kid cudi

really enjoying his music lately. Good flow.

Especially this:



so chillax!

Also: it's been a while since I entered a bookstore; I should do that soon, and chronicle/review a book or something.

ALSO, this guy deserves props: http://jupiex.deviantart.com He has a pretty cool selection of graphic design, photomanipulation and drawing.

creating

I should exercise my creative energies more; did some doodles/sketches the other night. They were slightly inspired by a graphic novel called Koko be Good by Jen Wang, a fun yet introspective look at growing up vs. holding onto youth and looking after the needs of others vs. your own, it's pretty relevant to most of us in the quarter-life crisis :P. I really love the characters' expressions and poses especially that of the title character Koko, a kind of sponger/vagabond who decides to change and be 'good' while jumping, skipping and sliding everywhere and making faces.

Here's a panel:



Gotta love that perspective.

This winter looks to be nice, cosy, and relaxed, I hope yours is too.
Meanwhile, here's some music to go along with it:





I should really get Jimmy Eat World's older albums, and Third Eye Blind too.

mellow female songs

I just remembered some of these:





^ the video is a lil iffy for that one, but the song is mmmm.



Beautiful lyrics to this one, so true.

I should really make a mix of all these songs and some others, mmm nostalgia.

Placebo

They're a huge inspiration to lots of people. The lyrics are just so intense, immediate and evocative.

exuberance

I want to do all these things :D

this is a fun band and video

haha

here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWEfmCvu8R8

tee hee.

music videos, #1

This video for the 90s classic 'To the Moon and Back' by Savage Garden is awesome, shot in grainy black and white and with a cyberpunk, futuristic sci-fi theme. I don't actually remember seeing this video back when the song first came out, but rediscovered it on Singstar and was impressed by the intriguing costuming and spacey quirkiness.



Another visually interesting and futuristic looking (though more minimalist) music video that caught my eye when I first saw it was the one for 'It's Not Over Yet' by the Klaxons:



who also have another conceptual and very eye-candy-for-females (and perhaps gay men) video for their song Golden Skans, which features ribbons in a way often seen in anime imagery:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYKfX6 (embedding was disabled, so you'll have to click ze link)