my.Top.50.(Songs/Albums).of.2016

Top.50.(Albums/Songs).of.2016

1. David Bowie - "Lazarus" - Blackstar
2. ANOHNI - "Drone Bomb Me" - HOPELESSNESS 
3. White Lies - "Take It out on Me" - Friends
4. Santigold - "Rendezvous Girl" - 99 Cents
5. Låpsley - "Tell Me the Truth" - Long Way Home
6. Glass Animals - "Youth" - How to Be a Human Being 
7. Banks & Steelz - "Wild Season (feat. Florence Welch)" - Anything But Words
8. Metronomy - "Old Skool" - Summer 08
9. Niki & The Dove - "Lost Ub" - Everybody's Heart Is Broken Now
10. Two Door Cinema Club - "Lavender" - Gameshow
11. Plague Vendor - "No Bounty" - BLOODSWEAT
12. Lizzo - "Ride" - Big Grrrl Small World
13. Run River North - "Run and Hide"
14. Bloc Party - "Only He Can Heal Me" - Hymns
15. Peter Bjorn and John - "Love Is What You Want" - Breakin' Point
16. Teleman - "Düsseldorf" - Brilliant Sanity
17. Savages - "Evil" - Adore Life
18. Formation - "All the Rest is Noise" - Under the Tracks - EP
19. Crystal Castles - "Fleece" - Amnesty (I)
20. IAMX - "Aphrodisiac" - Metanoia
21. Mainland - "Outcast"
22. Sia - "Cheap Thrills" - This is Acting
23. The Big Pink - "Hightimes" Empire Underground - EP
24. T.O.L.D - "There's No Truth" - It's Not About the Witches
25. Tiga - "3 Rules" - No Fantasy Required 
26. Coasts - "Golden City" - Coasts
27. Empire of the Sun - "Way to Go"
28. Little Green Cars - "Clair de Lune"
29. STRFKR - "Never Ever" - Being No One, Going Nowhere
30. The Coathangers - "Make It Right" - Nosebleed Weekend
31. Jagwar Ma - "O B 1" - Every Now & Then
32. Azealia Banks - "The Big Big Beat"
33. Digitalisim - "Destination Breakdown"
34. James Supercave - "Virtually a Girl" - Better Strange 
35. Pumarosa - "Priestess"
36. Warpaint - "So Good" - Heads Up
37. Tokyo Police Club - "PCH" - Melon Collie and the Infinite Radness, Pt. 1 - EP
38. Yeasayer - "I Am Chemistry" - Amen & Goodbye
39. Sir Sly - "Expectations"
40. Suuns - "UN-NO"
41. Lady Gaga - "Million Reasons"
42. The Stone Roses - "Beautiful Thing"
43. The Last Shadow Puppets - "Bad Habits"
44. Litany - "Work This Out"
45. The Zolas - "Freida on the Mountain"
46. Club Kuru - "Seesaw"
47. Tirman Kid - "Gotta Do Something"
48. Beaty Heart - "Slide to the Side"
49. Fat White Family - "Whitest Boy on the Beach"
50. Spring Kings - "It's so Dark" - Tell Me If You Like To

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Top.50.Songs.of.2011.(Part.2).

Top.50.Songs.of.2011

Part.2

.40.(thru).31.

.40.  "Sad Song"_____The Cars

*****The.Cars ROCK!!! what a COMEBACK!!!*****

.39.  "Crystalline"_____Björk

.38.  "Heavy Metal Lover"_____Lady GaGa

.37.  "Amarillion"_____Datarock

.36.  "Living It Out"_____Planningtorock

.35.  "212"_____AZEALIA BANKS

*****LOOK OUT for her in 2012!!!*****

.34.  "Amanaemonesia"_____Chairlift

.33.  "Hysterical"______Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

*****what a COMEBACK from CYHSY!!!*****

.32.  "Falling"_____Hercules And Love Affair

*****the 90's House sound is BACK!!!*****

.31.  "La musique"_____Yelle

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Metronomy.(L!V3) @Detroit.Bar

Metronomy.2011
@Detroit.Bar (Costa Mesa, CA)
Sunday.October.16.2011

So glad that they decided to come back to Southern California.   Another ticket I gave away when I was on vacation.  Metronomy are always fun to watch and Detroit Bar is a good space to see bands.  

Tonight's show was SOLD OUT and it doesn't look that busy.  I guess some people are by the bar and lounge area watching it on TV.  Who goes to a concert and watches it on the monitors?  That's crazy and funny at the same time.  
Metronomy hit the stage and what a great show.  There where some problems, but it was only the main speakers going in and out a couple of times.  The monitors where on and you could still hear them.  After a couple of songs in, Joseph Mount (Lead Singer) pointed out to use that the roof was leaking.  He took care of the problem by placing his drinking glass to catch the drops that where landing on his synth.


