Saturday, December 14, 2002
yes yes, i know there are some times i pretend to know something about music, anything about music.
i think i am the kind of person who should write about music though. i know absolutely nothing about music, so everything i say has sort of a cute innocence to it. i played an instrument unsuccessfully for about a year, i can't sing, i have no musical talent. i can't even keep a beat. ryan gets pissed at me everytime i try to sing or do anything because i'm always so off it gives him a headache. but the more i listen to music, the more i realize how great it is. so i'm sitting here, the loveable music buffoon. i mean, i make some people mad because i don't know anything, but no one can hold it against me because at least i'm trying, and i usually don't make a complete ass of myself. i think i have rather good musical taste, and i've learned to at least try to judge music on how much i like it instead of how much other people like it. i mean, i have some stuff i like that people don't understand, but everyone does. for the most part, i tend to gravitate towards good music. a lot of this is because the people i am around listen to good music, but even the stuff i like and they don't ends up being good.
moral of the story, i'm no expert. i really shouldn't be talking about music like i know what i'm saying, but i know what i like and what i don't, even if i can't tell you why its good. its fun to talk about when you are stoned...
so yeah, Sum 41 is pretty pimpin. they are great, their new album is awesome. they are still what i would call punk, but most people would beat me down for doing it. i guess some punk people are too hardcore for their own good, and they end up looking like knobs. punk lovers becoming musical snobs, it has kind of an ironic feeling too it, hehe. but yeah, i guess its pop punk, kind of like green day and blink 182 and such, i guess it is pop, but it is punk at the same time to some degree or something. i really don't care, i just don't want people yelling at me. i've always kind of liked 'punk'. i mean, not real punk, but dookie when it came out, and i loved blink 182 when i heard dammit on the radio for the first time. i got really into MxPx when they were big in junior high, which lead me to NoFX and stuff like that. i still have a ton of stuff on my computer, but it is from an earlier day, when music was hard to find, and full albums weren't even something you looked for at all. i think i found some ftp server that had a ton of it, so its all kind of crappy quality. but still, i have it because i always kind of liked that kind of stuff.
anyways, sum 41, download both of their cds. the first one, All killer no filler or something like that is really good. i mean, its a cd that a lot of people would be able to listen too, even if they really don't like punk at all. it has some great songs on it. like, all the songs are really good, but there are a few songs that you absolutely love. so it end, and you are all pumped, and the next cd comes on, i don't even know what its called. the filename says its called 'does this look infected' or soemthing like that, but i don't quite know, i don't care. anyways, the next cd is even better. like, everything on the new cd you like even more than the songs you really liked on the last cd. it is just really good. everyone should like it, especially songs 5 and 6. they are good... 6 is my favorite, and it even has the best name. yesterday.com. its like, we are jackassed, and yesterday seems like such a cheesy name, so lets call it yesterday.com because its funny. anyways, listen too it if you want...
anyways, sum 41 good. i don't know if it is quite as good as the new Foo Fighters album, but jeebus, this is like their second album? how old are they, 19? 20? 22? they are really young. dave grohl or whoever he is, the lead singer guy or whoever was in nirvana has been making music forever. he has always put out really good shit, with both bands, like really amazing. of course it is going to be incredible. but sum 41 is cool because it surprised me. i never really listened to the first album before now. like, i'd heard it, and i liked it, but i never really listened to it.
so yeah, my musical shpeil is over. oh wait, i watched this mtv diary on sum 41, and i like them even more. they are just pimpin, and they really get along together. they seem to be really cool people, like people i would want to hang out with. so yeah, moral of the story is sum 41 is good, both albums together clock in at like an hour and ten minutes or something, a real major downside i've kind of over looked because i like them so much. download them if you feel fit, otherwise ignore me. oh yeah, and get the foo fighters album dammit. i don't want to have to tell you again.
another thing i act like i know what i'm talking about - movies.
i don't like a lot of movies, the more i think about it. like, i enjoy a lot of movies, even if they are cheesy or bad, and i'm kind of mad at myself with this. i mean, so many movies are coming out or have come out that are kind of a step above everything. we aren't used to movies being this good, so we still latch on to the old wave. there are things like Dude, Where's My Car that are just in a class of their own, and that i'm allowed to love because they are just so good at what they do, but other things. like jerry bruckenhiember films, i don't know many, but they all kind of sum up this feeling. they are being force fed to us, and we are forced to consider them good. like armaggeddon, pearl harbor, these were not good movies. these were cheesy, over the top, crap. the sad thing, this little era of movies are probably going to be remembered by these movies, things like armageddon, charlies angels, and titanic. shit like that. luckily for us, good movies are being made, even if they aren't huge box-office blockbusters. we seem to have gone through a little period there where nothing really good or pushing any limits, they fell into a nice little pattern, a pattern that made a lot of money apparently, because they kept doing it. i guess studios made enough money, that they are allowing other projects to be made, even if they aren't going to blow up in the box-office. good deals. i want to remember movies like requiem, or memento, and lord of the rings and such, things that are being made and made right, because it would be doing the world a disservice not to.
i'm not sure what i'm saying or where i'm going with this.....
