Mandymoore's Blog

wishing everyone a very happy holiday.  i'm thankful for my wonderful family and friends and sushi ;)

how about you??

 

xoxo

MM

Hi guys,

Just a quick little post today, responding to a question that keeps coming up...

"Do You Cook?"

or

"What's Your Favorite Thing to Cook?.....Your Specialty?......Your Secret Recipe?"...you get the idea.   Perhaps people are interested because the holidays are right around the corner or maybe I just have the Gourmet Chef look...not quite sure, but what I can say with 100% certainty is that I'm no Rachel Ray and Emeril does not need to worry ;-) 

I would love to learn to cook, however, and WILL take classes sometime soon. 

In the meantime, for all of you who are challenged in the kitchen like I am, here's a recipe I can share with you -- 

ICE. Freeze water.

But definitely ask me again in a few months after I start taking my cooking classes!

xoxo

MM

p.s. Southland Tales opens this Friday...I'm going to see it...are you??

Hey everyone....

Happy Fall!  Sorry I haven't written in a while.  I actually took a little vacation and got some much needed r&r after the tour.  I even left the laptop at home if you can believe it.  

While I was away I was thinking about things I love....and what I wouldn't be able to live without.  One of my friends and I got on the subject of food and she asked me if I had to pick only 5 things to eat or drink for an entire year what would they be....I thought for a second and then realized I could be happy for an entire year with only 3 things...

Sashimi, Almonds and Green Tea would be all I need.  Japanese food is by far my favorite.  I could definitely eat it every day.

What would be on your list?  

So, I hope you guys check out Southland Tales -- it opens in theatres next week.  I included a little preview below in case you haven't seen it yet.  I play Madeline Frost-Santros -- Dwayne's wife.  The movie has such a great cast.  Even Justin Timberlake is in it.  The soundtrack has some really good songs on it too -- especially if you're a Moby fan!!  I think it comes out today actually.

Which brings me to my next question....if you were put in charge of making the perfect movie soundtrack what 12 songs would choose? 

I'll be back later to check out your lists.  Talk to ya soon!

xoxo

MM

Hey guys,

Tours over and I'm back in LA now....getting some rest, catching up with friends.  Thanks so much to all of you that came to my shows.  What'd ya think?  I had a blast on tour.  Can't wait to do it again!!

hmmmm...what else is going on...

oh.....Nov. 9, you must all go see Southland Tales espeically if you were a fan of Donnie Darko.  I make a little cameo appearance in it.  You might not recognize me -- my hair is super blonde!!!!

  

Other than that...I have a big favor to ask of you guys...it'll actually be kinda fun...lets see how creative you can get....take a picture of yourself and your friends with a light bulb and post it HERE. I'll be taking one this weekend too!  

***Ok....raising the stakes on this....seems we got a little friendly competition going on with some of the other artists on Buzznet and I wanna win ;)....any of you who post a pic to the link above will get a spot in my top friends -- so leave me a comment back here once you've posted your photo and let the games begin!!!  For those of you who asked "why a light bulb" -- its to signify that we are committed to helping as much as we can and not leave them in dark :)

xoxo

MM

 

 

 

 

 

Hey guys,

So Monday was a free day and what a fun day it was....I grabbed Rachael and we went shopping...YAY...I was really in need of a little shopping/girl time and we actually found some cute  boutique stores.  It only got better from there...that night we went to the Beastie Boys show which was seriously AMAZING  -- they played for so long...I was blown away.  Show was followed by a bit of bowling.  Wouldn't you know it but the Beastie Boys were bowling at the SAME place we were! It was by far an awesome night.  OK....short playlist for today in dedication of the Beasties...enjoy!

Intergalactic
Sure Shot

Sabotage

3 Mc's and 1 DJ

Girls

Off the Grid

Time to Get Ill

Rootdown
Body Movin

Ch-CHeck it out
Rhymin' and Stealin

Shake Your Rump

Hey Ladies

The New Style

Electrify

Get it Together

xoxo

MM

Hey guys,

 

Greetings from the road...what's up with all of you?

Today's a free day -- YAY-- so I'm trying to catch up on some much needed rest, but

I'm getting really excited for "How I Met Your Mother" tonight. Hope you're all gonna

be in front of the tv tonight watching! Feels like we shot the episode ages ago

already....it was so fun. Honestly, what do ya think of the tats? Can I pull them

off? They're not quite as impressive as Kat Von D's, huh?

 

 

 

So, over the weekend, I had some time to look through all the songs you guys

love...and all I can say is WOW!  There were some awesome ones in there....alot that

I haven't heard, so I'm exited to check them out...some that I was like -- "oh yeah, I

forgot all about that song" and some that I listen to all the time.  I'm going to put

together a bunch of playlists from the songs you guys suggested and include some

others as well-- here's the first one -- let me know what you think.

