Fever Ray - "Keep The Streets Empty"

Here's the brand new video from Fever Ray. It was released 20 minutes ago! It's a pretty creepy video but unfortunately does not have Karin or any of the themes that Fever Ray built over the other videos from the album.

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Favorite TV shows of the week: November 15th to November 21st

1) Curb Your Enthusiasm - “The Table Read" No Change
2) It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
- “The D.E.N.N.I.S. System” No Change
3) Dexter
- “Road Kill" No Change
4) Fringe - “August” +2
5) 30 Rock - “Sun Tea” No Change
6) Family Guy - “Quagmire's Baby" +2
7) South Park - “Pee” +3
8) Super Dave's Spike-Tacular - “Explosive Debut... Welcome Back Super!” New
9) The Office - “Shareholder's Meeting" -4
10) Modern Family - “Great Expectations” Not Aired
11) V - “A Bright New Day” No Change
12) House - “Teamwork” -3
13) Parks and Recreation - “Hunting Trip" -1
14) Community - “Environmental Science" -1
15) Cleveland - “Ladie's Night" +1
16) Sit Down, Shut Up - “SpEd" +1
17) The Simpsons - “The Devil Wears Nada" Not Aired
18) American Dad - “Shallow Vows" -2
19) Heroes - “Brother's Keeper" No Change
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SNL Digital Short: Two Worlds Collide ft. Reba McEntire

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Depeche Mode - "Fragile Tension"

Here is the music video for "Fragile Tension", the fourth video from the album "Sounds Of The Universe" by Depeche Mode. Pretty neat effects.
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Favorite TV shows of the week: November 8th to November 14th

1) Curb Your Enthusiasm - “Officer Krupke" +1
2) It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
- “Mac and Dennis Break Up” -1
3) Dexter
- “Slack Tide" No Change
4) The Office - “Murder" +3
5) Bored to Death - “Take A Dive” +1
6) 30 Rock
- “The Problem Solvers” +1
7) Fringe - “Of Human Action” -3
8) Family Guy - “Brian's Got a Brand New Bag" Not Aired
9) House - “Known Unknowns” Not Aired
10) South Park - “Dances with Smurfs” No Change
11) V - “There Is No Normal Anymore” -2
12) Parks and Recreation - “The Camel" -2
13) Community - “Debate 109" No Change
14) Family Guy - “Hannah Banana" Not Aired
15) American Dad - “Man in the Moonbounce" Not Aired
16) Cleveland - “Cleveland Jr.'s Cherry Bomb" Not Aired
17) Sit Down, Shut Up - “Math Lab" Not Aired
18) Heroes - “Shadowboxing" No Change
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SNL Digital Short: Get Out

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Favorite TV shows of the week: November 1st to November 7th

1) It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - “Paddy's Pub: Home of the Original Kitten Mittens” +1
2) Curb Your Enthusiasm
- “The Black Swan" -1
3) Dexter
- “If I Had A Hammer" +1
4) Fringe - “Earthling” Not Aired
5) V - “Pilot” New
6) Bored to Death - “The Case of the Stolen Sperm” -3
7) The Office
- “Double Date" -1
8) South Park - “The F Word” -1
9) 30 Rock - “Audition Day” -3
10) Parks and Recreation - “Ron and Tammy" -1
11) Modern Family - “En Garde” -1
12) Community - “Home Economics" -4
13) Heroes - “Once Upon A Time In Texas" No Change
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SNL Digital Short: Firelight

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YANKEES WIN THE 2009 WORLD SERIES!

I'm so happy that baseball is over, now I can get back to my regularly scheduled television programs, maybe even do something productive, maybe a bit of traveling, congratulations to the New York Yankees for winning the 2009 Major League Baseball Championship and great job to the Philadelphia Phillies, you put up a helluva fight!
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Favorite TV shows of the week: October 25th to October 31st

a little late this week...

