breaking the silence after short hiatus

Sorry to my fellow Wonky Poppers for being so M.I.A. these past few days (almost a week I guess huh?).  I was lost in the wonderful world of oHIo.  It was surprisingly a nice break from the homeless-ness, liberal crazy & pot-infested beautiful city San Francisco.  It felt an awful lot like Minnesota.  Especially when my boyfriend's family decided to cut down a living tree from the front yard of their house at 8 o'clock at night!  Good thing I got that on video - maybe I'll have to throw that up on YouTube soon.

Maybe one day I can focus on this blog and not have to work full time- but I don't foresee that happening anytime soon.  In the meantime, take a listen to this girl that I am loving right now - Lena Meyer-Landrut.  The German singer set a record by having three top five singles with her debuting album "My Cassette Player."  She's already sold more than 400,000 copies in German, most likely due to her winning the Eurovision Song Contest this year.

She has a similar singing style to that of Kate Nash and an incredible mature voice for a 19 year old girl.  I love it because it's not one of those covered in sugar canes and gum drop type voices.  It's raw and unique and stands out.  Though her album has not released in the USA (big surprise there because the USA can't seem to embrace these great artists), it is available on Legalsounds.  I love her cover of Jason Mraz's "Mr. Curiousity" as well as Adele's "My Same."  She's had some great writers on this album, including Ellie Goulding, another favorite of Wonky Pop.  Here's her hit "Satellite" below.  I just wish the video was a bit more exciting for such a fun, head-bopping song!  So instead of her official  video, here's Lena singing live.