Monday, December 29, 2008

M.I.A. Pitchfork Interviews

These are a couple of months old now, but here's my bff (I wish LOL), on her latest happenings and about being pregnant.
The interviewer is kind of terrible but..

Part 1


Part 2

Sufjan, where are you?



Where is this man? I was listening to Come On Feel The Illinoise! earlier, and I guess that's what had reminded me of how much I love him. Likely the best live show I've ever been to. He's so magical.
Is he working on a new album yet? I can't really find anything about it..though I didn't look very far. Wikipedia didn't say anything though. haha. That's often one my first go-to's for info like that. Perhaps not the best of ideas all the time.



<3 Seriously, he's amazing.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

My Merry Christmas Post.


(My family and I's favorite Christmas movie BY FAR ^).

I hope everyone had a great couple of days. I know I did.
I was a total Scrooge a couple of days prior when usually I'm a really big dork about Christmas. I guess I hadn't had time to get into the "spirit" because I was so busy.

So, I received a dope leather jacket, some black leather boots, a new I-trip, seasons of Sex and the City, money, etc, etc. Santa always pulls through! LOL.
Oh, and my brother, sister, and I got a Wii to share. So that was neat.

Starting tomorrow I have to go back and dive into corporate retail, while everyone returns and shops for serious discounts. It won't be so bad though. Let me know if anyone is going to be in the city.

Happy Holidays, ya'll. I am gonna go chill out by the fire with the fam.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

4:38 AM.

I never sleep. At least there's a reason for it at this moment.
I am definitely still at the tech center on campus though. There is no sense in going back to my apartment now. So, I think I'm just gonna hang out here until my 9 am final, and then I'll take my ass home and pass out after it's over.

I thought I would post something though. A few weeks ago, I wrote a research paper for the Cybermedia online class I'm taking. It was about blogging and how it's altering current media. So, considering the circumstances, I thought I would post it. Maybe someone might have an interest in reading it. Let me know what you think.

My paper.


PS. My eye is legit twitching from too much caffeine and lack of sleep. haha.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Finals.

Seriously, this week needs to be over.
I am about to go to the Tech Nasty and pull an all-nighter. Translation=The Tech Center. (Inside joke. I'm annoying).

Anyway, if anyone is going to be there. Feel free to come and distract me.
Or if you are well versed in HTML and website building from scratch, please also feel free to share your knowledge with me.
One love.

Monday, December 15, 2008


Lily Allen is pretty fucking awesome. I was hoping to run into her (by that, I mean party with her) while I was in London this summer. We went to this underground club called YoYo one night that her ex-boyfriend Seb Chew DJ's at, who apparently she still sees often, according to the British newspapers we read when there. Alas, no Lily though.
This is all irrelevant to my original point that she did an acoustic cover of Britney Spears "Womanizer," and it's super cute.
Listen to it.

"Hey baby, am I crazy or was you giving me the eye?"


I am currently obsessing over the new Common album, Universal Mind Control. I think it received alot of mixed reviews, but I love the electronic feel. There are only like 4 songs that I really love but still.
Also, Common has a much better and less vulgar way of describing sex (which he does A LOT of) too. I can appreciate as a female.


"Punch Drunk Love" featuring Kanye West:

Sunday, November 30, 2008

2008 Lists.

How is tomorrow December 1st? This year has gone faster than any other ones in my short life.
So, in light of that fact, I thought I would compile a couple lists of my personal favorite albums and songs of 2008.
Cause who doesn't like lists, honestly?

My favorite albums of 2008:

21. Adele-19

20. The Script-The Script

19. Death Cab For Cutie-Narrow Stairs

18. Black Kids-Partie Traumatic

17. Lady Gaga-The Fame

16. Vampire Weekend-Vampire Weekend

15. Hot Chip-Made In the Dark

14. Duffy-Rockferry

13. Q-Tip- The Renaissance

12. The Ting Tings-We Started Nothing

11. Wale-The Mixtape About Nothing

10. T.I.-Paper Trail

9. Jenny Lewis-Acid Tongue

8. Kanye West-808s & Heartbreak

7. MGMT-Oracular Spectacular

6. Lil Wayne-Tha Carter III

5. Santogold-Santogold

4. The Cool Kids-The Bake Sale

3. Chairlift-Does You Inspire You

2. N.E.R.D-Seeing Sounds

1. Girl Talk-Feed The Animals


...So, that's my first one! It was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be but still kinda fun! Don't take my order too much to heart, it's more my most enjoyed & listened to albums from this year.
It's interesting to see how much happens in music through a year when you spell it out like that though.
Sidenote: Albums that would have more than likely made my list, if they had been released already: Justin Timberlake-Mr. Timberlake & Common-Universal Mind Control. Oh wellz.

