insomnia (O.o")

4:47am

can't seem to sleep tonight...

so i guess i'll sit here on blogger till i fall asleep i suppose.

what to blog about to kill time?

life is a funny.

sort of interesting where it takes you at times.

interesting who you meet along the way.
friendships. relationships. family. all odd to me, 
the different dynamics we form

don't think that i can ever really be 'personal' here on my blog, 

even though i sort of want to use it that way.

would be nice to have a place to put down my thoughts

but i feel that would be too intimate

and i just don't know you that well yet internet.

life passes by too quickly 

so we rush to finish without properly enjoying it

if i had could pick a super power, 

it would definitely be the ability to

teleport 

control time

till the next encounter internet

Marina and the Diamonds - Obsessions

Marina and the Diamonds - I am not a Robot

Human Castles

Casteller from Mike Randolph on Vimeo.

Every two years in the city of Tarragona, Spain, "castellers" gather to see who can build the highest, most intricate human castles. This uniquely Catalan tradition requires astonishing strength, finesse, balance - and most of all - courage.

LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean


i love LCD Soundsystem!!! muppets were a nice touch. great music...very clean sound. 

ACL pictures taken back in 2007:

LCD Soundsystem - All I Want

LCD Soundsystem - Home

Childish Gambino

Childish Gambino - Freaks and Geeks

Childish Gambino (Donald Glover, also known from Community on NBC) has just put out his video for Freaks and Geeks.  very talented dude right here.  writer, comedian, musician. 

Cool Concept: Cardboard Flash Drives!

Russian artists Alexei Lyapunov and Lena Ehrlich of Art Lebdev Studio preset a new way of making USB drives out of cardboard.  The drives are disposable and have a biodegradable housing which are environmentally friendly. They are also inexpensive to produce (cheaper than plastic, wood, or metal).

[via mymodernmet]

TV on the Radio - Will do

no DL link for this post...sorry folks   :[      TV on the Radio - Will Do [download link]

Hyperrealistic Balancing Elephant

1,2,3 - Riding Coach

French contemporary artist Daniel Firman

strangely mesmerizing

via [abc]

Peter Bjorn & John

Glad to see they are going back to basics: guitar, bass, drums. 

The Cool Kids

Martha Stewart?

California Wives - Guilt

Back in the day, Martha Stewart was a model for Chanel.  Who Knew!?!?

Big THANKS to my good friend Ivan for helping me out with webspace once again.

Afternoon Jam-session

Star Slinger - Mornin (really diggin' this track right now)

Bat for Lashes - Strange love (Depeche Mode cover)

Cold War Kids - Mine is Yours (Passion Pit Remix)

Lupe

Lupe Fiasco - All Black Everything

Now, I Elevate!

Motorcycle - Imagination (acoustic)

great series of photos by Natsumi Hayashi

it's amazing how effortless she makes each pose look.  a subtle calmness that encompasses a sort of tranquility

Kanye West - All Of The Lights ft. Rihanna, Kid Cudi

Chiddy Bang

Chiddy Bang - Rebel

Chiddy Bang - Baby Roulette

this next track is off their old mixtape 'Swelly Express'

Chiddy Bang - Never

Wiz Khalifa

Wiz Khalifa - This Plane

Wiz Khalifa - Know Your Name

I must say that i am a wiz fan! didn't think i would have been at first, but...after a few tracks, he quickly rises to the top of my faves list and frequents the rotations of my playlists. 

Wiz's new mixtape 'Cabin Fever'

you can dl it here:

before you click anything read this! link below goes to another page.  DO NOT CLICK THE BIG RED DOWNLOAD BUTTONS!!! there is another download link with a green arrow pointing down (click that). wait....it will say you have to wait so many seconds before you can download...then click the 'click here' to download when it's done

Wiz Khalifa - Cabin Fever

songs above not on this mixtape

**my posts lately haven't really been "new" songs/artists. 
** just music i've been wanting to post somewhere for sometime now.  hope y'all enjoy

Corrine Bailey Rae

Corrine Bailey Rae - Like a Star

if you didn't know about her by now, shame on you.

she woos my soul and melts my heart with her voice.  sultry, sweet, and soft.

Corrine Bailey Rae - Is this Love

a Bob Marley cover of "is this love." pretty awesome if i do say so myself

Audrey Kawasaki

"Yuuwaku" 誘惑 allure

Adele - Someone like you

one of my favorite artists/works.

oil and graphite on wood.

http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/

new music player

testing out a new music player, so you folks get more music today =] might start using this one from now on.  much cleaner looking imo, but doesn't quite fit my layout as nicely....hmmmmm.....what to do?

Laws - Honor (feat. CyHi da Prynce)

Curren$y - Moon & Stars remix

looks a bit better now that i have it a little more centered :]

Afternoon Jam-session

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Otherside [right click--save]

Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Kiss the Sky

RJD2 - Games you can win

The Twelves - Thursday (twelves remix)

Ben Tran "blogger"

Look at me!!!  I blog now! Ben Tran....."blogger."  how exciting!  filling up my posts with 'content' and what-not.  don't know what exactly i'll be posting here (if i'm going to keep a theme, or if its just going to be randomness, how personal will this become, etc, etc).  here's a song for now....fits my mood since life is going just right in this moment.

Nicki Minaj - Moment 4 Life [right click--save]

i surprised myself with an update so soon after my first initial post.  guess i have to fill this thing up so people will actually visit.  not sure how different this will be from my fb.  although, i guess i won't be posting as much junk and music on fb anymore bc i have this place now.  at least here i provide a download link for all my music too.  blogging is a lot of work, much more than i had anticipated. we'll see how long i keep this up, and how frequently i'll actually use this.  enjoy for now

Hoodie Allen

Hoodie Allen's first video "you are not a robot"

not quite the typical rapper you would imagine, but definitely worth a listen if you haven't heard already.  he uses a lot of indie samples in his mixtape  (i.e. marina and the diamonds [song above], black keys, two door cinema club, etc.). 

download his mixtape here ==> "Pep Rally" [right click--save] 

Keira

Keira Knightley photographed by Ellen von Unwerths. freakin' hot

Gorillaz-on melachonly hill (acoustic) [right click--save]

    

my first actual post on my blog.  

i <3 keira! perhaps one day, she will agree to make babies with me.  

the song fits the mood of the post for me.  maybe i will begin to do that with each post. we shall see how long this will even last.