My bizarre taste in music

I wouldn’t know if Britney Spears died during childbirth or if Nick and Jessica went to the moon and honestly I DON’T CARE, but…
I’m so hopelessly lost and disconnected from American pop culture right now. I LOVE music (don't we all?) and I'm curious to know what's playing in the U.S. Could anyone venturing back to the U.S. for the holidays or anyone in the U.S. PLEASE fill me in? I just got a Weezer/Cake CD from Laura to satisfy my nostalgic needs. Seems that I have a lot of those lately.

Music I’m listening to and loving right now:

James Blunt: Wisemen (Really likin’ his music by the way)
Dido: Sand in Your shoes
Beck: Girl

OCKO TV (my beloved Czech/Slav MTV with crappy set back-drops and off-kilter hosts) is feeding my musical cravings. The TV bogeyman took away Viva, VH1, MTV, etc… I’m losing channels and there’s only so much BBC World a girl can take. I’m really starting to develop a taste for Czech music even though some of the videos make me do a triple take. (i.e. one video consists of a woman with blue spiderweb hair that drips blue liquid into her eyes.)

Oh, a shout-out to Laura for hostessing a group of traveling CETPers this weekend. Laura, Emily, Mariah, Jenna, Yerik, Liz, and I enjoyed some hot wine that later resembled solid chili with bits of mucus, beautifully scrambled eggs, toast, sausage, and sugar cookies. Many eggs fell to the floor that night and Jell-O spots on the walls were evidence of a good time had on Friday night.

I officially finished the semester today! (GREECE TRIP/ NEW YEAR’S BASH IN BUDAPEST 2006! HERE I COME!) What a way to end the year!