Rockin Releases So Far

Ok, so I've gotten some of the bands on my this year's going to rock list. I have This Providence, The Decemberists, New Found Glory, and A Day to Remember's releases. Below I will evaluate their awesomeness in order of which ones I like best.

1.The Decemberists-The Hazards of Love

The first time I listened to this I was nonplussed by it. I've been a Decemberists fan for about 4 years now and this seemed a disappointing release with a few good moments here and there. I decided to give it another listen because I thought I'd warm up to it. And boy did I. The songs are like puzzle pieces in the winding story that unfolds. While some pieces may be beautiful all on their own, It is best seen when they all slide aimlessly together forming a masterpiece. Following the harder rock trend of The Crane Wife album The Hazards of Love comes across as a Folk/Metal/Rock Opera mash up that is amazingly not as awkward as it sounds. It's my first 'gotta have on vinyl release of 2009. (I hope they release it on vinyl! *crosses fingers*

2.A Day to Remember-Homesick

I can't believe I thought that this band was screamo back when they released For Those Who Have Heart. Honestly on this release I'm now leaning towards pop punk, but it's hard to call it that with such a thundering bass and the bite of McKinnon's throaty growl. It certainly has pop punk sensibility though, complete with hand claps, group vocals, and massive hooks. On the other end of the spectrum it hits pretty hard and there are some pretty fricken sweet breakdowns included. I was sold from the first group vocals that opened the first track mimicking the heavy guitars that follow immediately after a cry of "Let's Go!". I knew right there I was going to like this album a helluva lot. And it's in no way a letdown even in it's (cringe!) ballads.

3.New Found Glory-Not Without a Fight

All pop punk bands better stop slouching and bring their A-Game, because New Found Glory (the self-proclaimed Kings of Pop Punk) have returned to the scene. They're not breaking into dance music or wearing neon either, and Pundik isn't relying on Auto Tune to make his lyrics stick. This is an NFG album. If you have ever liked them in the past, you're going to like this album. If that's all you needed to hear than feel free to stop reading. So the last album released (Coming Home) was softer to say the least than it's predecessors. It was still an amazing release and rivals for one of my favorite albums by NFG. If you thought they'd grown out of their genre and were post-pop punk, this album was their memo to you that you were dead wrong. They bring all of their talent to the table releasing some of their catchiest music yet. Don't Let Her Pull You Down is an anthem and a half, while Truck Stop Blues had me singing the chorus the second time I heard it. The only fault of the record is it is too much the same. All the NFG tactics are there, but they don't stray away from the formula much. It's ends up being a great album, just not the most memorable in their already stacked catalogue.

This Providence-Who Are You Now?

I'll start this one off negatively, just for kicks. Why would you ever redo My Beautiful Rescue? It was perfect the way it was. It didn't need to be transformed into some dance pop song. Alright, griping over. This album is definitely worth a listen, especially if you've never heard this band before. While nothing is as snarky as A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing was on their self titled release, it certainly does have it's glory filled moments. My favorite of which is That Girl's A Trick. I can't get enough of this song and it's the first one I go to if I want to be selective. The album seems to have a different feel than the last. I don't know where the Christian undertones went (maybe I'm just not reading enough into the lyrics), and they've gone more for a pop/rock approach rather than their Fueled By Ramen emo style. It sounds a lot like Santi era The Academy Is... did. Which isn't bad to say the least, but I was hoping for a step up from their self titled rather than a step sideways.

This Year is Going To Rock!

Anyone else think that this WILL BE the year of pop punk? How can it not with all of the scene leaders pumping out albums? I don't know either. It just has to be a sign that Brokencyde and other crap bands will be stomped out with amazing releases. Here's my list of albums that I'm looking forward to (not all are pop punk).

New Found Glory-Not Without A Fight

Blink-182- TBA
Green Day-21st Century Breakdown

My Chemical Romance-TBA
Sum 41-TBA
Relient K-TBA
NOFX-Coaster

Against Me!-TBA
Billy Talent-III
Set Your Goals-TBA
Glassjaw-TBA
Eve 6-TBA
All Time Low-TBA
Hellogoodbye-TBA
Panic At The Disco-TBA
MxPx-On the Cover II
Matchbook Romance-TBA
Cartel-Just Us vs. All The Others (not confirmed)
Chiodos-TBA
Paramore-TBA
Say Anything-TBA
The Mars Volta-Octahedron
The Rocket Summer-TBA
Saosin-TBA
The Used-Artwork
AFI-TBA
Taking Back Sunday-TBA
Cobra Starship-TBA
Manchester Orchestra-Mean Everything to Nothing

Mayday Parade-TBA
Emery-In Shallow Seas We Set Sail
Thrice-TBA
Every Time I Die-TBA
Envy on the Coast-TBA
fun.-TBA
Circa Survive-TBA
Person L-TBA
Modest Mouse-No One's Next and You're First
Brand New-TBA
The Audition-Self Titled

Ace Enders-When I Hit The Ground
This Providence-Who Are You Now?

