My friend Amanda Blank's debut album just came out!!!!! Everyone should buy it. She's awesome! It's called "I Love You". Check it out at iTunes  bit.ly/abitunes

- Santigold

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How many people made New Year's Resolutions to DO SOMETHING in 2009 to help the state of the world in some way but, months later, haven't yet done anything to fulfill this goal. A lot of times it can be difficult to think of specific things to do or ways to get involved.

I recently found an email from a friend of mine who passed away last year. The email had a bunch of links to websites that have loads of information on ways to get involved. I thought a great way to honor her effort would be to share the information with as many people as I can. Apparently if you click on a given link per day, money is contributed to the cause described below. You can click on each of those links per day -- but only one click per day, per link. You can add each link to your "favorites" or you can bookmark them, so that you can at least click the links every day, but please take it one step further and read the websites to find out what else you can DO!!!



www.therainforestsite.com

or (same website)

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=4&link=ctg_trs_home_from_lit_home_sitenav

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www.thehungersite.com

or (same website)

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1

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www.thechildhealthsite.com

or (same website)

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=5&link=ctg_chs_home_from_bcs_home_sitenav

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www.thebreastcancersite.com

or (same website)

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces;jsessionid=7CC044DEB75F4B0BE0543391D6F9BCCF.ctgProd03?siteId=2&link=ctg_bcs_home_from_ths_home_sitenav

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www.theanimalrescuesite.com

or (same website)

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=3&link=ctg_ars_home_from_trs_home_sitenav

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www.theliteracysite.com

or (the same website)

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=6&link=ctg_lit_home_from_chs_home_sitenav

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and finally,

www.ecologyfund.com



or (the same website): http://www.ecologyfund.com/ecology/_ecology.html

==> VOTE SANTIGOLD! URB 2008 POLL
Santigold's been nominated in 5 categories - vote early and often!!
Artist of the Year / Indie Artist of the Year / Best Video
Album of the Year / Best New Artist

In addition to these lovely URB nominations, Santigold is all over 2008's year end lists, including:
2 SONG / 6 ALBUM OF THE YEAR - ROLLING STONE (L.E.S Artistes)
“BEST POP ALBUM” - NEW YORK MAGAZINE
“SIMPLY DAZZLING” 10 BEST SONG OF ‘08 - Vibe (Creator)
1 ALBUM OF THE YEAR - ELLE
7 ALBUM OF 2008 - NME
Best New Artist - ITUNES
2 Best Music of 2008 Top 100 Editors' Picks - Amazon
Top 50 Albums of the Year - MyspaceSantigold on iLike - Add iLike to your MySpace

Jay-Z just debuted his new song with Santigold, Brooklyn (Go Hard).  Santigold fans might notice the hook comes from "Shove It" feat. Spank Rock, plus a new verse from Santigold.  The song is featured in the soundtrack for the new Biggie biopic, Notorious.

Check out the song, or this awesome type-based video by Evan Roth.Santogold on iLike - Add iLike to your MySpace

L.E.S. Artistes

What I'm searching for
To tell it straight, I'm trying to build a wall
Walking by myself
Down avenues that reek of time to kill
If you see me keep going
Be a pass by waver
Build me up, bring me down
Just leave me out you name dropper
Stop trying to catch my eye
I see you good you forced faker
Just make it easy
You're my enemy you fast talker

Chorus:
I can say I hope it will be worth what I give up
If I could stand up mean for the things that I believe

What am I here for
I left my home to disappear is all
I'm here for myself
Not to know you
I don't need no one else
Fit in so good the hope is that you cannot see me later
You don't know me
I am an introvert an excavator
I'm duckin' out for now
A face in dodgy elevators
Creep up and suddenly
I found myself
An innovator

Chorus.

