I’m taking a break from Blend Recapping (don’t worry. there’s more. if you’re sick of it, come back next week when I leave for Austin).

EDIT: I wasn’t going to recap today (I have tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday for that!), but Janetha posted her Friday night recap last night and I was [...]]]> #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

I’m taking a break from Blend Recapping (don’t worry. there’s more. if you’re sick of it, come back next week when I leave for Austin).

EDIT: I wasn’t going to recap today (I have tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday for that!), but Janetha posted her Friday night recap last night and I was so excited to see that I was featured on her blog. As you know, I’m kind of a fangirl of hers and pretty much do every workout she posts. You’ve seen her right? There’s a reason I’m a lemming.

Anyway, she was kind enough to post this very … special … photo of me enjoying the cupcakes from Street Fare at Friday night’s dinner.

I love how Ashley and Laura are all cute and Christine might have noticed my posing for photo … or was just as enthused about getting a photo of us eating as I was. I’m pretty sure somebody said “Can I get a picture of you ladies eating your cupcakes?” And that she did.

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Now instead of another recap, I have so much music for you this week! I compiled all 10 11 of my favorite workout songs into this post.

Those of you who use Nike+ know that they have this thing called a “powersong”. You push a button, and the song that you picked that gets your heart pumping will play. Pretty cool, eh? I think so. I’ve definitely had some runs in which I’ve punched the button and listened to one of these songs on repeat for several miles.

Also, if you’re new to my blog, note that I have pretty schizophrenic music taste. So hopefully there is something for everybody here.

And if you’re not a fan of watching YouTube videos, here’s the playlist on Spotify instead. In case you didn’t know, Metallica is lame and doesn’t have any of their songs on Spotify. So if you really want to hear Master of Puppets, you’ll have to watch the video (I suggest a listen — you might recognize it from the classic — yes it’s old enough that I’m calling it that — Will Ferrell movie Old School.)

Jimmy Eat World / A Praise Chorus

Amon Amarth / Pursuit of the Vikings

Michael Jackson / Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (Not my favorite version of this song — but I watched this concert SO many times when I was a little kid. Gold. Bodysuits.)

Ke$ha / Blow — Cirkut Remix (just so you know, it pains me to actually use the $ for an S and it made me shudder typing “cirkut”)

Iron Maiden / The Trooper

The Faint / Paranoiattack (Note: These guys are stellar live. the light show? they spend most of their $ on that, from what I hear)

Daft Punk / Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (giving you this video because it cracks me up)

Metallica / Master of Puppets

Andrew W.K. / She is Beautiful

3 Inches of Blood / Deadly Sinners

Okay — I’m a fan of turning things up to 11. So here’s one more.

Children of Bodom / Are You Dead Yet? 

Those guys also have a pretty hilarious cover of Oops I Did it Again. In case you were wondering

This song was singlehandedly the reason I came back from an injury and shaved 2+ minutes of my mile time. It also helped that I have a slight crush on their lead singer / guitarist (<===== oddly enough, that is the post that continues to bring the most traffic to my site). Yeah. I have weird taste in guys. Don’t judge. Tattoos, beards, guitars, long hair? If you have one or more of those, I’m in (Mark is obviously bearded and he plays guitar. And banjo. I was responsible for him continuing to grow his hair out in college, though we weren’t dating — oops.)

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What songs pump you up? Do you have a go-to powersong? And how do you feel about facial hair or tattoos? Discuss.

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I’ve been loving this song (and new album) by The Drums … so take a listen. It’s really upbeat, but the lyrics aren’t. How ironic-slash-hipster of them.

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Happy Thanksgiving! You know what I’m thankful for? Awesome music. Here’s some to share.

I recently was introduced to the Tune-Yards via one of my fabulous former interns who has amazing musical taste. I picked up their new album “w h o k i l l” via emusic.com.

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Happy Thanksgiving! You know what I’m thankful for? Awesome music. Here’s some to share.

I recently was introduced to the Tune-Yards via one of my fabulous former interns who has amazing musical taste. I picked up their new album “w h o k i l l” via emusic.com.

