December, 2009

nina simone

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Two of my favorite things are Nina Simone and offbeat covers. I dropped not-so-subtle hints this Christmas for a Nina Simone anthology… well, fast forward to a chilly Monday morning and the one-time queen of soul is on repeat. Check out some very cross-genre covers below.
Nina Simone – “See Line Woman” (original)

Feist – “Sea Lion [...]

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late to the party

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

I knew I would regret saying something nice about the Twilight series. I spoke too soon.
You remember peer-editing clumsy short stories in 6th grade? Take a gander at the synopses below (Wikipedia) – great reading if you haven’t had your daily facepalm. I refuse to believe the plot of this series was dreamt up by [...]

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