Well here it is at the DC Goodwill Fashionista and it sound awesome! Also there’s a video featuring Miss DC 2009 - Jen Corey. She’s very easy on the eyes.
Here’s DC Goodwill Fashionista has to say:

Dear Readers,

As I mentioned here yesterday and have been tweeting about for the past few days, today we launch the first part in a series of video vignettes about the green benefits of shopping at Goodwill. The videos follow Miss District of Columbia, Jen Corey, and yours truly, the DC Goodwill Fashionista, as we set out on a Goodwill treasure hunt searching for recycled furniture and accessories to furnish Jen’s new apartment transforming it from empty and bland to chic and colorful…without breaking the bank!

Click for link to video >>>> click here.

DC Goodwill Fashionista & Rap-opera

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Pop Factory FULL LENGTH CD Release: 2006 Cat. #ZIP033 Listen Buy

Track listing: 1. Your Precious Touch 2. I Wouldn’t Have it Any Other Way 3. My Home Town Listen 4. Out on a Limb 5. Burning an Illusion 6. Here Comes the Loser 7. While I Sleep 8. I’m In Love With a Girl 9. Out of My Hands 10. Last Night 11. One in a Million 12. Nothing Stays the Same 13. Nothing Succeeds like Success

Tony Momo says YoStella! watch out for The Innocents and the Stella’s Pop Factory, might just make a horrible comeback.

Nova Stella

I love there sound! Click through to there site and take a listen.

Here’s more about them from them:

Nova Stella’s sound has been described as “A funk band that ate a folk singer”, which gives you a pretty good idea of how eclectic Nova Stella’s sound truly is. With influences that range from Funk, Rock, Alternative Rock, Jazz, Folk, to Blues, they still manage to create a cohesive, thick sound with powerful grooves, and tons of texture and melody. Nova Stella officially began in early 2008, but the origin of the band started way before then.

The members of Nova Stella have are a road tested group of guys. Bands that their members have been a part of include, The Whole Quarter Foot, Innocent Nixon, Junction, Avery, The Shannon Webb Band, Those Meddling Kids, and a few more than any of them can keep up with.

Here is the express version of how they found each other:
Todd and Chris met playing in a blues band called The Sugar Shack. Chris and Todd got along so well that they joined a funk & R&B band with Thomas called the Whole Quarter Foot. After that, a guy named Eric walked into the Music Center in Greenville, NC asking the guy at the front desk if he knew anyone who was interested in playing drums in a band called Those Meddling Kids. Chris was that guy and he said, “I play drums”. After a few weeks Those Meddling Kids ended up needing a new bass player and Chris again went to “old faithful” Todd. After a year of Those Meddling Kids, their founder decided to move to Charleston, SC. Chris, Eric and Todd wanted to continue to work together, enter Nova Stella. By this time Thomas had moved to VA and set up shop there, that didn’t stop Nova Stella from calling him to have him join the band from long distance. Thomas said sure and then soon ended up moving back to Greenville, NC. Nova Stella still thought they could have one more member to fill their sound out and Joe came to the rescue. Joe, Thomas and Chris all work at the Music Center together (where you can get all of your musical needs fulfilled under one roof).

Some of the artists that have influenced the members of Nova Stella include; Galactic, Ben Harper, Colin Hay, 311, Bela Fleck and the FLecktones, Dave Matthews, Miles Davis, John Mayer, John Coltrane, the Agents of Good Roots, Cab Callaway and pretty much what ever else they can find. Nova Stella strives to build a high energy live show consisting of original material and their versions of tunes by their favorite artists.

Instrumentation
Chris Alley - Drums
Joe Barrett - Guitar
Eric Benson - Vocals and Guitar
Todd Jenkins - Bass
Thomas Sisson - Saxophone

TonyMomo_ sounds sweet and must have washed down that folk singer with a cold Stella Pop.

I still wonder if they have staying power. I define that term to mean…will I be delighted to put this album on for a friend 5-10 years from now? Not sure. But for the short term I am really enjoying this band!

While many critics rave about “Is this it”, the second release was not as well received…some cried Sophomore slump.  Any lesser band might have diverted wildly from the sound of the first two.  Not so.

After listening to song samples from the 3rd album “First Impressions of Earth” I am tempted to place yet another order.

Tony Momo_Credit card in hand!

Robyn Hitchcock has been described as eccentric and quirky (perhaps it’s the Brit in him). His varied body of work is a testament to being true to his heart…not the almighty GBP. Reinvention, after all, is standard operating procedure for Mr. Hitchcock. Certainly he is one of England’s most enduring singer/songwriters and live performers. Despite the cult status of his work, fringe fans such as myself have a love for his vast catalog. Robyn recently re-teamed with members of Venus 3 for a second album “Goodnight Oslo” released in February 2009. Venus 3 is an odd combination of

The Beatles (Lennon specifically), Byrds and Bob Dylan influences are apparent throughout. “Saturday Groovers” bring about a Beatles flavor, “Hurry for the Sky” and “Sixteen Years” recall Dylan-like qualities and Buck’s guitar work reminds me of the Byrds at their best.

Hitchcock admitted in a recent interview that his compass always points back to John Lennon. Nonetheless, Robyn is an Alernative Rock father figure.

“Ole Tarantula” was the first effort by this disparate set of talents and backgrounds. Another album well recommended. They are both on YepRoc Records. You can listen “Goodnight Oslo” on the site. Do yourself a favor and check these out!

Tony Mom0_You hide the money in the bank. The money has no shame! (16 years)

Yep, Feist sings 1234 on that multicolored eye popping ubiquitous ipod ad. Feist got an early start in music when at 15 she started and was the lead vocalist for a Calgary punk band called Placebo (not the European band Placebo). Her version of Placebo won a local Battle of the Bands competition and were awarded the opening slot at the Infest festival in 1993, featuring the Ramones. At this concert she met Brendan Canning, whose band hHead performed immediately before hers, and with whom she joined in Broken Social Scene ten years later.

She has friendly ties to Peaches (Merrill Nisker), Elastica and M.I.A. So what about the 1234 song? This is what Wikipedia had to say:

Following the television advertisement for the iPod nano in the UK, the single beat its original chart position of 102 to become number 8 in the UK charts. Time magazine named “1234″ one of The 10 Best Songs of 2007, ranking it at #2. Writer Josh Tyrangiel called the song a “masterpiece,” praising Feist for singing it “with a mixture of wisdom and exuberance that’s all her own”. On 6 April 2008, Feist won a Juno Award for the single as “Single of the Year”. Feist performed “1234″ on Sesame Street during its 39th season, teaching children to count. She also sang with Elmo on the same episode. She said working with the Muppets was a career highlight.

Tony Momo_Puppets anyone!