All I Want to Do is Ride Around Shinin'

It only took me 8 minutes to realize that Pedal ID is more fun than my blog.

I Know a Girl, She Puts the Color Inside of My World

Check out this video of John Mayer and Kanye West:



A few observations:
- John Mayer's head is 'uuuuuge!! I mean, physically... I know he's about 6'4" and large people have large heads, but still...
- Kanye has been saying "stuntastic" a lot in recent interviews. I wonder if it's the thesaurus next to "fergilicious" and "hyphy".
- In an interview with Mayer a while back, I remember reading about him trying out stand-up comedy. His agent and manager were thinking it was a bad idea but I think he's actually pretty funny. Even though he's obviously one of those smug, intelligent types, I can't say I didn't laugh.
- The song actually sounds pretty good but I still think Graduation has a decent chance of flopping. On his first album, he came in on a huge wave of hype with "Through the Wire" and the car accident; people weren't impressed with "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" (until Hova tore up the remix) but he still had the Jon Brion collaboration hype, the "Gold Digger" single and "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People"; this upcoming album doesn't seem to have that sort of fire behind it. Even with all the John Mayer and Chris Martin talk (and Jon Brion again) I am skeptical. Maybe all the the John Mayer and Chris Martin talk is what's making me skeptical. Who knows? I hope it is great but as a fan, I'm mildy concerned...
- Finally, John Mayer is the singer-songwriter version of Justin Timberlake. Like JT, he started off doing the teeny bopper pop bit, moved on to more mature themes gaining some street cred along the way, dated a pop star who isn't as hot as people tend to believe, starred in some well-received sketch comedy skits and managed to overcome the fact that he's just a big nerd. I don't know where his incredible ability to shred a blues lick comes into play though... Maybe it's equivalent to Justin's dancing? I don't know... I'm just waiting for him to carry a crappy movie in a supporting role (as JT supposedly did in Alpha Dog).

The Week Never Starts Around Here

This weekend was fairly uneventful. I didn't go out at all at night or do anything social at all, for that matter. I relaxed a bit, killing a lot of time on the Internet and in front of the television. It wasn't completely unproductive though. I got my car serviced, visited my parents, did some laundry, went for a run around the steeps near my house (a couple of which I ended up skating later in the day) and cleaned up around my room. I also took the second step in replacing my stolen goods (I'll write about the first step later this week) by getting a new watch. Coming off of three consecutive action-packed weekends, this one was a much needed, low-key couple of days. All in all, it was a pretty good weekend.

All I've Got is a Pair of Ice Creams

I love ice cream and frozen yogurt. This is me shoving my face full of ice cream in Japan, at a place called Ice Cream City. I don't remember what flavor I got but it was delicious.



It's not exactly Ice Cream City but the corner store, which is less than a half a block from my front door, just got a frozen yogurt machine. Hopefully, I don't look like a sumo wrestler the next time you see me. I think I'm in trouble...

My Partner Yellin' "Too Soon! Don't Do It!"

UGK (feat. OutKast) - International Player's Anthem

This video rules. Hard.

When My Next Album Drops I Ain't Wearin' No Shirt

I was going to write something more interesting today but I didn't get around to it. I will try and come up with something in the next couple of days. In the meantime, here's a post I've been sitting on for a few days...

I'm pretty excited about these albums and you should be too:

T.I. - T.I. vs. T.I.P.
The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale
The New Pornographers - Challengers
Kanye West - Graduation
Interpol - Our Love To Admire
Common - Finding Forever
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight
Arthur & Yu - In Camera
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool

Also, Lyrics Born, Kid Sister, CRS, Bonde Do Role, ?uestlove/Pharrell, M.I.A. and some others...

I Want To Ride My Bicycle!

My bike.