Summer Time Music

So I know spring has just sprung upon us, but I can't help but miss the days of lounging in the sun while listening to music that went perfectly with the summer time rays. So while walking around in the beautiful weather today I put together a list of  top ten songs that remind me of summer, all for different reasons....

1. Sacrilege- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
       This song is summer-tatstic to me for a bit of a nerdy reason I suppose. This song is my official True Blood season 6 song and nothing goes better with the summer time than a nice tall glass of True Blood. It reminds me of the upcoming battle between *Spoiler Alert* Sookie, Eric, and Company vs. Bill Compton (Billith).

2. Dame- Shaggy ft. Kat Deluna
        If most of you have not heard of this song, then my friends you are missing out on a truly devoted summer song. Everything about this song radiates summer time, from its tropical beats to the Jamaican feel the singer adds to the song it just screams summer.

3. Nothing Else Matters- Max Graham ft. Ana Criado
        Nothing gets me in the mood more than a good dance/trance song to get me out and about the town. Dancing in the summer time is a family tradition for me and a good dance song gets me out on the floor. I can already see myself now, blasting this song on the beach with the onlookers looking at me like a mad woman as I bob my head up and down to the beat.....Hey, gotta burn those calories somehow!

4. Now or Never- Outasight
         This song is a bit on the cheesy side but it does deliver a good message. "It's now or never" as they quote oh so frequently on the song, but blasting this song as I drive pass the beaches with my friends makes me want to scream out the lyrics with the song. "It's now or never and I'm about to get mine"!

5. The Rapture- The Pass
          A friend recently turned me on to this song and boy am I glad he did! The beats throughout the song have a cool, summer time feel to them and while the song is short it does manage to make me sway from side to side.

6. I Love It- Icona Pop
           Ah, nothing says summer time like a good F the world song. When I sing this song (admit it we have all sang this song alone in our rooms or in public) it makes me think of any person who has ever wronged me and I just think of where I am now and how much better off I am. Keep this song in mind when working out in the summer or just tanning in the sun, trust me it will empower you in so many different ways. I Love It!

7. Little Numbers- Boy
           One of my favorite songs right now and a perfect summer time song. It has a light, summery feel to it and the vocals are just amazing. I could go on and on about this song, but give it a listen summer, winter, spring, or fall....trust me you will love it. Plus it will make you want to dance around where ever you are....so warn your coworkers or buddies!!!

8. Not in Love- Crystal Castles
           This has been my summer song for about two summers now and I believe I will keep it that way for many summers to come. It's a perfect break up song/ unrequited love song/ denial song. This song also happens to be another True Blood song for me (noticing a pattern here... I admit it I am a Trubie) but this song will hit everyone's music bone. It will get you moving, get you relaxed, or get you pumped for any summer time activity.

9. Bohemian Like You- The Dandy Warhols
            No matter what anyone says about this song, it is still one of my top ten songs on any list. It gets me excited, happy, and pumped for any situation. I always find myself singing this song to someone and it always gets a smile on their faces. So come on, give this song a try....Smiles guaranteed!

10. Deceptacon- Le Tigre
            Your welcome for showing you this song. I'm sure many of you have heard of this song but for those of you who haven't...your welcome. A great song all around and by the legendary Le Tigre it was destined to be a great song from the moment of creation. Bring the summer heat on with this song, I can take it!

Now keep these songs in mind if creating a summer playlist and soak up the rays. Have a fruity drink on me!

Girls was always there...

