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Death Cab News + More

First of all, I would like to say that the music video for "Little Bribes" (off the Open Door E.P.) is awesome, and you should check it out here.

Secondly, Ben Gibbard is coming out with a new project on October 20. The album was made in collaboration with Jay Farrar, and is called "One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur". Also, it should be mentioned that it is the soundtrack of the movie with the same name. The documentary is about Jack Kerouac, an author that inspired both Gibbard and Farrar. Pre-order is available now. I'm really excited to hear the soundtrack!

Finally, Death Cab For Cutie is going to be on the New Moon (Twilight) soundtrack. Their new single, "Meet Me On The Equinox" is on their myspace page, and can be streamed at anytime! Check it out here.

Dear Jack

I am SO excited (understatement). Yesterday I pre-ordered my copy of "Dear Jack", the documentary about Andrew McMahon (Lead singer of Jack's Mannequin and Something Corporate) battling cancer and producing Everything In Transit (Jack's Mannequin's debut album). The trailer has been around for like a year, so I pretty much gave up on it actually coming out. But thankfully it is, and it will be in my possession on November 3rd. The dvd also comes with a limited edition signed poster. To understand the gravity of the situation, you need to know that I am legitimately obsessed with Andrew (and have been to 9 of his shows). So anyway, if you like Jack's Mannequin, check out the trailer. It's going to be awesome.

Dear Jack Trailer

"Tell Me You Love Me"- ick factor

Last night, a couple of friends and I decided to embark on a new television series adventure: "Tell Me You Love Me" (on HBO). We watched the first episode of the first season. It's about three couples: one in their late twenties, one in their thirties, and one in their forties. About twenty minutes into it, I kind of wanted to shoot my brains out. Watching this show is like hearing about your parents' sex life. Seriously. When I watch sexual scenes in other shows/movies, it's not gross because usually it involves people in their late teens or twenties. Young(er) sexual occurrences are fine with me, but when it moves into the same age range as my PARENTS, noooo thanks. Terrible mental images just started flying in my head, and it just wasn't great. Not to mention that this show is extremely depressing. HBO, you were better off with Sex and the City.

hello, bloggers

Hello everyone! Allow me to formally introduce myself. I am Stephanie, a media studies major at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It took me a while to realize what I liked studying, but after countless hours of facebook, gmail, twitter, concerts, reading, watching films and television shows, etc etc, I realized just how much media fascinates me. Yeah, sure, people don't consider media studies a very prestigious subject to study, but I bet they also don't realize just how much we encounter media every day. It is the single most influential aspect of society, one that teaches us how to live our lives (even though people claim they are not affected by it), and one that keeps us constantly informed about the outside world.

That said, I'd like to analyze all different forms of media on here. Ok, maybe "analyze" is too pretentious...I'd like to comment on different forms of media. Specifically, I am interested in music, photographs, films, and social networking. I hope to learn more about myself and about popular culture by keeping this blog. Thanks for reading :)