Duffy’s album “Rockferry” just came out in the U.S. on May 13, but it’s been getting some radio play on independent stations - like WYEP here in Pittsburgh (because heaven forbid mainstream radio put anything new and actually good into rotation). However, she is being touted as the next, though wholesome so thereby starkly opposite, Amy Winehouse, if not only for the obvious soul
influence in her vocals, so she does showcase the ability to break into the pop charts quite easily. Who knows, maybe we’ll start hearing Duffy every 5 seconds at Lava Lounge instead of the same 3 shitty Winehouse tracks on repeat.
It’s funny, though, because she’s kind of the counter-Winehouse at the same time, at least when it comes to looks and lyrical content; seemingly no drug addictions, blonde hair and an amazing smile. She typically wears beautiful dresses/gowns (whatever you want to call them) when she performs and is just a plain jane normal girl smiling and having fun (and sometimes hula hooping with the guys from We Are Scientists) in the few “off stage” videos I’ve seen of her.
The song that initially caught my eye is this one:
The only problem with the album is that there are only 10 songs, too few to add to my ears’ queue of enjoyable sound, but not a one of them is really bad in any capacity so you just put the album on again and it all works out. Here’s another one that stands out.
I love Bob Errey. I’m not sharing this video (that I happened across while Googleing Bob Errey in an effort to find his email address) with you because it’s weird or creepy or that Errey is a goofball. I’m sharing it with you because Bob Errey is a frickin hockey genius. You can’t be upset or surprised when a man who is redefining the descriptive comment constraints of a hockey announcer by painting the most genius metaphors, analogies, hockey terms, rules, regulations, trends, standards, and traditions you’ve ever heard happens to find himself getting carried away… Cheers Bob. Cheers indeed.
It’s pretty absurd how many people are in this video response from Jimmy Kimmel and Ben Affleck to the, of course, previously ridiculous video “I’m Fucking Matt Damon”. Apparently this aired during the Oscar’s?? Fantastic. Brad Pitt, Robin Williams, Don Cheadle, Cameron Diaz, Harrison Ford, Macy Gray, dudes from Fallout Boy and Good Charlotte?, Huey Lewis?? - the list keeps on going. Again, fantastic.
Now that your life is ruined after watching that video and realizing that you will never be with someone as sickeningly perfect in every way as Alison Sodul (singer of A Fine Frenzy)… here’s some more photos. Consider this post a really, really lame teenage-girl-like, obsession-oriented, borderline stalking post. (for those of you who have surely known this woman has existed for quite some time, F-U 1) for thinking that I’m way behind the times and 2) for not telling me about her! What the hell was that ‘merica?!
