New Music Monday: Club Thing

An impromptu visit to the club for a little weekend dancing has clued me in to a few new bands to groove to.

#3. If Revenge of the Nerds were being remade today, the nerds would play this song to win the final event of the Greek Games in the climactic scene.


#2. Technically speaking when I heard the DJ spin this it was merely a reminder, as I found the track was already on my hard drive when I got home. Clearly it was a needed one. Now that it's gotten my attention for the second time, it's getting so much play. Sadly they aren't very prolific, the only work they've done basically consists of this track and a smattering of remixes. Put out a record already.
Flight Facilities - Crave You [feat. Giselle Rosselli]

#1. Fun songs + fun videos = win. WIN, I say.

Note to self:

I'll often write myself notes because my memory for details can be terrible. If I don't write things down, they don't exist. Usually they reference some band or website that I mean to take a look at later. Sometimes I find them so long after the fact that they have lost all hope of being understood in context, leaving me to guess wildly at what their purpose may once have been. Today I found a short list that is particularly perplexing. At the top, a url that leads to a wildlife and nature photography website. At the bottom, "SR-71 w/ three engines". They have two, if you're wondering, and they're already one of the fastest planes ever designed. Can't find any evidence that any variants were made with such a modification, nor do I know why anyone would feel the need for more power. But it's the one in the middle that gets me: "hippopotamus top speed". Yeah... cause that knowledge was going to come in handy. For the life of me I can't think of a reason why that would ever be relevant. Was I considering starting a fight with a hippo, and wondering what my chances of escape were if things took a turn for the worse? Some days I'm too weird even for myself.

Update: Hippos have been clocked at 19 mph over short distances. Looks like picking a fight with one is out, unless perhaps I am on my bike while I do so.

The triumphant return of New Music Mondays

Been on hiatus for a little while, which I understand had a few folks a little disappointed. Sorry 'bout that. Let myself get a little distracted by other things. Here's hoping getting back into this will bring a degree of focus and balance back to my life.
A while back I was at a party where a pretty girl introduced me to Pretty Lights. Well, that's not exactly how it went. If you want the truth, she gave me just the tiniest hint only to snatch it away as I started to get my groove on. Thought that was rather a tease move to make, but it would seem that's how some folks roll. Ahem. I digress, as it all worked out in the end. I managed to catch their name before she tried to shut my dance party down, which is a musical and dancing discovery that may rank right up there near Rjd2 in terms of sheer importance, and I used my fly moves to basically crush all comers on the dance floor (er... I mean dance yard... luckily my moves work just as well on grass). It was quite the night. I suppose it would have been nice to get the girl in the end, but life can't always be a Disney movie. Anyway, Disney movies don't know nothing about stealth disco. For reasons not entirely known to me, I perpetrated an incident of ninja-like dancing skill. Sadly, there was no video, but rest assured that it was hilarious, if for nothing else then for the fact that I spent a solid few minutes dancing practically IN someone's back pocket without being noticed.

Pretty Lights - Look Both Ways & Understand Me Now