Rohin is one of your favorite new writers! I'm glad I could let you in on this information. Rohin is a fiction writer living in New York who also writes extremely witty media-coverage-type-things for Blackbook Magazine, Paper Magazine etc.; he is also an editor of At-large magazine, a terrific online literary journal. What really gets me going, though, are Rohin's short stories and fictions in general. Here are some links so that you might partake of these delicious words:
Rohin at Blackbook
Rohin at Idolator on the demise of girl groups
listen to Rohin read you a story
buy a copy of finery #6, which features a story by Rohin
last but not least, enjoy Rohin's charming, smart & often hilarious musings over at his tumblr
xo
Showing posts with label girl groups. Show all posts
Showing posts with label girl groups. Show all posts
Rohin Guha
Rohin Guha
Rohin is one of your favorite new writers! I'm glad I could let you in on this information. Rohin is a fiction writer living in New York who also writes extremely witty media-coverage-type-things for Blackbook Magazine, Paper Magazine etc.; he is also an editor of At-large magazine, a terrific online literary journal. What really gets me going, though, are Rohin's short stories and fictions in general. Here are some links so that you might partake of these delicious words:
Rohin at Blackbook
Rohin at Idolator on the demise of girl groups
listen to Rohin read you a story
buy a copy of finery #6, which features a story by Rohin
last but not least, enjoy Rohin's charming, smart & often hilarious musings over at his tumblr
xo
Rohin Guha
Rohin is one of your favorite new writers! I'm glad I could let you in on this information. Rohin is a fiction writer living in New York who also writes extremely witty media-coverage-type-things for Blackbook Magazine, Paper Magazine etc.; he is also an editor of At-large magazine, a terrific online literary journal. What really gets me going, though, are Rohin's short stories and fictions in general. Here are some links so that you might partake of these delicious words:
Rohin at Blackbook
Rohin at Idolator on the demise of girl groups
listen to Rohin read you a story
buy a copy of finery #6, which features a story by Rohin
last but not least, enjoy Rohin's charming, smart & often hilarious musings over at his tumblr
xo
Chillin' with my Kool-Aid
The UK sure is lucky. Their resident girl bands have all released singles and albums within 2009 (Minus the titans Girls Aloud) and I couldn't be happier. Cause here in the US, we don't have that genre of music readily available. Sure we got plenty of pop bitches singing whatever (Proof: I have been woken up by Lady Gaga on more than one occasion. Don't ever live on a street corner by a stop light anywhere remotely close to the gay area of whatever city if you don't like her cause it WILL HAPPEN). However, we haven't actually had a successful girl group in the US since...Danity Kane? And Diddy broke that shit up. Who was the last girl band anyways? Oh right. The Pussycat Dolls don't count. UK has it good, man. Their girl bands take influence from electronica and other random styles of music. I'm so sick of hip hop pop whatever. Club hop? The only person who should be in the category at your local Coconuts should be Missy Elliott.
As US citizens, we have been greatly robbed. No longer can I relegate friends to Ginger while I selfishly take the Posh role. No longer does America have ladies who sing, dance, act, and happen to be BFFs FOR REAL. So we gotta steal from the motherland.
Mini Viva - I WIsh (Cahill Radio Edit)
Sugababes - About A Girl
The Saturdays - One Shot
TLC - Diggin' On You (VINTAGGGgggeeee)
Chillin' with my Kool-Aid
The UK sure is lucky. Their resident girl bands have all released singles and albums within 2009 (Minus the titans Girls Aloud) and I couldn't be happier. Cause here in the US, we don't have that genre of music readily available. Sure we got plenty of pop bitches singing whatever (Proof: I have been woken up by Lady Gaga on more than one occasion. Don't ever live on a street corner by a stop light anywhere remotely close to the gay area of whatever city if you don't like her cause it WILL HAPPEN). However, we haven't actually had a successful girl group in the US since...Danity Kane? And Diddy broke that shit up. Who was the last girl band anyways? Oh right. The Pussycat Dolls don't count. UK has it good, man. Their girl bands take influence from electronica and other random styles of music. I'm so sick of hip hop pop whatever. Club hop? The only person who should be in the category at your local Coconuts should be Missy Elliott.
