Totally Awesome: The Final Installment
Buy A Very Potter Senior Year soundtrack HERE
Visit the Official YouTube channel for Team Starkid HERE
What did you think of A Very Potter Senior Year? What was your favorite song? Favorite line? Favorite character? What is your favorite Team Starkid production? Tell me in the comments!
If you were looking for something to melt your heart and make you smile . . .
What did you think of Paperman? What was your favorite scene? Which Disney animated short is your favorite? Tell me in the comments!
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Hi, everyone! This week, the wonderful Peggy Isaacs nominated me for a One Lovely Blog Award. I know, isn’t that awesome? Hold on a second while I give her massive amounts of hugs and thanks. THANK YOU, Peggy!! THANK YOU!!! I order all of you to check out her blog. Immediately. In the meantime, the One Lovely Blog rules state that I must list 7 things about myself and, as is usual, I must pick the next honoree. Choosing to ignore the part where it says I must pick 15 others, I nominate our good friend, Hannah, from Set In Motion. Book nerd and film lover, this Aussie is a fangirl in her own right. Take it from me, subscribe to her blog. You won’t regret it.
As for that other thing . . .
1. John Green is my favorite author and nerd.
2. The Doctor’s Wife is my favorite episode of Doctor Who. Matt Smith also holds a slight edge over David Tennant as my favorite Doctor Who Doctor. What can I say? It’s the bow tie.
3. I’m currently writing a supernatural novella (with zombies!).
4. In middle school, I completely covered my room with pictures and posters of *Nsync. Imagine floor to ceiling Justin Timberlake wallpaper.
5. My favorite song (of all-time) is Come Pick Me Up by Ryan Adams. You can’t go wrong with a harmonica solo.
6. I was a band geek.
7. I have an adorable, mischievous labrador named Blackie. He likes to snuggle.
I’ll see you tomorrow! – Kim
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Bug Out
Do you want to go on a journey? A journey into . . . space? The answer is yes. Yes, you do. Once again, the lovely and talented people of Team Starkid (The brains behind A Very Potter Musical) have proven just how awesome they are with their newest hit, Starship. Here’s the story: All Bug (Joey Richter) wants to be is a Starship Ranger, but he has one problem. He’s not human. Can this one bug make his dreams come true and save the universe in the process? With music and lyrics by Darren Criss, Starship is one musical and hilarious adventure into space.
Continue your journey with Starship HERE
For more Team Starkid visit their Official Website & don’t forget to purchase the Starship soundtrack HERE
Did you watch Starship? What did you think? What was your favorite song? Favorite line? How much do you love Team Starkid? Tell me in the comments!
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Jack’s Mannequin. Do I really need to say anything more here?
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“I consider myself a person like everyone else, and I take my time writing my records because I feel like it captures more of who I am. You have a much greater chance of hitting on themes and points…that could play into someone else’s life in a larger way.” – Andrew McMahon
When I started thinking about what I wanted to do for Press Play Fridays, I not only wanted to introduce you to new artists and music, but to artists that I love or artists that I can reintroduce you to. So, for Artist Of The Month, I want a celebration for the artist. To send the streamers and paper confetti flying! Not only will we be celebrating their music, but what makes them, them; their voice, their style, their attitude toward their music, etc. To begin this journey, we’re going to get to know the artist a little bit more. It’s going to be fun, you’ll see.
And for this first Artist Of The Month, I could think of non-other than a person and musician that I admire and love. His name might be Andrew, and he might be a real flesh and blood human, but he is still Jack’s Mannequin.
This is Behind The Music (Insert some awesome background music here): Jack’s Mannequin.
After being the front man and piano man of three Something Corporate albums, Andrew McMahon decided that it was time to bring it back home to southern California. In an attempt to slow things down and get back to his roots, Andrew starting writing songs for what would be Jack’s Mannequin debut album Everything In Transit. “I just wanted to get things off my chest. I wasn’t planning to do anything with these songs except record them” (Source).
Then as the writing process was ending, Andrew was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Though caught in the early stages, this specific type of leukemia was rare for someone of Andrews age. Over time, Andrew received different treatments, including a stem cell transplant from his sister Katie. In December of 2005 the transplant was deemed successful and Andrew began to perform again after several months. Andrew remains in remission today.
