Tim Burton!!

Halloween movies. Creepy movies. Ridiculously creative and off-the-wall movies.

Those all describe how I feel about Tim Burton and the movies he creates. Ok, so Halloween is not an accurate word to describe all of his movies...Alice in Wonderland for example.

Tim Burton's productions are beyond normal description. His movies often have almost a form of irony to them. It's almost as if you think they are going to be terrifying but then they are not. Creepy, yes. Scary, no. For example, I thought Sleepy Hollow was going to be decently scary, but then I watched it and Johnny Depp as Ichabod Crane was ridiculous. His acting was wonderful and I loved the portrayal of Ichabod Crane as somewhat a sissy, but it was not what I was originally expecting.

Speaking of Johnny Depp in a Tim Burton production, they have worked together a large amount of times. Here's a list of their collaborations:

• Edward Scissorhands
• Ed Wood
• Sleepy Hollow
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (remake)
• Corpse Bride (I'm watching this on Family Channel right now!)
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Alice in Wonderland

Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Burton's wife since 2001, also appears in a lot of his movies, including:

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (remake)
• Corpse Bride
• Big Fish
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

I found a website of Tim Burton poems with illustrations. They're quite funny. Here's the link! HERE

Also, here's one of the poems that really made me laugh.

The Boy With Nails in His Eyes

The Boy with Nails in his Eyes
put up his aluminium tree.
It looked pretty strange
because he couldn't really see






Sorry this blog is all over the place today. I was just watching Corpse Bride and I really wanted to talk about the fact that Tim Burton is basically a genius....or at least I think so.

Have a great Halloween! Watch a Tim Burton movie!

Lil Wayne

Lil Wayne is a fabulous artist. He was recently voted the second greatest rapper for the 2000-2010 years - second only to Eminem. He has released seven studio albums, twenty-three singles, and twelve mixtapes. It's not hard to debate that he is a hard-working individual.

Beyond his own music releases, he often collaborates with many different artists. A few include:

• Weezer
• Birdman
• Jay Sean
• Amerie

And quite a few more. Quite, quite a few more.

I like a lot of different things about Lil Wayne, but there are three things that make me respect him the most.

1. His work ethic
• As stated above, Lil Wayne seems to always be in the studio. Besides his own multiple releases, he also is the head of Young Money Entertainment, which includes such artists as Drake, Nikki Minaj, Tyga, Shanell, and a few more.
2. His lyricism
• The raps he comes up with have ridiculous rhymes I could never even imagine coming up with. Besides that, they just have a certain poet feel to them. Here's an example from "Runnin'" from his album Rebirth.
• "But if I fall, I fall up and let the clouds hug me.
• And if I fall down, I bet I hit the ground runnin'
• Bet you searched and found nothin', lookin' for the finish line
• Stop short cuttin', you're f***in' up your finish time
• Here's a link to the video if you want to listen to the whole song - Runnin'
3. His dedication to his fans
• Lil Wayne is currently in jail for having a loaded gun in his possession. Despite the fact that he's in jail he answers his fan mail and continues to thank them for his support. 
• He writes overall letters to his fans when possible, which are published on the website Weezythanxyou.com.
• I was reading the letters and I noticed that at the end of a lot of his letters, he went through and personally thanked people by name for sending him letters.

I hope you take the time to consider listening to a Lil Wayne song or if you already like him, yay!!

BET Hip Hop Awards

At 7 p.m. this evening the BET (Black Entertainment Television) Hip Hop Awards, hosted by Mike Epps, will air on channel 78 (if you have Mediacom Cable, that is).

Bah! I'm excited. I love hip hop and I think that awards shows are always exciting to watch.



Tonight Salt-N-Pepa will be honored.
This dynamic duo debuted in 1985 with their record "Showstopper." In 1987, they received a Grammy for their song "Push It," which is my personal favorite. That song never fails to have me jump to my feet and start dancing like a maniac.



Something interesting about the awards is that there is a "Best Hip Hop Blog Site" category. The nominees (links included) are as follows:

• AllHipHop.com
• Nahright.com
• Rapradar.com
• Thisis50.com
• Worldstarhiphop.com

All the categories for awards and the nominees for this evening's show can be found HERE.

The performers for the evening include:

B.o.B. 

Yelawolf and Big Boi

Digital Underground

Waka Flocka Flame

Rick Ross

Antoine Dodson

Soulja Boy

J Cole

Gucci Mane

MC Hammer

Cali Swag District

Now, the website does not list him, but my Trey Songz Facebook fan page says that Trey Songz will be performing tonight....so.....I am definitely going to watch and see if he does!

DeStorm Power - A YouTube Musical Genius

DeStorm Power is my favorite Youtuber.

I don't even know if that's the correct term or even a word, but it should be if only to describe this fabulous man.

I stumbled across him while I was searching for new YouTube videos to watch and automatically fell in love with his videos.

What DeStorm Power does is take challenges from comments on his posted YouTube videos and his Facebook page (probably other places as well) and makes songs.

For example, one of my favorite videos is called 20 Voices and it consists of him making a video using 20 different versions of his own voice. It is absolutely amazing. You should watch it by clicking HERE.


Your life just might be changed. I know mine was. Now I spend endless amounts of time during which I should be doing homework watching his YouTube videos instead. Whoops.

So watch that video! And please leave a link for your favorite YouTube video!

Bon Jovi and My Dad

Bon Jovi will forever remind me of my father.

Not because my dad looks like Jon Bon Jovi (in fact, he looks more Bob Villa, but that's another story) or because he sounds like Bon Jovi, but because:

Every time Livin' on a Prayer comes on, my dad cranks the radio.
Every wedding we go to, he requests it. Literally. Every one.
He has a particular dance that goes with it. I can imagine exactly what it looks like in my mind right now.

I love my dad. :)

The point is that my dad instilled my love for classic rock in me because we always listened to it together when I was a kid. It was a game to ask him who sang the song because he always seemed to know. He always had a story to go with the songs too.

If you have a story about a person who influenced your music decisions, leave a comment about it!

And here's the link for the Livin' on a Prayer music video. Enjoy!

We Heart Lists

Pixie sticks + coffee + friend drama + papers for class = Too much awakeness and a blog post.

You're welcome.

As I mentioned earlier, I had already decided to make this week's post about my radio show. It comes on at 10:00 p.m. every Monday. You really should listen. Here's the link again: HERE!

Tonight's show was about lists - hence the title of this blog.

I really do love lists. I love sitting down and making thoughts align with a theme.

Erin and I love having themes for our show. We like to make our songs match the theme, so it becomes a game for us to decide what songs to play. Erin was particularly good at helping me think of list songs this week to play that coincided with my musical preference. However, if we're ever stumped for ideas, we do cheat and use Google. :)

Our show tonight combined a multitude of various forms of media: we talked about books (my Listography book!), websites, and music. We found a surprisingly large amount of great websites and at the end I'll list them for you (Ha! List!).

I do encourage you to listen to our show. We have a great time doing it and if you're interested in being on the radio yourself, leave me a comment. I'll give you some information.

And give me a list you've made! I make life lists all the time...perhaps I'll put one I find amusing on here later this week. If I can find where I put it!

Great List Websites for Your Amusement

• Listography (The website based off the books!)
• Brick games (An amusing list of things to do with a brick)
• Top 10 Lists (I swear it's amusing)

Fa'sho!!

Fa'sho is mine and Erin's radio show and I actually planned to make my next blog about tonight's show! Soooo.....you should listen. By clicking on this link....right here.


Tonight is about lists and it's at 10:00 p.m.!

If you want to call-in, the number is 417-836-3299!

Hope you listen!