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Har Mar Superstar “Tallboy” Video + Whip It (No, not the Devo song…)

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Seems like I have been pimping out Har Mar Superstar a lot lately.  I can’t help it, he’s great.  I still have yet to hear the entire album that just dropped recently called Dark Touches but I did get to hear the first single from the release “Tallboy”.  Electro-catchy and now put into video format for you all to enjoy.

Fun little fact for you all:  This song was was originally submitted for Britney Spears. After Spears rejected the song Har Mar decided to sing it himself.  I think it was meant to be…

Are you still reading this?  Well I might as well add one more Har Mar tidbit.  There is a movie about the hot hot sport of roller derby coming out this weekend called Whip It.  Har Mar plays a roller derby coach in the movie.  He also recorded a cover of an Association song, “Never My Love”, with Flea, yes from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, on the horns that can be heard during the credits as well as on the soundtrack to the movie.

Two Flea references in two posts…  It was a fluke I swear!!!

What?  You have not heard of Whip It yet?  Well of course I will post a trailer of the movie…

I’m not going to lie, this movie scares the crap out of me.  One, I know I will like it.  That Juno girl always wins me over.  Two, I am a huge fan of roller derby and I am afraid this movie it going to make the sport too popular.  Before you know it, Kanye is going to make a rap song about it.

The sport does deserve credit, those women take a lot of pain in doing what they love.  It’s real.  I am glad that there are real actors in this movie too though…  I will be checking it out.

It just seems to me that sometimes people will look for anything to make a movie.  What’s next, a movie about two people playing cornhole who fall in love?  I think I am on to something…

UPDATE:

Thanks to one of my readers named Jen my dreams of one day making a cornhole movie were shattered after she brought this to my attention…

No this is not a joke and yes I do give up…

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Name That Band – Seriously.

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I was just killing some time this morning and wound up on Radiohead’s Blog only to find out that front man Thom Yorke is starting a new band!

Don’t worry he is not leaving Radiohead or anything.  This is just a little side project of his that will play Yorke’s The Eraser live as well as some new material too.  The band features Yorke, Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, long time Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, drummer Joey Waronker (who has worked with Beck, Elliot Smith, and R.E.M.), and Mauro Refosco.

The nameless band will be playing two shows.  Once on Oct. 4th and one on Oct. 5th in Los Angeles.

Thom Yorke posted the following:

hi
in the past couple of weeks i’ve been getting a band together for fun to play the eraser stuff live and the new songs etc.. to see if it could work!
here’s a photo.. its me, joey waronker, mauro refosco, flea and nigel godrich.

at the beginning of october the 4th and 5th we are going to do a couple of shows at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.
we don’t really have a name and the set will not be very long cuz ..well …we haven’t got that much material yet!
but come and check it out if you are in the area. we’ve also got locals Lucky Dragons playing.
all the best

Just in case you have not heard any of Yorke’s solo material…

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The Avett Brothers “I & Love & You” Music Video

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Tomorrow is going to be a great day for many.  The Avett Brothers will finally release their CD entitled I & Love & You.  This is going to be one of those albums that many folk talk about, I know it.  This is going to be the album that takes the band and puts them in the spotlight where they deserve to stand.

The band just posted their first video from the album:

I adore this song. I adore this band. This is one of my favorite bands out there.  I can not wait till this CD is in my hands on Tuesday morning.

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Moving On My Way & Doing My Thing With No Regrets At All

I am finally going to drop this bomb here for you all to read.

Many of you are aware that I have been going through a lot over the last few months.  Sometimes I would drop hints here on my posts about things being tough but I never really was comfortable on making my personal life public.

I am now.

I am just about through the final stages of getting a divorce after being married for just over two years.

I am not going to sit here and type out complete details as I do respect the privacy of the other party also known as the ex.  We remain friendly at this time and I hope to build on that friendship for years to come.  She is a special person to me and always will be.

We got married thinking it was a good idea obviously.  After all we were madly in love with one another and it just made sense.  We were happy in the beginning of the legal courtship but as time passed it was apparent that it just was not working.  It killed both of us emotionally because we love each other very much to this day.  The truth is no matter how much we loved one another we were not meant to be husband and wife.

I came to terms with this before summer but held off on getting legal action done until the leaves changed color because we wanted to see if maybe we separated for a period of time we could make things work but it only became harder for the both of us. It became clear on what needed to be done.

After many conversations we decided to find a lawyer and get this taken care of so we could both go on with our lives.  It still is tough to this day and will be hard on us for quite possibly the rest of our lives.

For anyone who knew us we were best friends and complimented one another so well.  That of course was prior to the wedding.

As time moved on we started drifting apart from one another and it was just getting to be stressful.  Neither of us were happy about the current situation.  We wanted to make it work and we tried to make it work but it was something that would never work and neither of us wanted to come to terms with the truth.

I have no regrets from being married.  I learned more about myself and the opposite sex from this experience that without a doubt will assist me in paving future paths in life.  I will always love her and cherish the good memories we made together.

This divorce is unique in that neither of us hate each other.  It was something that had to be done to help each other live our own happy lives.  If we would have stayed together we would have just become more miserable everyday and a time bomb may very well have gone off.

I don’t want pity from anyone.  I for the most part am happy as is she.  We have been going on with our lives since summertime and we both are both contempt with the change even if not completely.  Sure we are bummed that it could not work and wish things were different but the fact of the matter is that things happen for a reason.

While going through the hardship I relied on some of my best friends in the world to help me though the pain I felt.  I owe a huge thank you for all of the love and support my friends and family provided at the difficult time. I could not ask for better people in my life.

I am sorry if I did not tell some of you out there including family, but I was not ready to tell the world about this.  I never wanted a divorce.  I wanted to make this work but it was something that needed to be done to ensure a better life for both involved.

I don’t want comments here, or on Facebook, or anywhere saying you are sorry to hear what happened.  I want everyone to know that this is what has been going on in my personal life.  My life is essentially a public life because of this site as well as whatever else I decide to throw in the internet.  I am ok now with everyone knowing about what happened.

Really, I am ok.  Respect me and be happy for me and her.  There are no fingers to be pointed and no one to be held at fault.

I am moving on with my life.

Thank you for reading.