As US citizens, we have been greatly robbed. No longer can I relegate friends to Ginger while I selfishly take the Posh role. No longer does America have ladies who sing, dance, act, and happen to be BFFs FOR REAL. So we gotta steal from the motherland.
Mini Viva - I WIsh (Cahill Radio Edit)
Sugababes - About A Girl
The Saturdays - One Shot
TLC - Diggin' On You (VINTAGGGgggeeee)
Chillin' with my Kool-Aid
The UK sure is lucky. Their resident girl bands have all released singles and albums within 2009 (Minus the titans Girls Aloud) and I couldn't be happier. Cause here in the US, we don't have that genre of music readily available. Sure we got plenty of pop bitches singing whatever (Proof: I have been woken up by Lady Gaga on more than one occasion. Don't ever live on a street corner by a stop light anywhere remotely close to the gay area of whatever city if you don't like her cause it WILL HAPPEN). However, we haven't actually had a successful girl group in the US since...Danity Kane? And Diddy broke that shit up. Who was the last girl band anyways? Oh right. The Pussycat Dolls don't count. UK has it good, man. Their girl bands take influence from electronica and other random styles of music. I'm so sick of hip hop pop whatever. Club hop? The only person who should be in the category at your local Coconuts should be Missy Elliott.
As US citizens, we have been greatly robbed. No longer can I relegate friends to Ginger while I selfishly take the Posh role. No longer does America have ladies who sing, dance, act, and happen to be BFFs FOR REAL. So we gotta steal from the motherland.
Mini Viva - I WIsh (Cahill Radio Edit)
Sugababes - About A Girl
The Saturdays - One Shot
TLC - Diggin' On You (VINTAGGGgggeeee)
Girlz get busy
Everybody loves a good girl band (especially Jo Kwon!). And if you don't, let's face it, you're pretty much a fail in my book (I actually have a book). Girl bands are the foundation of our society. They sing. They dance. They act all cute when they're on TV and you can't help but go "AWWW!". Then the 90's happened and we got an influx of Riot Grrrl bands. AND THEY STILL MADE MY HEART MELT. Cause they were some real ass bitches in a fake ass world.
The most important part of these awesome bands? The music: iconic anthems of boredom, empowerment, sleaze, and being total badasses. We had the Mary Jane Girls inviting men into their house in the 80's. Bikini Kill becoming BFF's with an alleged punk rock dyke in the 90's (I tried to find that bitch and SHE DON'T EXIST!). And nowadays we got Britney grinding her mommy and daddy spots on whoever is around to take the punishment. Who else could get away with that? Certainly no male pop star/group! Could the Backstreet Boys rub their junk all over Dave Letterman's desk? NO! They rub their junk all over each other and still can't get a reaction. Could JC Chasez get a woman to willingly sleep over? No. He can't even get Justin Timberlake to return a goddamn phone call.
Women created this world and in the end, they will dominate the world. Lincoln Park trixies can deport themselves to Alaska (Think of it as a safe animal haven). So let's give it up for girl bands, because they gave us some of the best music we will ever hear in our puny miserable lives.
Young Creature "Let's Hear It For The Girls!" Mix
1. Statement Of Vindication - Bikini Kill
2. So Tough - The Slits
3. Rock'n'Roll Machine - The Donnas (Like, the only good song they've ever had)
4. Out In The Streets - The Shangri-Las
5. Don't Make Waves - Gossip (Brace Paine is an honorary woman)
6. Baby It's You - The Shirelles
7. Cherry Bomb - The Runaways
8. He's A Rebel - The Crystals
9. Tell Me - Wonder Girls
10. The Promise - Girls Aloud
11. Simon Says - The Pipettes
12. It's Gonna Take A Miracle - Laura Nyro with Labelle
13. Maybe - The Chantels
14. New Scars - Bangs
15. Hot Topic - Le Tigre
16. Up - The Saturdays
17. Hot Issue - 4minute
18. Generator - Elastica
19. Turn Of The Century - Chicks On Speed
20. Genie - SNSD
21. Gimme Brains - Bratmobile
22. Retreat! The Most Familiar! Extensive, I Bet! - Erase Errata
23. Overload - Sugababes
24. Blue With A Broken Heart - The Ikettes
25. Erase You - ESG
26. Stop - Spice Girls
27. Pack Your Things And Go - The Softies
Brought to you by Jo Kwon!
