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I kinda hate blogging right now, so I am putting little-to-no effort into it. Okay, maybe I don’t hate blogging, but I certainly have no drive to do so.

Photo: Team Love Records

I do love Jenny Lewis and I’ve loved Jenny Lewis since we both wore acid wash jeans, neon hair scrunchies and LA Gear sneakers (Beverly Hills, what a thrill). Except now we’ve both grown up, grabbed some style and gotten hot. Jenny’s smokin’ and to say that I have a girl crush is a gross understatement. Just the kind of crush where I want to have an awkward, panty-clad pillow fight with her.

She’s a bonafide babe. Know what I’m saying?

I am excited.

September 23 will be an expensive day at HMV for me. Not only are Sex and the City: The Movie and the second volume of the SATC soundtrack (which is good for Ciara’s “Click Flash” if nothing else) being released, but so is Jenny’s sophomore solo effort “Acid Tongue.”

Hooray!

Jenny Lewis Official Website
Rilo Kiley Official Website

According to the official website, Rilo Kiley’s newest disc, Under the Blacklight, was slated for an August 28th release date. I’ve been highly anticipating this date for weeks and weeks, so today I just did a check-in with HMV to make sure that the 28th was, in fact, the release date.

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That’s what was listed beside the record’s image. “It can’t be!” I thought. I checked the official RK website and the fact was verified. To ensure that I wasn’t hallucinating, I stopped in at HMV after work and saw a large handful of beautifully cellophane-wrapped copies of Under the Blacklight. They were $10.99 each, I might add.

It was a Thursday miracle! In the midst of one of the shittiest months I have had in recent memory, a ray of light. I snatched it up and raced it home. About two songs in, all I could say to myself was “Holy shit…this record fuckin’ rocks!” And only moments later, the first single, “Moneymaker,” started thumping out from my speakers. Being that I had just been poolside working on my coconutting, I was still bikini-clad. And with that, my living room instantly became a Strip-O-Rama. Hot damn this is a fun record.

Each song is beautiful in its own right, and I can’t say that this record is like anything RK have released before. Even on the first listen through, I found myself actually singing along to songs I’d never heard before and it felt SO good. I’ve been a fan for years and years, back when they were still signed with Saddle Creek in Nebraska. Jenny Lewis has been rocking my world for even longer, and she’s one extremely rare chicka that I’d be more than happy to have a white cotton panty-wearing pillow fight with.

Anyways, I’m not going to get into specifics about the record because, let’s face it, I’m far too biased. I love it in its entirety. You owe it to yourself to discover Rilo Kiley on your own. Check out “Moneymaker” below.

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Video courtesy of You Tube
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I was never a huge fan of tattoos. I’m not sure why…I guess I was always just too fickle and couldn’t imagine for the life of me what I’d put on my body forever. However, I think I’m now realizing that it’s because a tattoo, in my own opinion, is supposed to hold some meaning and be symbolic to the bearer. It wasn’t until now that I’ve felt experienced in life enough to know which sorts of images would be representative of me. It’s only just now that I’ve begun to realize what really matters to me, and that’s solid enough to be something to carry with me throughout my entire life (such as an image).

So, my question to you, my only friends, is this: what is your personal opinion on tattoos? Tattoos on women in particular? Love ‘em? Hate ‘em?

And to Emily Dyck in particular: You got a tattoo on a bony area of your body. The tattoo I’m considering would also be on an incredibly bony area. I have a very, very high pain tolerance, but I can’t imagine what a tattoo would actually feel like. Input, please!

I actually have a pretty good and solid idea of what I’d like to get, and no, it’s nothing like the illustration above. That’s just something I found that’s pretty gorgeous.

Photo courtesy of High Voltage Tattoo; tattoo by Kim Saigh
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For some reason, I feel like I had something else to write about tonight but I guess I don’t. I was contemplating Part 3 of Crackerjack Timing, but I have some toenails that need painting and a bag that needs packing. Lata’, kids.