Just heard the 'to-be-released' song by Adam Lambert for the upcoming disaster flick 2012.
Sounds like it has the potential to be one of those "Man, am I really sick of that song" songs.
But so far, I like it.
And the movie looks tempting as well.
Check it out:
Clip courtesy : www.ew.com
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Forty Years of music
Another blogger friend of mine posted her top twenty songs that "meant something to her"and why.... and suggested I do the same. Hmm.. tough one.
I mean, over my lifetime? Wow. That's forty years of songs, dude.
So I had to think on it a bit.
Here goes:
1) American Pie by Don McLean : When I was a child and we went on trips in the car, we used to sing this song (among many others) and I thought I was so cool cause I knew all the words. And it's long enough to practically make it to Kittanning (10 miles) by the time the song ends.
2) Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks: Getting ready for school when I was a kid meant listening to KDKA Pittsburgh radio station. This song was a gold standard, and when I hear it, I think of my mom packing my lunch and hurrying me out the door.
3) California Dreaming by The Mamas & the Papas: When I was like, 11 I think, the Pittsburgh Steelers played the LA Rams in the Super Bowl. On the radio stations here in the Burgh and the surrounding areas where I live, they played California Dreaming over and over. It still sticks in my head. I used to have a tape recorder, and I taped all the Steeler fight songs so I could listen to them again and again and sing along. (Hey, I've been a fan for a really long time, ok?) California Dreaming still reminds me of Super Bowl XIV...
4) The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot: My mom introduced me to Gord waaaay back in the early 70's. I love all his stuff. I just may have his entire musical catalog in my iPod. This particular song just gets me. It's a long, depressing walk through a moment in time. Don't know the story? Go here and/or here. Sad. Great musical remembrance though.
5) Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer: We've hit the high school era now. A song from my senior year (1986 for all you curious folks) that still hits a nerve. It is one of the best songs ever, with a crashing good beat and a great hook. Love it in the movie 'Cocktail' too...
6) Bad Company by (none other than) Bad Company: I went through a major Bad Co. stage in my last few years of high school and several years after. I had every album (yes, vinyl!) and knew every song off by heart. This song is just the 'I-Ching' of Bad Co. songs for me.
7) Kashmir by Led Zeppelin: No way I wouldn't have a Zep song on this list. This song makes me want to get drunk. Enough said. No, really.
8) Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult: This song would always make a top five list for me. I find it difficult to say, 'Oh that's my favorite song ever'... but this would no doubt be right up there. Have always liked it because its lyrics are dark and the music is fanastic. Then they used it in my favorite horror flick, Halloween (in 1978) and there you go.... a favorite song was born.
9) Billie Jean by Michael Jackson: I could have picked a million and one eighties songs, as this was my high school era and the time when I was most influenced to pretty much forget everything else that mattered and just rock out. Billie Jean is one fan-freakin'-tastic hit. And when you combine it with the video (on the brand-new MTV!!) with Michael's smooth moves, it's one killer tune.
10) Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne: I have always listened to Ozzy, (and Black Sabbath for that matter) - but no song means more than this one. First, I danced like a nutjob at all the school dances where my friend Tracy and I spun the records.... Then, when I got married, Todd and I didn't do the whole church thing or reception stuff.... my grandfather married us in their living room. So when we got in the car to leave, we decided whatever song came on the radio when we started the car would be "our song".... So you can see where this is going - Yes, Crazy Train was just coming on. So it's our song. True story.
11) One Love by Bob Marley: I really can't recall exactly when I heard my first Bob Marley song. He's my favorite singer. I think Three Little Birds was actually my first Marley experience, but One Love is my anchor in a sea of reggae. It's just perfect. No other song puts me in an immediately blissful mood any quicker.
12) Hungry Heart by Bruce Springsteen: Funny enough, I used to literally despise this song. I mean, hate - enough to instantly flip the radio station if I heard those first few keyboard riffs at the beginning. Sometime during the 90's, I had a complete turn-around in regards to this song, and it is now in my top ten ultimate tunes. Really weird.