Change, change, change,
I want to get up out of my skin
Tell you what
If I can shake it
I'm 'a make this
Something worth dreaming of




YOU'LL FIND A WAY

Go Ahead, you know you want it_
You'll have no other way_
You just want to take us down_
Go ahead,_I'll be the one hit_
If I can take you, boy, it just might throw this town_
Oh, you want to get it_
You make us bleed, it'll prove there's life somewhere_
And oh, no, I want to yell it_
But do we speak or are we just nodding our heads_
No way, not me, what you got, _
It's not for me, but you'll find a way_
No way not me, what you got, _
It's not for me__

Don't reach too far_
You will fall over_
Don't be surprised what you discover_
Don't fear your call_
Can't pull us under_
You better watch out, run for cover__

We see right through it_
You get what you give, you get what you give__

Go ahead_I'll be your junkie_
I'll be deplete you can heap all rubbish here_
Go ahead, now dump it on me_
If I go quiet will the itch go down with me_
Oh, you got to get it_
Nevermind that it was never there nowhere_
But oh, no, not for a minute_
For now you'll make your bed_
And it will wait, I swear__
No way, not me, what you got, _
It's not for me, but you'll find a way_
No way not me, what you got, _
It's not for me__

Don't reach too far_
You will fall over_
Don't be surprised what you discover_
Don't fear your call_
Can't pull us under_
You better watch out, run for cover__

We see right through it_
You get what you give, you get what you give__

Tell them that they'll get what they wanted,
Tell them_
Tell them that they'll get what they wanted._
'Til then....




SHOVE IT

Brooklyn we go hard_
We on the look for the advantage, we work hard_
And if we seem to rough it up a bit_
We broke but we rich at heart_
Pull ourselves up now we won't choke_
It's our time, put the lights on us__

War tactics they make me sick_
Reel your heart in run away with it_
Smile in your face, undermine your back_
Got guns for the strength they lack_
So if you know another way_
You can't look the other way_
If you know another way,_
Tell them so right to their face__

We think you're a joke_
Shove your hope where it don't shine (4x)__

I pay for what's called _
Eccentricity and my will to evolve_
I hear them all say_
That I got heart_
But not everything that it takes__

Taint my mind but not my soul_
Tell you I got fire_
I wont sell it for no payroll_
Let 'em hold me down_
I know if I know another way_
I can't look the other way_
I know another way_
I'll tell them so right to their face__

We think you're a joke_
Shove your hope where it don't shine (4x)




SAY AHA


Louder than they
Louder than they
Louder than they
Allow, allow
Louder than they
Louder than they
Louder than they
Allow, allow
Say Aha, Aha
Say Aha, aha

At night it's eating up your head,
Backed against the wall
Got you in a tight place
Though you're not alone at all
Been fighting, trying to place a name on what it's called
Make you feel like a losing streak cuz you know
But you're not involved

Louder than they
Louder than they
Louder than they
Allow, allow
Louder than they
Louder than they
Louder than they
Allow, allow
Say Aha, Aha
Say Aha, aha

It's alright, cuz everything they say
Doesn't make no sense
It's that time
I'm picking up my ass
Up from off the fence
Gonna blow a hole in this charade
It's self defense
I'm a army got a whole brigade in my two sense

Louder than they
Louder than they
Louder than they
Allow, allow
Louder than they
Louder than they
Louder than they
Allow, allow
Say Aha, Aha
Say Aha, aha

Ooooohhh
Send in your torpedos for all they know
Make a show, shake them up before you blow
Cuz they don't want no cure
No, you'd better find a way
Their aim's not pure

Louder than they
Louder than they
Louder than they
Allow allow
Louder than they
Louder than they
Louder than they
Allow allow
Say Aha, Aha
Say Aha, aha



CREATOR


Got no need for the fancy things_
All the attention that it brings_
Tell me no, I say yes, I was chosen_
And I will deliver the explosion__
Can't say it's gonna get me far_
Do no good to say what you are_
I run the streets and I break up houses_
River runs deep and the flame devours it__
Me, I'm a Creator_
Thrill is to make it up_
The rules I break got me a place_
Up on the radar_
Me, I'm a Taker_
Know what the stakes are_
Can't roll it back, it's understood_
Got to play our cards__
Sit tight I know what you are_
Mad bright but you aint no star_
Polish up til you make it gleam_
Your M.O, I know what you mean_
Tail ridin' and I know it's true_
While they screamin' I love you_
Down deep you know there aint no flow_
A soul decay, was D.O.A__

I know what you here for now_
Words out you're an idea whore though,_
Now don't you crush on me_
I'll see you in your pipe dreams_
Whether or not you know it's true_
You're who they dictate to_
That shit must hurt real bad_
Fakin' what you wish you had___

Here all the folks come ask about me_
Band wagon, know they used to doubt me_
Blind side tend to hit real hard_you should heed the warning, get a body guard_
Steady friction in this bitch_
Creepin' in just like an itch_
So far I got the last laugh_
Still the rich rise up, still I live fast_
Wouldn't know it face to face_
Got no soul and got no taste_
Moving in speed up the pace_
I got it locked though, what a waste All the talk is standard fare_
Walk the walk if it gets you there_
On the grind til the gig is up_
I'm 'a smash 'em down_
Put a muzzle on them like "what!"




