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Don’t Quote Me, Vol. 600
“Do, What you’re going to do in longevity. Not just what happens tomorrow.”
- Skitch Henderson
Loft965.com is getting a make-over!
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After three years and more in operation, your favorite (we hope) music source is getting a little facelift. We have been in the process of choosing and plugging in a new look for our little blog here and it will be up shortly. Of course, tell us what you think once the changes take place, miss sugar. “Often imitated, never duplicated” – MC.
Time to follow @LOFT965 on Twitter!
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Exclusive: 5 Questions With Loft965.com: Nicole Atkins
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1. Loft965.com picked your track “War Is Hell” as a “Sexy Track” of 2011. How do you feel about that? What is the inspiration behind the song?
I think its great but also very ironic. I wrote this song after a pretty epic fight with an ex. I had all of these little Dia De Los Muertos figurines that got broken as a result of said argument. I was talking to my sister the day after saying how I was looking at all the broken little skeleton men on the ground and how it resembled the fallen on a battlefield. My sister goes, “Well, theres your next song.”
2. Are you preparing another single from the album? If so, which one will it be?
The current single is “Cry Cry Cry.” For the next single after that I’m hoping to put out either “My Baby Don’t Lie” or “You Come To Me.”
3. Are there any interesting projects or tours (perhaps maybe EPs) in the future that you are planning?
This summer we’ll be doing some dates with the Avett Brothers and the Black Keys and then the Bonnaroo festival. After that we’ll be doing our own tour down in the Southeast. We’ll also be recording a 4 song ep of songs that the Black Sea and I wrote together as a band.
4. Your new album, Mondo Amore, is already out. How would you describe it and who were your influences during the recording process?
Mondo Amore is a psychedelic crooner blues rock record. It is a darker record than anything I’ve recorded previously. Its a breakup record without the spite. Its romantic and melancholy and heavy and sexy and rocks really hard.
5. We love quotes, what is your favorite quote or motto?
“When life hands you lemons, squeeze them till the juice runs down your leg.”
Also from Oscar Wilde, “We’re all in the gutter, but some of us are lookin at the stars.”
Be a part of the Loft965.com community!
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Loft965.com passes 2 million visitors!
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We haven’t updated you recently on the success of the blog, but its well on its way to where we want it to be. We thought we’d just tell you that aside from the fact that Loft965.com is one of the top music blogs worldwide we had just passed more than 2 millions visitors all-time. This includes the first couple of months when the readers were only our dear friends and acquaintences. It also includes the year before we launched internationally. We are very happy about this accomplishment and we hope to bring you more and better content. Our daily visitors are Loft965.com’s soul and we love that you come by the thousands everyday. Thank you and pitch in on what you want to see on the blog.
Loft965.com has its best month ever!
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This past June has brought in record numbers for our little blog, here. We managed to get our best month ever in consistency while building up our fan base to record proportions. The blog is on fire and we are loving every bit of it. Of course now we have 3 contributors and myriad of loyal friends from all over the world who believe in a thing called pop. We also managed to notch up a couple celebrity fans and we have landed on the roster of many press agencies wanting to market their artists, from representatives of new artists to that of Kylie Minogue, Sade, Lady Gaga, Toni Braxton and more. We look forward to the future and hope to fill you ears with the best music out there. A huge thank you in the form of digital love to you all. Thank you for coming in by the thousands everyday and keep coming back!
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Be a part of the Loft965.com community!
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Would like to be up-to-date? Well, we made it easier for anyone to find us.
Add us on Facebook!
While we are out in the wilderness thinking of ways to wow you when we come back on the Loft, click here to become fans of the blog on facebook and if you are an ultra-fan suggest this page to friends!
Alicia Keys visits The Oprah Winfrey Show
VV Brown gives shout out to Loft965.com
Yay!
Loft965.com headlines Google
Loft965.com head quarters is proud to announce that today a post headlined a Google topic on blog search. The biggest headline on the matter and it has to do with former Girls Aloud member Cheryl Cole owning the show and being better, if we may say, than Lady GaGa during the Brit Awards 2010.
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We know you love this blog. You come everyday by the thousands.
Loft965.com Is The 2nd Most-Read Kuwaiti Blog In The WORLD!
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Top 10 Kuwait Blogs in the World:
1- 248am.com 68,092
2- Loft965.com 212,939
3- zDistrict.com 247,540
4- Frankom.com 351,00
5- ilSul6ana.com 373,252
6- SomeContrast.com 569,120
7- 4thRingRoad.com 588,836
8- kuwaitpaperdump.com 596,987
9- Buzberry.com 606,637
10- ansam518.wordpress.com 636,523
We were getting a couple of hits coming in from 248am.com and were wondering what all the hoopla is about. It turns out that they featured an interesting post on the most-read Kuwaiti blogs (by way of Fereej). According to Alexa, which a great website to track the progress of blogs, Loft965.com is the 2nd most read Kuwaiti blog in the world. Yes, siree! And it is also the youngest blog in the top 10. Now, that’s something to be proud of. We already knew that though, but now it’s out in the open. When we started we wanted a worldwide audience and didn’t concentrate on the local and it’s paying off. It’s been a great 2009 for the Loft. And we can’t wait for 2010. Good times!
This Is A Gift To All Our Readers.
PS, this makes it the #1 blog by a Kuwaiti blogger!
Video: “Silent Night” by Six Pence None The Richer
Ok, so we are OD-ing on Christmas posts, but we asure you our fascination is purely festive totally non-religious. It’s never religious here!
Exclusive: The Best 25 Videos of 2009
31. “Bulletproof” by La Roux
2. “Bad Romance” by Lady GaGA
3. “Make Me” by Janet Jackson
4. “Her Morning Elegance” by Oren Lavie
5. “Boat Behind” by Kings Of Convenience
6. “Paparazzi” by Lady GaGa
7. “Jealous Of My Boogie” by RuPaul
8. “Two Weeks” by Grizzly Bear
9. “Hurtful (Original Video)” by Erik Hassle
10. “You’ve Changed” by SiA Furler
Loft965.com gets its best month ever…
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We are truly flabbergasted at the amount of attention that our blog is getting. This past month was a record month for us. We managed to triple our numbers, become one of the most read blogs regionally and internationally and garner surprising offers from record labels, fashion houses and other businesses. We also started advertising, keeping in mind not to clutter the blog with unnecessary jargon. We truly appreciate all of this success and hope you keep liking what you see. This is not merely due to our team, but also from the encouragement from the readers. Thank you again and continue to support us:
Become our fans of Facebook
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Loft965.com has managed to notch up the best month for visitors ever in the history of the blog. September was sexually good to us. At any rate, we now made it easier for anyone on facebook to find us and read posts. Become our fans of facebook for updates and special offers.
