Blink Kitty Love

ALL ABOUT EWE (AND OSCAR)

No, that's not a misspelling and we're not having a special Monday Shirt o'The Week post to annouce we've started watching Bette Davis movies.  What we are here to tell you about is the simple, funny and available for a limited time Ewe Boat shirt by JadenKale, artist and Tilteed curator.  Yes, we simply love puns and whenever we play Settlers Of Catan, we are harassed for how much our strategy involves hoarding sheep (Tinker's little brother likes to invent habits we don't have.)  But mostly, we're showing you this because every time we think about it we laugh.  Thinking...yep, still laughing.

Yes, easily amused. It's our middle name. And yes, still laughing. 

As for crushing, we're back to burgers.  And 5 Guys.  And french fries.  

 

Nothing beats natural lighting. If you haven't tried 5 Guys yet, you should find one. They're amazing and affordable. Our burger buddy, @KristynBurtt, frequently taunts us with pictures, sending us heartlessly out into the cold to cure our craving. And then we throw french fries at her.   And kudos to the aforementioned, french fry dodging @KristynBurtt, who is starting her Oscar coverage odyssey for Star Pulse and Mingle Media TV tomorrow. We're looking forward to some inside information. Who are we rooting for? Natalie Portman, Tangled (with a vote or two for How To Train Your Dragon), Colin Firth (Tammy doesn't care what he does, she just cares that he's Colin), Inception (Tinker likes the cinematography), Amy Adams (Ty always a fan) and we're really annoyed that the Joan Rivers doc was skipped over -- although to be fair, we haven't seen it yet, but we like to be unreasonably annoyed about something every once in awhile. Be glad it's not you. Also, Diane Warren's "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" which allowed Cher to have the best song in a movie where she was not the best singer. Show stopped, hand over award. And we did like the job Pharell Williams did with the Despicable Me score -- fun and fresh.

NEW CRUSH + SHIRT O' THE WEEK

The Crush:  Nadia G of Bitchin Kitchen.  Yes, she rocks the kitchen, our world and makes burgers that look like this (graphic lifted from her site):

 

And so you don't miss us too much, we're going to do a shirt o' the week.  Remember, none of you are kicking into the pizza fund regularly so you won't be seeing fancy, expensive shirts, but we think the sites we frequent give value for money.  And make great shirts.

The Shirt:  So this week, it's cmdixon2 at Goodjoe with The Last Straw.  We'd like to wear it when we hit the movies over the weekend, but we'll have to wait for a couple of weeks to do that.  We're still hitting the movies though.  Which movies?  Tammy's opting for Black Swan and popcorn, Ty and Tinker are excited about The Fighter and munching on Reese's Pieces and TK, well, honestly, TK's seen Tron: Legacy too too many times (although we did hear a rumor he'd been spotted tearing up at a Tangled screening or two -- and not just during the dying parts.)  TK's snack of choice:  whatever's leftover in his jacket pocket from the last time.  We don't ask to share.

The Last Straw:  

 

And have you seen Joan Jett in The Eyeliners' "Destroy" video?  It's one of our 2010 favorite moments. 

Happy New Year.  Stay safe.  We wish you good times + good friends.

BEATLES MANIACS (AT LEAST FOR A HARD DAY'S NIGHT)

The only band our official mascot and Twitter peep @tuffycat loves more than us is The Beatles.  Can't really knock a guy for that.  So instead we've started a round the table, pass the saspirilla, tweetnip and pretzels conversations about our favorite things Beatle (or post Beatle).  Join in.  We'll let Tuffy start us off: 

 
 

Tammy  mood:  serious (or even silly sometimes) love songs always

Movie choice:  A Hard's Day's Night because it's just a slice of perfect

"I give her all my love
That's all I do
And if you saw my love
You'd love her too
I love her"

"And I Love Her"   The Beatles

"I can wait another day, until I call you
You've only got my heart on a string and everything a' flutter
But another lonely night might take forever
We've only got each other to blame, it's all the same to me love"

"No More Lonely Nights"  Paul McCartney

TK  mood:  Team Drum

Movie:  Help.  Because, and we quote, "These things happen."