1) Bored to Death - “The Case of the Beautiful Blackmailer” +9
2) Curb Your Enthusiasm
- “The Bare Midriff" -1
3) It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
- “The Gang Wrestles For The Troops” -1
4) Dexter - “Dirty Harry" -1
5) The Office
- “Koi Pond" -1
6) 30 Rock - “Stone Mountain” -1
7) South Park - “Whale Whores” +1
8) Community
- “Introduction to Statistics" +1
9) Parks and Recreation - “Greg Pitkitis" +1
10) Modern Family - “Run For Your Wife” -4
11) Heroes - “Strange Attractors" No Change
12) Sit Down, Shut Up - "Helen and Sue's High School Reunion" Not Aired
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Baby G and the Pumpkin

Today we carved a pumpkin for Baby G. He seems to enjoy it.

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more reviews of Fever Ray

It's been a month since I saw Fever Ray live and the performance still haunts me. Here's 2 more reviews of the show I was at:

http://www.clashmusic.com/live-review/fever-ray-live

"Attempting to put Fever Ray’s live show into words is a bit like trying to tell someone about the weird dream you had last night. It’s virtually impossible to describe the Swedish banshee’s visual and sonic spectacle and do it any kind of justice."

http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=6703
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Fever Ray - "Stranger Than Kindness"

A few days ago Fever Ray posted a new video for their cover of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "Stranger Than Kindness". The video is similar to what their live show is like. The video includes the costumes that the band wore, the stage sets and props and of course the lasers!



and here is the Fever Ray video for their own song "Triangle Walks" which is incredible. This video is also similar to their live show plus the music is more Fever Ray style than the Nick Cave cover.

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Favorite TV shows of the week: October 18th to October 24th

1) Curb Your Enthusiasm - “Denise Handicapped" No Change
2) It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
- “The World Series Defense” No Change
3) Dexter - “Dex Takes a Holiday" +1
4) The Office
- “The Lover" -1
5) 30 Rock
- “Into the Crevasse” No Change
6) House - “Brave Heart" +5
7) Modern Family - “Coal Digger” -1
8) South Park - “W.T.F.” +4
9) Community - “Football, Feminism and You" -1
10) Parks and Recreation - “KaBOOM!" -3
11) Bored to Death - “The Case of the Lonely White Dove” -2
12) The Simpsons - “Treehouse of Horror XX" +4
13) Dollhouse - “Belonging" Not Aired
14) Heroes - “Tabula Rasa" -1
15) The Cleveland Show - “Birth of a Salesman" -1
16) American Dad - “Brains, Brains and Automobiles” -1
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Canal's

Just got in from Canal's. Purchased a whole bunch of beer and a couple bottles of wine to stock up for the winter. Now that the weather is getting cooler I chose stout beers and other darker beers. Here's a list of what I got today:

Samuel Smith oatmeal stout - 4 pack
Smithwicks ale - 6 pack
Guinness draught - 4 pack cans
Guiness 250th Anniversary Stout - 6 pack
Founders Breakfast Stout - 4 pack
Chimay Blue - 1 bottle

Rosenblum Cellars cabernet sauvignon
Rex Goliath 47 Pound Rooster cabernet sauvignon

The question that I have for you is, who wants to be my friend?
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Favorite TV shows of the week: October 11th to October 17th

1) Curb Your Enthusiasm - “The Hot Towel” +8
2) It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
- “The Waitress Is Getting Married” +1
3) The Office
- “Mafia" -2
4) Dexter
- “Blinded By The Light" -3
5) 30 Rock - “Season 4” New
6) Modern Family - “The Incident” No Change
7) Parks and Recreation - “Sister City" +2
8) Community - “Advanced Criminal Law" +3
9) Bored to Death - “The Case of the Stolen Skateboard” +3
10) Fringe - “Dream Logic" -3
11) House - “Instant Karma" -3
12) South Park - “Butters' Bottom Bitch” +4
13) Family Guy
- “Spies Reminiscent of Us” No Change
14) Heroes - “Hysterical Blindness" +3
15) The Cleveland Show - “The One About Friends" No Change
16) Sit Down, Shut Up - “Tackin'" +1
17) American Dad - “Home Adrone” -1
18) The Simpsons - “The Great Wife Hope" No Change
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SNL Digital Short: Brenda & Shaun

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Favorite TV shows of the week: October 4th to October 10th