13) The Dance by Garth Brooks: Yes, believe it or not, I went through a semi-country stage. It didn't last long, and it didn't preclude me from still rocking out. But as far as country goes, Garth had it all going on. He was a god. And while many others tout Friends in Low Places and The Thunder Rolls (both also fab) - I choose The Dance. Because it's lovely.
14) Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden: While others were still grunging out to Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit (still a good tune, true).. I was more infatuated with Chris Cornell's vocals on this bizarre five minute tune. The video was even more eccentric and peculiar... But something just really got me, and I still love it today. Long live grunge.
15) How Soon is Now? by Love Spit Love: Originally recorded by The Smiths in 1985, this version is a more alternative nineties rendition. It was used in the soundtrack for a favorite movie of mine, The Craft, and later as the theme song for the tv show, Charmed. I like pretty much everything about it. It used to be I didn't go many days without listening to it. The cover band is rather obscure - they were a spin off of the Psychedelic Furs, and split in 2000.
16) Living Dead Girl by Rob Zombie: For a man who can't really sing, I freakin' love this dude. While I relish alot of Zombie's stuff (including his off-beat horror flicks), LDG is just simply put, my fave. The beat is just a head-slammin', straight forward, kick ass, metal-ish horror-rock tune. And I dig it.
17) If You Could Only See by Tonic: A song from around 1997 I believe... Just a random musical expression of relationships in general. For some unknown reason, everyone seems to find songs in their lifetime that encapsulate a period in their life.. For me, I don't really know what period this is. Suffice it to say, I just freakin' like this song. No particular reason. I just like when it comes on the radio or pops up on shuffle on my iPod, okay?
18) The Reason by Hoobastank: A song from 2004, it just typifies modern rock today. There are a ton of other songs by other bands that you might push ahead of this one, but for me, it is a superior song, with meaningful lyrics and a great hook/melody. I could hear it over and over and not tire of it.
19) Down With the Sickness by Disturbed: A nasty song that includes some powerful spoken lyrics near the end of the song which are edited out of both the video and the radio-edited version. It is straight-forward, fierce rock and roll with some furious percussion and seemingly meancing vocals. It is certified gold, nonetheless, and was used in both 'Queen of the Damned' and 'Dawn of the Dead '04 - horror movies than deserve this kind of...mayhem.
Did I mention I like this song?
Richard Cheese does an absolutely fabulous lounge-singer type cover of this song. Really outstanding.
20) Bad Things by Jace Everett: Anyone who has ridden in a car with me in the last eighteen months has heard this song - and not because of radio airplay. You see, I do not play the radio in my Jeep.... I only listen to CD's, and usually ones I have burned off. The last seventeen to twenty mix-CD's I've made have this song on it. Originally I first heard it when my uncle Shawn advised me it was a really cool, bluesy-type tune that was the theme for a new show on HBO called True Blood. The rest is history. Love it.
So there you go. It isn't easy to think of a life list of songs. Seriously. I have tons and tons more that I love that didn't make the cut, and I few of these on this list I don't even listen to much anymore - but they are still on my iPod and mean a little more than the average tune.
* Ten more songs that didn't quite make the extended cut *
Dancing Queen by Abba
Rocky Mountain High by John Denver
Dust in the Wind by Kansas
Ah Leah by Donnie Iris
Back in Black by AC/DC
Hey You by Pink Floyd
Let's Go Crazy by Prince
Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright
My Immortal by Evanescence
Vindicated by Dashboard Confessional
My friend also did lists of fifteen favorite books, tv shows, and movies....
I may tackle that at a later date. God... books would be like a nightmare.
E-gads.
*What are your favorite songs and for what reason???
I mean, over my lifetime? Wow. That's forty years of songs, dude.
So I had to think on it a bit.
Here goes:
1) American Pie by Don McLean : When I was a child and we went on trips in the car, we used to sing this song (among many others) and I thought I was so cool cause I knew all the words. And it's long enough to practically make it to Kittanning (10 miles) by the time the song ends.
2) Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks: Getting ready for school when I was a kid meant listening to KDKA Pittsburgh radio station. This song was a gold standard, and when I hear it, I think of my mom packing my lunch and hurrying me out the door.
3) California Dreaming by The Mamas & the Papas: When I was like, 11 I think, the Pittsburgh Steelers played the LA Rams in the Super Bowl. On the radio stations here in the Burgh and the surrounding areas where I live, they played California Dreaming over and over. It still sticks in my head. I used to have a tape recorder, and I taped all the Steeler fight songs so I could listen to them again and again and sing along. (Hey, I've been a fan for a really long time, ok?) California Dreaming still reminds me of Super Bowl XIV...
4) The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot: My mom introduced me to Gord waaaay back in the early 70's. I love all his stuff. I just may have his entire musical catalog in my iPod. This particular song just gets me. It's a long, depressing walk through a moment in time. Don't know the story? Go here and/or here. Sad. Great musical remembrance though.
5) Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer: We've hit the high school era now. A song from my senior year (1986 for all you curious folks) that still hits a nerve. It is one of the best songs ever, with a crashing good beat and a great hook. Love it in the movie 'Cocktail' too...
6) Bad Company by (none other than) Bad Company: I went through a major Bad Co. stage in my last few years of high school and several years after. I had every album (yes, vinyl!) and knew every song off by heart. This song is just the 'I-Ching' of Bad Co. songs for me.
7) Kashmir by Led Zeppelin: No way I wouldn't have a Zep song on this list. This song makes me want to get drunk. Enough said. No, really.
8) Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult: This song would always make a top five list for me. I find it difficult to say, 'Oh that's my favorite song ever'... but this would no doubt be right up there. Have always liked it because its lyrics are dark and the music is fanastic. Then they used it in my favorite horror flick, Halloween (in 1978) and there you go.... a favorite song was born.
9) Billie Jean by Michael Jackson: I could have picked a million and one eighties songs, as this was my high school era and the time when I was most influenced to pretty much forget everything else that mattered and just rock out. Billie Jean is one fan-freakin'-tastic hit. And when you combine it with the video (on the brand-new MTV!!) with Michael's smooth moves, it's one killer tune.
10) Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne: I have always listened to Ozzy, (and Black Sabbath for that matter) - but no song means more than this one. First, I danced like a nutjob at all the school dances where my friend Tracy and I spun the records.... Then, when I got married, Todd and I didn't do the whole church thing or reception stuff.... my grandfather married us in their living room. So when we got in the car to leave, we decided whatever song came on the radio when we started the car would be "our song".... So you can see where this is going - Yes, Crazy Train was just coming on. So it's our song. True story.
11) One Love by Bob Marley: I really can't recall exactly when I heard my first Bob Marley song. He's my favorite singer. I think Three Little Birds was actually my first Marley experience, but One Love is my anchor in a sea of reggae. It's just perfect. No other song puts me in an immediately blissful mood any quicker.
12) Hungry Heart by Bruce Springsteen: Funny enough, I used to literally despise this song. I mean, hate - enough to instantly flip the radio station if I heard those first few keyboard riffs at the beginning. Sometime during the 90's, I had a complete turn-around in regards to this song, and it is now in my top ten ultimate tunes. Really weird.
13) The Dance by Garth Brooks: Yes, believe it or not, I went through a semi-country stage. It didn't last long, and it didn't preclude me from still rocking out. But as far as country goes, Garth had it all going on. He was a god. And while many others tout Friends in Low Places and The Thunder Rolls (both also fab) - I choose The Dance. Because it's lovely.
14) Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden: While others were still grunging out to Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit (still a good tune, true).. I was more infatuated with Chris Cornell's vocals on this bizarre five minute tune. The video was even more eccentric and peculiar... But something just really got me, and I still love it today. Long live grunge.
15) How Soon is Now? by Love Spit Love: Originally recorded by The Smiths in 1985, this version is a more alternative nineties rendition. It was used in the soundtrack for a favorite movie of mine, The Craft, and later as the theme song for the tv show, Charmed. I like pretty much everything about it. It used to be I didn't go many days without listening to it. The cover band is rather obscure - they were a spin off of the Psychedelic Furs, and split in 2000.
