Scarlett Johansson Why Don’t You Love Me?

(That’s the name of a song, by the way, I don’t really wonder why she doesn’t love me. It’s not a good song, and it doesn’t seem to be much to do with Scarlett Johansson, but the title kinda suits this post.)

Thanks to Spotify (I was listening to a playlist of songs featured on LOST while reading C.S. Lewis’ Miracles), I just discovered this today:

It’s often the case that a new version of a song doesn’t sound as good as the version you’re already familiar with, but I really like this as well as Jeff Buckley’s, and the shortened-ness leaves me wanting more, which has to be a good sign.

I was one of the cool people to dig* Anywhere I Lay My Head from the beginning, so I was already familiar with her singing voice. I never bothered to think who she sounded like though, until a comment on youtube that on Last Goodbye she sounded like Adele (in a good way), I think they have a point, and I would suggest a cross between Adele and Diana Vickers (still in a good way).

I’m trying to be more disciplined with the amount of time and money I spend on music. I think I’m making some progress, but then I’m planning to buy a ticket tomorrow for Muse at Teignmouth, and I think ScarJo’s new album with Pete Yorn might be one I consider worth buying, based on the Relator video which you can see here. (It was an advert for Relator on Spotify that also led me to discover Last Goodbye.)

*The use of ‘dig’ in this way probably cancels out any possible coolness drawn from liking an album before anyone else.

9021-D’oh!

Apparently if you want a lot of page views for your blog, the thing to do is write about TV shows.

3 of my top 5 posts are TV related.

Save Chuck rocketed to the top position within a day, pretty much doubling my peak viewing figures in the process, while my Week In TV (where I commented on 24, Lost, and Heroes) and Shamone, Shaheen (Britain’s Got Talent) are also up there.

It seems you don’t even have to say anything that interesting about the shows either.

Did anyone else think that this week’s Simpsons and Family Guy episodes were quite similar?

There was Waverly Hills 9021-D’oh which was about Miley Cyrus, and We Love You Conrad, about Lauren Conrad.

We’ve also recently had Lisa on happy pills and Stewie on steroids.

I’ve never watched 90210 or The Hills, and I had never heard of Lauren Conrad before, but I liked the way they didn’t just completely rip it out of her. Yes a lot of famous people are annoying, especially the ones who haven’t really done anything to get famous, but they’re still people.

The Week In TV

So, Technical Feasibility Study handed in, time to catch up with the world of TV. I’ll try not to spoil the episodes for anyone who hasn’t seen them yet.

First up was Heroes “Exposed”. Probably the worst episode of Heroes ever, the whole Claire & Alex thing was pretty much vomit inducing.

Next up 2 episodes of 24, from 6pm to 8pm. Possibly the best episodes ever, how is Jack gonna get outta that? Oh yeah, there’s that one guy left to save the day.
I’m thinking that shipment is probably gonna become significant later in the series.

Finally LOST “LaFleur”. Not the most exciting episode, but kind of interesting, supposedly the writers know where they’re going with it, I’ve got no idea. Cool to see Michelle from 24 making an appearance.

Michelle Dessler/Amy/Reiko Aylesworth