Lullaby Version of Beck's "Where It's At"

This is an eerie yet interesting rendition of Beck's "Where It's At." Twinkle Twinkle Little Star World Records have released their 113th album — Lullaby Versions of Beck. I'm not quite sure it's for me, but check it out if you have a newborn or are just looking for something to potentially fall asleep to.

The Great Gatsby

I cannot stop thinking about this movie. I've read the book numerous times and it's one of my favorites, so naturally, I want to go to the midnight premiere of this film. I think Leo DiCaprio will play a perfect Jay Gatsby, and I really think the soundtrack will give the story an interestingly modern twist. Artists like Florence Welch, Jack White and The xx are featured on the soundtrack, which will definitely provide eerie undertones to the film.

The film is directed by Baz Luhrmann, who also directed Moulin Rouge. I'm excited to see his take on The Great Gatsby, considering how extravagant Moulin Rogue was. I feel The Great Gatsby deserves to be extravagant. 

Boston Bombers

The first Boston Marathon bomber has been killed, while the second bomber has been on the loose all day. This caused the entire city of Boston to shut down in order to find him, and it has just now been confirmed by a number of sources that the second bomber is in custody.

This Mother Jones article provides tweets that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — the second bomber — made before and after the bombings occurred. Wouldn't you think he'd want to stay as low-profile as possible after committing such a crime? Eerie. 

Corporatocracy

Here's another example of how corporations manipulate media outlets. It's about time something was done to assure freedom of the press, but it doesn't look like our country is headed in that direction. this article was written back in November of 2001, and now in April 2013, things still aren't exactly looking up.

Public Voice

According to this article on the FAIR website, the voices of the public aren't being heard when it comes to mainstream television broadcasting. I couldn't agree more.

Media consumers get lost in the vast sea of government officials efficiently evading questions and biased corporate representatives. As the article suggests, we need to improve public broadcasting instead of defunding it, which will just add to the problem.

Now Texas?

I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I woke up to this. It's difficult to tell if this was done with intent, but hopefully it was only an accident. It's hard to feel safe anymore.

Angry Mom Records' Celebration of Record Store Day

Record Store is this Saturday, and to celebrate, ten prominent local bands will be playing in Angry Mom Records on the Commons, including Go Ogres — the winner of the recent Finger Lakes Girl Battle of the Bands. The store will open at 10 a.m., there will be a Flaming Lips listening at 12:30, the live music will start around 1:20 p.m. and will go on until 8 p.m. 

The Flaming Lips' "Zaireeka" will be played at 12:30. The listening should be interesting, considering "Zaireeka" consistes for four separate LPs that are meant to be played on four different turntables all at once. Sounds like a Record Store Day celebration to me. 

Other Record Store Day releases that will be available at Angry Mom Records on Saturday include records by Miles Davis, Phoenix, Phish and Bob Dylan.