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At the same time Andrew was dealing with his diagnosis, Everything In Transit hit stores in August of ’05. “From spirited songs about living life to its fullest to gut-wrenching ballads on hopeless despair, Everything in Transit explores the complete emotional spectrum, taking you along on a journey that will make you both smile and cry, sometimes even in the same song” (Source). Songs like The Mixed Tape, M.F.E.O, and Dark Blue have become songs of a generation (Well, I think of them that way). “Everything in Transit is one of the best pop rock records I have ever heard, and is further testament as to why Andrew McMahon is the one of the greatest songwriters of our generation. Everything in Transit is an album that will make you laugh, cry, and truly appreciate life . . . ” (Source).
I want to see that! (Thriller edition)
You’re sitting in a movie theatre. The lights begin to dim. The popcorn bucket resting on your knee seems to be oozing some kind of hypnotic butter intoxicant into your system. And the cold drink in your sticky side chair cup holder is sweating coolness down it’s side. Now, you think you’re set. The movie is about to begin. You’re excited. You’ve been waiting weeks, even months to see this movie, and the time is right upon you. So, you sit back and relax. “This is going to be good,” you tell yourself. Then, suddenly you’re watching a commercial for Mountain Dew. “What the . . .” You’ve spent how many dollars to see this movie and they show you a commercial? How dare they! If you wanted to see a commercial for some second-rate product you would have stayed at home and watched AdVision. But, now the lights are dimming lower and you relax once again. “It’s time.” The green haze of the screen alarms you. Of course you realize it’s your favorite part . . . the trailers.
“Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us?”
This is The Adjustment Bureau
Arrival: March 4, 2011
If I wasn’t afraid of elevators, before . . . I sure am now.
Devil
Arrival: September 17, 2010
“170,000 SQ miles of desert. 90 minutes of Oxygen. No way out.”
You are Buried
Arrival: October 8, 2010
Quote source: imdb
What do you think? Do want to see any of these movies? Tell me in the comments!
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Time to bring out the Bop It!
I’d like to introduce you to a new little segment I call FanGirl Addiction. We all have a pop culture addiction; be it a T.V show, a book, a person, or a movie. You shouldn’t be ashamed of it. You should embrace it. And that’s why I’m here. This is where you come when you don’t want a cure for your pop culture addiction. Where you discuss your addiction with other people who know what you’re going through. So, welcome! May this be a home for your inner-fangirl.
Now, on to today’s addiction: Gilmore Girls. Yes, once again, I’m a little late boarding this fast talking train, but does that really matter? My love isn’t different just because the show is in repetitive reruns or still in the should there be a movie because we’re not sure mode. It doesn’t matter where you begin. The only thing that matters is how you love this amazing T.V show. So . . . um . . . yeah. Should we start singing “We are the Gilmore” now? No? Okay.
Right now I’m at a loss for words . . . why do I love Gilmore Girls? Is it the fast talking, coffee drinking, mother-daughter relationship between Lorelai and Rory? Is it the storytelling? Is it the men: Luke, Logan, Dean (Hey, JPad!), Jess, etc? The pop culture eccentric dialogue? Is it Kirk?
The Walking Dead
AMC announced that the premiere of its new zombified show The Walking Dead will begin with a 90 minute episode on Halloween night. I. Can’t. Wait. Check out the trailer:
Totally Awesome
Source: EW.com
The lovely people at Entertainment Weekly have given us Potter Fans 9 exclusive photos from Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1. You can find this pic and the rest, here. Now, part of my brain (The rational part) is telling me to ask if it’s November yet? While, the other half is drawing up plans for a time machine to take us into the future, November 19th, to be exact. So, dear Ravenclaw’s, Gryffindor’s, Slytherine’s, and Hufflepuff’s (Yay!), enjoy and discuss all the totally awesome things you’ve seen in the comments!
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Everyone loves a nerd, especially if it’s Sheldon Cooper.
Bazinga.
Love The Big Bang Theory? Love Sheldon Copper? Tell me in the comments!
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