MY SUPERMAN

Hey Hey Hey (2x)

Well you're a liar and
Your cues are all wrong
but I can't count all the ways you woo me
I watch you capture
What I can't hold
Now make it make some sense to me

You are
You are my (3x)
Superman

Make it fly
Bless your soul
You get by
Take me along
But all the static here it's breaking you a-part
You can't stay the way you , you , you , you

You are
You are my (3x)
Superman











LIGHTS OUT

Lights Out
Shoot up the station
TV's dead, where's there to run?
Watch everybody come undone
Lights Out
Won't make it easy, wont make it fun
Wont let them see now, how they have won
Still I'll go another round

Chorus:
Darlin'
Don't got to worry you're locked in tight
Darlin'
Now don't you worry turn out the lights

(must be worth it 'cause the more I try the more it gets uneven,
I can shake it I keep thinking but it's with me for a reason)

Wiped Out
No concentration
They got us basking in a storm
I watch it as it loses form
I doubt
They even see me
Guess what I want
A casualty but
I am up front
And I know what it's about

Chorus

I'm still here shaking my head
The one you can't account for
I keep just one step ahead
There's no place to run

Chorus




STARSTRUCK

Do it again
And I'll see you tomorrow
I want to get it
You've got something to borrow

Can't make it feel right on my own
That's when I turn you on again
I buy it but it don't measure up
What is the missed ingredient

Chorus:
I, I see you fade
I, I see you fade away (2x)

Under the skin
It's not so easy to swallow
Don't reel me in
To find my dreams are so hollow
What is it you got I don't get
I watch you fumbling again
Look dreamy behind your cigarette
Know it ain't true now

Chorus
Oooh wee ooh wee oooh
We all find you easy so amuse us
Don't get too heady you might abuse luck
You're starstruck

Chorus



UNSTOPPABLE


I got to be Unstoppable
I got to be Unstoppable
Ey ey ey ey
You don't lie
Ey ey ey ey
You don't lie


0-0-7 Mission and it's just one day
I marked my position then I ran away
Got these boots made for walking and some pepper spray
My two guns in my pocket cuz it's brick today
I said hey Mrs. Parker
Can I get your spot
The block too hot
No parking spots
The joker cops they ticket take my cash
The boys on the block
Got eyes for my ass

Chorus


Last stop Franklin smell it makes me sick
Got my street vision on I don't see shit
And still I stay fresh I spend the top dollar
Cuz on my block the knockoffs are fiyah
Meet me at the J where they got the Domino game locked
Boy cross the street with tight pants .. your hipster ass on down to the Beacon
I fly right past him, don't take my mask off

Chorus

I got the talk
The beats and bass
Give me one I'll take it
Make you lose your place,
Tell me I-I-I can play
So I speed up the pace
I break it break it you can't stop me
In this ra-race

Chorus



I'M A LADY (Feat. Trouble Andrew)


Now won't you run and tell your boyfriend
Tell him don't hold his breath for me
I got some money I was saving
Got some hearts that I'll be breakin
Know someday they'll make a martyr out of me
I know someday they'll make a martyr out of me

She's so fine

Chorus:
And I like sometimes to wave it high
Up where everyone can see
I'm a Lady
Got my mind made up
Got my mind made up
I know I spend magic reel it out
Try to hold a light to me
I'm a Lady
Got my mind made up
Got my mind made up

I like to watch the way the wind blows
What does it know that I don't yet
Ooh oh look so pretty, now you're just so sweet
But see how far you can get
See just how far you can get

She's so fine

Chorus.

And the dream's all gone
And the dream's all gone
No one said no, no one said
Make something with what's in your head
And the dream's all gone
And the dream's all gone

Chorus.