They played the hits and I was so excited when they played, "Connie" (my favorite song from the new album).  It took me awhile to get into the new album, "The English Riviera".  I wasn't crazy about there second single, "The Look".  I liked the remixes and hearing it today, changed my mind.  By the way,  if you like or don't like Lady Gaga, Metronomy did a remix of "Yoü and I" and it's FCVKn amazing.  It's a MUST download!!!!!
I was next to Oscar Cash (Synthesizer, Sax and other instruments).  He is always interesting to watch.  He always does his little dance and crazy hand movements.  Every member has there thing.  Anna Prior (Drums) was hitting those kits like she was killing a rat that just crossed her path and she was dressed very pretty too.  Gbenga  Adelekan (Bass) was doing it.  He was also fun to watch and BOY...was he getting down with that bass guitar.  They always look like they are having a great time and what CHEMISTRY! 

\m/  \m/  \m/  \m/ - AMAZING!

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M!X.52.(the.Playlist)

.01. "Fingers On the Button"_____David E. Sugar

.02. "Your Joy Is My Low"_____IAMX

.03. "Do You Need Someone"_____Beth Ditto

.04. "Yeah Yeah Yeah"_____The Sounds

.05. "Don't Lose My Time"_____Heartbreak

.06. "Heavy Metal Lover"_____Lady GaGa

.07. "Arcadia (Telefon Tel Aviv Edit Version)"_____Apparat

.08. "Farewell To The Fairground (Rory Phillips White Horse Mix)"_____White Lies

.09. "Pump Up The Volume (U.S. Remix)"_____M/A/R/R/S

.10. "Step Up"_____Hercules And Love Affair

.11. "Show Me Love"_____Robin S.

.12. "Blockhead (In Flagranti Remix)"_____Punks Jump Up

.13. "The Prayer (Phones Metal Jackin' Mix)"_____Bloc Party

.14. "Sometimes"_____Miami Horror

.15. "Hold My Breath"_____Holy Ghost!

.16. "Games"_____The Strokes

.17. "Getaways"_____Big Talk

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Lollapalooza.2010 (Friday)

I can not believe how clean Chicago is. It's a bit like San Diego but better. This is my first time here and I am here for Lollapalooza w/my friend Samy and my new friends Raquel and Elaine. The hotel is only 30 minutes from Grant Park, walking and it was not a bad walk. We got to explore the city. When I woke up in the morning, it was humid. When we came out in the afternoon, it was over cast and humid still, but tolerable. We left the hotel room around noon and we arrived to the fest around 2pm.

When we arrived, I was blown away. I liked what I saw. They had a huge inflatable Lollapalooza sign in front of the park and to get in, it was fast and quick. No hour wait like Coachella. They have it together here. Even the bag search was quick. I think I can get use to this. We where inside in less then 7 minutes. LESS THEN 7minutes, COACHELLA! Once inside, I looked around and this reminded me a bit like the Detour Festival in downtown Los Angeles. You get to see cool bands surrounded by the city scape. It looks amazing.

We walked around a bit to get to know the venue. I can not believe how huge Grant Park is. We walked passed The food court and the selection they had was really good and cheap. They even had deep dish pizza here. That takes about an hour to cook. We had deep dish pizza the first day we arrived and it was......GOOD (Gino's babe ROCKS!). We walked to the South Side of the park to catch The Big Pink. When we got there, the view was........Amazing. Then I noticed they had two stage sets here facing each other from a distance and I was wondering how that was gonna work. I did not look at the program carefully, hold up. Let's talk about the program. That thing was a pocket size book. It had pictures and a small bio on every band that was performing, with the set times and map. This place is winning me over. So impressed. Back to the stage set-up......The way it is set, one band plays first and when that band is over, the other band goes on at the opposite stage. It's the same set up at the North Side of the venue.

The first band we saw was The Big Pink and they where good once again. After that we went to see Devo. While we where waiting for them, I saw this guy stop in front of us and I was looking at him for a bit. Then it hit me, that is Erol Alkan! I took a quick pic of him. Cool. Devo went on and they where AWESUM! What a great performace from them and they had really cool visuals. For pulling 50 something, they sounded great and so much energy. They even had 4 costume changes. Right on......Devo. I need to see this show again indoors and at night. After Devo, we walked around and It's a walk the the North Side.

I wanted to checkout Neon Trees and I was not having them. Let's move on. We went back to the South Side to catch Hot Chip and once again, they killed it. They are dressing so nicely and well gromed. Check them out. No more baggy shirts and pants. Everything all nicely tailored. They don't look like geeks anymore. I miss that. After that we left to get some food. We passed by Chromeo and they opened up witha new song that sounded promising. We ate and headed to catch Lady Gaga. Now it was only Samy and I. His sister and her friend went to catch Erol Alkan. We did too and he was good. But once Tiga went on stage and he was playing a lame set. What is he doing? I liked the stuff he use to play back in 2003. So we decided to leave after 15 minutes and headed to see Gaga. We arrived and the place was getting full with Gaga Monsters. She went on time but she sang behind this huge curtain projecting her shadow on it. The curtain was lefted almost half way through her song. The stage was cool. It looked like a Broadway musical. She had her dancers and I leaned over to Samy and said, "is that Grace Jones?". But of course I was kidding around. We only heard 3 songs and left to catch The Strokes. Boy was that a SHOW!