"I'd ask my friends to come and see 
An octopus' garden with me 
I'd like to be under the sea 
In an octopus' garden in the shade." 

"Octopus's Garden"  The Beatles

"Gotta pay your dues
If you wanna sing the blues
And you know it don't come easy.
You don't have to shout
Or leap about
You can even play them easy."

"It Don't Come Easy"  Ringo Starr

Tinker:  mood:  smiling

Movie:  Life of Brian because it's always good to have friends and fun side projects and laughter

"Somewhere in her smile she knows 
That I don't need no other lover 
Something in her style that shows me" 

"Something"  The Beatles

"Fab! Like this all over, you said to me.
Fab! And you really got a hold on me.
Fab! Long time ago, when we was fab." 

"When We Was Fab"  George Harrison

Ty  mood:  in a different neighborhood and thinking maybe it's all about the performance

Movie choice:  Quadrophenia for its raw energy

"Everybody calls me the quiet one
You can see but you can't hear me
Everybody calls me the quiet one
You can try but you can't get near me"

"The Real Me"   The Who

"When everything feels all over
When everybody seems unkind
I'll give you a four leaf clover
Take all the worry out of your mind"

"Let My Love Open the Door"  Pete Townshend

GIRLS VS. BOYS

And why do we have to pick a team?  Whenever we have band arm wrestling tournaments, Tinker beats everyone but Ty who refuses to arm wrestle a girl so Tinker wins by default.  And that works.  Ty maintains whatever illusion he wants, Tammy gets a workout, TK gets something else to grump about and Tinker has a bit of fun teasing everyone, but especially Ty.  She starts offering to carry the keyboard case for him.  Everyone acts exactly like themselves.  And how is that?  Yes, I know that you may ask yourself when you stop by:  why don't I know more about the band?  Or you may ask yourself "what is this beautiful house," which is when we start to we adore you. 

Truthfully, you know as much about the band as they do, if you've been paying attention. If not, start here or here.   They're goofy. Not girl goofy or guy goofy or skate/snow boarding goofy  but TK, Tinker, Tammy and Ty goofy.  (Note:  official band position is that TK is three people worth of goofy, but that's just between us.)  

And that's what we're about:  the right of individuals to be their own brand of goofy.  So do it.  Now.  Grab a hat, toss a french fry, wield an umbrella, smile at a cute stranger, stick your tongue out at a toddler, air guitar to the loudest song you can think of, make robots out of paper towel tubes and/or start a dance revolution.  We support you.  We're in the front row seats.  Cheering.

But we'll show you what we're all up against:

Tammy     mood:  opposites attracts

"You've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone
Just you wait 'til I get you home
We've got no future, we've got no past
Here today, built to last"

"West End Girls"    Pet Shop Boys

"You're looking so distinctive like D.N.A., like nothing I've ever seen in the U.S.A.
Your underground culture, visual grammar
The language of your clothing is something to encounter"

"Harajuka Girls"    Gwen Stefani

Ty   mood: wishful, retro thinking (we also suspect him of imagining that he's Chris Isaak)

"The West coast has the sunshine and the girls all get so tan,
I dig a french bikini on Hawaiian Island dolls,by a palm tree in the
sand."

""California Girls""  David Lee Roth

"Wider baby smiling you just made a million
Fuses pumping live heat twisting out on a wire
Take one last glimpse into the night I'm touching close I'm holding bright, holding tight"

"Girls on Film"  Duran Duran

TK    mood: having it both ways

"I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try and
Laugh about it"

Boys Don't Cry    The Cure

"That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done"

"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"  Cyndi Lauper

Tinker    mood:  NOT playing those reindeer games

"Same hair revolution
Same build evolution
Tomorrow who's going to fuss"

"Androgynous"  Joan Jett

CAPE, MASK OR ARMOR?

