parapluie

combining my love of all things rain, singer-songwriter, mandy moore and caribbean. also...love the eyeliner

Howdy, Lem

I'm not the only one who bought the album! They sold 118,000 copies...IN ONE WEEK!

Interestingly, 30 percent of their sales were digital. I actually went into a store and bought my copy, along with Jane mag and some chips.

Funny coincidence? Jane's cover girl is Mandy Moore*, who dated Zach Braff, who featured The Shins* prominently in Garden State, which I think had a lot to do with Wincing The Night Away success.

For the record, I was one of the 15,600 who picked up Chutes Too Narrow in its first week (first day, actually).




*Things I like in spite of their association with the Braff. See also: Natalie Portman, Rachel Bilson and Scrubs.

My next iTunes purchase?

Is that James Blunt? If so, he just scored 50,783 cool points with me. Which means he's got a net cool value of about -98,390.

It's only rock 'n' roll but I like it

What a generation gap.

Having been raised by late boomer parents or faux boomer parents or whatever, I'm in the weird position of being raised by the same generation as Gen X-ers, but actually in Gen-Y or the millenials or whatever.

So when I read this article, I thought, "Hey! I never went through that phase." Maybe it's because my parents are cool or maybe it's they listened to good music and still do, but there was very little disconnect between what I listened to and what they liked. I enjoyed The Beatles and the Rolling Stones with them and likewise, they appreciate Coldplay and OutKast. And together, we can discover artists fell between our generations, like Elvis Costello. Maybe I'm an anomoly. Only time will tell.

The sexy is back!

So.....question.

Does that outfit look like the episode Keith Michael, Jeffrey and Alison designed for the Macy's challenge on Project Runway?

Is a female maneater a cannibal?

I'm watching the new Nelly Furtado video for "Maneater" and totally digging the clothes she's rocking. A graphic T-shirt with a menswear vest over it is pretty cool, but the T-shirt has fluttery sleeves on it, which gives it a garcon-gamine feeling. She eventually strips down to just a plain little boys ribbed white tank top. Something every girl has -- or should have -- in her wardrobe. But this one gets a super-sparkly belt, chandelier earrings, red lips and beautiful wavy hair. Somehow, after a few seasons of The Necklace, a simple piece with fabulous earrings somehow feels fresh again, which is great, because superfab earrings are easier to come by and easier to wear than superfab necklaces.

I'm no angel

I am really not a fan of that new song "Lips of an Angel" by Hinder. Not only is it crappy Nickelback-rip-off rock, but dude's a dick. If this other chick is soooooo wonderful, why do you have a girlfriend? Break up with your girlfriend or stop strining along this angel whose lips you're so obsessed with.

It's almost as bad as that "You're Beautiful" James Blunt song that should be the offical theme song of every stalker. Oddly, that one references angels, as well.

Stay tuned for a Project Runway review tonight.