1) The Office - “Niagara" +9
2) Dexter
- “Remains To Be Seen" +1
3) It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - “The Gang Gives Frank An Intervention” +3
4) Entourage - “Give A Little Bit” +1
5) Modern Family - “Come Fly With Me” -1
6) Dollhouse - “Belle Chose" +5
7) Fringe - “Momentum Deffered" No Change
8) House - “The Tyrant" No Change
9) Parks and Recreation - “Practice Date" +5
10) Curb Your Enthusiasm
- “The Reunion” -9
11) Community - “Social Psychology" -2
12) Bored to Death - “The Case of the Missing Screenplay” +1
13) Family Guy - “Family Goy” -11
14) The Cleveland Show - “Da Doggone Daddy-Daughter Dinner Dance" -2
15) American Dad - “Moon Over Isla Island” No Change
16) South Park - “Dead Celebrities” New
17) Heroes - “Acceptance" No Change
18) Sit Down, Shut Up
- “Mr. Hofftard Goes To Washington" No Change
19) The Simpsons - “Bart Gets A 'Z'" No Change
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SNL Digital Short: On The Ground

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Favorite TV shows of the week: September 27th to October 3rd

1) Curb Your Enthusiasm - “Vehicular Fellatio” +3
2) Family Guy - “Road to the Multiverse” New
3) Dexter - “Living the Dream" New
4) Modern Family - “The Bicycle Thief” +2
5) Entourage - “Scared Straight” No Change
6) It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
- “The Great Recession” -3
7) Fringe - “Fracture" -3
8) House - “Epic Fail" -4
9) Community - “Introduction to Film" +1
10) The Office - “The Promotion" -2
11) Dollhouse - “Instinct" -2
12) The Cleveland Show - “Pilot" New
13) Bored to Death - “The Alanon Case” -5
14) Parks and Recreation - “Beauty Pageant" -1
15) American Dad - “In Country... Club” New
16) Heroes - “Ink" -3
17) Sit Down, Shut Up - “Hurricane Willard" No Change
18) The Simpsons - “Homer the Whopper" New
19) Glee - “The Rhodes Not Taken" New
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Fever Ray live reviews

Words cannot explain how incredible the Fever Ray concert was. It was 2 days ago and I'm still not sure if it was a dream (nightmare?) or not. I've seen many bands live, many different and unusual bands and seeing Fever Ray live was one of the most unique concerts that I've ever been to. From the costumes, performance, music and overall sound, everything was just near perfect, and there were LASERS!!!

Here's a bunch of links to reviews of the concert that I copied directed from Fever Ray's site:

Live Review: The Culture of Me at Webster Hall
October 1st, 2009
http://www.thecultureofme.com/culture/2009/09/photos-fever-ray-at-webster-hall-on-september-28.html
"In what will more than likely be set in stone as the single most memorable concert we'll experience in 2009, the mysterious project from Karin Dreijer-Andersson, Fever Ray, played their first NYC show on Monday night to a sold-out-like-whoa crowd at Webster Hall"

Live Review: Billboard at Webster Hall
October 1st, 2009
http://www.billboard.com/#/events/fever-ray-september-28-2009-new-york-webster-1004017621.story
"Inspired by equal parts "Exorcist," a Pink Floyd planetarium show and your grandmother's basement, Fever Ray's visual spectacle was as eerie and entrancing as the devilish, downbeat tunes pouring from the speakers. Though both of Andersson's projects are cut from the same experimental cloth, the differences between them were apparent from the first ominous notes. Where the Knife bubbles and bounds with one eye toward the dancefloor, Fever Ray slithers with subdued energy, quietly winding haunting vocals harmonies and peculiar keyboard melodies around hypnotizing tribal rhythms. Even with the cornea-searing lasers bouncing around the balcony, Fever's first-ever U.S. concert was a slower, more subtle affair than the Knife's Blue-Man-Group-on-ecstasy live events."

Live Review & Photos: Flavor Pill at Webster Hall
September 30th, 2009
http://flavorwire.com/40952/exclusive-qa-karin-dreijer-andersson-of-fever-ray-webster-hall
"As smoke swirled like liquid in the green light- and incense-filled the room, a blonde pop star took the stage, joining her band. She looked like Diana, goddess of the hunt, but without her usual mask. Finally we got a good look at Karin Dreijer Andersson: Swedish electronic artist, mother of two, and one half of the famously elusive brother-sister duo,
The Knife."