Iron Man 2 opens -- well, somewhere there are midnight showings getting out now + the I've seen it buzz will begin.  We loved the first one, we mostly lean toward love when there's a superhero coming live off the page of a comic near you (why isn't there a comic near you, darn it? It's one of the great American art forms -- ok, maybe the French and the Japanese and the Belgians (yes, we've heard of TinTin) have the comic book tradition but we're still claiming it for us.)  And now, comics seem like one of the better ways to catapult your idea to the big screen. Skip the screenplay, go straight to pounding the internet and the convention floor with your graphic novel.  And tell 'em the band sent you.

So, we'll hit you up with some comic movies, inspired songs, graphic novels..we'll start w/ movies and see how far we get.  And the first to bat is Tammy.

Tammy (The Terrific) 

Movie:  Dick Tracy -- he's a comic, we're letting it pass.  

Part:  Breathless Mahoney

Song:  Sooner or Later by Madonna, from the album "I'm Breathless," inspired by Dick Tracy*

Graphic Novel:  Phonogram, Volume 2:  The Singles Club  because music IS magic (and she wants to be drawn by Jamie McKelvie)

*official Dick Tracy soundtrack is a great ride through variety artists

TK (Back in Black)

Movie:  Batman (1989)           

Part: The guy in the suit, who doesn't want to be the guy in the suit

song:  Arms of Orion  Prince with Sheena Easton

Graphic Novel suggestions:  Scott Pilgrim (haven't you read them yet?)

Ty (A Blink and A Wink)

Movie:  Flash, the TV series      

part:  The Flash

"Flash" by Queen**

Graphic Novel:  Whiteout, the original, the first, the only

**yes, that's a different Flash, but Ty wouldn't mind being the guy on the sky sled, either. 

Tinker  (Tinker)

Movie:  Hellboy             

part:  Hellboy, 'cause who doesn't love kittens and kicking ass (he's mostly CGI anyway)

song:  Jimmy Olsen's Blues  by The Spin Doctors 'cause who doesn't love Lois Lane

Graphic Novels:  Hopeless Savages  ultimate cool

WE'VE GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN'T GOOD

Spring is in the air (good), technology is overheating (bad), flowers are blooming(good), the Mets are in the basement (typical) and we have a crazy case of Spring Fever (the good part) and NOT SLEEPING (the bad part)

Tammy   mood:  well, somebody has to pay attention to the fact that baseball's in season.

"The last time you came through
Oh darling, I know what you're going through
The last time you came through
Oh darling, oh darling, oh darling"

"Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Day"  Fall Out Boy

Tinker  mood:  Still in the Jett stream after seeing The Runaways

"You're living in the past it's a new generation
A girl can do what she wants to do and that's
What I'm gonna do"

"Bad Reputation"  Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

Ty    mood:  rockin' the stadium

"Paint your smile on your lips
Blood red nails on your fingertips
A school boy's dream, you act so shy
Your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye"

"You Give Love A Bad Name"  Bon Jovi

TK    mood:  remixing + dancing the blues away

"손담비- Bad Boy"*

*and that's all we know about that and possibly all we want to

CAPTAIN AMERICA + CASTING

Yes, we have a comic book geek or two among us, but who doesn't love Cap.  And if you answer "I don't" or don't know who we're talking about, yes, that's our glare you can feel on the back of your neck.  You get a minor pass if your native citizenship is not American, but only a minor because, heck, Cap is all the good things the United States is supposed to represent.

As the people casting the Captain America movie seem to be having MAJOR difficulties of a GENERAL sort* in deciding on an actor suited to bring Steve Rogers/Captain America to the screen and since we ALWAYS have an opinion, we've decided to help them out.  So, here are our casting suggestions (and favorite other bits of iconic Americana).

Tammy   mood:  in the mood for eye candy and apple pie topped with vanilla ice cream.

So her Cap suggestion is Zac Efron, well, because:  

• he's dreamy (yes, rest of band making gagging noises now) 
• has the right coloring 
• Can act (or if you're a studio exec, will bring in the female demographic)

TK   mood:  just wants the Avengers movie to get done...

He suggests Ryan McPartlin aka Chuck's Captain Awesome because:

• he's AWESOME 
• that should cover it  
• the Chuck producers originally wanted to turn the character into a Russian agent (so the DVD extra features claim) and couldn't bring themselves to do it.  Sounds like Cap to us.

Tinker   mood:  skating 'round the corner

Her guys are either of the Zeke and Luther pair because:

• skaters are cool
• it's an origin story so Cap should be young w/ 'tude.
• skaters rock...

Ty  mood:  Listening to Springsteen sing "Born In the USA" 

His suggestion:  Cast ME!

 

*we've been following the fun with the help of @mtvsplashpage

WOMEN WHOSE MOVIES WE LOVE

Yes, we've been hibernating.  It's winter, we're mammals, get over it.  We've been indoors, keeping warm, with a stack of DVDs and an even bigger stack of cold cuts, french bread, condiments, trimmings and everything you need to make a Dagwood sandwich because, well, he is the master.

And in honor of Kathryn Bigelow's historic Director's Guild of America win for directing Hurt Locker, we're going to pick our favorite movies by female directors (the good thing is women directors can't be covered in 4 or even 5 movies; the bad thing is for big budget productions, it wouldn't take many more). So congratulations to Kathryn Bigelow, good luck with Oscars and we hope you inspire more women to bring their visions to a screen near us.

Ty  mood: feeling fine

Strange Days  directed by Kathryn Bigelow

Tammy  mood:  colorfully exotic

Frida   directed by Julie Taymor

Tinker  mood:  armed, dangerous, darn cute, etc.

D.E.B.S.  directed by Angela Robinson

TK  mood:  known for other things (and still can never just pick one)

Yentl  directed by Barbra Streisand

A League Of Their Own  directed by Penny Marshall

SUMMER MOVIES

Since we seem to have spent the summer setting rehearsals + then finding other things to do -- which leads to the lack of the Blink Kitty Love debut single, we here at Blink Kitty Love Central Headquarters, aka the band office and/or Tammy's entertainment center, decided to take a favorite summer movie poll.  Yet another way to get some insight into the heads of our band members.  No one will admit to seeing Julie or Julia (we do have a suspicion about Ty as he's had an Amy Adams crush since Enchanted -- lost a bet, please don't ask for details) and (500) Days of Summer got mixed reviews from Tammy + TK.  Tammy loved the soundtrack; TK hated the hopeful coda.  And we do mean hated.  There was a rant.  And an attempt to write a screenplay.  And another rant.  

So what are the favorites the band will admit to?

Tinker loved Bandslam -- not only great music but Aly Michalka fronting a cool band for most of the movie.  

Tammy shocked everyone w/ Star Trek...Tinker tried quizzing her about original episodes, but Tammy just ignored it.  She's been a Zachary Quinto fan since So Notorious, when he was so very funny + so very gay. 

Ty voted not for the X-Games 3-D --we all agree Winter X so much better -- but G.I. Joe.  Scarlett left an impression.  And special effects always score -- especially glass roofs in Paris.  

And TK, well, he wouldn't say, but then Tammy hacked his Fandango account -- 3 Harry Potter viewings + there was a  Facebook quiz announcing he was Ginny Weasley.  He claims everyone gets Ginny as a result, but Tinker ended up as Harry, Tammy as Luna and Ty as Draco so TK was forced into a real discussion.  He claims to want quidditch to be a real sport but played with guitars.  We suspect he's a Ron + Hermione fan, but he just pounds his drumsticks on whatever's nearby whenever the subject comes up.

But we all agree on SyFy's new + cool show,  Warehouse 13 (Go Team Claudia, Tinker yells) -- you should be watching it.  It's what we do instead of rehearsing on Tuedays ; )  There's  an all day marathon on 9/22.  TK + Tinker are already splitting the snack list and Ty's on drink patrol (Tammy's entertainment center is the location so she just brings the electricity + the HD screen).  

Crush you later.  While TK is out of the room, reading Harry Potter books.