Sing Us A Song, Random Piano Man

I'm sort of bummed I'm not in London for this, but apparently there's this artist that's putting pianos all over the cities of London and New York City so that people can just sit down and play.

The whole thing is supposed to encourage creativity, and honestly, the idea is pretty fantastic. Just having the chance to see an amateur busker going for it on a street corner - or see Cyndi Lauper jamming in Time Square, as she supposedly did.

My only fear is the road hazard. I hope no one gets mowed down halfway through like Fur Elise or anything. Like you're driving down the street and whoops! Street musician roadkill.

I Found My Stamps (!!!!)

My day was made by the postal service.

I took a field trip over to the Museum of Everything, which was the strangest thing I've seen in a while. Part of it was like the Magic Garden, and the rest of it was just weird. It was up near the Chalk Fields tube stop, which really, I want to live in this city and that would be a great place. Cute neighborhood, really nice, not terribly far from everything.

I decided on an impulse to check in the tiny-ass post office up that way, in the back of the convenience mart. I asked the little Indian man behind the counter if they had the Coldplay stamps. Two of them were confused, just like everyone else I've asked about them, and then the third pulled out exactly the ones I wanted.

FULLY worth the month long search and the money I paid for them.

Get Up On The Dancefloor!

Sabina and I need to learn how to Vogue properly. Observe us at the BWE, more on this later when I have time to write. And it's not midnight.

Bear Left, Dogg.

So I saw this on SNL and EW.com, and thought it was hilarious. Apparently, Tom Tom GPS systems have gotten Snoop Dogg to be a celebrity navigator. He recorded his voice so that when you jump in your car and don't want to get lost, Snoop Doggy Dog will get you to the do'.

Victor/Victoria

So as some of you may know, Allie and Matt and I were in a chorus concert on Saturday afternoon for our All Campus Choral Ensemble performance. Allie was in the alto section, Matt was a bass, and I was in the tenor and alto sections. According to the teacher, I was mentioned in both sections of the program for singing in two different sections.

So I took a look, and as it turned out, I was listed as two different people. In the Alto section, I was listed as Alexandra Palombo (as I had asked, that's my name). In the tenor section, I was listed as Alex Palumbo - my last name was spelled wrong and it was cut down to Alex to make it look like it was a man singing in the men's section.

I figure that the last name was an honest mistake, - I mean, really, the same person is in the program twice, you would think someone would look above and make sure they were at least consistent if not right - but I don't know about the first name issue. Looking at the program, it felt as if the teacher was trying to deny that there was a woman singing tenor.

Blog Numba FO

That's right. Four of them.

There's this one, which is just for fun. And all of my stupid ramblings and such about...well, nothing. News II Electric Boogaloo is for, well, News II. Pretty obvious, judging by the title. It has my Ithacan articles and my Dipity on it, and nothing else really of importance. Same with the Wordpress blog, because that was another News II experiment. The fourth?

Ithaca's Imprint Magazine. I'm psyched.

Disney Needs To Stop With The Remakes

So I was cruising through BBC News as I do daily and came across this little disturbing nugget of information:

Disney is remaking Yellow Submarine. In 3D.

Some remakes can turn out well. I mean, I thought Star Trek was fantastic, and that was Touchstone (I think?). But I really can't see this ending well.

Yellow Submarine was a (trippy and weird) cultural moment that doesn't seem to be easily replicated. And much less by Disney, the maker of all that is family-friendly entertainment. I feel like the drug-induced animation and storyline will be streamlined to make sense for a family, and I don't really think that The Beatles were going for that.

Beatles' Progeny

Let us now discuss The Beatles, and some of their children.

This bit on The Tonight Show got me thinking about how very little attention is paid to some of The Beatles' kids (and how apparently good looking/looking like their dads they are. Dhani Harrison, my dear, where have you BEEN?!). Yes, Stella McCartney has her own fashion line. And Julian and Shawn Lennon look insanely like their dad. But other than that, do you really hear about George's kids? Or Ringo's? I don't even know if Ringo has kids, much less have seen them talked about on television or whatever.