I decided for my first official post to be a review of the second season of one of my favorite shows on television... HBO's Girls. Sure the show has had its criticism, some of which I fully agree with, but this season as a whole to me was good. Not just good but I felt it to be a strong season, one of which showed off the many talents of everyone in the cast. Some great strong scenes between the most unlikely couple on television, Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) and Ray (Alex Karpovsky), and comic reliefs such as Elijah (Andrew Rannells). But the show isn't all kicks and giggles, it shows true relationships, true friendships, and true life as it is. Raw, unsexy, and most of the time not the way you want it to be. To me, the friendships on the show are genuine. Not just actors acting out a scene, but real women figuring out life one step at a time. Even as the friendships begin to stray, and aren't so heavily featured like they once were in season 1, you still feel for these characters. The rare moments we do get to see these friendships, they are heartbreaking and to me could not be closer to the truth. Hannah (Lena Dunham) and Marnie's (Allison Williams) relationship to me is the most sincere. Even as they fight, you can still see they care for each other. They try to pretend their lives are okay and in doing this makes it relatable for all of us. When one fights with a friend, or anyone they care about, they try to put on a smile and say everything is okay. While in the back of their minds, everything isn't okay. So goes human nature I suppose, but in the end these two characters care for each other, even if the friendship can appear to be one sided, troubled, and even extremely dysfunctional at times.

The relationships in the show are very honest, most of the time, and can show how falling in love can be messy and undeserved sometimes. The relationship between Shoshanna and Ray is one of the most raw ones of the show. It shows first love, in the eyes of Shosh, and responsibility that must be obtained to show true ambition for the one they love, as the case is in Ray. These two find each other, through unlikely odds, and stick with each other through a rocky relationship. Shoshanna's fresh, young outlook on life is refreshing, comical, and genius at times, but Rays cynical views toward everything border on the annoying, yet realistic. The relationship between Marnie and Charlie (Christopher Abbott) is predictable, but sweet. Even though I know how Marnie has treated him in the past, I still find myself rooting for them. It could simply be because of Lena Dunham's skilled writing or the fact that Charlie is so in love with this girl you can't help but root for them just so he can have his happy ending... or the ending he considers happy. In the end, like the real world, sometimes people decide to make less than favorable choices and in relationships this is also the case. With Charlie he chooses to see passed the narcissistic, self involved character that is Marnie, but will he find his happy ending with her...that answer has yet to be seen.

One of the greatest relationships of the show, in my opinion, is Adam (Adam Driver) and Hannah. It shows two characters, both crazy, socially awkward, and in need of a serious reality check. Sure, both characters can be less than likeable at times but when together I feel they balance each other out in this weird way that almost makes sense in a world where sense is usually the first thing to go out the window. Even as the characters split and lose contact from one another, they still linger throughout the others mind. In one episode as Hannah breaks down, Adam puts aside all their differences and runs to her rescue in one of the most beautifully well done scenes of the season. It shows the love and devotion to one another and proves the saying that when separated we are weaker but together we are stronger ..well at least that's the case with Hannah and Adam. 

With life, Girl's seems to handle it with a realistic grace that tugs at the heart strings of even the most cold hearted gal. Rather it be discussing family issues, the hardships of finding work in this economy, finding love or a solid friendship, or just having Hannah walk around in a mesh top with no bra on it still shows the ups and downs of life. Some times it can be shown in a comical life.... mostly these scenes show the fabulous Elijah being the witty voice of reason... or it being serious, in which case the emotional roller coaster that is Girls takes you for a ride, but a light one full of laughs, tears, and the occasional malfunctions that leave you waiting there wishing the story line would hurry up. I must say I do miss the relationships and the solid story lines that made me fall in love with season one, but season two left me wanting more and the last two episodes reminded me something that I all but forgot about. Even though season two was different from season one, it was still the show I fell in love with and the Girls were all still there. As Adam put it in the last minutes of Girls season two, "I was always there..." and so was Girls even if it decided to hide under a rose colored blanket for awhile.        

~P.C.D               

Welcome To Wonderland

Hello everyone,
So I have decided to join the wonderful world of blogging. This blog will be a strictly entertainment based blog, discussing all things TV, Movie, Music, etc... I would love to hear your feedback, so please take the time and leave a comment in the comment section. Tell me anything in this post about what you would like to see me review and or simply talk about. All things TV, Movie, and Music are open for discussion. Don't be shy, all entertainment lovers are welcome here! When new posts are added and you feel like commenting, please stay relevant to the topic at hand. Also be warned of spoilers, I will try not to spoil anything for anyone when I review and I would hope that my readers make that same promise. So be kind and watch what you say. Thanks for coming to the blog and I hope you all will enjoy it!
~Pop Culture Darling