boner4mgmt: when i said it was the end, i meant it wasn't the end.

dl: GLITTER PENIS - C.R.U.M.Z. On My Lap (YSI)
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I had pledged that I wouldn't do anymore MGMT-related posts for a very long time, but I couldn't resist after getting the following e-mail from a fellow alum of Wesleyan University...

"do you have a copy of "Crumz" by MGMT? Do you remember it? It was the Aaliyah song Try Again but they rapped about Ernie and Bert and eating crackers and getting crumbs in their lap? I REALLY WANT THAT SONG."

Initially, I assumed this person was punking me, as this song just sounded too good to be real. With a little research (aka googling "MGMT Crumz"), I was led to the comments section of a post on ONTD, which included several older songs I posted here as well as two others that I neglected to share with you. By reading the comments of this post, we receive insider-information that Andrew VanWyngarden's iTunes library was called "kitten hatchery". My favorite comment comes from livejournal user bunnykittycoat--"He may be a total tryhard but damn that boy is fine." Don't be surprised if I make a trend out of calling people "total tryhards".

Die-hard MGMT fans seem to have acquired this already, but you die-soft MGMT fans may want to hear this too. I imagine that it's the type of song they'd do if they made an appearance on Yo Gabba Gabba. I can't wait for the Justice remix of "C.R.U.M.Z. On My Lap".

<3<3<3XOXO<3<3<3,
your favorite total tryhard blogger

PS: For those too lazy to read the comments--"Actually, Crumz is from Andrew's high school project, Glitter Penis. He and his buddy Dan (Treharne?) did an entire CD of parody tunes. Funny shit. There are lots of GP CDs in the hands of Andrew and Dan's Memphis pals. No doubt, as MGMT gets huge, more of this will come out."

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BONER TRACK: MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice remix) (YSI)
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aaliyah: happy birthday

DOWNLOAD: PLAYA- Birthday
(strikingly eerie ballad off of Tim's Bio: Life from da Basement)
- buy it - buy aaliyah's music -

I was going to post Aaliyah's song "John Blaze" off of the same album, but I thought this song by Playa was strangely appropriate for the occasion. Despite the fact that this is a love song, the instrumental is rather ominous, hinting at sadness or mourning. Perhaps I'm reading in to it too much? Today, Aaliyah would have been 28 years old. In her short life, she made an incredible impact on young females in pop music from Ciara and beyond. Bless her.