The Decemberists-The Hazards of Love
The Higher-It's Only Natural
Nevershoutnever!-TBA
The Secret Handshake-My Name Up In Lights

Holiday Parade-Tickets and Pasports

Nostalgia SchmaSchmalgia

So. I miss the simpler days of being a middle schooler and carpooling with my friends and their moms. I miss playing N64 at my friends house with wicked games like James Bond: Eagle Eye. I miss being a rebel without a cause or a post pubescent voice. I miss that crap and I'll prolly miss high school when I'm a college student. So here's some flashback vids of some very influential songs of my awkward middle school years that led up to my now awkward high school years. The difference is that then I wasn't trying to figure out who I was. I just hung out with my friends. And this is what we were about.







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIFh5wwkRZE



Unfortunately I wasn't cool enough to be into Midtown at the time, but if I had been exposed I would have definitely liked this as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBB0PqnqxZ0

If Life Is What You Make of It, I'll Make Mine a Circus

Hey, I haven't vented on here for quite awhile. Honestly, now that it's not summer, I don't have the same spirit as I did. I loathe fall, it's probably the worst season known to man. All those bright colors of life are now smeared with the muddy mush of slush. The emo in me would love it, but this year I'm not in the mood to be moody and full of gloom. This year, I want to start living the way that I want to and the way I should have been living all along. I'm not perfect by far, but I'm trying to cut the crap a little. I can be a real dick to people sometimes and I'm admittedly a very good alienator (apparently this isn't a real word, but it should be cuz it rocks. I am the ALIENATOR. I digress). A big part of me just wants to shut off my phone and listen to The Format while I read comic books. This antisocial attitude is just the terrible season getting to me I guess. For some reason seeing you favorite season just die away is really rough on you.

On that same note, on Halloween there was a monster in my yard. It was big and had gnashing teeth. It tore down my trees in the front yard leaving my home barren and alien to me. It was death on two wheels, and that's when I knew for sure that I hated fall. Usually the leaves on the trees fall off making them naked and ugly, but this year they took the whole kit-and-kaboodle. The sick part is that my parents didn't even ask me before they had a bulldozer knock out some of my childhood scenery. Ya, this season sucks hardcore.

Oh, and school? It just distracts me from my mental chi. I get headaches all the time now and I've already had 4 standardized tests. On my last ones I just gave up on the conceptual math and instead made pretty designs out of the sea of bubbles of the test sheet. I haven't really seen any of my friends either. They're busy now too. Thank God that fall leads to winter.

The sparkling wonderland filled with lights and family. Something to look forward to I guess.

This Isn't Over Yet

Once again there has been like a week or so gap in my blogging. It's mainly because I'm still in utter shock from the warped tour! It was amazing!!!!! I got to meet my heroes Relient K and see them perform live! I also saw Bring Me the Horizon, and they have a crazy awesome live performance. Even better I got to spend this with my friends, all of whom are irreplaceable to me. I only wish I could have taken more of my friends, especially Nathan, who got jipped out of going. On Sunday I leave for Chicago for vacation. I hope that I'll still be posting stuff even on vacation. Sorry that this is so not enough blog to cover my absence, but you still have all my love!

Stay Out All Night, 'Cause Rest Is For The Dead

I'm going to break down on the first day of school. I've been trying my best to block out all visions of textbooks and planners from my mind. This summer can't end. It's been so amazingly wonderful for me. I don't want to watch the sun sink and drown in the depths of fall. From my fourth of July drama to catching fireflies in the park. To the future excursion to the Warped Tour with all my friend or summer camp nights talking around the fire. This summer is my life. I never want it to end.

To all the friends who make me smile when I'm depressed or hug me for no reason at all... you will always live in summer for me. Let it never die.

