Archive for things that are rad

Okay, Fine, So I Wish This Song Was Written About Me —

Posted in music, rad things with tags , , , , , , , on June 30, 2009 by thedith

what of it?

And like, okay, so I’m not exactly sure what this song is about — so what?

Sometimes, Your Friends Are Cooler than You Are

Posted in rad things, you should like this with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 30, 2009 by thedith

So you have to lift from their blog.  Such is the case with Katie.  She’s cooler than I am, fact.  A fact most recently evidenced by her recent post of We Have Band’s new music video for “You Came Out” on her blog.

Fun fact via Much Cooler Than I Am, Katie:

Apparently [the video] was shot over 2 days and stop frame animated from 4,816 still images without a single moment of video footage.

Pretty cool, eh?

We Have Band [We Have Band on Vimeo] via [Painfully Haphazzard Notions]

A Little Something to Help You Through the Work Day

Posted in music, work adventures, you should like this with tags , , , , , , , , , , on June 25, 2009 by thedith

I Could Listen to This All Night Long — All Nii-ight

Posted in i like this, servicey with tags , , , , , on June 23, 2009 by thedith

Lionel Richie doesn’t get any respect.  What’s up with that? Is it because once upon a time he used to dress

Lionel Richie and the Commodores

Lionel Richie and the Commodores

like this?

Or maybe it’s because he raised this?

Nicole Richie

Nicole Richie

Regardless, all this Lionel Richie discrimination is totally unfair, because, as corny as he is, there is no way you can listen to one of his songs without smiling.  I’m sorry, it just can’t be done.  You try singing “you’re once, twice, three-ee tii-iimes a lay-ed-dee” without flashin’ a little smile.

The Lionel Richie is Actually Awesome song collection is way too long and extensive to list here, but here’s my favorite: