bored, stuck at home. apparently letting your parents open a letter from your university explaining how you lost your scholarship because you didn't meet academic requirements is not a good thing....ANYWHO!
2009 had some pretty gosh darn good albums. i'll list some that i enjoyed and i'll put like my top five maybe. don't know yet. you'll see at the end of this.
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER AT ALL(also these are just the ones i can remember right now...): The Sidekicks - Weight of Air Metric - Fantasies Tegan & Sara - Sainthood No Age - Losing Feeling Ep Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions Banner Pilot - Collapser Classics of Love - Walking in Shadows EP Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career Big D and the Kids Table- Fluent in Stroll The Raveonettes - In and Out of Control Broadway Calls - Good Views and Bad News The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come Conor Oberst - Outer South Kevin Devine - Brother's Blood Blakroc Ben Nichols - The Last Pale Light in the West Frank Turner - Poetry of the Deed Apologies, I Have None- Two Sticks and Six Strings The Dead Weather- Horehound Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
TOP 15! ALBUMS
15. Matt and Kim - Grand 14. Bomb the Music Industry! - Scrambles 13. Lucero - 1371 Overton Park 12. fun. - Aim and Ignite 11. Dear Landloard- Dream Homes 10. Defiance, Ohio - Songs for the Icarus Project 9. Cobra Skulls - American Rubicon 8. Kudrow - Lando 7. Andrew Jackson Jihad- Can't Maintain 6. Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
5. Chuck Ragan - Gold Country
4. Jim Ward - In the Valley, On the Shores
3. Fake Problems- It's Great to Be Alive
2. Modest Mouse - No One's First, and You're Next
1. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
very honorable mention: AGAINST ME! - THE ORIGINAL COWBOY
SONG OF THE YEAR
(even though it didn't come out this year....)
[not really the song of the year... more of song of the day.]
MAINSTREAM ARTISTS THAT ARE NOT OKAY: Owl City Lady Gaga Paramore Nickelback Creed Theory Of a Deadman Simple plan.....kill yourselves Hinder Buckcherry Miley Cyrus the rest of the disney stars Linkin Park Saving Abel Kelly Clarkson Colbie Caillat any rap remixes of a non rap song...not okay...not okay at all COBRA FREAKIN STARSHIP...BURN IN A FIRE Shinedown Boys Like Girls Godsmack Slipknot Korn 3OH!3 Safetysuit Justin Bieber Evanescance/ Amy stupid Lee All Time Low Disturbed Three Days Grace The Used Fall Out Boy Panic at the Disco Jesse McCartney Fergie Seether Beyonce Marilyn Manson LMFAO...i've actually never heard them, but with a name like that... Pitbull 30 Seconds to Mars Timbaland Audioslave JET...EXCEPT "Look What You've Done" everyone and their mom likes that song Five Finger Death Punch ...pretty much everything REGULARLY played on the edge 100.3 ...pretty much everything REGULARLY played on alice 107.7
i say and stress "REGULARLY" because both stations have a few exceptions, that i tried to list below
MAINSTREAM ARTISTS THAT ARE OKAY: Justin Timberlake Onerepublic The Fray Coldplay Foo Fighters Nirvana...ehhhhhhh Jimmy Eat World Kings of Leon...do yourself a favor and download their older albums. their lyrics weren't, still aren't, that good. but the music is great. Daughtry...meh. way better than the other "rock" bands. but not great. Pink...only because of Funhouse. it is her best single, guess why? Snowpatrol...once again do yourself a favor and download their other stuff besides their cover of "Chasing Cars" Five for Fighting Switchfoot....maaaaybe Green Day...everything BUT "American Idiot"...horrible album No Doubt Jordin Sparks...that battlefield song is the only song i know so maybe she's a no?
i'll be posting another thingy soon listing artists that are pretty much mainstream but...just not here. i dunno arkansas is always behind in music well actually pretty much just unaware of music that isn't played on MTV...(lol music on MTV say whaaaa?...like you know what they play during the hills, silly. well of course there's MTV2 but didn't they just start playing re-runs too?) oh and don't get offended by that list. if you do you seriously need to think.
anywho. i've made this list like over two months randomly adding a band every once in a while so there's plenty more i could post but this will have to do it for the year. i've got another post to make. until then.... then being like a couple hours from now... LATERS
GET SET GO
Die, mother fucker die I want to see you cry And then I'll watch you die
I want to hurt you, torture and desert you Take a hot poker and stick it where the Sun don't shine..then watch you die
Cause I, I'm having a bad day So get out of my way Or you will pay and you'll pay with your Life
I, I'm having a bad day So what else can I say I just wanna kill and be killed just the Same
Cause my day sucks ass
Die, mother fucker die I'll burn out both your eyes And fill the sockets full of lye
I'll carve out your skull and turn into a Bowl that I'll eat cereal with while I Watch the Flinstones And I, I'll do it with a smile
Cause I, I'm having a bad day So get out of my way Or you will pay and you'll pay with your Life I, I'm having a bad day So what else can I say I just want to kill and be killed just the Same Cause my day sucks ass
I don't want to work I don't want to pay bills And I don't want to grow old And I don't want to be poor I don't want to drive in traffic I don't want to deal with dating I don't want to stand in line I don't want to pay any taxes
Die, mother fucker die Why won't you just die? And get out of my life
I want to move to some deserted desert island where I will live up coconuts and everything will be fine all of the time Cause I, I'm having a bad day So get out of my way Of you will pay and you will pay with your life I, I'm having a bad day So what else can I say I just want to kill and be killed just the same
had a dream I can buy my way to heaven
when I awoke, I spent that on a necklace.
i told God I'd be back in a second,
man It's so hard not to act reckless.
to whom much is given much is tested.
get arrested, got some chili, get the message.
i feel the pressure, under more scrutiny,
and What I do? Act more stupidly.
bought More Jewelry, More Louis V, My momma couldn't get through to me.
the drama, people suing me,
i'm on T.V. talking like it's just you and me.
i'm just saying how I feel man,
i ain't one of the Cosby’s I ain’t go to Hill man
i guess the money should've changed him,
i guess I should've forgot where I came From.
La,la,la,la wait till I get my money right
la, la, la, la then you can't tell me nothing right
Excuse Me, is you saying something?
Uh, uh, you can't tell me nothing
(Haha) you can't tell me nothing
Uh, uh, you can't tell me nothing
Let up the suicide doors.
This is my life homey, you decide yours.
I know Jesus died for us,
But I couldn't tell you who decide wars.
So I parallel double parked that motherf***er sideways
Old folks talking bout back in my day
But homey this is my day.
Class started 2 hours ago, oh am I late?
You know I already graduated
And you can live through anything if Magic made it.
They say I talk with so much emphasis,
OOOO They so Sen-Sa-Tive.
Don't ever fix your lips like collagen
Say something were you gone end up apologing.
Let me know if it's a problem man,
Alright man, holla then.
La,la,la,la wait till I get my money right
la, la, la, la then you can't tell me nothing right
Excuse Me, is you saying something?
Uh, uh, you can't tell me nothing
(Haha) you can't tell me nothing
Uh, uh, you can't tell me nothing
Let the champagne splash, let that man get cash,
Let that man get past.
You don't needa stop to get gas,
If he can move through the rumors, he can drive off the fumes cuzz
How he move in a room full of nose?
How he stay faithful in a room full of hoes?
Must be the pharaohs, he in tune with his soul,
So when he buried in a tomb full of gold.
Treasure. What's you pleasure?
Life is a, uh, depending how you dress her.
So if the devil wear Prada,
Adam Eve wear Nada,
I'm in between, but way more fresher.
But way less effort, cause when you try hard,
That's when you die hard.
Ya homies looking like "Why God?"
When they reminisce over you, my God.
yes, yes obama wins a nobel peace prize. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_nobel_peace he's an individual who is currently resolving conflict and/or promoting peace. (...lol) and has said so through out his (almost) one year of presidency. but by the way, deadlines for nominations were February 1st so lol @ the whole thing.
i personally think if they were going to give it to a political, mainstream figure it should have gone to Nicolas Sarkozy. On January 5, 2009, Sarkozy called for a ceasefire plan for the Gaza Strip Conflict. The plan, which was jointly proposed by Sarkozy and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak envisions the continuation of the delivery of aid to Gaza and talks with Israel on border security, a key issue for Israel as it says Hamas smuggles its rockets into Gaza through the Egyptian border. Welcoming the proposal, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called for a "ceasefire that can endure and that can bring real security". (from wikipedia) oh and Sarkozy is the President of the French Republic...
oh! AND Obama's increased troop deployment in Afghanistan should've disqualified him immediately.
all the right friends in all the wrong places so yeah, we're going down they've got all the right moves and all the wrong faces so yeah, we're going down
just paint the picture of a perfect place they've got it better than what anyone's told you they'll be the King of Hearts, and you're the Queen of Spades and we'll fight for you like we were your soldiers
i know we've got it good but they've got it made and the grass is getting greener each day i know things are looking up but soon they'll take us down before anybody's knowing our name.
they've got all the right friends in all the wrong places so yeah, we're going down they've got all the right moves and all the wrong faces so yeah, we're going down
they said, everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going yeah, we're going down they said, everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going yeah, we're going down
do you think I'm special? do you think I'm nice? am I bright enough to shine in your spaces? between the noise you hear and the sound you like are we just sinking in an ocean of faces?
it can be possible that rain can fall, only when it's over our heads the sun is shining everyday, but it's far away all the world is dead.
they've got, they've got all the right friends in all the wrong places so yeah, we're going down they've got all the right moves and all the wrong faces so yeah, we're going down
they said, everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going yeah, we're going down they said, everybody knows, everybody knows where we're going yeah, we're going down
it doesn't matter what you see. i know i could never be someone that looks like you. it doesn't matter what you say i know i could never face someone that could sound like you.
all the right friends in all the wrong places so yeah, we're going down they've got all the right moves and all the wrong faces so yeah, we're going down
all the right friends in all the wrong places so yeah, we're going down they've got all the right moves and all the wrong faces so yeah, we're going down
they said, everybody knows everybody knows where we're going yeah we're going down they said, everybody knows everybody knows where we're going yeah we're going down
yeah we're going down yeah we're going down
all the right moves, hey yeah, we're going down all the right moves, hey yeah, we're going down
Zombieland was awesome! it was really funny. really gross. really good. buuuuuuut:
i was bored so i made that little diddy.
GO SEE ZOMBIELAND!
and TOY STORY 1 & 2 THE 3D DOUBLE FEATURE!
and UP!
and NOT ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS!
that chart is soooooo accurate. we walked out a little after the beginning...the part with Scrat in it and it was really funny...could have been funnier.
so i though BOTDF broke up...i was really happy when i learned that but alas http://bit.ly/wtAoE
"You just don't try and take another man's work.. That's called grand theft dreams!" best bit of the whole read...
they should break up. AMIRITE OR AMIRITE?!?
his feet were torn flyin' skateboard ripped jeans to shorts won't do no chores
i'm so bored yeah i'm so bored
skin like dirt christian death shirt sun kissed and curved those guys were jerks
i'm so bored life's a chore
his feet were torn flyin' skate board ripped jeans to shorts those guys were jerks
i'm so bored yeah i'm so bored
music doesn't start till like 0:53. but really good acoustic version:
(and i'll tell ya right now for some frickin' reason all my links are broken...so you'll have to copy and paste until i figure somethin' out)
last friday (9-25) i saw Cage the Elephant and Manchester Orchestra at The Revolution Room in Little Rock. the Silversun Pickups were headlining but we left before they had even finished taking down Manchester Orchestra's stuff. i went strickly for Manchester Orchestra.
now, i only kinda liked Cage the Elephant before friday. i thought they were pretty "eh." i downloaded their CD back in '08 when it came out but never listened to it, seriously. downloaded it on my family's computer but never even extracted it from the .zip. they all of sudden started gettin' played on the radio this summer, which i'm guessing is because of their letterman performance back in july i think. so i re-downloaded their album on my laptop. and i liked it pretty good. before the show i said something like "these guys are good and i like 'em but i know their show is gonna blow me away and i'm gonna end up really liking them." and i was right. second song into the set ("tiny little robots") matt was already in the crowd. their set was great. during "in one ear" he got back in the crowd and worked his way back to the steps and climbed up the little railing and held on to the pole and hit one of the big red lights on purpose. when matt got back on stage he said "last time we played here we got kicked out of the venue. i still remember the venue name....true story." the crowd got really into "ain't no rest for the wicked." they played a new song called "indie kids" they said it was "for all the coooool kids out there" i found this pretty funny because we were at a silversun pickups show. i really liked the song.
full set: Dr. Dr. Dr. Tiny Little Robots Lotus Aberdeen Back Against the Wall Japanese "something?" Free Love Indie Kids Ain't No Rest For the Wicked In One Ear Saber-tooth Tiger
also if the bassist was left handed...kurt cobain. these guys put on a great show and i'm thinkin' their next album will be good.
hard to believe you haven't heard them but if not check em out:
next up was Manchester Orchestra. i was so excited. they set up their stuff and people were saying stuff like "two drum kits whaaaa?" yeah. they're that awesome. they came out and just started playing.
full set: Pride Shake it Out In My Teeth I've Got Friends Everything to Nothing The River The Only One
after "The River" everyone but Andy and Chris left the stage. Johnathon got back up there too. they played "The Only One." i was really happy this happened because i could see the set list and it only had the six songs listed. i was a little sad when i saw there weren't any songs off "I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child" but when "Pride" started i was fine, i knew it was gonna be an amazing show. at one point Andy threw his hat off and grabbed the mic, it reminded me a lot of Isaac Brock starting at about 3:02 pretty much till the end.
after the show i didn't try to find anyone from the bands. we walked right by Jonathan, Chris, and Matt (from Cage the Elephant). i didn't say anthing. i should have. atleast something generic like "great show."
check these guys out now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTqVG1wj6kk they have videos for a lot of their songs. all of the songs off of Mean Everything to Everything have videos.
ross, thomas, and i stayed at william's that night. the next day we went to my grandparent's 50th anniversary party. that night we went to Vino's. they wanted to see Showbread. it went: Calling the Shots (locals): http://www.myspace.com/callingtheshotsar
not my cup of tea. but i give props to kids who actually go through with forming a band. especially locally. keepin' the little rock scene alive.
The Gallery: http://www.myspace.com/thegalleryrock there aren't many videos of these guys on youtube. i recorded two videos of them but the audio isn't so great but i don't care.
i really liked these guys. got a shirt and their cd. good stuff.
Goodnight Caulfield: http://www.myspace.com/goodnightcaulfield i found and audio video of these guys
they were alright. put on a good show. but i dunno the gallery was great haha.
Showbread: http://www.myspace.com/showbread from our show (once again horrible audio)
they have music videos
pretty funny guys
(you can hear the gallery playing in the back haha) i'm pretty sure i have the same exact camcorder as that girl. it's samsung, 16GB, HD, and has a youtube sticker.... garrett (the guy on the left)...i dunno just look at him.
after the show we talked to josh dies. thomas and william got a picture with him: pretty cool guy. he thanked me for making a nice shirt (william is wearing it). so yeah...
LISTEN TO MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA anywhooo
Somethin’ filled up my heart with nothin’, someone told me not to cry.
But now that I’m older, my heart’s colder, and I can see that it’s a lie.
Children wake up, hold your mistake up, before they turn the summer into dust.
If the children don’t grow up, our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up. We’re just a million little god’s causin rain storms turnin’ every good thing to rust.
I guess we’ll just have to adjust.
With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’ I can see where I am goin’ to be when the reaper he reaches and touches my hand.
With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’ I can see where I am goin’ With my lighnin’ bolts a glowin’ I can see where I am go-goin’
today is talk like a pirate day. as you can see, i am not participating.
instead i post random pictures, i don't know why:
1979 Obama: bro had a fro.
i do not like bono, so i love this:
he is batman:
in teh beginning: when you abandon a cat, you never leave it behind:
life:
watch this, watch this now:
i don't even know.
you all probably know this song from that phone commercial it's in now.
sing out: Well if you want to sing out, sing out And if you want to be free, be free Because there's a million things to be You know that there are
And if you want to live high, live high And if you want to live low, live low Because there's a million ways to go You know that there are
You can do what you want The opportunity's on If you find a new way You can do it today You can make it all true And you can make it undo (Do) you see? It's easy You only need to know
So if you want to say yes, say yes And if you want to say no, say no Because there's a million ways to go You know that you are
And if you want to be me, be me And if you want to be you, be you Because there's a million things to do You know that there are
You can do what you want The opportunity's on If you find a new way You can do it today You can make it all true And you can make it undo (Do) you see? It's easy You only need to know
Well if you want to sing out, sing out And if you want to be free, be free Because there's a million things to be You know that there are
the office season six premiered last night.
it was hilarious.
here's a clip to prove it:
parkour!
also premiering was season two of parks and recreation.
it was pretty good.
and the new show community aired:
i freaked when i saw the preview, i love that song haha.
anyways it's got
Joel Mchale:
Donald Glover:
and John Oliver:
in other words it's already one of my favorite shows.
NBC thursday nights rule.
they used to be the best but since they got rid of scrubs i won't give them that.
watch the television.
it is good for you.
show me the sidestreets in your life
train yards like boneyards sharpened knives
sidewalks are unassuming fields
concrete and cracks won't cut you deals
lost teeth like white jewels of some kind
petty theft for penny crimes
and we yell
ahh like a good old fashion nightmare
riding trains to the end of lines
still we've got nothin but time
the skyline looks brighter tonight
lets go smash out every light
your left foot in front of right
and we yell
ahh like a good old fashion nightmare
Hey,
Don't write yourself off yet.
It's only in your head you feel left out,
Or looked down on.
Just try your best,
Try everything you can.
And don't you worry what they tell themselves
When you're away.
It just takes some time,
little girl, you're in the middle of the ride.
Everything, everything will be just fine,
Everything, everything will be alright. (alright)
Hey,
You know they're all the same.
You know you're doing better on your own, (on your own)
So don't buy in.
Live right now.
Yeah, just be yourself.
It doesn't matter if it's good enough (good enough)
For someone else.
Hey, don't write yourself off yet.
It's only in your head you feel left out, (feel left out)
Or looked down on.
Just do your best, (just do your best)
Do everything you can. (do everything you can)
And don't you worry what their bitter hearts (bitter hearts)
Are gonna say.
try this one for yourself, type in "kanye west is a" just like i did:
i didn't get what i expected. at. all.
i mean where's "kanye west is an amazing person?"
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless?
Oh... How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so, cold as the winter wind when it breeze, yo
Just remember that you talkin' to me though
You need to watch the way you talkin' to me, yo
I mean after all the things that we've been through
I mean after all the things we got into
Hey yo, I know of some things that you ain't told me
Hey yo, I did some things but that's the old me
And now you wanna get me back and you gon' show me
So you walk around like you don't know me
You got a new friend, well I got homies
But in the end it's still so lonely
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless?
Oh... How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so Dr. Evil, you bringin' out a side of me that I dont know...
I decided we weren't gon' speak so
Why we up 3 A.M. on the phone
Why does she be so mad at me fo'
Homie I dont know, she's hot and cold
I won't stop, won't mess my groove up
'Cause I already know how this thing go
You run and tell your friends that you're leaving me
They say that they don't see what you see in me
You wait a couple months then you gon' see
You'll never find nobody better than me
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless?
Oh... How could you be so heartless?
Talkin', talkin', talkin', talk
Baby let's just knock it off
They don't know what we been through
They don't know 'bout me and you
So I got something new to see
And you just gon' keep hatin' me
And we just gon' be enemies
I know you can't believe
I could just leave it wrong
And you can't make it right
I'm gon' take off tonight
Into the night....
In the night, I hear 'em talk,
the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road, he lost his soul to a woman so heartless...
How could you be so heartless?
Oh... How could you be so heartless?
i'm gonna post things that i think are cool. when i see something and i think "well that was pretty darn cool" i'll post it to this blog. well this blog is pretty darn cool. i got tired of posting all this stuff on facebook. i didn't like being all up in people's area with my randomness, i know it's annoying. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMO8Pyi3UpY&feature=related (you atleast cracked a smile, didn't you?...pathetic) that was my example of me posting things that i think are stupid. so i'll post cool stuff and stupid stuff. they go hand in hand really... i'll always end in a song. i might just only post a song. you never know. this is my blog of random awesomenessssseseseeesss... i got distracted. i'll apologize but i'm not sorry.
well i'm just gonna start off by pimping out the balloonshop. i love these guys. they define random. this is their newest video.
that's all i feel like posting right now. i might add to it. i dunno. this was just a break from studying for my two tests tomorrow...
Well! We spun like birds on fire right down towards the residence and I I took all that I desired, even crooks have to pay the rent. We swam like rats on fire right, right down the reservoir We took all that we could carry but we tried to carry more.
And you know you know you know it all went wrong. And you know you know you know it was all wrong.
We choked on straight tap water well I'm gonna have to try the real thing I took your laugh by the collar and it knew not to swing. Anytime I tried an honest job well the till had a hole and ha-ha We laughed about payin' rent 'cause the county jails they're free.
And you know you know you know it all went wrong. And you know you know you know it was all wrong.
Deep Water, Deep Water Senseless Denial I went down like a rag doll as you would, child Deep Water, Deep Water Senseless Denial I went down like a rag doll as you would, child
Oh, lucky lucky lucky lucky me again. I said it looks like I've got to use my feet again Well I just spent my last one-hundred dollars God I'll pay my bill again
Oh, I don't care Oh, how I just don't care.
Deep Water, Deep Water Senseless Denial I went down like a rag doll shooken and shy Deep Water, Deep Water Senseless Denial I went down like a rag doll rat of a child
Well King rat has me on his list again I can never be on the fence again I found out it's all loud Open like an organ and it talk, talk, talk, talk again he promised me that when I cheated him But I could open my eye well... lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky me again.
Deep Water, Deep Water This Senseless Denial I got fed like a fish, full of open smiles Blue Water, Deep Water Oh Senseless Denial I got fed like a fish on the cardboard smiles
Well Well... What do you have to say for yourself? I said, well well Well? I said well, well, well, well!
Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky me again. I hardly knew I should use my feet again What do you have to say for yourself? What do you have to say for yourself?
