Music! News!

Sadly, not book news--there doesn't seem to be much going on in that realm at the moment. Most creative endeavors are kind of a hurry up and wait situation.

However, I have been putting in a great deal of time ghostwriting for some clients, which has inspired me. What would you all think of me posting a little tidbit on Wednesdays that is SFW (Safe For Work--or in this case, Safe For Wednesday) and something on Fridays that is NSFW? That is the current plan, to add to the music posts on Mondays. Of course, if book news DOES happen, I will keep you all apprised.

In the meantime, since I've been doing a lot of writing lately, I've also been listening to a lot of music. I've really been grooving on some new records lately, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the new Daft Punk album in particular. So in honor of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' recent album, here's something from their older work, a video I love for a song called 'Gold Lion.' It is one of the least freaky of their music videos.

As you can see, it's still pretty visually interesting. Something about a desert makes everything more interesting. As a bonus, here's another video I love that features a hot wasteland:

Not sure if it's supposed to be an actual desert, but it does have that feel. Plus the song is so incredibly endearing and sweet--though the video is a bit weird in that vein.

Thank you all for continuing to visit my blog!

xoxo,

Mary K.

Fun! Music! NSFW!

Since I didn't have the chance to post on Monday as usual, I figured I'd make it up to you all and transform "Fun Fridays" into "NSFW Fridays," which in this case is going to combine music and something very sexy.

I've been working on some freelance ghostwriting--erotic short stories--and to sort of get myself into things, I started listening to Nine Inch Nails. Now, those of you familiar with NIN are probably saying to yourself "Yes, this is a wonderful idea." And it is. To a point. Those of you who are not familiar with NIN are going to get the same introduction to Trent Reznor that I did (except I was eight at the time. If you're eight, please don't visit my blog. It's not appropriate for you).

If my parents ever express surprise at my particular choice of genre, I feel like I can just point them to this video and say, "You let me watch this when I was eight. Of COURSE I am writing about sex now."

Warnings: Language, nudity, some creepy-crawly things.

Watch the entire video through. Yes, there are creepy things, but seriously. Watch it. Tell me that is not utterly distracting.

Sadly I have no real book news to report, but I will be updating the blog again soon with some more salacious material!

xoxo,

Mary K.

Another Week, More Music, Busy-ness.

Things have been rather stressful and fast-changing around these parts, so I haven't been able to update the way I should. I'm sorry!

The good news is that I am getting a bunch of work writing erotic romance short stories--the bad news is that it's ghostwriting work, so I can't really tell you more than that. This turn of events has inspired me to see about putting some snippets of romance stories up on here, or link to some on a hosting service--I'd love to have more content out there that's in my name.

Since it's Monday, of course you know what's next: music time!

I posted about Placebo last week, but I've been listening to a lot of it still, so I'll give you guys another example of a song I love.

This is one of my favorite songs in general--it's got such a great groove, and of course it's got that Brian Molko vocal style I love. The lyrics are also pretty strong. And it's just such a lovely sentiment.

What do you guys think of me putting up some snippets on thishere blog? Let me know!


xoxo,
Mary K.

"Forgetting" Bands and Songs I Love

I occasionally get so wrapped up in what I'm listening to at any given time that I "forget" about other bands I like. I don't forget about them utterly--if you asked me "Hey, Mary, what do you think of (The Strokes) (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) (Silverchair)(what have you)?" I would perk up and go "Oh, I like them a lot!" in that bright and surprised tone of voice. Because it's like coming to the realization that you like a band brand new.

I've been wandering around my normal music habits for a while in the past week, and recently re-discovered Placebo. I'm not entirely sure how they came to mind; probably while I was playing SongPop a Placebo song was one of the answers, but I'm not sure. In any case, I'm glad they did, because while Brian Molko's voice is sort of an acquired taste (which means, as we know, that you either love it or hate it), the songs are wonderful for romantic writing. Full of emotions like angst and obsession and yearning.

This song is called "Taste in Men" and it demonstrates the angst and yearning I'm talking about rather well. The video is also interesting in a sort of cryptic way.

I'm doing a lot of work on just about everything but books, it seems. I'll keep you all posted if there's anything that might be of benefit to you! Also, I am considering inviting some of the other lovely ladies of Siren to post here--hopefully they'll take me up on it.


xoxo,
Mary K.

Music! Book news! Oh my!

So since today is Music Monday, I do have a video for you guys, first of all. I have loved Silverchair since I was a tween. I haven't mentioned them on here, just because they haven't come up in my writing playlists--which seems strange, now that I think about it. But I was reminded of how much I love the music, so here's an old-old video of theirs.

It's copyright 2000, but the song predates that. It's a crazy video, but it's interesting, and the song is one of my favorites. As a bonus, I'll also include another favorite, not the video but just the song:

They never did a video for this song, but it's one of my all-time favorites. It has such good composition.

Now for book news! My book is available on Amazon! You can go over there right now, if you want, and buy a copy and hold it in your hands, as opposed to reading it from a screen. It's $13.99, which isn't a bad deal as books go. Find it here: http://www.amazon.com/Striking-Chord-Siren-Publishing-PolyAmour/dp/1622428994/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365984286&sr=1-1

I am so excited about this, you guys. I am still thinking over how I want to go about running a promotion, and I'll announce it here first once I have all the details for you!


xoxo
Mary K.

I'm on Romance Cooks!

I contributed one of my favorite Italian recipes; you can see it all here: http://romancecooks.com/

It was a lot of fun writing up the recipe, particularly since I don't really "measure" very much when I cook--at least not in the technical sense. I throw in pinches of this and that, eyeball things. So it was an interesting thought exercise to try and translate the dish into something people could follow along to.

Go and check it out, everyone!




xoxo
Mary K.

Friday Fun: My Personal Canadian Music Chronology

Every once in a while, it occurs to me that there must be something in the fact that so many of the bands/acts I've liked have come from Canada. I don't know that I could ever live there--it's too cold for my thin, subtropical blood--but I would like to visit someday.

For proof, I submit the following chronology:

When I was in middle school, I had fairly varied musical tastes. And then in about the end of seventh grade, I got into The Moffatts:

Not too difficult to see why an adolescent girl would be into them, right? They actually had really excellent music together, and went on to make really good music separately.

Then a few years later, I got into Sum 41

And Avril Lavigne:

Yes, this song is later than high school, but it's actually a hilarious video and a really catchy song.

Then, around about the time I graduated high school, I got really into Hot Hot Heat.

I'm still into Hot Hot Heat, and still revisit the others pretty frequently. But if this isn't evidence that I should visit Canada, if only for good music that I'll like, then I don't know what is.

In book news: I will be appearing tomorrow on Romance Cooks, with a delicious recipe for an Italian pasta dish that I love. ALSO! I found out this week that my book will be available in print form! It will be sold through Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I'll update everyone with the links once I have them. I am soooooooo excited. I am actually planning a promotion in my head right now--and of course, I'll post the deets here when I have them all finalized.

xoxo

Mary K.