Name the Worst Font on the Count of Three...

I believed that unarguably the worst font of all time was Comic Sans (when googled, this is the first page to come up). But my sister and her friend both voted Papyrus. So I decided to do some extensive research (ie I googled) and found "America's Most Fonted: The 7 Worst Fonts":

1. Comic Sans MS (of course...and I will think even worse of you if it is purple and used in your email signature)
2. Bradley Hand ITC
3. Curlz MT
4. Papyrus (still not acceptable if you work at a church)
5. Vivaldi
6. Kristen ITC
7. Viner Hand ITC

So let's just all agree to look for some better fonts. My sister and I share a fondness for Gill Sans. Jay likes ITC Avant Garde. When in doubt, just go with Helvetica.

Sleigh Bells

Note: This is completely not Christmas related. But there is something about this song that every time I hear it, I can't help but totally dig it. They classify themselves as a "noise pop music duo," which I think is totally fitting because they incorporate weird sounds into their music in a totally MIA-esque way. What's most awesome about Sleigh Bells is that they formed when the dude of the band was waiting tables and mentioned to a customer that he was looking for a female vocalist. Customer volunteered her daughter. And Sleigh Bells was formed.



And here's another (and an actual music video this time as opposed to a random irrelevant thing I found on You Tube):

Great Christmas Music - 8

Gatlin Elms - "Jerusalem, Our Lord Has Come!"

I just love this song. Jay mixed it for them, and one of my favorite things about Jay working on other people's music is getting to hear such a wide variety of things (some things I like, some I don't...but this one is great). Plus, it's an original!

Go here to read about and stream the demo.

Great Christmas Music - 7

Olivette - "See Amid The Winter's Snow"



I put this one up before, but I've gotten better at making my videos since then! Jay played drums on this album last year, and I really like it. AND Brian Mann played keys.

Great Christmas Music - 6

Brian Mann - "The First Noel"

Jay played drums on a studio project with this guy, and he's pretty amazing. He recorded this piano album last year just cause why not - he's amazing. It's on iTunes (album is called "Simple Christmas"), and 10% of sales go to support efforts to bring clean water to Haiti.

Great Christmas Music - 5

Sixpence None the Richer - "Silent Night" (version on City on a Hill)

Great Christmas Music - 4

Sufjan Stevens - "O Come O Come Emmanuel"

Great Christmas Music - 3

Vince Guaraldi Trio - "Christmastime is Here"


If you look on our iTunes, this album is one of the most played. Jay literally listens to it year-round.

Great Christmas Music - 2

Relient K - "I Celebrate The Day"

Amazing Cover

And she recorded it in GarageBand (ie not a good audio program)!


[This was on Perez Hilton almost a year ago and might have been how we discovered Florence + The Machine to begin with...here's the original]

And then one day at work, Jay sent me his own version:
[Note: I don't know how to post audio, so I turned it into a video myself. But I didn't try very hard.]

PS - I've decided I need to start posting more stuff Jay does because he will whip something like this up (especially after he discovered auto-tune) and I just think it's amazing.
PSS - 2nd pic is at 2 in the morning as Jay and I completed priming our new baseboards, 3rd pic is brother-in-law Jared, 4th pic is me and the moms at St. Arnold's brewery.

Great Christmas Music - 1

We listen to some Christmas music year-round because it's just that good. So I'm going to periodically put up some of our favorites (and if you haven't noticed, I only know how to put up videos...not audio...so they will always be in video form even if the video is completely irrelevant).

Sufjan Stevens - "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing"


(And I know it's not exactly a Christmas song, but it's on a Christmas album and it has sleigh bells at the end)

Internet Killed the Video Star

Have you seen this (right now over 4 million views):

They didn't actually get their instruments stolen, but nonetheless it's pretty impressive. I'd never heard of them until I saw this video. But the other day, I heard this song on the Top 20 station sandwiched in between Nelly and Pink! It's amazing how much the music industry has changed with the internet, especially since MTV doesn't even really play music videos anymore...they're too busy with stellar programming like Jersey Shore and My Super Sweet Sixteen. You can just throw something up on YouTube and millions of people can see it!

Other notable instances of internet blow-ups:

• Justin Bieber (discovered in 2008 from YouTube)
• Every music video ever made by OK Go (seriously, every single one of those has MILLIONS of views)
• A Filipino guy (Arnel Pineda) was asked to try out to be the lead singer of Journey after they saw him on YouTube
  

The Limousines - "Internet Killed The Video Star"