Island in the Sun Playlist

Happy Summer everyone!

1. Say Hey (I Love You) - Michael Franti & Spearhead
2. She Won't Be Lonely Long - Clay Walker
3. I'm Yours Remix - Jason Mraz ft. Jah Cure & Lil Wayne
4. Gimme That Girl - Joe Nichols
5. If We Meet Again - Timberland ft. Katy Perry
6. All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow
7. Dancing In the Moonlight - Toploader
8. You and Your Heart - Jack Johnson
9. Can You Feel the Best I Ever Had Remix - Drake ft. Elton John
   
10. Hell on the Heart - Eric Church
11. My First Kiss - 3OH!3 ft. Ke$ha
12. Summer Girl - Jessica Andrews
13. Your Body Is A Wonderland (Acoustic) - John Mayer
14. This Afternoon - Nickelback
15. West Coast - Coconut Records
16. Taylor - Jack Johnson
17. A Little Bit - Drake ft. Lykke Li
18. Touches You - Mika
19. Pursuit of Happiness (Steve Aoki Remix) - Kid Cudi
20. Better Together - Jack Johnson & Paula Fuga

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Holly Jolly Holiday Playlist

'Tis the Season

1. Bizarre Christmas Incident – Ben Folds

2. Rudolph – Jack Johnson

3. All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey

4. White Christmas – Taylor Swift

5. Jingle Bell Rock – Aly & AJ

6. Run Rudolph Run – Hanson

7. Latke Clan – The LeeVees

8. Baby It’s Cold Outside – Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey

9. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) – Maroon 5

10. I’ll Be Home for Christmas – Rascal Flatts

11. The Little Drummer Boy – Sean Kingston

12. Ay Ay Ay It’s Christmas – Ricky Martin

13. Hanukkah Blessings – Barenaked Ladies

14. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) – Leighton Meester

15. Last Christmas – CASCADA

16. Carol of the Bells – Emmy Rossum

17. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year – NSYNC

18. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Bruce Springsteen

19. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Tyler Hilton

20. Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Miley Cyrus

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Filled With Glee

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The last time you demonstrated your, ah, vocal talents, it was at the sixth grade talent show. And between the little puddle of "stage fright" you left back stage, and your voice cracking on that sharp C, your recent performances have been limited to serenading the shower head.

Divulge the diva within you with your new obsession: Glee.

The Wednesday night com-dram revolves around a high school Spanish teacher trying to restore the glee club to its former glory. With a born-breed-dead performer as the female lead, and a Troy-Bolton-like football player as the male lead (a la High School Musical), the drama unfolds among students and teachers alike.

Yet Glee is everything but Disney. The show has your standard, popular pro-abstinence cheerleaders, a crippled vocal wonder, a Goth girl with a stutter, a knocked-up cheer captain, and a horny best friend.

And don't forget the teachers and the love triangles between them: the glee club director with a wife faking pregnancy, an awkward-and-sweaty gym teach, a "whatever it takes to win" cheer coach, and an OCD guidance counselor that puts Adrien Monk to shame.

The club struggles with competition from within for solos, rivalry with the Cheerios, and the pressure of placing at nationals--will this band of misfit students make it, or break it?

Above is a clip from Episode 1.6. It'll have you scouring the Internet to see where you can find an adorable yellow sundress and silver slippers (I found one at Forever 21!!).

And possibly composing your next arrangement for the shower.

Sing along Wednesday, 9.8c on FOX.

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The End of Summer Playlist

Catch it while you can.

1. Earthquakes and Sharks - Brandston
2. Hollywood - Collective Soul
3. Oh Oh It's Magic - Pilot
4. White Houses - Vanessa Carlton
5. Wake Up - Sliimy
6. Coconut - The Sea and Cake
7. Good Girls Go Bad - Cobra Starship ft. Leighton Meester
8. Feeling Better - The Teenagers
9. It's All Right Here - Hannah Montana
10. How Love Should Be - Tyler Hilton
11. 40 Day Dream - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
12. Wasted Time - Kings of Leon
13. The Blankest Year - Nada Surf
14. Supernova - Mr. Hudson ft. Kanye West
15. Shambala - 3 Dog Night
16. Everything I Asked For - The Maine
17. Silver Lining - Rilo Kiley
18. You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
    
19. Sunny Hours - Long Beach Dub All-Stars
20. Starstrukk - 3OH!3

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Love Today

I'm in love I'm in love and I don't care who knows it!

Though my admiration for musical artist MIKA has never been a huge secret. Mika and I go back to 2007, to his first album Life In Cartoon Motion. Clear and conspicuous hooks, the vocal range that hails Freddie Mercury, all layered together with arch, campy amusement, he had me humming my way through high school. Now, a couple years later and I've graduated to the halls of even higher learning at Syracuse University--and he's done it again. Allow me to introduce to you The Boy Who Knew Too Much, Mika's second album set to be released September 21st.

Already, samplings off the album are circulating the net; received with tumult and applause, his vocal gymnastics and polymorphous music display the ingenuity behind this imaginative British musician. Talented doesn't begin to cover the man: classically trained, racially mixed and prone to theatrical physical gesture, he has become a scion of ambitiously delivered self-expression. Mika has said his music can be condensed easily, "the basic principals are that it is joyful and empowering and doesn’t cowtow to fashion or convention," calling to mind an old and almost forgotten pop notion: individuality.


Pre-orders are a go on iTunes UK, or check out his absolutely outstanding music video for "We Are Golden" here. I watch it at least 5 times a day. I almost wish I was exaggerating.

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