Yes
24 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
7 Reasons Why You Should Be Listening To Macklemore If You Aren’t Already:
- He’s sees himself as an artist, and is clearly changing the way people think about rap as an art form.
- He’s a Seattle boy. ‘Nuff said.
- Instead of rapping about ‘niggas’, ‘making it rain on strippers’, and ‘the thug life’, his songs talk about the struggle of being an independent artist, legalizing gay marriage, anti-consumerism, and overcoming an alcohol addiction.
- When you listen to his songs, it sounds like he’s speaking to you. Not screaming or throwing around incessant slurs, but like he’s right there talking to you about his life. His raw vulnerability is overwhelming and powerful.
- He’s a heartfelt and multidimensional performer, putting out tracks that are both serious (“Same Love”, “Neon Cathedral", “Starting Over") and fun (“Thrift Shop”, “And We Danced").
- He basically said ’screw it’ to the man and chose to handle the business side of his music the way that he wanted to. He ended up creating his own independent record label with his buddy Ryan Lewis, aka the super badass music producer that created the seriously sick beats on their album The Heist.
- He is an inspiration to artists everywhere, and living proof that if you want to create your own work and are willing to work your butt off, you will succeed.
23 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
The royal baby is here!!!
Let’s be honest…I don’t really care THAT much about the royal family but I do care enough to know it deserves a post. Today Prince William and Kate Middleton walked out of the hospital to show the world their brand new baby boy.
This is their first child together and the future king! They are such a cute couple, I do love seeing them together. It’s so classy how they walk out of the hospital together, show the baby, answer a few questions, then drive home. It feels very old school and I love it.
They aren’t like the U.S. who waits to show off their baby on a magazine cover to whatever tabloid will pay them the most. Yuck.
My mom was such a huge Princess Diana fan, I grew up watching so many movies about her and news coverage, it’s pretty awesome to think here I am, old enough to take in and enjoy my generation’s royal family.
image: Lefteris Pitarakis /AP and twitter.com
23 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
I was in my car the other night and the radio station was doing their nightly Top 9 at 9 Countdown. I heard this new song come in at #8 and immediately my ears perked up. It sounded like pure girly pop music!
Turns out the song is by the girl group that was discovered on last season of U.S. X Factor – Fifth Harmony. I don’t know much about them but from what I can guess, they have this single out and a music video for it, but no official album.
The song is soooooo good though!! (If you like poppy-music) The girls are a tad annoying in the video so maybe just play the video but close your ears and listen. ha!
I’m secretly hoping it does well on Top 40 radio.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
23 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
After watching the Men Tell All Bachelorette episode tonight I just have sooooo many thoughts. Sorry for the blurry picture above, but it’s almost midnight and I’m blogging so it’s not going to be perfection.
First thought: I can tell ABC is really trying to feel out if they should make Juan Pablo or Zak (Zack?) the next Bachelor. Because HEAVEN FORBID we cast a great unknown guy for the next season like they used to do 10 years ago. No wonder Des had guys on her season thinking of becoming the next Bachelor. It’s because that’s how the casting works these days and present contestants know this.
I would honestly be okay with either of these guys being the next Bachelor. I think Zak is attractive enough and he has such a good heart. And Juan Pablo is probably the hottest guy reality television has ever seen so either way it’s a win win. But if I had to choose it would be Juan.
Ben: Ben was put in the hot seat first tonight at the MTA and you could tell he had his answers rehearsed perfectly. He said exactly the right thing about every issue thrown at him. But at the end of the day it was too late. Even with a perfect response/excuse all the guys and Bachelor Nation watching just can’t trust him anymore. He ruined it all for himself.
Kasey: I liked Kasey during the season and I wish he would have made it further. But he annoyed me tonight. He’s making this whole James/Mikey thing SO dramatic and just turned it into way more serious of an issue than it needed to be.
Mikey/James: Here’s the thing…. these two guys got caught doing/saying what people on this show think to themselves all day long. It’s reality. I think Mikey did a good job of trying to explain how the conversation was just two normal guys talking how they would to each other in the real world. At the end when Des came out James made a great point by saying to her, “You were dating 25 guys at the same time!!“ It really made me realize how silly it all is. Des sat up there in front of all the guys and scolded James for not being perfect and all I could think of was, “you want these guys to be 100% devoted to you when you’re off kissing all of them at the same time?” It’s all a tad hypocritical.
I do think James and Mikey are a little douchey and when it comes to finding a guy to marry out of the group, there are a lot better ones to choose, but I think they got too much heat for what really went down.
Michael: I still hate him so so much. Not a fan AT ALL. I wish Ben would have jumped across the table and munched him on the two on one date. I honestly feel sorry for whatever woman who does end up marrying him. Yuck
Next week is Part 1 of the two part Finale and if I had to guess as to what happens this would be it:
Drew tells her he’s just not feelin it so he needs to leave the show. She is heart broken because he dumped her before she could dump him, and at the same time Drew was really the only guy out of the 3 she likes, so after Drew leaves she tells both Brooks and Chris they need to go home too and she just can’t find love with anyone!
BAM!
I don’t read spoilers so please dont tell me if I’m right or wrong.
I am not surprised that this would be the outcome because week after week I watched Des send home amazing guys and kept lame ones. No wonder she couldnt find love.
22 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
Selena Gomez turns 21 today!!!! And she made a bday video to go along with a song off her new album “Birthday.”
Good jam! This should have been her next single and music video rather than this one.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Tess Explains It All 