Barcelona Street Art

Barcelona

These are some general photos I took of Barcelona. How it's going to work is I'll be making posts for the specific places I went to (e.g. Sagrada Familia, Parc Guell, Picasso Museum).

Hooray for Earth - True Loves

A Meeting of the Minds

Maya Angelou is the bees knees!

Adele - Set Fire to the Rain (Plastic Plates Remix)

Return From Haitus

There has been a lack of posting in the past few days. The reason why... I've been relaxing for Easter in Barcelona. It was an amazing city and time. Posts soon to come. There's too many to give them all at once so I'll be posting a few day by day.

Star Slinger, Mornin'

Walls...City Graffitti

Wu-Tang Name Generator

In the spirit of the way Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, got his rap name, I decided to put my name through a Wu-Tang Name Generator.

While there is a variety of name generator websites, the two I tried out are HERE and HERE. So - drum role - my two names are Jive Talkin' Choirboy and Irate Bastard.

I encourage you to try it, if for no other reason than sheer amusement.

Coachella 2012

I must admit that after last weekend I wish I could have been at Coachella. There were so many awesome performances. Great music makes me want to go to concerts all day and forget about the responsibilities of life. In the spirit of adventures and new experiences, I'm going to look into going to Coachella next year. I would need to cut class on a Friday and Monday, but that's no big deal. There's of course more minor details to sort out, but for now I've got a bulls-eye on it.

If anyone who reads this blog is interested in getting tickets for next year's festival let me know and we can plan! 

Kid Cudi, Unreleased Song @ Vanderbilt University (acapella)

Cudi recently performed at Vanderbilt and belted an acapella no one had ever heard; many are dubbing it "Creepers." Look out for his summer mixtape, A Man Named Scott, and his future rock album, Wizard.

Childish Gambino, Freaks and Geeks

Coachella: Lauryn Hill

I found out today that you could watch Coachella live over Youtube. Seizing the opportunity, I saw Lauryn Hill's amazing set from Friday, April 15th. With no official sophomore album, and new material since her MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 live album, she still keeps it going. Honestly, one of the best live performances I've ever seen. Watch her set below!

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

Walls...Bonnefantenmuseum (New Artwork)

Charles Edouard Jaenneret - Violin, verre et bouteille

Fernand Leger - Le Profil au vase

Hans Arp - Suite aux papiers dechires

Hans Arp - Constellation

Rene Magritte - La Foret

Oskar Kokoschka - Monte Carlo

Walls...Street Art

Insipiration

Soul singer, Aloe Blacc was recently a part of an artist mash-up between musician Mihalj “Miki” Kekenj and painter Jaybo. Miki turned Blacc's popular "I Need A Dollar" into a string quartet piece, while Jaybo turned Miki's music into a painting. Check the video.

Childish Gambino

Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover of Community, has attempted to go beyond his rising comedy career and tried his hand at a rap career. At first I was very skeptical, and was still so after listening to about ten seconds of one of his newer songs - the name of which I cannot recall. I would have overlooked him if I did not hear him rap briefly on Jimmy Fallon. So after listening to both his albums, I think he's got a lot of talent, although he can be a little aggressive at times. Check both his albums below. My favorite songs are Do Ya Like, Freaks and Geeks and Lights Turned On.

p.s. Glover got his stage-name from a Wu-Tang name generator. For fun I put my name in too; my Wu name would Irate Bastard. I think that's pretty funny.

CULDESAC

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