Also, can we all gather together with a candlelight vigil and pray for Jo Kwon (My favorite wacky might-be-gaysian) who has been recovering from SWINE FLU. Although I have to be honest, if I contracted any sort of illness from him, I don't know if I'd be that upset about it. It probably involves a lot of glitter and dance aerobics to shake those fevers off. A bitch got dancing to do!
Girlz get busy
Everybody loves a good girl band (especially Jo Kwon!). And if you don't, let's face it, you're pretty much a fail in my book (I actually have a book). Girl bands are the foundation of our society. They sing. They dance. They act all cute when they're on TV and you can't help but go "AWWW!". Then the 90's happened and we got an influx of Riot Grrrl bands. AND THEY STILL MADE MY HEART MELT. Cause they were some real ass bitches in a fake ass world.
The most important part of these awesome bands? The music: iconic anthems of boredom, empowerment, sleaze, and being total badasses. We had the Mary Jane Girls inviting men into their house in the 80's. Bikini Kill becoming BFF's with an alleged punk rock dyke in the 90's (I tried to find that bitch and SHE DON'T EXIST!). And nowadays we got Britney grinding her mommy and daddy spots on whoever is around to take the punishment. Who else could get away with that? Certainly no male pop star/group! Could the Backstreet Boys rub their junk all over Dave Letterman's desk? NO! They rub their junk all over each other and still can't get a reaction. Could JC Chasez get a woman to willingly sleep over? No. He can't even get Justin Timberlake to return a goddamn phone call.
Women created this world and in the end, they will dominate the world. Lincoln Park trixies can deport themselves to Alaska (Think of it as a safe animal haven). So let's give it up for girl bands, because they gave us some of the best music we will ever hear in our puny miserable lives.
Young Creature "Let's Hear It For The Girls!" Mix
1. Statement Of Vindication - Bikini Kill
2. So Tough - The Slits
3. Rock'n'Roll Machine - The Donnas (Like, the only good song they've ever had)
4. Out In The Streets - The Shangri-Las
5. Don't Make Waves - Gossip (Brace Paine is an honorary woman)
6. Baby It's You - The Shirelles
7. Cherry Bomb - The Runaways
8. He's A Rebel - The Crystals
9. Tell Me - Wonder Girls
10. The Promise - Girls Aloud
11. Simon Says - The Pipettes
12. It's Gonna Take A Miracle - Laura Nyro with Labelle
13. Maybe - The Chantels
14. New Scars - Bangs
15. Hot Topic - Le Tigre
16. Up - The Saturdays
17. Hot Issue - 4minute
18. Generator - Elastica
19. Turn Of The Century - Chicks On Speed
20. Genie - SNSD
21. Gimme Brains - Bratmobile
22. Retreat! The Most Familiar! Extensive, I Bet! - Erase Errata
23. Overload - Sugababes
24. Blue With A Broken Heart - The Ikettes
25. Erase You - ESG
26. Stop - Spice Girls
27. Pack Your Things And Go - The Softies
Brought to you by Jo Kwon!
Also, can we all gather together with a candlelight vigil and pray for Jo Kwon (My favorite wacky might-be-gaysian) who has been recovering from SWINE FLU. Although I have to be honest, if I contracted any sort of illness from him, I don't know if I'd be that upset about it. It probably involves a lot of glitter and dance aerobics to shake those fevers off. A bitch got dancing to do!
Girlz get busy
Everybody loves a good girl band (especially Jo Kwon!). And if you don't, let's face it, you're pretty much a fail in my book (I actually have a book). Girl bands are the foundation of our society. They sing. They dance. They act all cute when they're on TV and you can't help but go "AWWW!". Then the 90's happened and we got an influx of Riot Grrrl bands. AND THEY STILL MADE MY HEART MELT. Cause they were some real ass bitches in a fake ass world.
