Jenn-a-lala Land: The Blog

February 26, 2008

New song love

As you can probably guess, I don't get a ton of Canadian music exposure here in Cali, outside of the Nickelback / Avril / Alanis / Finger Eleven (sometimes - glad they picked up "Paralyzer"!) variety. So, I went surfing around MySpace tonight, and found a song by a Vancouver band that I now adore.

The song is "Money Honey" by State of Shock. Have a listen at their MySpace page!

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February 18, 2008

VOTE for Toby... more good karma!

Hello out there, everyone! I'm working on some fresh new blogs for the week, but popping in for a moment to ask if you can spare a few seconds and lend a hand. One of my favorite fun and charming Aussie boys, Toby Rand (of Juke Kartel), has made Cleo magazine's "50 Most Eligible Bachelors of 2008" list. So now, the voting is on to choose Cleo's Bachelor of the Year!

Here are the details for voting:

In North America, the easiest way to VOTE for Toby is to go to Cleo's list of Bachelors, and click the "VOTE" link beside "Toby Rand" (scroll down to 6th from the end of the list). If the page refreshes, your vote has been counted. You can vote as many times as you'd like!

In Australia, or if you are able to text internationally, you can text TOBY to 199 445 56 (charges may apply)

In Australia, phone 1900 921 225 and enter code 04 (charges may apply)

Voting ends on March 16th (Australian time -- so sometime March 15th here in North America) and the winner announced on March 18th.

Thanks for your help!

January 19, 2008

Let's do the time warp again

Since moving here to the Bay area, there's something I've been a little mystified by. No, not that. Or that. Not even "STORM WATCH!!!!" (™ Jen B.) or the sheer pandemonium that takes hold of the roads when it rains. (Sidenote -- I am the happiest girl in the world here. Rain is the height of inclement weather! That would have any Canadian doing cartwheels of sheer joy.) So what then, you ask? Mainly, that most times you could turn on the radio -- not just one station, but at least 3 or 4 -- and think you were in 1997. So you check your iPhone for the date. Then remind yourself that if this was 1997, you wouldn't be checking your iPhone. Unless... you came back from the future. Hmmm. Or maybe the music of 1997 was 11 years ahead of its time?

I'm perplexed. And apparently can't decide whether to speak about myself in the first or second person. That's usually the giveaway.

It's not that I don't have appreciation for Semisonic, Fastball, Tonic, Sugar Ray, Paula Cole, Chumbawamba, the debut albums of Third Eye Blind and Matchbox Twenty, and some vintage Sarah McLachlan... and when they feel like goin' a little more mod, taking a brief jump forward to 1998 and Edwin McCain. I do. In fact, I think I own most of those CDs. But when the only time I hear SIXX:A.M. is on my MySpace, MTV (if I happen to have it on during a time I can catch the whole three or so videos it shows every day) or my iPhone/iPod, my inner music junkie tends to feel that this could potentially be a mini current pop culture crisis in the making.

And no, said stations playing Timbaland's "Apologize" 32508108608208582 times a day doesn't really solve this for me. But hey, I know. They tried. Snaps for everyone! I also realize that it could be demographics. There's a lot of young people here, and maybe we just want to revel in high school/university good time nostalgia.

Still, this is California. L.A. is the industry city. San Francisco by all rights should have a scene (but not an arms race... although Fall Out Boy may disagree). I may have been expecting all the latest and the greatest to hit the airwaves here, and hints of who you just know is going to break out with that smash hit -- before they do.

Until that happens, I'll be hitting the Internet airwaves instead, fulfilling my musical needs by perusing what's new at the iTunes Store and at Yahoo! Music, keeping a finger on the MySpace pulse, and checking in with what other stations across the U.S., Canada, and Australia have on listening offer.

Music for me tends to become a soundtrack of life as it is lived. Certain songs will always remind me of big moments, of where I was and what I was doing when it was there in the background. So I'm asking for the fresh and new, the yet-to-be-discovered and the blockbusters of the moment. Because personally? While 1997 was a good year, where I really like living is 2008.

January 06, 2008

Vote for Paperback Hero (semi-finals)... good karma!!

Paperback Hero made the semi-finals... so let's get them onstage kickin' it rock style on the 26th! Hey, they'll even vote FOR you if you want, you'll just need to check your email to confirm the vote.

HOW TO VOTE:

Click here to get to Star98.7's Rock Star contest voting page
Find "Lullaby" by Paperback Hero (second last row, far right) and click "VOTE"
Confirm by choosing Paperbag Hero, "Lullaby" in the list
Enter your email address to VOTE!
Check your email to confirm your vote!

If you have more than one email address, clear your browser cache and history, and VOTE AGAIN!

Want them to vote for you? No problem. Hit www.myspace.com/paperbackhero and send them a message with your email addresses. They'll vote -- you confirm it!

Thanks, everyone!! :) Much love to you all!