Soundtrack Of My Life: Seriously Funny Songs

Garfunkel & Oates, Bo Burnham, Flight Of The Conchords and The Lonely Island are ridic.

Soundtrack Of My Life: Getaway Songs

Dashbaord Confessional, The Clash, Ryan Adams and Phish got be addicted to music.

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!

Read My New Column On MTV Buzzworthy!

After a bunch of months being cooped up in my apartment, I’ve finally decided to join the land of the living. Truth be told, I wasn’t exactly cooped up. I was slaving away on Geek Girls Unite and I loved/hated every minute of it. (Who am I kidding? Mostly loved.) On a related note, GGU is available for pre-order on Amazon. Reserve your copy NOW! I’m also pleased to introduce a new column I’ll be writing for MTV Buzzworthy. It’s called Soundtrack Of My Life and it’ll be a weekly playlist compiled by yours truly. Click here—or on the lovely logo below—and read my inaugural column, which just so happens to be about Dudes In…

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.  

In Case You Were Wondering

This is what it looks like to press “send” on the last year of your life. Lucky for you, my thick-rimmed glasses hide the tote-sized bags under my eyes. I don’t know why, but my (possibly blind) friend Rachel thinks I look smokin’. Oh, yes. I’m a true vision of beauty… And by “beauty,” I mean “sleep deprivation, wild mood swings and crippling anxiety.” I need to bottle that shit and sell it at Sephora. I’d make a killing!

The Meaning Of Things

dead·line  noun \-ˌlīn\ definition of DEADLINE: a date or time before which something must be done

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, CA.