16) Living Dead Girl by Rob Zombie: For a man who can't really sing, I freakin' love this dude. While I relish alot of Zombie's stuff (including his off-beat horror flicks), LDG is just simply put, my fave. The beat is just a head-slammin', straight forward, kick ass, metal-ish horror-rock tune. And I dig it.
17) If You Could Only See by Tonic: A song from around 1997 I believe... Just a random musical expression of relationships in general. For some unknown reason, everyone seems to find songs in their lifetime that encapsulate a period in their life.. For me, I don't really know what period this is. Suffice it to say, I just freakin' like this song. No particular reason. I just like when it comes on the radio or pops up on shuffle on my iPod, okay?
18) The Reason by Hoobastank: A song from 2004, it just typifies modern rock today. There are a ton of other songs by other bands that you might push ahead of this one, but for me, it is a superior song, with meaningful lyrics and a great hook/melody. I could hear it over and over and not tire of it.
19) Down With the Sickness by Disturbed: A nasty song that includes some powerful spoken lyrics near the end of the song which are edited out of both the video and the radio-edited version. It is straight-forward, fierce rock and roll with some furious percussion and seemingly meancing vocals. It is certified gold, nonetheless, and was used in both 'Queen of the Damned' and 'Dawn of the Dead '04 - horror movies than deserve this kind of...mayhem.
Did I mention I like this song?
Richard Cheese does an absolutely fabulous lounge-singer type cover of this song. Really outstanding.
20) Bad Things by Jace Everett: Anyone who has ridden in a car with me in the last eighteen months has heard this song - and not because of radio airplay. You see, I do not play the radio in my Jeep.... I only listen to CD's, and usually ones I have burned off. The last seventeen to twenty mix-CD's I've made have this song on it. Originally I first heard it when my uncle Shawn advised me it was a really cool, bluesy-type tune that was the theme for a new show on HBO called True Blood. The rest is history. Love it.
So there you go. It isn't easy to think of a life list of songs. Seriously. I have tons and tons more that I love that didn't make the cut, and I few of these on this list I don't even listen to much anymore - but they are still on my iPod and mean a little more than the average tune.
* Ten more songs that didn't quite make the extended cut *
Dancing Queen by Abba
Rocky Mountain High by John Denver
Dust in the Wind by Kansas
Ah Leah by Donnie Iris
Back in Black by AC/DC
Hey You by Pink Floyd
Let's Go Crazy by Prince
Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright
My Immortal by Evanescence
Vindicated by Dashboard Confessional
My friend also did lists of fifteen favorite books, tv shows, and movies....
I may tackle that at a later date. God... books would be like a nightmare.
E-gads.
*What are your favorite songs and for what reason???
Friday, June 26, 2009
RIP - Michael Jackson
Wow , two icons - the other being the courageous Farrah Fawcett - died on the same day.
Much as I admired Farrah's battle with cancer (and hey, I watched Charlie's Angels, too!) - it was not her famous red swim suit poster I had hanging on my wall - it was this one:
(And no, it's not still hanging on any of my walls, but I probably have it rolled up somewhere in my attic, alongside my 'Thriller' album - yep, vinyl!!)
When I was in ..oh, probably 7th grade, this dude was a complete hottie and the most popular person on earth. I loved my 'Thriller' album and my mom can attest I played it almost as much as my Black Sabbath 'Paranoid' album (almost)..
So I was very sad to hear he passed away.
He's made such a farce and spectacle of his life in the last twenty years or so that it is hard to remember what a fantastic artist and performer he was.
When he moonwalked across that stage for the first time with his freaky glove - what a moment!
So I choose to keep my fond memories of that Michael Jackson.
RIP.
