Birthday in Brazil?

I'd really like get a group of friends together and go somewhere exciting for my 25th birthday this year. Somewhere with lots of culture, flavor, and great beaches.

Perhaps Rio?

Maybe Barcelona?

Or we could tour the Greek islands?

I came to dance, not to socialize

Clearly this is becoming more of a music blog than anything else. I'm ok with that.

I love Robyn. I love Diplo. I'm happy. Check out "No Hassle" here. If you're a Robyn fan, definitely check out El Perro Del Mar's "Change of Heart (Robyn's Rakamonie Remix) as well, here.

Pump, pump the jams!

If you know me at all you know that I just finished performing in West Side Story with a local theater company. I am so in love with that show and with my cast. Here I am with my boys rocking the end of "Jet Song" and awkwardly grabbing my crotch for no apparent reason.

As I watched the Grammy's the other night I was really impressed by a some of the performances (Lady Gaga with Elton John, Beyonce, Pink, the Dave Matthews Band) but I kept thinking about two things the have been bothering me about popular music lately. First, where have all the men gone? I'm all for girl power but I really have been craving a strong masculine push in music in the past year. (See "Forever" below for what I hope is the beginning of a masculinity trend, especially Eminem's verse... He just puts cherry on top of an already great track.) Secondly, can autotune please go away for a while? Cher was light years ahead of everyone when she did it in 1998. It's time to play instruments again, "musicians."

This is what I've been listening to in the past few weeks.

Recent jams:

Remixes: