't like though?  Sometimes I'll be walking along, and they will randomly turn off.  Of course, my phone is still playing music, but it switches to the speaker.  Not so good with my choice of music usually.  But they get great battery life, and they have a surprisingly long range.

Rebecca Black.

We all hate her. (If you don't, the exit is that way -->)  But what really annoys me about Rebecca Black is that she keeps making music.  I want to find whoever is buying her music, and force them to listen to it 24/7 until they demand a refund.  Her voice is nasally, the lyrics are dumb, and her face is downright ugly.  And even if by some miracle she came out with a good song, her career would never be able to overshadow her first 3 flops.  She needs to give up on music, and maybe do the one thing all other failed child-stars do: start their own girls-wear line at Target, Kmart, or Kohls.

For posterity:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j7f1zxb2uE (best part is 2:28)

Daughtry.

So as with quite a few Americans, I watched the American Music Awards last night.  This happens to be one of my favorite awards shows for one reason: it is mainly performances.  One of the many performances was by Daughtry.  We all know that quite a few artists out there have no singing ability whatsoever, but this performance was just terrible in my opinion.  Not that they were messing up or anything, just the voices sounded so bad I muted my computer and waited until they were done to turn it back on.  What I also discovered last night, Nicki Minaj is not that good of a live singer, and should really stick to her rap and 'English' voice.

The elimination of Autumn.

This has been happening for years.  Commercial interests have been destroying the very idea of Thanksgiving ever since the idea of Black Friday and Cyber Monday caught on with the mainstream public.  But this year has just been absolutely outrageous.  Wal*Mart already has their Holiday commercials playing, and T-Mobile made a big boo-boo with their "4G Wonderland" (say that 3 times fast and you'll see what I mean).  But do you want to know who I blame? Justin Bieber and Michael Bublé.  They both released Christmas albums far too early this year.  I'm just as guilt by listening to Bublé's album.  It also doesn't help that I have never been in cold weather before, so now whenever it gets chilly here at WKU, I get in the Christmas mood.  But hey, if Amazon wants to have Electronics deals all the way up 'til Black Friday, I say go ahead.  I'm all for savings.  But let's not forget what comes between Halloween and Christmas.

What's this?

*Alert* We are not going to be able to bring you today's normally scheduled complaint.  Instead, please enjoy the following post about something awesome and amazing.

You know what today is?  It's a big day.  No, I'm not talking about the Steve Jobs biography, who cares about that?  Today's the day Coldplay released Mylo Xyloto!  I have been listening to songs from this album non-stop now, and well, it's amazing.  I happen to call Coldplay one of my favorite (if not my favorite) bands/musicians of all time.  And the name is just fun to say.  

Sorry if you were expecting something annoying today, but I figured if I posted something nice once no one would get hurt.

Song remixes that ruin the original.

I can appreciate a good remix.  But what annoys is when someone takes the song, adds 20 minutes of "wub", one line of the original, and calls it a remix.  I can't stand more than about 30 seconds of "wub" total for an entire song before I get annoyed.  Or when some rapper takes the beat from a track and gives no credit anywhere of where they got it.  I can't even think of an example.... my brain is dead right now.  Sorry for the short post.

Fine Friday VIII: Electronic Music.

Ever heard a really good song? Like one that is stuck in your head for a long time and has a great beat?  Yeah, me too. I don't follow traditional party lines with music.  Usually I will only like one or two songs from an artist (there are exceptions), and I use an evolving playlist.  I will listen to 2 or 3 songs on repeat until something new catches my ear.  Now to the meat of this post.   Ever heard an electronic song you liked? It seems as though I have never been able to find a good electronic song that I like that isn't 20 minutes long, or includes way too many repetitive sections.  I mean, I can like a good dubstep or trance song, but does it really need to be that long?  I think you can get your point across in around 4-5 minutes like any other artist.  Even worse?  When you find that same song that you like has a shortened version.  Success? No, its about 2 minutes long... but it's still a good song.