Oh, and in case it's hard to tell, Dhani Harrison (George's son) is not only a musician, but one of the designers of The Beatles' Rock Band. He's the one playing the drums in the clip.

Hey Ithacappella: Here's An Idea!

Of all the songs I would like them to sing, it would be this one that the Friars wrote. Because it's true. And it's funny because it's true.

And They Were All Yellow

One more reason why I love Coldplay? They're willing to go yellow. In more ways than one.

According to BBC Entertainment (which is pretty trustworthy, at least more than E! Online and about on par with EW, because that's kind of their job to know), my favorite band will be made Simpsons in a September episode. The article reports:

The band will reportedly be hired by Homer to play a private concert for him and
Bart after he wins the lottery.

"When Bart goes to the bathroom, Coldplay
has to stop," executive producer Al Green told US website Entertainment Weekly.

See, they're talented and have a great sense of humor. As if Chris Martin singing at the end of Bruno wasn't enough indication.

Two Students = Time For Pandora

Here at Conrad Schools of Science High School Summer School, we don't allow students to listen to headphones. It's a distraction, and it's against the rules.

That said, since there are only two students in the second class today (Mark and Shatir, who taught us how to "swag" and how to rap yesterday when the server was down), we allowed it. Which means I can Pandora the second half away.

Niiiiiiiiiice.

Supermassive Awards Show

I'm both excited by and fearful of the upcoming MTV VMAs.

I'm excited because my ratnest-haired love Russell Brand is once again hosting the awards (hopefully with better results than last year's "retarded cowboy fella" incident). I'm even more excited because British band Muse is performing for the first time.

I'm saddened, however, by the fact that Muse is probably only playing because they were recognized from Twilight and the baseball game scene when the kick-ass "Supermassive Black Hole" was playing in the background.

I guess I have to take what I can get and just enjoy the fact that they're performing. And that there might be more chastity ring jabs at the JoBros now that Kevin is getting married.

Kick Out The Jams - For A Cause

I love when seemingly silly things raise money for a cause. If someone offered me the Polar Bear Plunge? I'd probably do it. Relay For Life? Been there, done that twice. Breaking world records? Sure.

Right here is Birmingham, England, which right now has 600 drummers are trying to break the world record for drummers drumming the same rhythm.

Now normally I would find this kind of fun, but kind of pointless. Turns out it's for a cause: they've already raised about $32,000 for charity.

Rock on.

Alex's Infinite Playlist

Well, not really infinite, I think it goes for about 3 plus hours before running out. And it's not entirely mine, becuase Kristyne picked out a lot of the songs on there.

That said, I did over rule a few choices, because either I didn't have them or I didn't think the general populous of my car would like them.

(Good choices, though, Kristyne!)

I will post the full list of what I put on the 80-song list later today when I have my iTunes open in front of me. Hopefully after I go see Bruno.

Dear God, They're Breeding

Morgan Pepper, if you're reading this, please sit down.

Just found out that Ugly Jonas (can't remember his name, it's the oldest one) just got engaged to his girlfriend. I question this decision on a few grounds.

First of all, Ugly, you're making a good portion of the psychologically underdeveloped and/or disturbed female tween population that inexplicably find you "dreamy" and "hot." Morgan Pepper being one of them.

Second of all, you're what, 22ish? I mean, you're old enough to drive, drink, and vote, but I would personally wait a little bit before you got married. I know the purity ring is starting to burn and you want it NOW, but really, do you want to get married at 22 when you have (screwed up) groupies throwing themselves at you? You could totally have a fling with Demi Lovato or whatever the other one's name is right now! I would suggest Miley to slut it up, but she's otherwise occupied with your younger (cuter) brother.

Third, I take pity on your fiancee. You've been dressing like an ugly version of JC Chasez, and it's not working for you (JC? You can dress as dandy as you want, because you're the most eloquent judge on America's Best Dance Crew, and I love you for that and your white boy bowties). You have a voice higher than my sister Corinne and more annoying than Aaron Carter (which...wow). I have heavy suspicions that you are an undercover brother. I give you 5 years before we find you making out in Les Deux with Lance Bass.

Don't give them water after midnight, they're breeding already.