This is my first time seeing The Strokes and they Kicked A$$. They had this really cool old school Jumbo Tron on the background that displayed simple visuals in red. What a differance from Lady Gaga's outragouas stage. Simple sometimes is better and it showed here. The Strokes played the hits and from what I hear, Mr Casablancas was a bit tipsy. Rock Star. I did not see the person helping him (Julian Lead Singer) back on stage when they did the encore. Thats what Samy told me. ROCK STAR! Other then him being a bit messy, they sounded great and I would not mind seeing them again in the future. Day 1 is over. A-

Empire.of.the.Sun LiVE! @the.Fonda (L.A. CA)

I arrived at the Fond around 9 and they have not gone on yet. I knew it. No opener just a DJ all dressed in black w/A mask on that looked very Mardi Gras w/spike wrist bands like Judas Priest in the 80s. Devil sign. He was a good DJ and loved what he played. He had another person on stage and all she did was sit there w/sum shades on wearing a two piece bikini. The DJ would walk up to her and she would feed him sum snacks. Okay. I guess this is the new thing, Performance Art DJ. Well, they sure took it to another level. Loved the dramatic exit. He stood there looking at us as if to worship him. Step down please.

The new Fonda, Music Box what ever it's called these days looks okay. Just a few changes. They added some decks on the sides and they have a huge mural of Hieronymus Bosch (Painter who is famous for "The Garden of Earthly Delights") on the walls. Right on. The Performance Art Dj got off around 930p. So we waited for Empire of the Sun for about an hour to hit the stage. Boy was it worth the wait. They killed it but no one was dancing around me. What? Oh well. It worked out for me because at Lollapalooza I was being shoved and stepped on and I was faraway to notice stuff. Tonight I am only 10 feet away from the stage and I was ready to push anyone who was gonna do the same here, but it was a tame crowd. Groovy.

The costumes looked amazing up close and I noticed a second drummer. Did not see that last time. But once again, I was blown away from what I saw. Can some one please wake up the people around me. Sux that my new found friends where stuck in the balcony. Sorry Elaine and Raquel but I was dancing for you guys. I waved at them and they looked so bored up there. Sux. Did he come out on a wheelchair looking like Flavor Flav. HAhahahahah. Okay. Other then the crowd around me who had a bad case of the Rigormortis, I had a great time and they sounded and looked AMAZING!!!!!! BreakDown!

LADY.GAGA. LiVE @the.Staple.Center (LOs Angeles, CA)

Wow! This show was better then the one I saw in Chicago (which I'll post soon).  I always say, "concerts are better indoors". The sound was amazing at the Staple.  She sounded  good and I love the fact that she spoke to her fans alot.  She even picked out  one that was over the top dressed and she asked him/her (could not tell) if they  made it and they said "yes". She was impressed and they showed him/her on the  JumboTron. Right on.

She was killing this concert.  She had specials guest's on (J/k) like Grace Jones and cousin It.  Wait......was that Britney on the JumboTron? Well, they looked like them. Tonight Gaga looked like Britney Spears instead of Madonna. What I loved the most where the videos she showed while  getting dressed. They where really good and I loved the hard beats that went with  them. Some of the videos reminded me of Nine Inch Nails "Closer" video w/a twist of Marilyn Manson. It got me thinking, these  videos are dark. She is so Goth.

When I saw her at Lollapolloza she was just okay.  It felt cheesy and I was a bit scared, but she pulled it off tonight.  Did she just made fun of us (L.A. people)?  Right on.  I like when  artist do that just to see the reaction on some people faces. What she said was  true.  "You do not have to be pretty or need alot of plastic surgery the way you  have been told Los Angeles. You can make it".  She brought up Prop 8. To keep  pushing for it across America and the world. "Jesus loves us for what ever  we are and we where born Gay and Jesus loves boys and girls". Right on Gaga. She has my vote.

Gaga played the new song and it sounded great live. Reminded me of Queen.  What a change and what a risk she took and I think it's gonna pay off.  This is my first time  ever seeing a Pop artist live. Did not liked her at first until I read that  Rolling Stone interview  and that "Poker Face" song.  I was gaga for Gaga. Is that a monster on the stage? She crazy.  That $H*T was crazy big huge. I  think she went a bit to far with that crazy puppet master $H*T.  It was a bit  messy but in a good way. Who needs perfection, right?. Just go with it.

"Bad Romance" was the last song and what a great tune to end this Halloween party at the Staple Center.  A- Miss Gaga. You had with.......

my BEST of 2009 stuff....

That was fast. but here we go again. Here is my BEST of 2009 List of Stuff.

Best Rock Album: The XX - XX

Best Pop Album: Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster E.P.

Best Dance Album: Fischerspooner - Entertainment

Best TV: FlashForward

Best Reality TV: Jersey Shore

Best Play: August Osage County (NYCity Show)

Best new place that I discovered this year: NorthPark (San Diego, Ca)

Best Exhibit: Tim Burton (MOMA, NYC)

Best new place 2 eat a really good Tamale: Hunger (West Hollywood, Ca)

Best Movie: AVATAR

Best Documentary: Capitalism

Best Live Concert: Tie: Fischerspooner/FEVER.RAY

Best New Artist: The Drums

Fin