Live Pictures: Pitchfork @ Webster Hall
September 30th, 2009
http://pitchfork.com/features/photos/galleries/743-fever-ray


Live Review: Vanity Fair at Webster Hall
September 30th, 2009
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/2009/09/29/fever-ray-at-webster-hall-lasers-shrunken-heads-swedes.html
"If the psychedelic filmmaker Kenneth Anger somehow commandeered the controls at Walt Disney World's Haunted Mansion, the result might look like last night's Fever Ray show at Webster Hall in New York City."

Live Pictures: Prefix Magazine at Webster Hall
September 30th, 2009
http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/fever-ray-webster-hall-pics/
Photos from Fever Ray @ Webster Hall, New York City by
Gabi Porter

Live Review & Pictures: Village Voice at Webster Hall
September 30th, 2009
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/09/live_fever_ray.php
"Starting the set off in an immense fur coat, she was like a mummified ancient royal waking from hibernation. But then she took off the beast and hung it up right next to her in front of a well-positioned fan–for the remainder of the show, the floating coat was Andersson's bellowing shadow, an insanely creepy imaginary friend, and a limp ghost all in one. Stripped of her cover, Andersson gave herself up just enough to warm up the audience while still maintaining her anonymity."
Village Voice also interviewed Karin before her Webster Hall performance, read it
here.

Live Review & Pictures: Brooklyn Vegan at Webster Hall
September 30th, 2009
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/09/fever_ray_webst.html
"I saw
Fever Ray tonight in New York. Amazing, powerful show. Those of you who have the freedom should try and get down to Webster Hall Tuesday, September 29th at noon and wait patiently for any tickets released by the venue (technically the show is sold out, but there are always extras)."

Live Review & Pictures: Stereogum at Webster Hall
September 30th, 2009
http://stereogum.com/archives/photo/fever-ray-webster-hall-nyc-92809_092661.html
"The various costumes and imagery were leitmotifs from Fever Ray's
four super fantastic videos (a fifth is planned); whether they or the live show came first appears to be some chicken-egg shit according to her recent (and very read-worthy) interview with the Voice, so let's just say they've informed each other. There wasn't a narrative per se, but it was more dynamic than the Knife's show, and you'd hear people afterward comparing this shot favorably to that last one. Narrative or no, it did unfold with perfect symmetry: two bold lasers shot out before fanning out to open the show, and the myriad rays collapsed again into two simple beams of light to close it. House lights up, everybody left — partially wondering what they just watched, fully aware they had fodder for half-remembered nightmares all their own. It was spectacular, in every sense."

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Fever Ray

I'm about to leave to see Fever Ray at the Webster Hall in NYC with my brother-in-law and Stephanie. I'm very excited, The Knife is one of my most favorite bands, i'd say Top 5, yes, I consider Fever Ray and The Knife the same, even though Karin's work in each are very different. Here's a video of what Fever Ray is like live:
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Julia and Brian's Wedding

Over the weekend Stephanie and I went to my cousin Julia and Brian's wedding. It was at this place in South Jersey called Auletto Caterers and it was a lot of fun. Steph drank white wine and champagne and I had red wine and scotch. Unfortunately it rained so we couldn't stroll the grounds and pet the peacocks (yes, they had peacocks). I didn't take many pictures but I posted them to my Facebook which you can see HERE. It was a beautiful wedding, congratulations Julia and Brian.
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Favorite TV shows of the week: September 20th to September 26th

1) It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - “The Gang Hits the Road” +1
2) House - “Broken" New
3) Fringe - “Night of Desirable Objects" -1
4) Curb Your Enthusiasm - “Funkhouser's Crazy Sister” New
5) Entourage - “Berried Alive” No Change
6) Modern Family - “Pilot” New
7) Bored to Death - “Stockholm Syndrome” New
8) The Office - “The Meetings" No Change
9) Dollhouse
- “Vows" New
10) Community - “Spanish 101" No Change
11) Heroes - “Orientation" New
12) Parks and Recreation - “The Stakeout" No Change
13) Sit Down, Shut Up - “Taming of the Dude" No Change
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SNL Digital Short: Megan's Roommate

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