Here are some of the new releases for today: February 5th, 2008
Lenny Kravitz-It Is Time For A Love Revolution
Lenny's 8th studio album is a bit of a return to the rockin' Lenny I used to love. Honestly, in the past, I've sort of lost my adoration for him because of a lot of the wimpy, slow material he's put out. I've only listened to this album a couple times, but I'm liking it much more than his past 4 releases. Plus, if you saw his recent show at the Paramount, you know this man can rock it.. even in skinny jeans. Ha!
Sheryl Crow-Detours
The super cool thing about this new album from Sheryl is that she has joined up once again with the producer who was with her on Tuesday Night Music Club (Bill Bottrell). Obviously, the struggles that she has conquered in the past few years are her inspiration for the songs on this album. She totally delivers!
Jack Johnson-Sleeping Through The Static
Alice has been playing the new single from Jack called "If I Had Eyes." In keeping with his signature sound, Jack doesn't choose to depart from it here. Another solid album from one of the most pleasant singer/songwriters we have!
Josh Kelley-Special Company
Josh is no stranger to the Alice Studio. Every time he swings through town, he drops by to say hello. I have always been blown away by his powerful voice and catchy tunes. You can tell this boy is majorly in looooove with his new wife, Katherine Heigl. All together now... Awwwwwwww.
k.d. lang- Watershed
k.d. launched herself into producing on this new album. I have always loved her sultry voice from the first second I heard the song Constant Craving. This new album is a wide self-interpretation of everything that is k.d... in her own words and own production. For true fans of this beautiful voice, this is a must have.
Other releases worth noting:
Taylor Dayne- Satisfied (yup... this is new material!)
They Might Be Giants- Here Come The 123s (this is an exclusive release on Amazon with a bunch of extras for all you TMBG lovers out there).
Kenny G- Rhythm and Romance
Conjunto Primavera- Que Ganas de Volver
Nada Surf-Lucky (I love these guys but haven't had a chance to listen yet)
Hot Chip-Made In The Dark (CD/DVD)
BJ, Howie and Jennifer has this segment this morning on double-dipping. I hope you didn't miss it... it was a bit gross, but highly amusing and the stories were great. Hopefully, the segment will make it onto their best of broadcast that runs on Saturday mornings from 8-10am.
This morning when I finally arrived at work I ended up standing in the lobby for 10 minutes with a growing group of people waiting for the elevators. We have 4, but they don't often work quite right. The button was pushed but nothing was happening. Now, I'm NOT afraid of a few stairs, but this morning I rose early to shovel my driveway and then ended up kicking my butt in a morning yoga routine (my excercise of choice). Our studios are on the 11th floor and I was in no mood to climb.
Finally, the elevators arrived and we all crammed on to head to our respective floors. I was tempted to bring up the time I got trapped in the elevator... on a Sunday evening... alone...for 20 minutes. May not have been the best story for a group of people running late for work!
At the time, I had cell service that did not work in our elevators (or in my office, or the bathroom or anywhere for that matter) and I couldn't call for aid. Fortunately, I am not terribly claustrophobic and I rarely panic. I just kept pushing the button, prying a bit at the door and praying that eventually it would open. On Sunday evenings there is hardly anyone in our building and the few djs that are on the air are for the most part in their studios, so hope of rescue that way was non-existent.
I don't know what happened, but after around 20 minutes... the door slowly slid open. I was still on the 11th floor and if you think I got back in that thing, you are crazy!! I gladly walked down the 11 flights.
Now, getting trapped in our elevators isn't necessarily the only thing that can happen when you decide to walk through the sliding doors. I'm talking flat out possession! Enough to where I'm considering calling on TAPS to investigate the possibility of paranormal activity. One of my favorite possession instances was when me and three of my coworkers were waiting at the top for a ride down. Ooh, we were lucky that day (or so we thought) because TWO elevators opened for us. We all looked at each other and darted into both of them. I was with my promotions coordinator Merrick. A production guy and our creative director Kyle leaped into the other. The race to the bottom floor was on!
The only problem was, both elevators stopped on every other floor (where absolutely no one was waiting)... they would slowly open... then slowly close and inch downward. By the second time this occurred, we understood. We were going to be stopping on every other floor... all the way down to 1. Rather than just stand there, the guys in the opposite elevator began striking poses reminiscent of the old Family Fued intros where the families froze in a strange pose as they were revealed. Every time the doors opened, those guys were in a different position. I have never laughed so hard in my life!
Basically, there are worse things than being stuck in a possessed elevator. I won't lie, there are certainly better things, too.
Have a great day and thanks for reading.
xo,
Sam
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