Let me know what you think. I’m in love.

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I’m really loving this song by The Tallest Man on Earth.  He’s a Swedish acoustic singer/songwriter.  I found him on Spotify via my friend Steph.  Let me know what you think. I love his style.

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Another band I discovered via a coworker who pointed them out on Spotify is The Thievery Corporation. Who, again, I was already digging on The Current.

Here’s Stargazer  by The Thievery Corporation. Let me know what you think.

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I’ve been using Spotify a lot lately, but am trying to find a good balance between Spotify and The Current — for a couple of reasons.  One is obvious — I’m a member of The Current and donate a chunk of money every month to keep them up and running.  Two — if I quit [...]]]> #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

I’ve been using Spotify a lot lately, but am trying to find a good balance between Spotify and The Current — for a couple of reasons.  One is obvious — I’m a member of The Current and donate a chunk of money every month to keep them up and running.  Two — if I quit listening to the radio, how will I ever find anything new?  I get that the point of Spotify is to see what your friends are listening to and find new things that way, but my musical tastes don’t overlap my friends’ that much.

That being said, I asked my intern last week if he had any band suggestions. And he said Cults.  Which I quickly realized I was already digging on The Current anyway but didn’t know it was this band.  The song Go Outside is on their current rotation.

Here’s the video for Go Outside. Let me know what you think.

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I know I’ve already featured LCD Soundsystem, but I recently purchased an older album of theirs, “The Sound of Silver” at the suggestion of a friend upon seeing my last post about these guys.

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I know I’ve already featured LCD Soundsystem, but I recently purchased an older album of theirs, “The Sound of Silver” at the suggestion of a friend upon seeing my last post about these guys.

This album is slowly growing on me, though I don’t like it as much as “This is Happening” (their 2010 release). I am in love with this song, “North American Scum”. On repeat.

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I made an amazing discovery on Tuesday.

And bear with me, I know I’m probably behind on this, which makes me sad.

YOU CAN MAKE MUSIC WITH NINTENDOS.

Yes. Nintendos.

And I found this out by listening to NPR on the way to work. Which kept me occupied during a traffic-stand-still caused by a [...]]]> #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

I made an amazing discovery on Tuesday.

And bear with me, I know I’m probably behind on this, which makes me sad.

YOU CAN MAKE MUSIC WITH NINTENDOS.

Yes. Nintendos.

And I found this out by listening to NPR on the way to work. Which kept me occupied during a traffic-stand-still caused by a burning van — that I unfortunately don’t have any more information or images of.

Anywho, the band is Anamanaguchi. I don’t feel so bad knowing that I already played the Scott Pilgrim game and loved the soundtrack — which they are responsible for creating.

Just so you know, they play other instruments. They apparently take apart old game systems and modify them to play new melodies. And the systems are on stage with them.

Here’s a video of them playing “Blackout City” live.

Also, if you want a really sweet interpretation of images with their music, check out Dawn Metropolis.

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Bowie. He’s beautiful, androgynous and one of my favorite artists of all time. If you follow me on twitter, you’ve probably seen me tweet about wanting to have #bowiebabies more than once.

I discovered a song that I’m not as familiar with by Bowie. And I youTubed it and found this awesome video from probably [...]]]> #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

Bowie. He’s beautiful, androgynous and one of my favorite artists of all time. If you follow me on twitter, you’ve probably seen me tweet about wanting to have #bowiebabies more than once.

I discovered a song that I’m not as familiar with by Bowie. And I youTubed it and found this awesome video from probably the very early 80s or the late 70s. The song is “Fashion”.

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I totally forgot about Primus. Primus is definitely an acquired taste — everybody in the band is super talented and the songs use the bass (Les Claypool) as their melody, which is kind of different than most bands.

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I totally forgot about Primus. Primus is definitely an acquired taste — everybody in the band is super talented and the songs use the bass (Les Claypool) as their melody, which is kind of different than most bands.

This video is one of my favorite music videos ever. They filmed it in slow mo and sped it up because these suits were super heavy. And yes, the song is kind of inappropriate — but that’s how Primus rolls.

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