First post in awhile. Blame the poker tables and the MBA program I’m currently taking at UBC.
Last week I went to Guu restaurant (mmm, ebi mayo prawns) with some friends and discovered two kick-ass Japanese inventions.
The first was Guu-branded reusable chopsticks. Very cool, very sustainable, though I don’t use chopsticks enough to want them.
But the Ramine cream soda. How cool is this?! It’s a Japanese cream soda that comes in a bottle without a bottlecap, instead they use some convoluted marble system that I’ve never seen before. Oh, and try their sake mojito with Ramune, my new favourite drink!!!
Fortunately I don’t have to try answering this question for you… though god knows I’ve tried before (usually a few whiskies down). But check out this cool slideshow that I came across in my marketing class that explains it much better than I could…
I’ve been a fan of the Handsome Furs since I heard their first single, What We Had, from their first record, Plague Park. Now husband and wife team, Dan Boeckner (also of Wolf Parade and Atlas Strategic) and Alexei Perry hit the road to support their second record, Face Control.
And it rocks just as hard, if not harder than their first one. I’ve seen them twice in concert at Richards on Richards and it’s always an intense, emotionally charged show. With Handsome Furs playing Richards again this Thursday, today’s Daily Fresh Track is Radio’s Hot Sun. Enjoy!
Oh what the hell, here’s one more from the fantastic Handsome Furs, Thy Will Be Done. Don’t say I never do anything for you.
For today’s Fresh Track, I thought I’d throw out the killer song that will be rockin’ the parties all summer long: Lonely Island’s I’m On A Boat. This is actually a group comprised of Saturday Night Live cast member Andy Samberg and SNL writers Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. You may remember them from Dick In A Box or the more recent Jizz In My Pants. Those songs are hilarious but don’t have the memorable hook and melody that I’m On A Boat does, this song not only effectively parodies rap songs but manages to pull off the loud, aggressive in-yo-face style more effectively.
This is definitely going on my Get Psyched Mix. Definitely.
Here’s the song and video, once you’ve seen the video you can’t help but visualize it the next time you hear it cranking from your stereo.
And for those of you that want to follow along with the lyrics. Here you go:
Aww sh**, get your towels ready it’s about to go down (shorty, yeah)
Everybody in the place hit the f**king deck (shorty, yeah)
But stay on your motherfu**ing toes
We running this, let’s go
I’m on a boat (I’m on a boat)
I’m on a boat (I’m on a boat)
Everybody look at me ’cause I’m sailing on a boat (sailing on a boat)
I’m on a boat (I’m on a boat)
I’m on a boat
Take a good hard look at the motherfu**ing boat (boat, yeah)
I’m on a boat motherfu**er take a look at me
Straight flowing on a boat on the deep blue sea
Busting five knots, wind whipping out my coat
You can’t stop me motherfu**er cause I’m on a boat
Take a picture, trick (trick)
I’m on a boat, bitch (bitch)
We drinking Santana champ,
Cause it’s so crisp (crisp)
I got my swim trunks
And my flippie-floppies
I’m flipping burgers, you at Kinko’s
Straight flipping copies
I’m riding on a dolphin, doing flips and sh**
The dolphin’s splashing, getting everybody all wet
But this ain’t Seaworld, this is real as it gets
I’m on a boat, motherfu**er, don’t you ever forget
I’m on a boat and
It’s going fast and
I got a nautical themed
Pashmina afghan
I’m the king of the world
On a boat like Leo
If you’re on the shore,
Then you’re sure not me-oh
Get the fu** up, this boat is REAL!!!
Fu** land, I’m on a boat, motherfu**er (motherfu**er)
Fu** trees, I climb buoys, motherfu**er (motherfu**er)
I’m on the deck with my boys, motherfu**er (yeah)
This boat engine make noise, motherfu**er
Hey ma, if you could see me now (see me now)
Arms spread wide on the starboard bow (starboard bow)
Gonna fly this boat to the moon somehow (moon somehow)
Like Kevin Garnett, anything is possible
Yeah, never thought I’d be on a boat
It’s a big blue watery road (yeah)
Poseidon
Look at me, oh (all hands on deck)
Never thought I’d see the day
When a big boat coming my way
Believe me when I say
I fu**ed a mermaid
I’m on a boat
I’m on a boat
Everybody look at me ’cause I’m sailing on a boat (woaah)
I’m on a boat
I’m on a boat
Take a good hard look at the mothafu**in’ boat (sha-sha-shorty, shorty, yeah)
Coldplay releases a free, live album entitled LeftRightLeftRightLeft
I’m a Coldplay fan. Probably not enough of a fan to shell out hundreds of dollars for good seats when they’re on tour, but good enough that I have all their records and am happy to throw them on for some good, mindless and enjoyable listening. Are they as good as U2? Not a chance in hell. They don’t have the depth, I think. But they do have the catchy melodies and big rockstar swagger and they’re so damn easy to listen to.
Coldplay released a new, live album that’s free to download called LeftRightLeftRightLeft. So today’s Daily Fresh Track is one of my favourite Coldplay songs, Clocks.
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Oh, what the hell. Since it’s the long weekend, here’s 42 for your listening pleasure. Check out Chris Martin’s vocal prowess on the very last note.
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First post in awhile. Blame the poker tables and the MBA program I’m currently taking at UBC.
