Tag: musician

So Taylor Swift did a shoot for Vanity Fair.  I rather like the shoot.  I saw some negative things said by some people but man, people love to shit on stuff.  It’s because not only is it easy, it makes you feel better about yourself.  It’s also pathetic.  Just… in case you were wondering.  Like, we all know those people.  The ones who seem to hate everything and they think it makes them profound or smarter for some how figuring out that everything sucks.  But… I hate to say it, if everyone you meet is an asshole, you’re probably the asshole.  If you think everything in the world is worthless there is exactly one commonality there.  I am being hard on people.  I get it.  When I was 13 I also thought it made me edgy and cool and hid the fact that I was insecure and had no fucking clue what I was doing.  So I get it and Taylor Swift doesn’t need me to defend her.  I hope not.  I am not particularly inclined to spend a lot of time doing so.  I just find the perpetual complaining a little boring, guys.  Anyway, here is Taylor, I thought she looked good.  Today I want to fuck Taylor Swift.

This morning I slept pretty late, got up and sent wildflagsure a request to tell me what record to put on.  She came through as I knew she would because she’s pretty good at that sort of thing.  A lot of people are not, and in fairness it’s a big ask to get someone to just make your decisions for you.  A bunch of pressure to be right.  She is good at it though, I highly suggest you go ahead and ask her to program your morning for you some time, I mean, I don’t know for sure she wants to do this but I am going to go ahead and say she does because in my experience women love it when you speak for them.  Anyway, that is a long way of getting to the fact that I listened to Rilo Kiley’s More Adventurous this morning, which is my favorite Rilo Kiley album and probably my favorite thing Jenny Lewis has ever done.  It was a good choice, too, because Jenny Lewis’ voice just makes everything better.  Everything.  I could listen to her all day, it’s just magic.  Which is why she is here because listening to her sing always moves me.  Today I want to fuck Jenny Lewis.

Taylor Swift has shown up here more than most people.  Like top 10 all time.  Which is odd given I don’t think of myself as a particularly big Taylor Swift fan.  Like, other people are much, much bigger Taylor Swift fans.  Which either means Taylor Swift is such a big deal even if you aren’t a huge fan you like her more than most other people or I am lying to myself. I guess it could be a combination of things.  Either way more pictures of her on stage showed up and she looked fantastic, as she often does on stage.  There was some sparkly stuff and some shiny stuff and lord knows I’m a big dumb animal.  So here she is.  Today I want to fuck Taylor Swift.

I got Colleen Green’s I want to Grow Up the other day and have been listening to it a ton.  Because it’s really good.  I am a big sucker for distortion and fuzz that sounds like old garage rock and since that kind of described a lot of her sound obviously I like hr music a lot.  But there is something more with this new album.  I can’t quite put my finger on it but I am sensing a little something deeper just like… more than the California stoner thing of previous work.  Anyway, it’s why I decided to post her.  Plus she wears sunglasses all the time like only the coolest people. So today I want to fuck Colleen Green. 

Here is Taylor Swift on stage in Scotland because… shiny stuff.  I like shiny things.  I especially like pretty girls in shiny things.  Thus Taylor Swift.  Some times I don’t have a lot to say cause there isn’t a lot of depth to what I am feeling.  I have posted Taylor Swift a lot in the past year, or a lot more than prior to this and it is because she is pretty great and I think we have all largely started to realize that more.   But today she is here cause I really like her sparkly jacked and her sparkly bodysuit, and a her like… I dunno, fringey sparkly thing.  The light up dress is nice too but not the same as something that shines without electrical power. Today I want to fuck Taylor Swift.

So I lucked out and got my copy fo Wolf Alice’s My Love is Cool yesterday.  Just sitting on my doorstep when I got home.  This was exciting cause I love new music and if there is one thing I miss from the reign of physical media it’s the excitement of a release.  There was a point in my life when Monday nights meant long lines out the door at Tower records, waiting for midnight to get whatever album was necessary to breathe.  I was on both ends, I worked at record stores on midnight releases, I stood in line.  I got to watch two Jugaloos in full make up scream for 45 minutes at a bunch of emo fans waiting for the new Dashboard Confessional.  It was always amazing. So getting home last night, carefully peeling off shrink wrap and then sliding albums out of the sleeve?  That was great.  Gold vinyl just looking amazing, putting it on and reading the inside cover as I absorbed the music.  These are magic moments I deny myself when I just download things because it is never quite the same.  And Wolf Alice is really good.  I think you guys should give them a listen.  Ellie Rowsell is getting posted cause I love the music and I am always more attracted to artists whose art I love.  She is also quite cute.  But man, musicians are hot.  Electric guitar is scientifically proven to be the hottest instrument on the planet (by scientifically proven I mean I just wrote it and I am not a liar so it must be true).  Thus Ellie Rowsell is here today because today I want to fuck Ellie Rowsell.

