No More - Vedder & "Body of War"

Tuesday night is the debut of the documentary Body of War. It airs on Sundance Channel @ 7PM eastern time.

Here is Eddie Vedder's music video that is on the soundtrack. It's called "No More."

Pork and Beans

This is pretty awesome. They took a song about trying to be yourself and yet be cool... like "eat my candy with the pork and beans." And they combined it with the power of silly online videos. The Weezer site describes the video thusly:

Shot May 7-10 in North Hollywood, CA, this video features a cast of, well, many! And what a cast! An amazing group of well known 'Youtube celebs' was tracked down and flown in so they could do their thing(s) with the Weezer men. Its pretty much impossible to properly describe what went down, so just have a look!

It came out today and already has over 500,000 hits. Amazing. Looking forward to this album, comes out in a couple of weeks!

Fix You

This is a song that I wrote about on my old blog. Every time I hear it I think of Aidan. I just imagine what he will go through in life. Every day will not be perfect. I think of the first time a girl breaks his heart, or the first time he strikes out and loses a baseball game... I hope that I am there to help him... and to fix him.

When you try your best, but you don't succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

When high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I...

Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I...

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Live Earth

I am sick.
Feeling terrible.
Fever.
Sore throat.
Headache.
Aghhhh.

I could not sleep, so I watched what I had recorded on TiVo of Live Earth on the Sundance Channel. Wow. Great music and a tremendous set of concerts all around the world. Watching Metallica right now do "Nothing Else Matters." It is amazing how these songs take on a different meaning when played in front of a backdrop of screens showing pollution, elephants, polar bears, and the signs of global warming.

What is kind of neat about these concerts is that the bands have been added so late in the game that you really have no idea what is coming next.

Also saw great performances by Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers. Wow, Wembley stadium looks awesome. MSN announced that more people watched LiveEarth online than any concert in history. That's pretty cool.

I missed this, but wish I hadn't... drummer Roger Taylor of Queen, Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters started the London show with "Drums Heard Round the World!"

Great stuff. and a great cause.

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Minutes to Midnight

Today was the release of Minutes to Midnight - Linkin Park's third major album release. It is sweet... like candy!

Rolling Stone Review: LP - Minutes to MidnightRap metal is dead. Linkin Park are not, because they were always more than the meager sum of that combination -- more pop and classic rock in their riffs, hooks and drive, even on Collision Course, their 2004 mash-up with Jay-Z. On Minutes to Midnight, co-produced by Rick Rubin, Linkin Park are more of something else -- topical -- and furiously good at it. In the last song, "The Little Things Give You Away," the band coolly torpedoes George W. Bush's petty, disastrous arrogance on Iraq and New Orleans (for starters), building from acoustic strum and soft-shoe electronics to magisterial Seventies-arena guitar and lacerating disgust. "All you've ever wanted was someone to truly look up to you," Chester Bennington sings. "And six feet underwater/I do."

That's not all. Bennington is not going over old-girlfriend ground when he promises, "Your time is borrowed," in the hammering thrash of "No More Sorrow." And Mike Shinoda's state-of-disbelief rap "Hands Held High" comes with military-funeral drums and an "amen" chorus. This would be as much fun as a filibuster if Linkin Park did not pay equal attention to the punch and detail in the gritty stomp "Bleed It Out" and the balled-fist guilt of "What I've Done." "Shadow of the Day" is a too-literal echo of Joshua Tree-era U2, but most of Minutes is honed, metallic pop with a hip-hop stride and a wake-up kick. "What the fuck is wrong with me?" Bennington barks over the jingle bells and distortion in "Given Up." The answer all over this record: nothing that getting off your ass can't fix.

I really have enjoyed my couple of listens to the cd. I will post a review later in the weekend after a full "digestion" - but here is a hint. I "likey."

I got the cd for free basically. Norma won a $5 gift card at Target for being the "Red House Advisory Teacher of the Year." I won the "White House Person Who Made a Difference for May" and also got a $5 gift card. So wham - $10 and the $9.98 cd was free. If it's free... it's for me! If it's LP and it's free... it's a definite for me!!

Well, as you have guessed if you frequent this blog... I have been BUSY. End of school is approaching and we are up to our ears in finals, AVID interviews, and finishing out the year strong. Not much time to write. I need to get some work done. Cheers for now.

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What I've Done - LP

I am very ready for May 15th and Linkin Park's new album... "Minutes to Midnight"

Think the video has anything to do with 'world events'? I heard the song the other morning on our local radio station... I liked it.. but I love the video!

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Misheard Lyrics - Fall Out Boy "This Ain't a Scene"

This is really funny...


...also into cats... also into cats...
that cracks me up!

Actual lyrics:

Fall Out Boy This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race Lyrics
I am an arms dealer
Fitting you with weapons in the form of words
And I don't really care, which side wins
As long as the room keeps singing
That's just the business I'm in

This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
I'm not a shoulder to cry on, but I digress

I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate
I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate

I wrote the gospel on giving up
(You look pretty sinking)
But the real bombshells have already sunk
(Primadonnas of the gutter)
At night we're painting your trash gold while you sleep
Crashing not like hips or cars
No, more like p-p-p-parties

This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
[ Lyrics found on http://www.metrolyrics.com ]

Bandwagon's full. Please, catch another

I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate
I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate

All the boys who the dance floor didn't love
And all the girls whose lips couldn't move fast enough
Sing until your lungs give out

This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
(Now you)
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
(Wear out the groove)
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
(Sing out loud)
This ain't a scene, it’s a god damn arms race
(Oh, oh)
This ain't a scene, it's a god damn arms race

I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate
I'm a leading man
And the lies I weave are oh so intricate, oh so intricate

Funny.

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