Mentionable Mashup of the Week = 'Sprawl Of Glass' by The Hood Internet (2011)

This week's mentionable mashup goes to Sprawl Of Glass, by mashup artist The Hood Internet. This mashup features modern indie rock band Arcade Fire and their 2010 song Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) versus Blondie and their 1979 hit Heart Of Glass. If you like what you hear you can check out this song and more by The Hood Internet at the website HERE.

Brief Movie Review for 'Glengarry Glen Ross' (1992)

Movie = Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

Director = James Foley

Rating = 2.5/5 Stars ** 

An ok movie, lots of loud arguing and hustling going on which makes it entertaining to say the least. This movie has an all-star cast of actors (including Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, Jack Lemmon) who play struggling real-estate salesmen in the early 90's (clearly before the 90's real estate and dotcom booms happened) who are all about to lose their jobs. The movie does a great job of exposing the fact that when working in sales it doesn't matter if you even make a sale that will go through, as long as the numbers look good at the end of the day and you've hustled at least one person out of their livelihood its all good. All-star cast and the dialogue make it worth watching at least once. Lets imagine another boom coming, hey, it happened in the 90's right?

Steve Judd's Global Astrological Forecast for April 2011 (All Signs)

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Feature Song of the Day = 'Eliza Jane' by The Salvadors (2011)

Today's featured song is Eliza Jane by Adelaide based Australian indie-pop group The Salvadors. The Salvadors consist of first names only Tom ( vocals/guitar), Eddy (guitar), Jeff (bass guitar), Eugine (drums), and Cat (keyboards). The Salvadors certainly are making waves in Oz, and I recommend you check out this song as well as their others, which incidentally are available on ITunes and Amazon right now. Eliza Jane is a new single, which was just released in March 2011. If you like what you hear I would also recommend that you to go to their Unearthed Page HERE for more band info as well as the fact that there are still some free and legal MP3 downloads by The Salvadors available on that page as well. Also, be sure to check out their Myspace page HERE.

Feature Song of the Day = "Civilization' by Justice (2011)

Today's feature song is Civilization by French electro-house duo Justice. Justice has been active on the electronic music scene since 2003, and consists of Paris-based Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay who are also one of the most successful groups on the Ed Banger Records label. Civilization is a new single released, just out on March 28th, 2011 and it is likely to show up on their upcoming new album which is yet to be announced, so until then check this song out, it lives up to their older stuff for sure!

Now They Call Them Oldies = 'Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye)' by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons (1965)

Another oldie here, this time the result was the 1965 hit Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye) by Frankie Vallie and The Four Seasons. This song was originally written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio (a member of The Four Seasons) who sent it to #12 on the US Singles chart. The Four Seasons were an American pop-rock group from Newark, New Jersey and according to Wikipedia the Vocal Group Hall of Fame named them the most popular rock band before The Beatles. In 1975 this song was covered by a Scottish group called Bay City Rollers which sold over a million copies and clenched #1 on the UK Singles chart for six weeks. 
frankie valli & the four seasons-bye bye baby by _Fonzie_

Feature Song of the Day = 'Eyes' by Peter Bjorn and John (2011)

Today's feature song is Eyes by Swedish indie-rock band Peter, Bjorn, and John. Peter, Bjorn, and John have been active on the rock-music scene since 1999, they are based out of Stockholm, Sweden, and consist of members Peter Morén (vocals, guitar and harmonica), Björn Yttling (bass guitar, keyboards and vocals) and John Eriksson (drums, percussion and vocals). Eyes comes off of their new album titled Gimme Some, which was just released on March 28th, 2011. If you like what you hear then head over to their website HERE for more music and band info, Enjoy!

