There’s a reason all the Folk Fridays so far have been male-focused: I’m very picky about female vocalists. I think that female vocals lend themselves to pretension more often than male do. Or maybe I just tune out pretentious male vocalists. Either way, I’m choosy when it comes to female vocalists.
So Many Choices
It’s that time again. One holiday has passed and another is just around the corner. Movies are once again flocking to the movie theater, hoping to grab all the attention and get the big bucks.
Today will see the invasion of four brand spanking new movies. Two thrillers, a comedy, and a retelling of an old Christmas classic. All these movies have more hype than the last.
A Christmas Carol, in 3D, The Fourth Kind, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and The Box.
This Weekend Rocks: November 5-8
Guess what, guys? If you read below, you’ll get to read about communism, socialism, economics, and rock’n'roll! It’s like a USSR history course! Okay, not really. It’s just what’s happening this weekend in Norman/OKC.
Link Dropping: Gazelle
On a temporary (read: this week) hiatus courtesy of some school-related issues this week, but I thought I’d pop in to offer a site I ran across recently: Gazelle.
Buy/Die Tuesday: Some Country for Old Singers
Another weak week for releases, but there are some ports in this storm. But it’s not as grim as last week (which basically looked like an interpretation of No Country for Old Men), thankfully.
Buy: Raditude - Weezer. Weezer’s goofy geek-rock may never be critically acclaimed again (because when you reach the Blue Album’s level of critical acclaim, everything else just pales in comparison), but they’re still making solid pop songs. The Red Album was fun, and Make Believe was really strong as a release, so I have little doubts that this release will offer distorted guitars, pop hooks, and goofy lyrics. I mean, come on. Look at that title. It’s awesome.
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Swords - Morrissey. If you like Morrissey’s croonings, you should be super-excited that he’s releasing a new album. If you haven’t heard of him, you should probably check him out, as he’s an icon. If you don’t like him, I doubt that there’s going to be anything new here that’s going to pique your interest. But I do like that the album is called Swords. That’s pretty cool.
Play On - Carrie Underwood. I don’t particularly like Carrie Underwood and her schizophrenic song choices, but there are a great many people who do. And for you, this is like Christmas (see below).
Die:
My Christmas - Andrea Bocelli. I still hate Christmas albums.
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