ANNE



My name is Anne, I got a plan
I may lack virtue
But I'm penitent
Ah-ooooh
Ah-ooooh
To lose my mind
It's never easy
A shadow still
there's weight to me
Ah-ooooh
Ah-ooooh


J,j,jesus Pieces
Rescue me
the more I try
the more it gets too complicated

J,j,jesus pieces
Rescue me
The more I give up
The more it takes
The more it takes


My name is Anne, I'll take a stand
I'll hold my head up dig on in
Ah-oooooooh
You can bait me for the hell of it
I'll take it for the hell of it

See it there, but it's too far ahead
Go numb from how bad I want it
See it there but it's too far ahead
And I hear you calling to me right from here

J,j,jesus Pieces
Rescue me
the more I try
the more it gets too complicated

J,j,jesus pieces
Rescue me
The more I give up
The more it takes
The more it takes

YOUR VOICE

I want to hear your voice
and I won't say
that it's bad when you're far
I want to hear your voice
and I won't say
that I cry when you're gone
I wonder why you are so cold
why you are so cold
when I know you're on fire
I want to hear your voice and I won't say

That maybe we'll never end up

Where you've been now
does it render you so different
'Cause baby I don't know
what I'll do if you don't want to be here no more
Do you stay, I don't know
but I just want to
I want to hear your voice again
So are you coming, are you coming
Come back to me
I want to be
where you lay down your robe

And I won't run out in your way
when you head back home
And I'm gonna heed my mind
just nod my head
I'm 'a leave you to what you know

Tickets are officially on sale for my US tour dates! So excited to finally make it out to all of you who have been emailing. These are all the dates so far, but there will be more soon! You can buy tickets to shows in your city right here. Get 'em while they're hot!

*Santi

Myspace Present:


10/14/2008 08:00 PM - The Wiltern w/ The Ting Tings, Mates of State, Alice Smith, Low vs Diamond
Los Angeles, California
Buy Tix Here

10/13/2008 07:00 PM - House Of Blues w/ Mates of State, Alice Smith, Low vs Diamond
Anaheim, California
Buy Tix Here

10/11/2008 07:00 PM - House Of Blues w/ Mates of State, Alice Smith, Low vs Diamond
Las Vegas, Nevada
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10/10/2008 07:00 PM - House Of Blues w/ Mates of State, Alice Smith, Low vs Diamond
San Diego, California
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10/07/2008 07:00 PM - Fillmore w/ Mates of State, Alice Smith, Low vs Diamond
San Francisco, California
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10/05/2008 07:00 PM - Crystal Ballroom w/ Mates of State, Alice Smith, Low vs Diamond
Portland, Oregon
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10/04/2008 07:00 PM - Showbox SODO w/ Mates of State, Alice Smith, Low vs Diamond
Seattle, Washington
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10/01/2008 07:00 PM - Gothic Theatre w/ Mates of State, Trouble Andrew, Low vs Diamond
Denver, Colorado
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09/30/2008 07:00 PM - Liberty Hall w/ Mates of State, Trouble Andrew, Low vs Diamond
Lawrence, Kansas
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09/28/2008 07:00 PM - House Of Blues w/ Mates of State, Plastic Little, Low vs Diamond
Chicago, Illinois
Buy Tix Here

09/27/2008 07:00 PM - St. Andrews Hall w/ A-Trak, Plastic Little, Low vs Diamond
Detroit, Michigan
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09/25/2008 07:00 PM - House Of Blues w/ A-Trak, Trouble Andrew, Low vs Diamond
Cleveland, Ohio
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09/24/2008 07:00 PM - Guvernment w/ special guest, Let's Go To War, Low vs Diamond
Toronto, Canada
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09/23/2008 07:00 PM - Theatre of Living Arts (TLA) w/ A-Trak, Trouble Andrew, Low vs Diamond
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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09/20/2008 07:00 PM - Paradise Rock Club w/ Trouble Andrew, Plastic Little, Low vs Diamond
Boston, Massachusetts
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09/19/2008 07:00 PM - Fillmore New York @ Irving Plaza w/ Trouble Andrew, Plastic Little, Low vs Diamond
New York, New York
Buy Tix Here

SANTOGOLD ROCK THE VOTE PSA

To anyone who hasn't yet registered to vote, I've posted a link to register on my page just for you!!! I know how overwhelming and often ridiculous all the political campaigning can seem. But no matter about the bullshit, and all the things you do or don't agree with, please vote. We can't afford not to at this point. We have to speak up some way, somehow, and we can't afford not to at least have a president who we actually ELECT!!! If you know anyone who hasn't registered to vote, please let them know they are welcome to do so here.


