Vanguard Worthy

According to the dictionary, a vanguard is the following:
leading position or people: the leading position of a movement, field, or cultural trend, or the people who are foremost in a movement, field, or cultural trend.

In that light, Beyoncé as the recipient of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award should come as no surprise. She is certainly at the forefront of culture trends and proves so in this week's Music Monday selection.

Her re-imagined version of "Crazy in Love" for the Fifty Shades of Grey movie trailer is nothing short of brilliant. In collaboration with her producer, Boots and violinist Margot, the move has brought new fans to Beyoncé's music.

In a recent Time interview Margot mentions the following about the new track, “Obviously I know how ‘Crazy in Love’ goes, but I knew there was the possibility her vocals would be different. It’s almost more vulnerable and beautiful this way, because you do do crazy things when you fall in love. To hear the mood reversed and flipped makes it even more powerful.”

So even though you probably have Fifty Shades adaptation overload, take another listen to the song, and imagine how vulnerable being in love makes you feel...

Kinky F**kery Causes Blog Fail

This morning when I sat down with my hot cup of caffeine and my twitter feed, I fully intended on continuing to build my writer platform. I even read an article at Writer's Digest by Chuck Sambuchino about eight things every blogger should know.

And, not minutes later I found myself ready to break rule number eight:

8. Don’t Blog Something That’s Already Been Blogged
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve thought of a great idea, only to find that it has already been covered by other bloggers on my own site. Now, I do read the site, but the volume of posts is insane — and my memory is short enough that I don’t remember what people were posting about three years ago. Use the site search. If you don’t, people will yell for reposting stuff. Also, get familiar with the Google site: syntax (example: site:www.mentalfloss.com “chris higgins” will turn up posts including my name from that site).

I should have been posting writing tips, offering up some free short story showcasing my writing style, or sharing some geek girl wit and wisdom, but I couldn't stop myself from watching it, let alone blogging about the Fifty Shades of Grey trailer. I know everyone and their Dom is watching it right now, but I couldn't resist. It pulled me in with its hypnotic version of Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love".

Bless me blogging gods for I have sinned, here I am blogging about Mr. Grey seeing me on Valentine's 2015 despite myself.