Michael Jackson/Wikipedia
Much as I admired Farrah's battle with cancer (and hey, I watched Charlie's Angels, too!) - it was not her famous red swim suit poster I had hanging on my wall - it was this one:
(And no, it's not still hanging on any of my walls, but I probably have it rolled up somewhere in my attic, alongside my 'Thriller' album - yep, vinyl!!)
When I was in ..oh, probably 7th grade, this dude was a complete hottie and the most popular person on earth. I loved my 'Thriller' album and my mom can attest I played it almost as much as my Black Sabbath 'Paranoid' album (almost)..
So I was very sad to hear he passed away.
He's made such a farce and spectacle of his life in the last twenty years or so that it is hard to remember what a fantastic artist and performer he was.
When he moonwalked across that stage for the first time with his freaky glove - what a moment!
So I choose to keep my fond memories of that Michael Jackson.
RIP.
Michael Jackson/Wikipedia
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
You've simply GOT to hear this.
This is Susan Boyle, a contestant on 'Britian's Got Talent', a show very similar to American Idol - complete with Simon Cowell as one of the judges.
Simon is his usual snarky self here, but he can, occassionally, be surprised.
This clip is circling the internet like a mad dingo to a baby, but if you haven't already seen it, you simply MUST click on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luRmM1J1sfg
Seriously. Don't wait.
Simon is his usual snarky self here, but he can, occassionally, be surprised.
This clip is circling the internet like a mad dingo to a baby, but if you haven't already seen it, you simply MUST click on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luRmM1J1sfg
Seriously. Don't wait.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Happy Birthday, Bob!
Bob Marley would have been 64 today.
Time to retire to a nice Caribbean island, spend time with your family, and waste the day away playing guitar & smoking the wacky weed.
Oh, that's right, he already did all that...
One love.
RIP.
Bob Marley/Wikipedia
Friday, December 26, 2008
2008 memories
So... as the year draws to a close, what about 2008 am I thankful for?
Besides the usual family, friends and good health rap, I thought I would take the time to give props to some of the things that kept me sane and made me happy in 2008...
*The Twilight Series/movie/soundtrack - I would be utterly remiss if I didn't mention how much I have enjoyed finally discovering this pop culture icon.... reading the books (twice), seeing 'Twilight' brought to film, and discovering music acts I didn't know before on the movie's soundtrack.
*Curlin - Despite Big Brown's herculean efforts to win the Triple Crown, I was more impressed with the steel horse Curlin becoming the sport's biggest moneymaker. Team Curlin!
*OBX vacation - What can I say - always a high spot of the entire year! Mini-thanks to the Orange Blossom cafe in Buxton for their stellar Cranberry Orange Muffins, and to Ocracoke Island beaches- simply the best.
Hatteras Light
Orange Blossom Cafe
Ocracoke Island
*My unemployed husband- While most people wouldn't be thankful for that, I am happy that he got the much-deserved break from the hard labor and the bullshit he put up with for nineteen years at his low-down, outsourcing, butt-wipe former employers.
And a extra thankful shout-out to him, because when the wife is away at work... the hubby builds things. Many things! Thanks for my new window seat w/bookshelves most of all, honey!
*Sour Cherry jam from Stonewall Kitchen - Delish! On a crescent roll, a piece of homemade bread - or just to lick off the spoon.
*Bond, James Bond - Daniel Craig rocks my world as 007.
*Oliver's first full year - The little scamp is the world's most loving kitty-cat - and he's mine
*Riding the Harley - The freedom can't be replicated in any other way. Those who know, know.
*My iPod - not a day goes by that I don't listen to my iPod for at least 2 hours. Most work days, it's at least 10. It takes a licking and keeps on... playing the soundtrack of my life.
*'Fringe' - Best new show of 2008, hands down. Makes me miss 'The X-Files' less.
Best returning show? 'Criminal Minds'. Consistently outstanding.
'House' comes in a close second.
(While I'm on the tv kick, thanks for LOST, Bones, American Idol, Sons of Anarchy, Nip/Tuck, CSI, and repeats of MASH, too. You have all made my couch very happy. )
*Strawberry milkshakes from the Dairy Queen. God knows I've consumed a boat load of them.