Friendship Is A Lot Like A Beartrap

To start with, sorry for any typos. I'm at a friend's house and am using his wifi to blog off my mp3 player. Like many of my topics, this entry has to do with friends and my ever going quest to understand them. I still don't though. What turns an acquaintance into a friend? What are the qualifications and necessities of being one?
And when is it time to tell your friend that you want nothing to do with them?
I'm having some problems with a few of these questions. It's weird that so much emotion goes into just an idea. We feel the need for this idea, because we all want to be noticed and loved. But beyond that need for human interaction, would there really be any grounds for friendship? Are we all just working at selfish motives and want others to acknowledge our existence?
To all these hollow and depressing questions I have one thing to say: "Who the hell cares?" This idea is real because we made it real. It really seems to mean something because we need it to. Without friendship or love, we break down to the bleak, bare underbelly of the human mind. Which is where our society seems to be heading.
Do yourself and everyone else a favor and don't forget how to feel. Don't forget friendship.

Errbody Be Hatin'

Ok, polls are in: a good umm... NOBODY likes emo kids except for emo kids themselves. If you don't believe me, I have proof and lots of it. Whole countries hate emos. Mexico, England, and Russia are all revolting on the growing scene. Dumbest of all is that scene kids hate emos....... wait what? Ya, apparently they're not the same thing. Emo kids are fine and lots of people think I'm emo. I'm not though; I'm a sunshine emo at best. At least I don't hate them though, geez.


A la the PROOF:

http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/mob-emo-bashings-sweep-mexicotelevis-vjs-rants-inspire-violence/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-566481/Why-child-safe-sinister-cult-emo.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7425450.stm

http://www.nme.com/news/my-chemical-romance/38392

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/scene-kids-are-like-so-not-wannabe-emos/2008/03/29/1206207488553.html

The Future's So Bright

Sorry for any typos, as they are inevitable while using my archos to blog. It's late right now, and me being a nocturnal beast, I have yet to count enough sheep to lull myself into an unconscious state. So, instead, I've decided to blog. Just about some things that have been on my mind.

Youth is a privilage, a sacred blessing, and a divine excuse to be wreckless. Those who are young are often told that they should stay young because it's the best time of life. Youth often translates to beauty. The media latches on to the idea and rips it to shreds while trying to sell their crappy department store sweaters. What could possibly top ths golden age of irrespomsibility?

If you're a teen drama movie fan like me, you may have seen a little movie called The Breakfast Club. If so, you may have noted on some of the film's core themes; one of which was that your soul dies when you grow up. My immediate answer to that is, "Not if I have anything to do with it." But I do think that many people just allow their hearts to shrivel up and croak. They get so wrapped up in the monotony of their day to day lives that they forget how amazing the world around them truly is. Ya, I know, it's a little deep for someone who has been around on the planet about as long as cell phones.

After these thoughts, the next location is development. Not too difficult. Anytime an anxiety arizes or the human brain switces to co pilot due to lack of emotional response. Personally, I just try to remind myself that where I'm at is only on the road to where I want to be. It generally makes the situation seem petty compared to the big picture. The big picture isn't so much a picture as it is a puzzle built up of all the small things that make you smile. Once you notice and acknowledge those things do you begin to see the bigger picture which help keep your soul alive.

Finally, this leads to the future. For me, I know that a lot will change and opportunities will take me in directions I hadn't invisioned myself going in. With this in mind, there are only a few things that I want out of life: to stay optimistic, to be around friends and family, to be doing something with my life to be proud of, and to never ever lose sight of how much love can make a difference.

Joker: You Are my Freakin' Manlover!

Alright, so sorry I've neglected to post this until right now, but I don't really care. Jk, Jk, I love everyone who takes the time of day to look at my blog! I'll bake you cookies! I'll do it! I swear.
Anyways, I'll make a tab to be more professional and less rambling. Ummmm... batman movie? TITS. Sorry for the profanity, but this movie rocked my socks off in the most epic way that socks have been rocked in all of history! Every single word that comes out of Heath Ledger's posthumous and scarred to frick face is dazzlingly brilliant. There are parts of this move that had me dropping my jaw into my proverbial popcorn. If I haven't summed up how much your life does not matter if you have not seen this movie, look at this review from Jason Tate from absolutepunk (http://www.absolutepunk.net/journal.php?do=showentry&e=41711), hey, he knows his sxxt and his sxxt is fricken Dark Knight. Oh, and WATCH THIS EFFIN MOVIE BEFORE I BLOW YOU UP WITH THE HEAT VISION I WISH I HAD RIGHT NOW!!!!!!! That's not a threat, It's a promise. bxxch!











jk, jk.