*Santi

Hey,

I just wanted to apologize for all the canceled shows and to let everyone know first hand why I've been canceling so many lately. I know it really sucks, especially when the promoters don't let everyone know why.

The deal is that I've been having issues with my voice. I keep losing it and my vocal chords are a mess. My Dr. ordered me to stop doing shows until they're healed which requires an extensive period of vocal rest (no singing or talking). But seeing as how I already had a tour booked, I decided to try to still do some of the dates at least. I've had to rearrange the tour schedule so that it gives my voice some days to rest after each show, so that it wont keep cutting out on me. I lost it 3 times in the last 4 weeks!

Anyway, I am so sorry to disappoint you guys. Trust me, it makes me sick. But it would suck way more if I damaged my voice permanently. So I'm trying to take it slow. I promise I'll make it back really soon to every town I had to cancel!

*Santi

Lying in bed right now in London. So bored I decided to write a blog. I lost my voice about 4 days ago and haven't spoken since. It's been strange. Everyone who tries to talk to me ends up feeling sad, which I feel really bad about. I'm sad I lost my voice, and sad I had to cancel a bunch of shows. But I'm not sad on the grander scheme of things. My body can be a jerk, but it's in charge, and when it wants to be heard, I have no choice but to listen. I needed rest bad, so it took me losing my voice for me to finally get some. I feel like I got grounded though, while there's a really big party going on or something big that everyone else gets to go to.

So, here I am actually writing a blog on my computer.

I did manage to visit the throat doctor today. He showed me my vocal chords on video (which of course I'd never seen before). It looked like vibrating vagina lips. Weird, but cool. He said I should be ok to sing in a few more days. So that was good.

And then when I got back to the hotel there was a gift waiting on my bed for me! A cool light blue dress with white Dolphins from Stella McCartney. I tried it on and it makes me feel like I'm at the beach! That's my new thing I decided. Since I'm in London (no beach anywhere in sight, and especially now that it's grey and chilly again) I've decided to dress for the beach, swimsuits and sunglasses and some easy-access pants and shoes (not easy-access like that!). I wore this type of outfit at my in-store performance. I'm not sure it went over well. I had on shiny gold shades, and a bright swimsuit. It was really hot outside that day and I appreciated that anyone even showed up to watch my set in the basement of Zavvi, so I thought I'd pretend we were at the beach. So I yelled, "Were at the beeeeaachhh! Let's get CRUNK!!!" And nobody said anything and everyone looked at me like I was crazy. So me and Martelo and the girls had a beach party on stage by ourselves. Didn't discourage me though. I still think it's a good plan. At least until I make it back to a real beach somewhere. And now I have my Dolphin dress to play in as well.

Another cool surprise package today was the final mix of the Converse song I did with Pharell and Julian Casablancas (The Strokes). It reminds of Christmas for some reason, in the way that Christmas songs are exciting. And you know how a lot of Christmas songs have random guest vocalists who just appear out of nowhere? And you get all excited every time a new person enters the picture. Except for it has a sunnier, summertime feel (well Julian actually tells us that it's Summertime), and it's shiny like everything Pharell (have you guys seen his Ice? I humiliated myself by being in absolute awe of it. It sucked me in, like with magical powers, and I just heard myself saying all kinds of stupid shit about it. I embarrassed my manager.) I feel like this song is a talent show, hosted by Pharell, where he's like a Dick Clark character, but who sings, and he starts singing and brings out his musical friends one by one (in this case Julian and me). Or like our own little homage to WuTang Clan, except a mythical version, that sounds simultaneously fun, cocky, and spaced out. We each found our own way into it, and didn't really force it to be one thing or another. The structure is not what I expected either, it ends up feeling loose like an unfolding story. None of us sang about Converse directly, instead we each sang about what they feel like to the people that wear them. Pharell sang about feeling hot and cocky and sexy, which he is (come on, did you see that LV ad?). Julian sang about feeling torn between having a conscience, and wanting to succeed, about feeling uncomfortable in your own skin, but pretty much saying fuck it and living in the moment. And I sang about youth culture overall, and the fact that it's way more sophistacted than people give it credit for, and about kids' (even 30 yr old ones' ) desire to find their own rhythm in life.

Wow, I really have PLENTY of time on my hands right now. But look, now I'm beat and going to sleep. Don't expect another blog any time soon! I should have my voice back in no time…

*s