New Soundtrack Of My Life Columns

I’m pleased to announce two new Soundtrack Of My Life columns are up and running at MTV Buzzworthy. Last week’s column was about my favorite yoga jams, featuring songs from Adele, Thom Yorke, Broken Bells and Mumford And Songs. This week’s column is inspired by a recent trip to the West Coast and features music from The Distillers, Everclear, Hole and Coconut Records. I’m still brainstorming what to write about next. Any suggestions? Leave me a comment and I just might scribble up your idea!

Soundtrack Of My Life: Get Bamboozle’d

My newest MTV Buzzworthy column is up and it’s about one of my most favorite weekend festivals, The Bamboozle. To tell you the truth, I didn’t have that much fun this year. However, that could’ve been because I only went for three hours on Saturday afternoon. Aside from eating two Nathan’s hot dogs, which were delish, I was ready to leave the minute I got there. Here are a couple reasons why: Oh, well. Maybe I’m getting too old for this shiz. If anything, my Bamboozle debacle made me remember all the good times I’ve had at the fest, which is what provided the inspiration for my Soundtrack Of My Life column. Check it out…

A Few Of My Favor!te Things

When my amazing publisher asked me to contribute to their annual Favor!te Things list, I immediately jumped at the chance. Well, actually, I hopped carefully. See, I recently slipped in my kitchen and have a huge black and blue mark across the left side of my body, so I’m really in no shape to jump wildly. If you’re interested in knowing what movies, music and memes I was ob-sessed with in 2010, then hoof it over to YourItList.com. Careful, though. I don’t have that many ice packs to go around.  

…And Everything Is Going To The Beat

Can you tell I’m completely obsessed with Passion Pit right now? It’s a sickness. Every time I’ve felt down in the past month, if I can somehow manage to stumble my way to the stereo to put on Manners, my body/mind/spirit starts to perk up and I erupt into an impromptu dance party that immediately lifts my mood. It’s the weirdest thing. Passion Pit? More like Passion Prozac! Passion Paxil! Passion Wellbutrin! (Okay, so that one doesn’t exactly roll of the tongue, but you get the picture.) Before I inevitably embark on a million tangents, let me get some work-related announcements out of the way. I just posted a new “Music Is My Boyfriend” column…

I’m With The Band

My new “Music Is My Boyfriend” column was just posted on YourItList.com. Hoof it over and read all about my not-so-secret desire to become an adopted member of the GTO’s. Plus, don’t forget to check out my daily posts on MTV’s Buzzworthy Blog. By the end of my run, I just know I’m going to be besties with Justin Bieber. (Fingers crossed!)

Video Killed The Radio Star

I am tickled pink to announce that I will be guest blogging on MTV Buzzworthy for the next three weeks or so. If you haven’t already bookmarked the site, be sure to add it to your favorites so you can read all my hilarious musings on Gaga, Ke$ha and a poop-ton of your pop-tastic guilty pleasures. Woo-hoo!!

Music Is My Boyfriend

I’m so tickled to announce that I’m now blogging over at YourItList.com. I have a monthly column called “Music Is My Boyfriend,” where I’ll be fawning over my latest musical obsessions, annoyances and everything in between. Hoof it over and hear why I’m practicing my British accent thanks to bands like The Big Pink, La Roux and The Wombats.

More about Leslie Simon

Leslie is the author of Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks and Other Misfits Are Taking Over the World, out now through It Books. She is also the author of Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide to Your Favorite Music Scenes and co-author of Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture. She currently lives in Los Angeles where she is the Senior Creative Director at Warner Bros. Records.