Quiet Times

I have a friend who I spent last night with who said something very wise whether she knew it or not. She said, "Sometimes the best times are the quiet times where no one speaks." Pretty simple in theory, but she totally has a point. You know that your friends are true if you can just sit and shut up without getting awkward. It's like there's an understood conversation going on, and one that is more important than just messing around. This is what it was like as we laid in the park together (her, her boyfriend, and me). After which it turned to dusk and they shared some romantic time by themselves while I caught fireflies. Ya, this all happened after I got ditched at the coffee shop. All in all, a pretty amazing day off. I also made some new graphics for advertising my blog! Feel free to post them anywhere and everywhere, because I'd love the advertising! Stay the way you are, because that's the way I love you best!

Coffee Shop Soundtrack

So I'm just chillaxin at my local coffee shop while enjoying the free wifi they offer. It's my day off from work and it's pretty nice to be able to just sit and not have any responsibilities. I kinda got ditched here by friends, but it's all good because other friends are gunna pick me up. Either way, I'm feeling very independent at the moment and still pretty cool to be blogging mobily. Anyways, I better go before my battery totally dies. much love!

Hide and Go Seek

Hide and go seek is a totally silly game that no one over the age of ten should play... but of course, being me, I did. It was generally fun and pretty generic in the outcomes. This all led me to a deeper meaning to unravel behind the metaphor of the game. We all have the tendencies to hide our true feelings behind some facade or another. Some people want to be taken seriously, so they only do things that are considered socially acceptable and this fakeness in the end is what totally gives their weak inner hider away. Others may pretend to be happy and on the inside really feel like a hollow vast pit. Or maybe it's none of these things, but in some way we're hiding something from the world. So who's going to seek it? True love is having someone find out your flaws and telling you that they don't care. Not just the mushy kind of love as seen on any ABC Family made for TV movie, but real love that's shared between people who can bear to co-exist with each other. I want to seek out your problems. I want to be your solution. I want to be the first to show you how much you matter. If this sounds dumb than you obviously don't know me. <3!

ARHOS You've come home to me!

I'm going to have to make his message pretty short because I'm still getting used to the touch screen keyboard on my wonderful mp3 player that I just got back. Writing this out took me like 5 minutes! The important thing is that I can now blog mobile! Hate to brag, but I'm feeling pretty techno advanced right now!

If My Forehead Could Vomit, It Would

I had a very long night at my job. I won't bore you with details, but let's just say I feel pretty crummy. I hope that you don't feel the same. I hope you feel like everything is magic and you're the alchemist. I could be the alchemist, to make you feel better. But first I need some sleep, because I have a headache the size of Montana. <3!

Jenny.

Weeding sucks. That's all.

Revenge is a Meal Often Followed With Humble Pie

If you remember this little post
that I was feeling quite the victor of my previous job during, you'd probably note how entirely cocky I was during the who 'revenge' thing. Ya, well, cumupence has been served on a hot plate with beans and guacamole. See, my dad's the one who convinced me to take pervasive action on the late night vengeance filled dining, but he then a week later groveled to the manager to give me a job. Ya, I don't know, I don't get it either. Point being, I'm back working at the place I thought I had rid myself of, and I'm going to be closing with that lucky person I screwed over for a night. Greeeaaat. But I'm never one to complain and I'm sure that I can work through this and eventually be a winner at last. Hey, at least the hours are good.

Beds in the Yard

It's no secret, I really like to be outside under my favorite tree. And I really like cloudless nights with a thousand stars. So, the plan is, to get some old bedsprings from the nursing hom my mom works at and set them up outside. I really love the idea, because it just seems so odd and whimsical to me. Hopefully everything works out for me. Also, today my brother and I are flying kites..... I love this season! It just reminds me of how much love there is left in the world. All the love in me, I give to you. Thank you if you read this!

I'll Give Until There's Nothing Left

Doing things for your friends can get expensive.... and pretty anoying, just ask the random lady at Wal Mart I flipped out on over a Vitamin Water secretly bought behind my back. Ya, it's complicated. Let's just say I'm not proud of the way I acted. But by the end of the night a thought occured to me while I was stewing in guilt. That thought is: Money comes and goes, friendship lasts a lifetime. If you live your life by this, having expenses won't get in the way of being a generous person to people that probably need a good friend who'll buy things for them. So needless to say I decided to spread some more love and bought my mom a shake at a certain fast food chain. I also drew my dad a picture to tell him how much he's appreciated. And I'm always generous when it comes to love and guidance, so if you need advice or just someone to tell you that they'll be there for you, don't be afraid to ask. <3!

Six Feet Under the Stars

Last Night I slept on my front lawn under my favorite tree. I saw a shooting star and made the same wish that I made on a dandelion on the last day of school. It was: "I wish this to be the best summer of my life." So far, thanks to friends and family, it's coming true. I hope anyone who reads this has a great summer too! Much Love!