As I have mentioned many times before I am usually not a huge fan of street candids.  There are lots of reasons for this.  Pragmatically, they tend to not be as high quality as red carpet pictures or photoshoots.  They also are hard to look at without knowing how intrusive they are. Taylor Swift can do nothing in her life without a horde of photographers following her.  That would drive me nuts.  Even worse, they are all secretly hoping for something unflattering.  They want her to trip or they want a butt shot, or they want he wind to whip up her skirt or anything she would definitely not want the world seeing. How you feel about this is up to you to decide, I tend to avoid them though because… well, when I was a kid basically nothing was open on holidays.  If it was Thanksgiving and you forgot to buy something you had to wait.  Now everything is open and staffed by a work force without the power to demand those days off.  So I refuse to go to a store on a holiday.  My actions won’t cause the stores to close again but at least I will not be the reason those people have to work.  I guess it is the same with paparazzi pictures, I can’t change anything but in general I’d rather not be part of the demand that is the reason they exist.  But then sometimes I post them because Taylor Swift dresses better than anyone on the planet and has amazing legs.  So I end up posting pictures of Taylor Swift being stalked around New York.  Which is what is going on here.  So today I want to fuck Taylor Swift.

Here is Taylor Swift on stage because… she’s on tour and pictures pop up and she often wears thinks that sparkle and lord knows I can’t seem to resist that.  But that is why she is here.  That’s enough about that, I just found out my tumblr buddy wildflagsure just found out her cat died.  Which is terrible and horrible so if you are reading this why don’t you send her your condolences or a joke or anything.  Empty platitudes won’t do much but maybe what you say will help a little bit.  I am going to just go out on a limb and say Taylor Swift would want you to.  She does like cats.  And she seems quite kind.  Today I want to fuck Taylor Swift.

Last night was pretty good for me.  I went and saw St Vincent play, that was certainly good.  On account of the good music.  Then I came home and listened to all 3 Big Star albums.  I don’t think they are connected really other than me staying up for 3 hours after, I just wasn’t tired.  That happens after a good show, I am way too wired to sleep, I would much prefer to just stay up all night and bask in the glow of the experience.  A tumblr buddy of mine wildflagsure was actually deciding between a new guitar and going to see St. Vincent in Rome and my immediate suggestion was to go to the show.  This is because in the end experiences are what I think we remember.  Now, I say this as someone with a lot of stuff.  A lot of records especially.  And I love them all.  But the real truth is as much as I love say… my Fugazi albums, my memories of when I saw them live are much more precious to me.  So I am glad I got to see St. Vincent because I never had before.  And there are things you learn at a show you don’t learn listening to a record.  Like, I can listen and know Annie Clark is an awesome guitarist but you can’t always get the charisma of great stage presence through anything but being there.  This all struck me as I watched her because she very much feels like a rock star to me on stage, which is unfortunately not a moniker you’ll see a lot of people give women.  And I almost want to go into a long story here about that but I’ll just say this is because largely people are dicks and diminish what women do.  Which I am sure some people will think I am doing by posting her here but… I can take it, I took the criticism last time.  The truth is I really, really enjoyed seeing her live and I happen to find myself extremely attracted to artists whose art touches me.  I mean, my dash is usually covered in pictures of her and I get that she is pretty but there is something special about the music and what it can do.  Today I want to fuck St. Vincent.

So I finally saw the Bad Blood music video this morning.  Because… I have never once rushed out to see a music video.  I guess I watched Michael Jackson’s Black or White when I was a kid but for some reason that was some huge event. And disappointment honestly.  Anyway, I knew it was coming because I follow Taylor Swift and she’s been posting promos for I think about 6 years now.  Anyway, I watched it and because I have eyes Taylor Swift is here today.  How could she not be?  If you had asked me a few years ago would I want to see Taylor Swift dressed in black leather kicking ass I probably would have shrugged.  Not a look I would have associated with her.  Turns out it worked.  It really worked.  And basically it was every action movie ever in just a few minutes.  That was pretty great. I appreciate that if this was a full length movie it would be the stupidest, worst action movie ever in all the best ways.  It reminds me of my childhood.  I like that kind of schlock.  And good god, Taylor Swift looked hot.  It’s amazing.  I didn’t know I needed Taylor Swift with red hair but it turns out I did.  So… look, she’s here because she was crazy hot in the video.  I read her interview with Maxim yesterday and I thought her comments on feminism are worth reading but that’s not why she is here.  She is here because oh my god.  Today I want to fuck Taylor Swift.