Epic Rap Battles of History
These are amazing. I could just post some but instead I will let you explore them for yourself. I will however recommend the battle between Hitler and Darth Vader.
Okay so this of course is just Natalie Portman but these pictures from the set of Thor in London last week really make it look like Kate Middleton and Thor are new BFF's. Just imagine the future queen of England chilling with hammer-wielding god of thunder. They'd probably talk about hair products (they both have good hair), the importance of a good belt (seriously she always wears a belt, maybe she gets half her strength from it too) and how to deal with their rogue brothers (in-law in Kate's case). Oh what a beautiful friendship that would be.
This little depiction came courtesy of the aptly named HelloGiggles series Illustrated Tweet of the Day. When I liked it on Facebook, my sister comment underneath "You started at 12... which means for your 30th you'll probably look like Dumbledore". Case and point.
Thank you for bringing the following to my attention...
The new Rebecca Black. Because apparently the original wasn't enough. Weekdays? Pfff. Holidays are the real money makers. That's why Patrice Wilson - a co-writer on the infamous "what day comes after Thursday and before Saturday" track - has penned a new tune, the ambiguously named (not) It's Thanksgiving sung by the young Nicole Westbrook.
Warning: your brain will never forgive you if you play this.
And finally, these two online stores that have recently come to my attention. The first is the amazingRedbubble which I made a little order with and have since been sitting by the door awaiting the postman (not really but I am super duper excited). I will be doing a very cool post all about the website and my order as soon as it arrives.
This one is for Eva Green and she actually ends up properly looking like her!
They are coincidentally all from the Bond Girl series they did.
I only started watching the videos after buying the Real Techniques brushes (go buy them now, they're available in Boots for the Galwegians!) and I have already learned so much! Also, now that Halloween is fast approaching they are going some Halloween inspired makeup. Well worth a watch.
So I have not done a post about music in absolutely ages but I have come across some music that I think is definitely worth writing about. Just listen to it. Cognac and Kinda Slow Aaron Lipsett and Fion These two videos below are by Aaron Lipsett, the second being a collaboration with Fion.
Now I will admit I do not have any particularly outstanding knowledge or opinion of music but I know what I like and I know what I don't like, and this most definitely falls into the former category.
Cognac is the kind of song that is as smooth as its namesake and packs an equal punch. It knows what it's going to say and it says it. There is no muddling, no pretensions and no gimmicks.
Kinda Slow on the other hand is a different kind of cool altogether. In fact I don't think I could do it justice. READ HERE instead as it definitely gives a better summation of it than my feeble knowledge of music ever could. I do however challenge you to find anything like it, anything that attempts to pull off what it attempts - and succeeds in so elegantly - in terms of sound and theme.
On top of all of this I am seriously proud to say that I know these guys. Well I haven't seen them in ages but hey if they get famous I can be like oh ya those guys used to come to parties in my house. Future claim to fame.
God, I'm a loser.
212 Azealia Banks
Now for more music. I am not quite sure what I make of this song. I features the C word a lot (hey I'm actually a seventy year old woman) but there is so much more to it than that. Y'know some songs make you tap your feet or bob your head, well this one makes my shoulders and neck do weird things. Seriously it's really strange. I haven't been out in ages but I know that the next time I'm out in a nightclub or something and this comes on, everyone will probably think I am having some kind of weird repetitive stroke.
A lot of people I hear are likening her to Nicki Minja of whom I am not a fan - I think death would be the only possible way to be more indifferent to her - but to be honest I'm not really into comparing people who I don't even really think sound very similar but just like to curse and stuff in their music. What I will say though is that this song - I haven't actually listened to any others song by Azealia Banks - gets into your head and you probably won't even be able to think of the whole tune later so you'll just have to listen to it again. I don't really know what the message here is but it sure as hell make me do funny things with my shoulders. White Nights Oh Land Next up is something a little more girly girly and pretty pretty and generally a whole lot sweeter.
HBO's Girls lead me to this (that is a comment that you will definitely see on Youtube - not written by me but it seems like it led a lot of people there). There is something kind of Florence Welch-y about the video and almost (but not quite because FW is a lyrical genius) about the lyrics too. Also yer wan is a ringer for January Jones (oh yes this is me judging musicans on their vocal talents not looks). It is a sweet song and there is a Lykke Li quality to the rest of her music but with a bit of glitter and sparkle to them too. She is nice for sunny days. Well worth a listen. Weekend Class Actress Now for something altogether more 80s.
Now I cannot remember where I first heard Weekend by Class Actress - which is a great name I think - but I know it was definitely recently as I haven't even downloaded it yet. I still have it on my little Song List in Notes on my phone. For the record, it's not actually from the 1980s but last year. It does however sound very eighties-ish which I do like. A lot. Guantanamera Joan Baez Next is a female that might make a few brows furrow in confusion but Joan Baez and I are having a bit of a love-in at the moment since my dad pulled this song up on Youtube a few months ago.
This song make me wish that four years of studying Spanish had actually made me good at it. Cue an overwhelming need to mumble along words in pseudo-Spanish just like I do with singing in most foreign languages! Her cover of No Woman No Cry is also strangely enchanting. Look Sébastien Tellier Now for the pièce de résistance...
Now Sébastien Tellier has been on the scene for over ten years and the first time I heard him was back in 2009 on Ugly Betty and I downloaded some of his stuff (the fact that I had it labelled Ugly Betty Soundtrack and the Date Added thing on iTunes helped jog my memory) but I guess I must have forgotten about it because when Look shuffled it's way onto my iTunes the other day I could have sworn I'd never heard anything so entrancing. Look is definitely my favourite song out of all of his stuff (thanks to Grooveshark I had a good listen to a lot of it) as it reminds me a little of Kavinsky's Nightcall which is one of my top five absolute favourite songs (okay so I only heard it a year ago but it takes a very special song to get into my top five). When you listen to the two of them, you won't be like wow that's the same song or anything like that but you might get where I'm coming from.
As my very first Damn Girl feature, I am doing a special edition. My current obsession is YouTube beauty bloggers. I have been a fan of general blogging for a while but only recently have I discovered the multitude of fantastic bloggers - or vloggers - on YouTube. If you found yourself in The Click List recently then you will have seen a couple of the channels to which I am subscribed. Because of this, I decided to compile a little list of my favourite beauty and fashion ladies and why I like them so much.
5. Beauty Crush
Sammi was the first beauty blogger that I subscribed to and it was through her that I subsequently found all of the other numerous beauty and fashion Youtubers that I am currently following. She has a keen eye for dupes of more expensive products which in my opinion is fantastic.