*David Cook, Paramore and Iron & Wine - Cheers to the first rock winner of American Idol, the band fronted by live-wire youngster Hayley Williams, and the folksy Samuel Beam (a.k.a. Iron & Wine). Mini shout-outs to Ingrid Michaelson, Flyleaf, Blue Foundation, Plain White T's, and The Black Ghosts - all of which I just discovered this year.
*Subway cookies & Mountain Dew - rarely at the same time, but both are always delicious.
*Bath & Body Works 'Twisted Peppermint' cream - cause it just smells so darn good.
*Our new 40" Sony Bravia Flat Screen - my movies look so much better! Johnny Depp in HD - always a good thing.
*Speaking of Johnny Depp - Because they'll never be a day that I'm not thankful for him....
(whoo-hoo!)
*Exedrin - Curing headaches since 1960. More importantly, my headaches since at least 1998..
*My brother's senior recital - A real class act.
*Dexter - My recent discovery of Dex has me contemplating a subscription to Showtime. Almost as much as True Blood makes me want to get HBO. Thank heavens for Netflix.
*Netflix - See above. Keeping me satisfied 24/7, 365.
*The Pittsburgh Steelers - Say it with me, people: The. Best. Defense. In. The. NFL. (period)
*'Supermassive Black Hole' by Muse - Mini-thanks to Stephenie Meyer for introducing me to this song. It just makes me rock out. My favorite song of the year.
Runner up: Decode by Paramore
*My hubby's Shepherd's Pie - the main reason for my 10 pound weight gain when my hubby was off work.
*Bloodhorse.com - Keeping me in the know about my addiction to Thoroughbred Horseracing.
My most visited website.
*Vampires - Because this was the year of the vamps. 'Bout time they get their due, those blood sucking leeches. Face it, they suck (but in a good way;)
Is it just me, or are vampires getting better looking??
*Books: I've read way too many to name here - but a few faves might include the aforementioned Twilight Series, Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson, Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain, 99 Coffins by David Wellington, The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Hex Marks the Spot by Madelyn Alt, Bitten & Smitten by Michelle Rowan, The Diplomat's Wife by Pam Jenoff, Dead Until Dark (and the rest of the Sookie Stackhouse series) by Charlaine Harris...
*DVDs: a few of my favorite dvd rentals/purchases from this year: 30 Days of Night, P.S. I Love You, The Other Boleyn Girl, Rogue, Iron Man, The Strangers, Atonement, I Am Legend, The Mist, The Visitor, and The Dark Knight...
And as far as movies on the big screen: Loved Twilight (of course) and Quantum of Solace. Liked The Ruins and Nights in Rodanthe, Tolerated Saw 5.
See? I have alot to be thankful for this year - how about you?
Besides the usual family, friends and good health rap, I thought I would take the time to give props to some of the things that kept me sane and made me happy in 2008...
*The Twilight Series/movie/soundtrack - I would be utterly remiss if I didn't mention how much I have enjoyed finally discovering this pop culture icon.... reading the books (twice), seeing 'Twilight' brought to film, and discovering music acts I didn't know before on the movie's soundtrack.
*Curlin - Despite Big Brown's herculean efforts to win the Triple Crown, I was more impressed with the steel horse Curlin becoming the sport's biggest moneymaker. Team Curlin!
*OBX vacation - What can I say - always a high spot of the entire year! Mini-thanks to the Orange Blossom cafe in Buxton for their stellar Cranberry Orange Muffins, and to Ocracoke Island beaches- simply the best.
Hatteras Light
Orange Blossom Cafe
Ocracoke Island
*My unemployed husband- While most people wouldn't be thankful for that, I am happy that he got the much-deserved break from the hard labor and the bullshit he put up with for nineteen years at his low-down, outsourcing, butt-wipe former employers.
And a extra thankful shout-out to him, because when the wife is away at work... the hubby builds things. Many things! Thanks for my new window seat w/bookshelves most of all, honey!