TO BE CONTINUED.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Gossip

One of my best friend's Danni just texted me saying that the girl from Gossip, aka Beth, was just on MTV. She texted reminding me of when we saw them open for Mates of State at the Starlight Ballroom a few years back. That night we had talked to her in the bathroom & she was so sweet. We even let her jump in front of us in line because she was playing next.

Anyway, I just felt like this girl needs to be commended for being so comfortable with herself. It's inspirational. If only I had half of the guts & self-esteem that this girl does.
Plus, she's still totally bad ass.



Slumdog Millionaire

I have not been to the movies in a long time. I think the last time was to see "Sex & the City", wow.
But a girl in one of my classes was talking to me about "Slumdog Millionaire;" she has an internship with Allied who did PR for the film in Philly. It's a Danny Boyle film (he did Trainspotting & 28 Days Later).
Apparently, it has a decent soundtrack too, a couple of M.I.A. tracks and what not.
I want to see it! Go with me!







PS. For shits & giggles, this cartoon is hilarious and perhaps a little too true in some circumstances.

Justice- A Cross The Universe Live DVD/Documentary

I've known about this for a while, but I really would like to get this when it comes out December 9th. Perhaps I can live vicariously through the DVD since I've yet to see them live much to my discontent. : (




Looks soooo dope--even if you don't like Justice peep the trailer. There are guns, booze, & boobs--ya know if those kinds of things interest you. ; )
Anyway, here it is:

Sunday, November 23, 2008

My life has been utterly ridiculous lately.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Ahhhhhh.

EVEN BETTER!
I know, I know more Kanye, but why not? I just stole this from Chris, a fellow Temple kid (read his blog, it's good). Thanks bud!

Sky High: A We Got The Remix Special Edition Mix Tape
It has seriously official remixes with DJs like A-trak, Diplo, & Scottie B.



Download it.



Alright, I'll get off of Kanye West now. Srrrrry.

Kanye West/Andre 3000 Mixtape & more Mr. West


I downloaded this Tapemasters INC. mixtape a few days ago. I can't remember where exactly I got it so I can't post it.
But I'm sure you could find it somewhere if you search Google.

It might not be worth trying to find if you already have like every Kanye West track on your ITunes though it has a whole lot of remixes from both Kanye & Andre 3000. So, it's kinda sweet.
Just sayin'.


Even though half of the tracks have already been leaked, it might be a nice thing to have before Kanye releases this next week:


Seems like 808s & Heartbreak is gonna be WAY different from past albums. And dude's seriously had his heartbroken.

My future?

Okay. As many of my friends & family know, I have been very conflicted about my career goals post graduation.
Well, I've been studying the media for almost 3 years now, and I thoroughly enjoy it. ALL aspects. From learning about its effects on our society to production and beyond.
I've gone back and forth countless times in my mind about what exactly I'm going to do with this Broadcasting, Telecommunications, and Mass Media major (or better known in the Temple world as BTMM). Naturally, my parents have been up my ass about it too.

Well, I think I've finally decided the direction I want to go.
Music makes my world go round & money makes the world go round, if we're being frank.
So, I definitely feel that I want to do something involving music. I can't avoid it; it's too influential on my sanity.
Also, I am thinking I want to get involved in a new media outlet (this is now an older term but w/e). In primarily web-based companies, as we are seeing today with blogging, podcasts, etc this is the most progressive form. At least in my opinion. So maybe getting involved in something like a web-based blog or magazine/independent record label/street apparel type of company. I don't know.

But along these lines is what I am ultimately thinking, and I feel pretty good about it.

Either way, I am going to keep my options wide open, because who really knows where the future is going to take me..or anyone.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Parking Wars

Much like many Philadelphians, I have a passionate dislike for the Philadelphia Parking Authority. I used to be understanding about this, but I can no longer comply.

$51 ticket today for parking, on my own block, of which I pay to live on. I will never understand this. (Did I mention that I just paid one off?)
It is no wondering that this organization has a reality show on A&E surrounding it. In other words, The PPA must really be THAT corrupt & just outright ridiculous for there to be a show on television about parking.
Um..yeah.