 

 

1.       Jeff Buckley -- Lover, You Should Have Come Over

2.       John Mayer -- Not myself

3.       The Commodores -- Nightshift

4.       Rachael Yamagata  -- Worn Me Down

5.       Halos -- Helium

6.       Crowded House - Weather with you

7.       Foo Fighters - Best of You

8.       Bjork – Hyperballad

9.       REM - What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

10.   David Bowie -- Under Pressure

11.   Motion City Soundtrack -- LG FUAD

12.   Stevie Nicks – Landslide

13.   Plain White T's  -- You and Me

14.   Tegan and Sara  -- Call it Off

15.   Jewel- who will save your soul

16.   Maroon 5 -- Wake Up Call

17.   The Postal Service -- Such Great Heights

18.   My Chemical Romance -- Heaven Help Us

19.   Bright Eyes - No One Would Riot for Less

20.   The Who - My Generation

21.   Bloc Party -- Blue Light

22.   Fiona Apple -- Sleep to Dream

23.   John Mayer -- Come back to Bed

24.   Dandy Warhols: Bohemian Like You

25.   Elton John- Tiny Dancer

26.   Joaquin Phoenix & Reese Wither Spoon -- Jackson

27.   Death Cab For Cutie --  Will Follow You into the Dark

28.   Damien Rice -- The Blowers Daughter

29.   Bow Wow Wow -- Fool's Rush In

 

xoxo

MM

 

I promised I'd be checkin' in......and here I am......I looked at every one of your lists and WOW...some really good songs here!!! I'm gonna have fun making new mixes tomorrow.  Keep sending them to me and I'll check in again in the morning.

hope0414 – your note was so sweet :)

 

blahblebluh: -- yay for Rachael Yamagata

 

mandymoorelover727 – it was cool meeting you!!

 

optimisticcautiously29: -- thanks for coming to see me in PA

 

kimmybee: -- you joined just for me….that’s awesome.  Good music pics!

 

mmooreobsessed – so glad you could make it to the show. 

Sweet dream...

 

 

 

Hi Hi Hi,

 

We're in Albany now....playing tonight at the Sawyer Theatre.  Any of you coming out for the show?  We've been on tour for a while now and it's been so much fun!!  But as you can imagine we've spent  ALOT of time on the bus. 

 

Here are 5 of my favorite songs that we've been listening to over and over ..... and over again on the bus...and of course singing along to at the top of our lungs.  Our driver's probably about ready to strangle us ;) 

 

JEFF BUCKLEY "LAST GOODBYE"

LORI MCKENNA "ONE MAN"

RACHAEL YAMAGATA "ELEPHANT"

JONI MITCHELL "FREE MAN IN PARIS"

WATERBOYS "WHOLE OF THE MOON"

 

BTW....I was so impressed with how many of you turned in your "FAVORITES" lists that here's homework assignment #2 --

 

If you were on a bus driving cross country, what would your 5 "MUST HAVE" songs be? 

 

Post your lists as a comment and I promise I'll be checking back in after the show tonight!  I'm in need of some new tunes for my ipod, so I can't wait to see what songs you LURVE.......

 

xo

 

MM

 

 love my rachael.....

Hey guys,

We just rolled into Virginia and we're playing at a place called the Birchmere this evening.  

If you're at home tonight and looking for something to watch on the tube....I'm going to be on the premiere of Perez's show "What Perez Sez" on VH1.  I'm not gonna lie....I'm a little nervous to see it.  You never know what that Perez is going to say or do......or what color his hair is going to be.  Ya gotta love him!!

During the interview, Perez definitely brought out a little bit of my wild side.  He had me saying some good ole' fashioned curse words (sorry mom...) and taught me how to pole dance -- I let him believe it was my first time -- hee hee.

He also asked if he could direct my next video....what do you think??  He should probably just stick to what he does best.....scandalous gossip...just not about me pleaz ;)

Because of the show tonight, I'm Tivo'ing Perez, but won't be able to watch it until later on....so you guys all have to check it out and let me know how it is.... He shot some of the show during the VMA's  so Pete Wentz, Amy Winehouse and Gym Class Heroes are supposed to be on it too. 

xo

MM

 

 

Hey Hey,
 
Had the day off yesterday – did a little shopping, ate some decent food and just relaxed with the band.  Our St. Petersburg show the other night was really fun.  We played a cool outdoor venue called the Jannus Landing.  The audience there was awesome and Rachael Yamagata played too.  If you guys haven’t heard her, you need to check her out – especially her song Elephant – it’s one of my personal favorites. 
 
We’re just rolling into Atlanta now where we’ll play tonight. 
 
I can’t believe it’s already September and summer’s practically over.  It really hit me when I was shopping yesterday and every store had big wool sweaters on the models. It flew by way too fast. I bet you guys started school this week didn’t you?  What did you wear on your first day? 
 
The first day of school for me was always exciting, yet terrifying at the same time.  I always loved shopping for my back-to-school bag and fun new notebooks, though. So in honor of back to school – I’m giving you guys a homework assignment...

I took this "favorites quiz" on the bus last night and here are my answers:

MY FAVORITES:
Heels or flat? BOTH
Dresses or Jeans?  BOTH
Dogs or Cats? DOGS
Salty or Sweet? SWEET
Sunrise or Sunset? SUNRISE
Winter or Summer? SUMMER
Los Angeles or NYC?  NYC
Beach or Pool?  BEACH
RollerCoasters or Ferris Wheels? ROLLERCOASTERS
Regular or Diet? REGULAR
Black or White? BLACK
Christmas or Halloween?  CHRISTMAS
Lucky Charms or Special K?  SPECIAL K
Movies: Comedies or Tear Jerkers?  COMEDIES
TV: Dramas or Sitcoms?  SITCOMS

Your assignment is to take the quiz and post your answers as a comment below.  I’ll be checking in after the show tonight to make sure you all turned your homework in – so get crackin’!!
 
Xo
 
MM