The most important part of these awesome bands? The music: iconic anthems of boredom, empowerment, sleaze, and being total badasses. We had the Mary Jane Girls inviting men into their house in the 80's. Bikini Kill becoming BFF's with an alleged punk rock dyke in the 90's (I tried to find that bitch and SHE DON'T EXIST!). And nowadays we got Britney grinding her mommy and daddy spots on whoever is around to take the punishment. Who else could get away with that? Certainly no male pop star/group! Could the Backstreet Boys rub their junk all over Dave Letterman's desk? NO! They rub their junk all over each other and still can't get a reaction. Could JC Chasez get a woman to willingly sleep over? No. He can't even get Justin Timberlake to return a goddamn phone call.
Women created this world and in the end, they will dominate the world. Lincoln Park trixies can deport themselves to Alaska (Think of it as a safe animal haven). So let's give it up for girl bands, because they gave us some of the best music we will ever hear in our puny miserable lives.
Young Creature "Let's Hear It For The Girls!" Mix
1. Statement Of Vindication - Bikini Kill
2. So Tough - The Slits
3. Rock'n'Roll Machine - The Donnas (Like, the only good song they've ever had)
4. Out In The Streets - The Shangri-Las
5. Don't Make Waves - Gossip (Brace Paine is an honorary woman)
6. Baby It's You - The Shirelles
7. Cherry Bomb - The Runaways
8. He's A Rebel - The Crystals
9. Tell Me - Wonder Girls
10. The Promise - Girls Aloud
11. Simon Says - The Pipettes
12. It's Gonna Take A Miracle - Laura Nyro with Labelle
13. Maybe - The Chantels
14. New Scars - Bangs
15. Hot Topic - Le Tigre
16. Up - The Saturdays
17. Hot Issue - 4minute
18. Generator - Elastica
19. Turn Of The Century - Chicks On Speed
20. Genie - SNSD
21. Gimme Brains - Bratmobile
22. Retreat! The Most Familiar! Extensive, I Bet! - Erase Errata
23. Overload - Sugababes
24. Blue With A Broken Heart - The Ikettes
25. Erase You - ESG
26. Stop - Spice Girls
27. Pack Your Things And Go - The Softies
Brought to you by Jo Kwon!
Also, can we all gather together with a candlelight vigil and pray for Jo Kwon (My favorite wacky might-be-gaysian) who has been recovering from SWINE FLU. Although I have to be honest, if I contracted any sort of illness from him, I don't know if I'd be that upset about it. It probably involves a lot of glitter and dance aerobics to shake those fevers off. A bitch got dancing to do!
In my dreams it feels like we are 40 stories tall
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Pop songs are supposed to be 4 minutes or less. Pop songs are supposed to make an entrance, convey the message, and end just as quickly as they started. Which brings us to the UK's favorite girl group, Girls Aloud, and their 21st single "Untouchable". Lifted as the third single from their "Out Of Control" album, the single was picked as a response to fan's reactions. And then it leaked and...what the hell?
Originally clocking it at 6 minutes and 44 seconds give or take, "Untouchable" is a track that builds and builds upon itself, eventually ending with Nadine Coyle's climactic diva voice belting out lyrics about "beautiful robots dancing alone". When the single version leaked, I was expecting a radio edit of sorts (Though it was unnecessary. If "Bohemian Rhapsody" could be released in full, then so could this), though never anything as frightening and watered down as what eventually raped my ears. Vocoders? We already have T-Pain, thanks. The production has drastically become saccharine sweet and noticeably tidied up. What the hell did their producers, Xenomania, do to them? It saddens me, because both artist and producers usually churn out impeccable songs. Decide for yourself:
Girls Aloud - Untouchable (Single Mix)
Girls Aloud - Untouchable (Album Version)
That single mix could very well spell the end of Girls Aloud, who are betting on a top 10 debut charting to keep their top 10 consecutive singles record going. While I would love to see it chart top 10, I think it would've been even more radical and amazing to release the full album version. It was so good already!
Here's some visual with some audio.
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