Thursday, August 12, 2010

heart songs

hello interwebs. so i was listening to the song "heart songs" by weezer the other day (which is the bomb). the song is about all the songs that the lead singer, rivers cuomo (aka the coolest guy ever), listened to growing up. the lyrics go like this-

these are my heart songs
they never feel wrong
and when i wake, for goodness sake
these are the songs i keep singin

so i began to wonder, what are my heart songs? so i decided to make a list, enjoy.

5) check yes juliet- we the kings

this song is awesome, because i would like to think that i helped discover this band, but that is a blog for another time. its also ridiculously hooky, and the music video is one of my favorites.

4) the geeks get the girls- american hi-fi
this is my anthem. the lyrics are totally hilarious and true, and the song isn't bad either.

3) my freeze ray- neil patrick harris
this is my number one shower song. its from dr. horrible's sing along blog, which i highly encourage every one to see.

2) i want to hold your hand- the beatles
i think that thom, from nick and norah's infinite playlist said it best-
"
Look, other bands, they want to make it about sex or pain, but you know, The Beatles, they had it all figured out, okay? "I Want to Hold Your Hand." The first single. It's effing brilliant, right?... That's what everybody wants, Nicky. They don't want a twenty-four-hour hump sesh, they don't want to be married to you for a hundred years. They just want to hold your hand."

1) don't stop believin- journeynuff said.

well there you have it followers, those are my jams. until next time, stay classy.

Monday, August 2, 2010

everybody get dangerous

man, i really suck at this.

well, interwebs, i am going to try make a post of some substance. it is on the subject of illegal downloading of music. i have been a longtime music thief, and for the most part i had no moral problems stealing hundreds of songs off the Internet. then, this man changed my view.



for those of you who do not know, that is ronnie winter of red jumpsuit apparatus. this dude is totally awesome. he overcame a lot of stuff, including a crack addict mother, and alcoholic father, both of which were abusive. anyways, i was listening to an interview he did for the ap podcast where he said some stuff that made me think. essentially he said that when the band was first starting out, they couldn't make any money, and when people downloaded their music illegally, they couldn't afford to eat. this made me feel extremely guilty. i've heard this said from people, but never from the artist directly. while it has taken a while to finally set in, i am putting my foot down.

from now on i will not download any more music illegally. i will also start getting rid of my pirated copies of songs, a few at a time, at least one a day. i figured that this will give me enough time to replace the songs with legitimate copies.

well that's my beef for this time followers, stay classy.