move aside, let the man go through

so i was thinking of being one of women from the San Angelo Polygamist sect for Halloween this year (brilliant, right?) but then I thought people might mistake me for Cinderella's stepmother. they are like, so identical, man! scare-y.

ok, normally I like to keep everything about next year's mixmas under tight wraps but I can't help but share one potential track...

first of all, I love Mike Doughty, always have. he's the musical incarnation of dry wit and irony. but his new song Put it Down (album version better) is the most physically addictive tune I have ever, ever heard. I can't stop playing it on repeat in my car, and when it gets to the last verse, I rewind it to the chorus again - mail - drop it in the mail, bottle up the sauce, bottle up the sauce. and naturally once I get out of the car, I can NOT get it out of my head. I'm not sure if I love this song or hate it for being so catchy! Gah! May need a 12 step plan to get off of this one.

she got the way to move me

is there anyone else who always pictures Chairry when they hear that Neil Diamond song, or is it just me?

things from paste

this weekend i caught up on a backlog of several Paste magazines and here's some of what i dog-eared...

ZuneOriginals.net is the coolest site – you can pick from all kinds of sweet art work for the back of your zune (if you happened to be interested in buying one). Apple should totally do something like this for customizing iphones and ipods 'cause I’d surely have to buy one.

and then the following artists were new to me:
sun kil moon - about the same speed as iron & wine
lili haydn - regina spektorish - tori amosish
echobelly - ok they've been around a while but i don't know why i just found them. they are the PERFECT combination of a lot of my favorite sounds. buh-rilliant. their best CD is not on their myspace but it's previewable here - appropriately titled "On".
emily king - a bit alicia keys, a bit india.arie
band of horses - kind ofa blend of death cab & jane's addiction
Sandrine - she's pretty original actually, but definitely belongs in the nancy sinatra / dusty springfield era
shivaree - major favorite - she's like gwen stefani's voice super stripped down, slowed down
chikezie - what, i seriously love chikezie! his cover of "i've just seen a face" is beautiful. plus i just like saying "take it easy, chikezie" as much as possible. it hasn't gotten old yet.

RIP, Burnt Sienna?

Even cuter than the Mr. Rogers Sweater Day PR stunt last month, Crayola's PR team came out with a really creative way of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 64 Color Box, by letting kids decide the new names for 10 additional colors. So does that mean I'm going to have to pay God-knows-how-much on eBay if I want to color something Burnt Siena? (sniffle)

at any rate, here's the answer to what you're all wondering -- the new names -- drumroll, please:

• “super happy”
• “fun in the sun”
• “giving tree”
• “bear hug”
• “awesome”
• “happy ever after”
• “famous”
  
• “best friends”
  

I admit, I love Bear Hug. And maybe good ol' Burnt is still available in the 100 telescoping crayon tower. We shall see.