hastily made, but necessary to share

Just like the title says, this is a hastily made blog post, yet I really wanted to show you this video. It goes along with my previous post about The Strokes ruling 2011 and their general awesomeness. After reading the post, my friend Panch sent me this mash-up video of The Strokes' Hard to Expain vs. Christina Aguilera's Genie in a Bottle, "A Stroke of Genius," by the freelance hellraiser. The song features the instrumentals of The Strokes and the vocal stylings of Aguilera. Needless to say, it's pretty good. Pretty damn good.

The video for the song is a mashup of the two songs' videos. However, I do not believe that the mashup artist made the video.

The Strokes will rule 2011

I've really been on such a Strokes kick lately. I simply cannot get enough of them. Even though they haven't released an album in almost 5 years, I don't get sick of any of their material. It all resonates in my brain and makes me crave more, more, more. I think I secretly just want to be Julian Casablancas, but I suppose that's not really a secret any more, now is it?

I saw The Strokes for the first and only time (so far!) this past August at the Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. I had always enjoyed their music, but never got to experience it live, and since then, I've been more hooked than ever.

So now all I find myself doing is anxiously awaiting the anticipated March 2011 release of The Strokes' comeback album. So far, it appears to be on schedule (finally! since this album has been in the works for years, kept getting postponed due to the band members' solo and side projects). I imagine a truly epic tour coinciding with the album's release. So people, be prepared. 2011 is almost upon is and sooner than we realize it will be March, and we will all be rocking out to the The Strokes' new album.

For the time being, you can enjoy some of these music videos.