//most of them, anyway./

odd symmetry & synchronicity, that.

1. Cat Power – Sea of Love
2. Arcade Fire – Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
3. Blondie – Heart of Glass
4. Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
5. Beck – Sexx Laws
6. The Temptations – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
7. David Bowie & Queen – Under Pressure
8. Sloan – The Rest of My Life
9. Four Tops – I Can’t Help Myself
10. LCD Soundsystem – Drunk Girls
11. Daft Punk – One More Time
12. The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
13. The Cure – Lovecats
14. Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now
15. Ike & Tina Turner – Proud Mary
16. Isley Brothers – Shout, Pts. 1 & 2
17. Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire
18. Jimmy Buffett – Margaritaville
19. The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
20. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising
21. The Marvelettes – Please Mr. Postman
22. Sam Cooke – Twistin’ The Night Away
23. Scissor Sisters – I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’
24. Abba – Dancing Queen
25. The Kinks – Victoria
26. The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop
27. UFO – Doctor Doctor
28. The Autographs – While I’m Still Young
29. The Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice
30. The Beta Band – Dry the Rain
31. Bobby Darin – Beyond the Sea
32. The Temptations – My Girl
33. The Beatles – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
34. The B-52′s – Love Shack
35. The Supremes – Stop! In The Name of Love
36. Sloan – Money City Maniacs
37. Pulp – Disco 2000
38. Metric – Dead Disco
39. Stars – Set Yourself on Fire
40. The Rapture – House of Jealous Lovers
41. Electric Six – Danger! High Voltage
42. MGMT – Electric Feel
43. Moby – Honey
44. The Smiths – The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
45. The Contours – Do You Love Me
46. The Darkness – I Believe in a Thing Called Love
47. The Sweet – Bar Room Blitz
48. Flight of the Conchords – Business Time
49. Bruce Springsteen – Dancing in the Dark
50. LCD Soundsystem – Daft Punk is Playing at My House
51. Massive Attack featuring Portishead – Teardrop

Thanks again to everyone for keeping the dance floor warm & in motion all night long. <3

I bought a new camera (after a very long time). Still (re)learning how to use it, but adoring every second of it.

Lately, I prefer blurred & crooked.

For those of you who are not familiar, NaNoWriMo is when someone commits to the crazy idea of writing a novel from start to finish in one month. The goal is 50,000 words in the thirty days of November.

I’ve attempted this so many times in the past and I have never quite made it through. Years when I was in school, November was a horrible time to attempt to write anything but the 930483048039 papers that were due. Other years (& sometimes those years as well), I would wind up in some horrible, gut-wrenching and heart-crushing fight(s) with my significant (or insignificant, as the case may be) other, leaving me too emotionally drained to even think about writing.

In any case, I look forward to the insanity that it will bring. As though the stress of completing horroctober wasn’t enough, here comes another month-long commitment right on its heels!

& hey, if you want to be novel writing buddies with me, look for jessrawk (of course) on the NaNo site.

Last October, the two individuals you know and (we hope) love as the hosts of Bew Cocky Salsa undertook the gargantuan task of watching (at least) one horror film per day in the month of October. & heck, they even succeeded, clocking in at 35 films total for the project. This year, we’re doing it again, with a little more finesse (we hope) & a lot more planning (we know). This means you even have a handy little website at which to follow along this year! Come get involved and slug it out with us and agree with me, agree with Ed, or agree with neither of us and call us fools. In other words, let’s talk cinema. & for those of you who are not a fan of horror films, rest assured it is not all about being scared and bloody gore (although it’s a lot about that). Ed and I are both cinema buffs of many stripes, so you’ll see comments about directing, acting, scriptwriting, cinematography and everything in between.

I present to you, Horroctober!

& yes, we have not forgotten about a podcast feed for all of you who are asking. It is coming, I swear! We know how you love xml, darlings.