Haven’t done one of these posts in a while but it’s been a long first three weeks of the new year, and a lot of depressing news that’s enough to make a person want to…
But what better timing than this to have something to pick one’s spirits up.
Ok Go, the band that gave the […]

Technically, top lists of the past year get something like a 10-day deadline in to the new year before the law says you just can’t publish them anymore. So I thought I’d sneak this one in under the radar while time still allows me. These are not necessarily the best albums of 2009, but they […]

A black stripe is seen on an advertising panel in Amman, on Saturday June 27, 2009, promoting the upcoming concert that Michael Jackson was supposed to have performed in London. Associated Press
- Also, check out this funeral posting in Swefieh. Here as well.

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Thank God it’s Thursday. Here’s another pre-weekend feel-good post.
a cap·pel·la (adv): Without instrumental accompaniment.

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Before John Mayer ever released his first album, Room For Squares, I was a fan. And as he continued to grow as an artist I continued to grow as a fan. From his pop-rock, acoustic-driven, radio-friendly hits that made him famous, to the matured blues-rock, electric-driven creative sounds that have turned him into a modern-day […]

Despite all the pre-game drama, it looks like the Jordan Festival is well under way. Last night I went to the Diana Krall concert up at the Citadel, which is, by the way, an absolutely amazing place for a concert. Surrounded by all that is Amman. City lights. Wedding fireworks somewhere in the distance. Perfect […]

Hanna Gargour and Mia Rose pretty much butcher one of my favorite songs; but, on the bright side, the message remains in tact.

h/t: farah

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They’re calling it Coldplay’s “experimental” album. To me, Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, is somewhere between U2’s Joshua Tree and what The Killer’s did on Sam’s Town. Yes; it’s a strange combination. Viva la Vida (Spanish for “Long Live Life!”) takes its name from a painting by 20th century Mexican artist […]