Someone give me something to be cheerful about today. It would be greatly appreciated.

I'm such a slow blogger.

I need to start keeping up with this thing.
I'll start with the positive (I mean, after all, my blog is called Gotta Stay Positive am I right?), the two things of which I discussed two posts prior to this one..happened.
The Phillies won the World Series in 2008. It was so much fun to be a Philadelphia resident during this madness, but much more importantly of the two...

Barack Hussein Obama became the 44th President-elect of the United States.
I have not been able to say this very often, but I was really and truly proud to be an American on October 4th. This change is so needed in our country, and it's such an accomplishment to see an African-American man in the highest of offices. Amazing. I hope that he gets something done in there. The country is rooting for ya, Barack.

Can you believe this man is going to be our President though? Wow, he's so f'ing cool.


On a negative note:
After we thought we were going in a direction towards diversity and equal rights post- election, the California Proposition 8 ballot was amended towards their state Constitution. In turn it eliminated the right for same-sex couples to marry.
I could probably rant and ramble about how unfortunate & unfair this vote is. It makes me so very very sad. However, I don't really feel like doing that because I am already not in the most pleasant of moods at the moment. So, I'll let this guy do the talking instead:

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

I tried to do handstands for you.

I can't stop listening to this album. (Chairlift-Does You Inspire You)
Download it. It's kind of pop/electronic/indie but I find it to be different.

Here's a song from it..
Chairlift-Bruises. Yes, it's the song from the Ipod commercial.

So much going on!

Philadelphia is all a buzz right now! The streets are filled with excitement and anxiousness more than likely because of two major events: The Philadelphia Philles and the upcoming 2008 Presidential election.

The PHILS.
Swarms of people walking around in red shirts!
Tonight they could take the series, after a very irritating rain delay on Monday. 3 innings left until a possible win! SO EXCITING!!!!! (Admittingly, I'm not a huge sports fan, and I've only ever been to a few Philles games but whatever!)
If they win (which they WILL) you can find me (intoxicated) in the sea of the Philadelphia populous on Broad Street.
Here's what happened after they won the NL Championship!

Let's break the William Penn curse tonight! Shall we?!


ALSO, I cannot believe election day is less than a week from now! This is the first time I am able to vote and feel so honored to be a part of it all. Especially, when this election is, in my opinion, the most important in my 20 year's of life. I sincerely hope everyone votes. Change is coming, ya'll.



PS. What should I be for Halloween?! I have like 2 days to throw something together. Story of my life.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Oh, and I saw this new The Cool Kids video the other day. It's for a song called 'Delivery Man.'
It is dope!
Love those guys. They picked the right name for themselves, because indeed, they are cool. I'm tryna date one of them. Not going to lie (like black guys in flannel, count me in.)
They're actually performing at the Campus Philly Kickoff thing going on at the parkway on Saturday. I can't go, but you should.

I've got a case of the Munday's.


SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL.

So, one of my most favoritest ladies of the music world, miss Jenny Lewis' (of Rilo Kiley) new solo album releases tomorrow! She has been an icon of mine since early high school both musically and fashion-wise. I've seen her live 3 times, twice with Rilo Kiley and once for her first solo album at the Sanctuary of the Church. Lucky for me, I get paid so that will definitely be purchased by Wednesday. It's called 'Acid Tongue' and I've heard the title track, and I really and truly love it. I hope this is as great as her first solo album.


Tuesday, September 16, 2008

New M.I.A. and Rye Rye:

Anyone who knows me is aware that I have somewhat of an unhealthy obsession with M.I.A. She says she's retired, which I highly doubt and hope not, after her recent success with "Paper Planes." Anyway, here's a new song with Rye Rye.
I don't necessarily LOVE it, but it's
growing on me. It hits pretty hard. Check it.
M.I.A. and Rye Rye- Tic Toc



Also, on a side note:

Our potential Vice-President everyone. Well, let us hope not. Someone tell me this shit's photoshopped? It has to be..right?

Introductions.

Hey, I'm Jackie. I'm a student at Temple University majoring in Broadcast, Telecommunications and Mass Media.

So, I decided to jump aboard the blogging phenomena. I had been meaning to start one for a while but never got it going. So, here it is. Let's see if I keep up with it. Shall we?

As for now, I'm planning on posting about my random thoughts and findings, but definitely lots and lots of music, too.

Bare with me if it's minimal for a while. I'm trying to learn all the Html tricks and etc.

Enjoy & comment!