Valentine's Day!

Happy Hallmark-and-chocolate-candies day, Internet. In keeping with the theme and to contribute to what Benji called a "litter of puppy dog blog posts," I updated pictures of said puppy and my own cat (nobly named after the Egyptian god, Ahmun-Ra):


For those bitter with the holiday, Kylie Minogue did a good job simultaneously describing the feeling of lost love and cheering you up in 1989. This is the original version of José González's heartbreaking rendition:



Ooh, Kylie, you do a good job looking happy and gorgeous in the midst of heartbreak (even though Ian Brown of The Stone Roses supposedly called her a 'little devil doll'?). The Stone Roses also have a great song ("I Wanna Be Adored") for February 14th accompanied by what is probably one of the coolest videos ever (instruments appearing from the midsts of purple clouds, dunes, a fisherman hat, microphone apathy):


For more cheering up, listen to Brooklyn band High Places, who I will hopefully get to see live on February 29th at the Market Hotel with Lucky Dragons (listen to "Mercy"), Soft Circle (listen to "Shimmer") & Pictureplane (listen to "No Law"), all of whom give me a dreamy head rush. (And Pictureplane was once a fan of my friend Kevin's old band, King Astro's Trip/Happy Halloween. So I'm technically two degrees of him.) Sweet High Places make me think of words like: bubbles, poppy, shiny, tropical.
High Places
Listen to "Shared Islands" to pretend that you're flying and to "Head Spins" to remind you of a dreamboat loverboy/girl, if you have one.

P.S. Speaking of my friend Kevin, go listen to his band, Most Furniture. Crazy beats to melt your face.
-Monica