tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580605.post116641279821038293..comments2023-05-02T09:28:12.175-05:00Comments on I do not play no rock 'n roll: Musical discourse of Mid December. Plus Damien Rice show review!Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171945735720112476noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580605.post-1166492450996962602006-12-18T20:40:00.000-05:002006-12-18T20:40:00.000-05:00Hahaha. Yeah, I really enjoy writing here, I don'...Hahaha. Yeah, I really enjoy writing here, I don't know why I don't write more often. It is so much fun to get all my thoughts out, as jumbled and messy as they so often tend to be. I was an English major, I really do know how to write properly it's just that human thoughts aren't meant to be so ordered most of the time. And since this is informal, I will allow my sentence fragments and ridiculous puncutation. The point of grammar rules is so that everyone can get on the same page. Made up punctuation doesn't always say the same thing to everybody. "--" means 'pause extra long' to me but to others maybe it means the same thing as a comma. I don't know. <BR/>Menomena! Like I said, it's possible their album has not even been released yet. I think it may be coming out in January. I, of course, got it from the interweb. But I like it so much I definitely think it will be a for real purchase when it gets released. Let me find out the actual date of release on that. It's called 'Friend and Foe.' Amazon.com is telling me it will be released January 23rd, 2007. Of course if you cannot wait, I would be happy to burn it for you or pass it along in another digital way. <BR/><BR/>Billy Joel and Elton John. I think it is really just me. I must have some sort of inborned hatred of Billy Joel, maybe because he's so entrenched in that whole 'New York' thing. I hate everything New York. I hate New York, the place, I hate New York sports teams, I hate New Yorkers, I hate people that live in New York and think that automatically makes them cool. I think Philadelphia is ten times cooler as a city. There are plenty of nice restaurants, bars, and tourist attractions here and you don't have to go out of your mind waiting for things. ALTHOUGH, I did find myself a half-hour late for a hair appointment the other day because the salon was at 17th and Locust and traffic around there was sick in the head. But those kind of things can happen in any city. So anyway, yes, Billy Joel and elton John both write unbearably cheesy pop songs. I guess I always got down with Elton moreso than Billy because he was all 'Philadelphia Freedom' and Billy Joel was all 'New York STate of Mind' and I was like EFF YOU BILLY JOEL NEW YORK SUCKS! Agh!<BR/><BR/>And, exactly. To each they're own with music because I get down with Damien Rice yet can see how some people would not like him. (Sometimes he does this highpitched thing with his voice that I think is completely stupid. Plus, I think he has so much unrealized potential. He keeps going in this rockier direction and I think it's stupid. Keep things simple with these cute little simplistic songs and I'll keep listening. If you're gonna go crazy and think you're some kind of rock star, I'm not down anymore.)<BR/><BR/>And. Name songs. It's weird when I said that about name songs I had two in mind. 'Amie' and 'Michelle' by the Beatles. I'm not a huge fan of 'Michelle' even though it's a very popular Beatles song. I just don't like it. It could be the name thing, it could be the whole French thing, anything french in my mind has a negative connotation. Because! There's another Beatles 'name song' that is one of my favorite songs of all time: 'Dear Prudence' so. Maybe my reasons for hating name songs are flawed. Maybe 'Amie' and 'Michelle' are just plain poor songs. <BR/><BR/>I AM SO SAD ABOUT FREDDY!!!!! I thought he was one of the bright spots of our young talent. He was not always the best, he made mistakes, but he made some great plays, and he was exactly the king of offensive defenseman that would fit right into the NEW NHL. This is definitely a transition year for the Flyers and I really see them being really amazing this year. I think we can say this year is pretty much crap unless they can pull a 'Philadelphia Eagles' and surprise everyone and string together some wins where they were never supposed to win more than 1. <BR/><BR/>That Eagles game was so freaking exciting. I haven't enjoyed watching a game so much since we beat Dallas earlier this season. We shall definitely see what happens on Christmas.<BR/><BR/>Let's just be cliche right now and say I think everyone in Philadelphia could ask for nothing better for Christmas than the Eagles beating Dallas on Christmas Day.Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171945735720112476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580605.post-1166422035810671192006-12-18T01:07:00.000-05:002006-12-18T01:07:00.000-05:00Your entries on this are always so all over the pl...Your entries on this are always so all over the place. I don't know where to start.<BR/><BR/>Ok.<BR/><BR/>1) Write more often.<BR/><BR/>2) Menomena are some ass-kicking fellas. I am in disbelief that I don't have their new album yet. I really dropped the ball on that one.<BR/><BR/>3) I fail to see any significant difference between Elton John and Billy Joel, other than that Joel's lyrics are slightly more unbearably cheesy and John's are way more obtuse, but their lyrics are both ridiculous, and that has more to do with Bernie Taupin than Elton John anyway. Besides that, they're both dudes with two first names who play unabashedly smarmy piano pop. I happen to love both of them.<BR/><BR/>4) But then again, what do I know, because I generally am nauseated by Damien Rice. But you know, to each their own, etc.<BR/><BR/>5) That's an interesting thought about "name" songs. Maybe it's different for me because I'm a guy and 99% of those songs are written by guys for gals. But I have no problem with them, and when Brian Wilson laments Caroline's lost innocence, it doesn't make me any less sad just because I don't know anybody named Caroline.<BR/><BR/>6) I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT DAMN EAGLES GAME. The fact that they have a legitimate chance to win 10 games this year boggles my mind. Also, Jeremy Shockey can suck my dick and Brian Dawkins is God. Also, a brief moment of silence for the passing of your boy Freddy Meyer's Flyers career. *silent*Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223134788231076144noreply@blogger.com