i've kind of lost all rational thought pattern, i'm gonna go clean or something.
i think i am the kind of person who should write about music though. i know absolutely nothing about music, so everything i say has sort of a cute innocence to it. i played an instrument unsuccessfully for about a year, i can't sing, i have no musical talent. i can't even keep a beat. ryan gets pissed at me everytime i try to sing or do anything because i'm always so off it gives him a headache. but the more i listen to music, the more i realize how great it is. so i'm sitting here, the loveable music buffoon. i mean, i make some people mad because i don't know anything, but no one can hold it against me because at least i'm trying, and i usually don't make a complete ass of myself. i think i have rather good musical taste, and i've learned to at least try to judge music on how much i like it instead of how much other people like it. i mean, i have some stuff i like that people don't understand, but everyone does. for the most part, i tend to gravitate towards good music. a lot of this is because the people i am around listen to good music, but even the stuff i like and they don't ends up being good.
moral of the story, i'm no expert. i really shouldn't be talking about music like i know what i'm saying, but i know what i like and what i don't, even if i can't tell you why its good. its fun to talk about when you are stoned...
so yeah, Sum 41 is pretty pimpin. they are great, their new album is awesome. they are still what i would call punk, but most people would beat me down for doing it. i guess some punk people are too hardcore for their own good, and they end up looking like knobs. punk lovers becoming musical snobs, it has kind of an ironic feeling too it, hehe. but yeah, i guess its pop punk, kind of like green day and blink 182 and such, i guess it is pop, but it is punk at the same time to some degree or something. i really don't care, i just don't want people yelling at me. i've always kind of liked 'punk'. i mean, not real punk, but dookie when it came out, and i loved blink 182 when i heard dammit on the radio for the first time. i got really into MxPx when they were big in junior high, which lead me to NoFX and stuff like that. i still have a ton of stuff on my computer, but it is from an earlier day, when music was hard to find, and full albums weren't even something you looked for at all. i think i found some ftp server that had a ton of it, so its all kind of crappy quality. but still, i have it because i always kind of liked that kind of stuff.
anyways, sum 41, download both of their cds. the first one, All killer no filler or something like that is really good. i mean, its a cd that a lot of people would be able to listen too, even if they really don't like punk at all. it has some great songs on it. like, all the songs are really good, but there are a few songs that you absolutely love. so it end, and you are all pumped, and the next cd comes on, i don't even know what its called. the filename says its called 'does this look infected' or soemthing like that, but i don't quite know, i don't care. anyways, the next cd is even better. like, everything on the new cd you like even more than the songs you really liked on the last cd. it is just really good. everyone should like it, especially songs 5 and 6. they are good... 6 is my favorite, and it even has the best name. yesterday.com. its like, we are jackassed, and yesterday seems like such a cheesy name, so lets call it yesterday.com because its funny. anyways, listen too it if you want...
anyways, sum 41 good. i don't know if it is quite as good as the new Foo Fighters album, but jeebus, this is like their second album? how old are they, 19? 20? 22? they are really young. dave grohl or whoever he is, the lead singer guy or whoever was in nirvana has been making music forever. he has always put out really good shit, with both bands, like really amazing. of course it is going to be incredible. but sum 41 is cool because it surprised me. i never really listened to the first album before now. like, i'd heard it, and i liked it, but i never really listened to it.
so yeah, my musical shpeil is over. oh wait, i watched this mtv diary on sum 41, and i like them even more. they are just pimpin, and they really get along together. they seem to be really cool people, like people i would want to hang out with. so yeah, moral of the story is sum 41 is good, both albums together clock in at like an hour and ten minutes or something, a real major downside i've kind of over looked because i like them so much. download them if you feel fit, otherwise ignore me. oh yeah, and get the foo fighters album dammit. i don't want to have to tell you again.
another thing i act like i know what i'm talking about - movies.
i don't like a lot of movies, the more i think about it. like, i enjoy a lot of movies, even if they are cheesy or bad, and i'm kind of mad at myself with this. i mean, so many movies are coming out or have come out that are kind of a step above everything. we aren't used to movies being this good, so we still latch on to the old wave. there are things like Dude, Where's My Car that are just in a class of their own, and that i'm allowed to love because they are just so good at what they do, but other things. like jerry bruckenhiember films, i don't know many, but they all kind of sum up this feeling. they are being force fed to us, and we are forced to consider them good. like armaggeddon, pearl harbor, these were not good movies. these were cheesy, over the top, crap. the sad thing, this little era of movies are probably going to be remembered by these movies, things like armageddon, charlies angels, and titanic. shit like that. luckily for us, good movies are being made, even if they aren't huge box-office blockbusters. we seem to have gone through a little period there where nothing really good or pushing any limits, they fell into a nice little pattern, a pattern that made a lot of money apparently, because they kept doing it. i guess studios made enough money, that they are allowing other projects to be made, even if they aren't going to blow up in the box-office. good deals. i want to remember movies like requiem, or memento, and lord of the rings and such, things that are being made and made right, because it would be doing the world a disservice not to.
i'm not sure what i'm saying or where i'm going with this.....
i've kind of lost all rational thought pattern, i'm gonna go clean or something.