*Sour Cherry jam from Stonewall Kitchen - Delish! On a crescent roll, a piece of homemade bread - or just to lick off the spoon.
*Bond, James Bond - Daniel Craig rocks my world as 007.
*Oliver's first full year - The little scamp is the world's most loving kitty-cat - and he's mine
*Riding the Harley - The freedom can't be replicated in any other way. Those who know, know.
*My iPod - not a day goes by that I don't listen to my iPod for at least 2 hours. Most work days, it's at least 10. It takes a licking and keeps on... playing the soundtrack of my life.
*'Fringe' - Best new show of 2008, hands down. Makes me miss 'The X-Files' less.
Best returning show? 'Criminal Minds'. Consistently outstanding.
'House' comes in a close second.
(While I'm on the tv kick, thanks for LOST, Bones, American Idol, Sons of Anarchy, Nip/Tuck, CSI, and repeats of MASH, too. You have all made my couch very happy. )
*Strawberry milkshakes from the Dairy Queen. God knows I've consumed a boat load of them.
*David Cook, Paramore and Iron & Wine - Cheers to the first rock winner of American Idol, the band fronted by live-wire youngster Hayley Williams, and the folksy Samuel Beam (a.k.a. Iron & Wine). Mini shout-outs to Ingrid Michaelson, Flyleaf, Blue Foundation, Plain White T's, and The Black Ghosts - all of which I just discovered this year.
*Subway cookies & Mountain Dew - rarely at the same time, but both are always delicious.
*Bath & Body Works 'Twisted Peppermint' cream - cause it just smells so darn good.
*Our new 40" Sony Bravia Flat Screen - my movies look so much better! Johnny Depp in HD - always a good thing.
*Speaking of Johnny Depp - Because they'll never be a day that I'm not thankful for him....
(whoo-hoo!)
*Exedrin - Curing headaches since 1960. More importantly, my headaches since at least 1998..
*My brother's senior recital - A real class act.
*Dexter - My recent discovery of Dex has me contemplating a subscription to Showtime. Almost as much as True Blood makes me want to get HBO. Thank heavens for Netflix.
*Netflix - See above. Keeping me satisfied 24/7, 365.
*The Pittsburgh Steelers - Say it with me, people: The. Best. Defense. In. The. NFL. (period)
*'Supermassive Black Hole' by Muse - Mini-thanks to Stephenie Meyer for introducing me to this song. It just makes me rock out. My favorite song of the year.
Runner up: Decode by Paramore
*My hubby's Shepherd's Pie - the main reason for my 10 pound weight gain when my hubby was off work.
*Bloodhorse.com - Keeping me in the know about my addiction to Thoroughbred Horseracing.
My most visited website.
*Vampires - Because this was the year of the vamps. 'Bout time they get their due, those blood sucking leeches. Face it, they suck (but in a good way;)
Is it just me, or are vampires getting better looking??
*Books: I've read way too many to name here - but a few faves might include the aforementioned Twilight Series, Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson, Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain, 99 Coffins by David Wellington, The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Hex Marks the Spot by Madelyn Alt, Bitten & Smitten by Michelle Rowan, The Diplomat's Wife by Pam Jenoff, Dead Until Dark (and the rest of the Sookie Stackhouse series) by Charlaine Harris...
*DVDs: a few of my favorite dvd rentals/purchases from this year: 30 Days of Night, P.S. I Love You, The Other Boleyn Girl, Rogue, Iron Man, The Strangers, Atonement, I Am Legend, The Mist, The Visitor, and The Dark Knight...
And as far as movies on the big screen: Loved Twilight (of course) and Quantum of Solace. Liked The Ruins and Nights in Rodanthe, Tolerated Saw 5.
See? I have alot to be thankful for this year - how about you?
Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Light is ON!
David Cook's new single has been released and it is currently playing as you read this.
It's called 'Light On' and was co-written by Cook and Chris Cornell (Audioslave, Soundgarden) and is going to be all over the airwaves momentarily.
It reminds me of say.... a serving of Nickelback, a touch of Finger Eleven or possibly Hoobastank, and with a heaping help of Daughtry on the side. In other words, right up my alley.