Feature Song of the Day = 'Can't Hear my Eyes' by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti (2010)

Today's feature song is Can't Hear My Eyes, by Los Angeles based recording artists/psychedlic-indie-pop collaboration Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti. Ariel Pink (Ariel Marcus Rosenberg) is a recording artist who is the primary member of the band, which has had various other musicians and personnel do bits and pieces of work under the band name, and their are about 17 of them in total so I won't name them all here.  Rosenberg has been active on the music scene in L.A. since 1996. Can' Hear My Eyes comes off of the lastest album titled Before Today, which was released on June, 8th 2010. If you like what you hear you can find this album on ITunes, or you can head over Ariel Pink's website HERE.

A Brief TV-Series Review = 'Downton Abbey' (Season 1) (2010)

TV Series = Downton Abbey (2010)

Writer/Creator = Julian Fellowes

Rating = 5/5 Stars *****

This Masterpiece Classics production is excellent, and I would like to say that I recommend it to everyone. The first Season has been completed and aired, and the according to the Wikipedia page, the second season is currently being filmed as I write this, and is set to be aired in late 2011. The series is set in the fictional Downton Abbey in about 1912-1915 and revolves around the lives of the Earl of Grantham, his estate of Downton Abbey, and all of the relatives and workers who's lives twist and turn and revolve around this fictional estate in the years just pre-WW1. Also according to wikipedia it is currently the most expensive British television show ever produced. Don't miss this one if you have the chance to watch it.

Now They Call Them Oldies = 'Donna' by Ritchie Valens (1958)

Here's an oldie for the week...Donna by the late Mexican-American singer/songwriter/guitarist/legend Ritchie Valens. Ritchie Valens ( Ricardo Esteban Valenzuela Reyes), was born in 1941, and died tragically in 1959 at the young age of 17! But in those short 17 years he left us with some classics, and my shuffle results brought me to this Valens song. Now, obviously being a child of the 80's Valens was long gone before I was even a concept, but I still appreciate his contribution to American music and of course I remember watching the 1987 biographical movie La Bamba on HBO as a kid and being impacted by the music and story (you know, the one with Lou Diamond Phillips). So anyways, Donna is the oldie of the week, and it peaked at #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Feature Song of the Day = 'Wake Up' by Acid Girls (feat Frankmusik) (2009)

Today's feature song is Wake Up, by Los-Angeles-based DJ duo Acid Girls (feat. FRANKMUSIK). The duo started out as music bloggers, and moved up to dj'ing major parties the world-round and of course now they are producing their own music and remixes. Wake Up was released in 2009 on the French Music Label Kitsuné, and their Kitsuné X The Cobrasnake album. There isn't a whole lot of bio-information on these two, so you might head over to their MySpace page HERE if you are interested in checking out more of their work.

Feature Song of the Day = 'Can't Shake This Feeling' by Grum (2010)

Today's feature song is Can't Shake This Feeling, by UK electro-artist Grum. Grum (Graeme Shepard) has been active on the synth-electro music scene since 2007 and he originates out of Leeds, UK. Can't Shake This Feeling comes off of his May 2010 debut album titled Heartbeats, which I would highly recommend checking out if you are into the synth-electro scene and are fond of artists like Cut Copy, Van She, The Presets, Miami Horror, and Tesla Boy.  If you like what you hear be sure to visit his MySpace page HERE, and note that you can purchase this album now on ITunes or Amazon.

A Brief Movie Review for 'The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest' (2009)

Movie = The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest (2009)

Director = Daniel Alfredson

Rating = 3/5 Stars *** 

This is the 3rd and final part of the now popular Stieg Larsson triology, and it continues directly from Part 2. While this film has a bit less violence and a bit more of the unfolding of the plot, it remains to be the least exciting and most anti-climactic of the triology (being the climax of course). Main character Lisbeth Salander and her deformed father Zalachenko are both hospitalized whilst Salander's giant and vengeful brother Niedermann remains on the loose. We discover more about the mysterious spy organization Zalachenko works for and journalist Michael Blomkvist gets himself and his co-writers in deep into the conflict. I still think that part 1 was the most interesting, but this concludes the trilology so naturally you will want to watch it as well.