I hope he blows them out of the water on the charts.
As I said before, I will be in line with bells on to get his new cd.
It drops on November 18th.
Rock on, dude.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
On his way...
I'm sure you're all sick of hearing it, but damn it anyhow, David Cook rocks!
He just shattered the previous record at Billboard for the most entries on the Hot 100 chart at one time. Say it with me folks - 11. That's ELEVEN singles hitting the charts at the same time.
Read about it here: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003808894
He's also number one on the iTunes download chart (as well as video) too.
Oh baby, he's just getting started!
Rock fans are rabid, believe me.
Tell me now that American Idol doesn't have influence over the United States' (and world) music industry.
Cook has signed a record deal and his first album (that's old speak for CD, youngin's) drops in the fall of this year.
Whoo-hoo!
He just shattered the previous record at Billboard for the most entries on the Hot 100 chart at one time. Say it with me folks - 11. That's ELEVEN singles hitting the charts at the same time.
Read about it here: http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003808894
He's also number one on the iTunes download chart (as well as video) too.
Oh baby, he's just getting started!
Rock fans are rabid, believe me.
Tell me now that American Idol doesn't have influence over the United States' (and world) music industry.
Cook has signed a record deal and his first album (that's old speak for CD, youngin's) drops in the fall of this year.
Whoo-hoo!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Rock on!
One of my favorite guilty pleasures these days is catching the weekly episodes of American Idol. For some reason me & the hubby just can't stop watching. We were absolutely not going to watch it this year and then the writer's strike happened and nothing was on tv and well... there you go.
Each year, we almost always end up liking the rockers. (A few seasons ago, we were {are} huge Chris Daughtry fans, and were devastated when he got voted off prematurely. 'Course that all turned out ok, eh?)
This year is no different. Initially, I thought Michael Johns would be our pick of the year, and though we still like him, this past month has had us totally rooting for David Cook.
He is unique, true to his style, and let's just say he knows how to choose arrangements and make a blase, run-of-the-mill, or forgotten song memorable. His take several weeks ago of Lionel Richie's 80's sap-fest "Hello" had us practically jumping up and down in our seats. He rocked it out with an alternative spin on it and made it sound airwave ready! He followed that up with alt-rock versions of two Beatles classics - "Eleanor Rigby" and "Day Tripper", and this week -his best yet - with the Chris Cornell version of that old moonwalking MJ tune, "Billie Jean".
If you think Idol is just little teenagers with big voices, you are sadly mistaken.
Even if you don't watch the show, you owe it to yourself to go to http://www.americanidol.com/ and check out the playbacks of his performances.
You might as well get used to hearing the name David Cook, because even if he doesn't win (and believe me, you don't really need to) the whole she-bang, this boy is going somewhere!
Rock on!
Each year, we almost always end up liking the rockers. (A few seasons ago, we were {are} huge Chris Daughtry fans, and were devastated when he got voted off prematurely. 'Course that all turned out ok, eh?)
This year is no different. Initially, I thought Michael Johns would be our pick of the year, and though we still like him, this past month has had us totally rooting for David Cook.
He is unique, true to his style, and let's just say he knows how to choose arrangements and make a blase, run-of-the-mill, or forgotten song memorable. His take several weeks ago of Lionel Richie's 80's sap-fest "Hello" had us practically jumping up and down in our seats. He rocked it out with an alternative spin on it and made it sound airwave ready! He followed that up with alt-rock versions of two Beatles classics - "Eleanor Rigby" and "Day Tripper", and this week -his best yet - with the Chris Cornell version of that old moonwalking MJ tune, "Billie Jean".
If you think Idol is just little teenagers with big voices, you are sadly mistaken.
Even if you don't watch the show, you owe it to yourself to go to http://www.americanidol.com/ and check out the playbacks of his performances.
You might as well get used to hearing the name David Cook, because even if he doesn't win (and believe me, you don't really need to) the whole she-bang, this boy is going somewhere!
Rock on!
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