LOST 6
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I love the new promo (the 3rd ABC has done) with Willie Nelson’s version of “Amazing Grace” plus that’s the extended version. So yes I can’t wait. Plus it’s my birthday that day too.
Tuesday Tune: Kings and Queens by 30 Seconds to Mars
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Thirty Seconds To Mars – Kings + Queens – HD
30 Seconds to Mars | MySpace Music Videos
30 Seconds to Mars is a guilty pleasure band to me. I loved the last album. And I can’t help but LOVE this new song and the video.
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Or buy the whole new album “This Is War” TODAY for only $3.99 at AmazonMP3.com.
Top 10 Albums of 2009
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1. Gasoline Heart “Nostalga Ain’t What It Used To Be”
2. U2 “No Line On The Horizon”
3. Pearl Jam “Backspacer”
4. Bruce Springsteen “Working On A Dream”
5. Switchfoot “Hello Hurricane”
6. Jay-Z “The Blueprint 3″
7. Muse “The Resistance”
8. Mike Dunn & the Kings of New England “Sundowner”
9. Pearl Jam “Ten (Legacy Edition)”
10. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers “The Live Anthology”
Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order)
The Almost “Monster Monster”
Brand New “Daisy”
Dave Matthews Band “Big Whiskey & The GooGrux King”
Green Day “21st Century Breakdown”
Hillsong United “a Cross/the Earth: Tear Down The Walls”
John Mayer “Battle Studies”
Metric “Fantasies”
Street Sweeper Social Club “self-titled”
Them Crooked Vultures “self-titled”
30 Seconds to Mars “This Is War”
Thrice “Beggars”
Friday Faves
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Eva Likes to Talk: I love this little girl.
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band “Working On A Dream” Tour: My first time seeing the Boss. The 3 hour Nashville show included the entire “Born to Run” album plus covers of “Ring of Fire” and “Higher & Higher”
Rolling Stone magazine: I usually only pick up cover stories I want to read. I’ve never been a subscriber. That is till recently. I got a free subscription when I bought this Johnny Cash shirt. And I must say, I really enjoy reading it. I don’t dive into the political articles but so far it’s great bathroom reading.
Whatever: The 90’s Pop & Culture Box Set: 7 discs of 90’s music? Yes please! I owe this purchase to the Warner Music Group Charity CD Sale to benefit Habitat for Humanity. It’s where WMG sells promo CD’s for $1 and box sets for $10-$15.
DrinkFit app: I figured I better start watching my “beverage” calorie intake.
Netflix for PS3: I’m test driving it right now. Not too many “new” releases and only a few are available in HD. I really liked the “Man on Wire” documentary that I watched last weekend.
Hello Hurricane by Switchfoot
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I received a copy of Switchfoot’s new album “Hello Hurricane” today.
There are few artists that inspire. I mean truly inspire, challenge, and encourage with the music they create. There are few artists that care enough deeply about their own music and how the power of what they sing about impacts people. And even if an artist does truly care they may have 1 of those albums in their career. Too often artists do care in the beginning but after the industry, record sales, radio, and popularity happen it is dismissed in favor for those same things that kill it.
I feel Johnny Cash and U2 have had those albums throughout their career AND have also been able to inspire different generations. For many U2’s “Joshua Tree” was that album but for me and my generation I believe it was U2’s “All That You Can’t Leave Behind”. “Joshua Tree” came out when I was 9 and to be truly inspired, challenged, and encouraged I feel you need to be older. Yes sometimes an older album can do that later for someone but the impact of the initial release is what sets it apart.
So every now and then we have a few more artists that come along and create an album that does just that. For me personally there was also a former local PA band named Jawbone Hill that created an album called “Grind” that was actually the first album to move me to tears. I also believe dcTalk’s “Jesus Freak” was one of those albums.
Talking about the songs leading up to the those that would become Switchfoot’s newest album “Hello Hurricane” Jon Foreman said this. “They didn’t feel like the type of the song you wanted to die singing. And for ‘Hello Hurricane’ that became the prerequisite for the song. If you’re not crying why are you singing it. If you don’t believe it with every ounce of you then there’s no point in singing it.”
Many will say that Switchfoot did that 6 years ago with “The Beautiful Letdown”. But I believe they have done it with “Hello Hurricane”. Why? Because they care to. Because they took almost 3 years to write it. Because they were independent and didn’t have the industry beating down their door for the next radio single. Because they care to engage with their fans but more importantly they care to inspire, challenge, and encourage themselves.
Most bands don’t rebound after having the amount of success that Switchfoot did with “The Beautiful Letdown” and then the “let downs” of 2 albums following it. I too was even a skeptic of if Switchfoot could bounce back and in some regards had lost my desire for the band’s material. The 3 years between albums by all industry standards could’ve killed this band but I believe this album will be the band’s shining moment. I believe this album will be the album people remember.
Tuesday Tune: Wheels by Foo Fighters
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I love it. Does it sound like it could be a Tom Petty song? Yes. But what’s wrong with that? Lyrically I feel it fits into a lot of the songs from “E, S, P & G”.
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Friday Faves
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FlashForward: 4 episodes in and I love it. Plus I need another show after the last season of LOST next year.
U2 360: I got to see the Tampa show 2 weeks ago. I loved it. I only wish I could see 1 more show. Here’s to hoping for more USA shows in 2010.
Pearl Jam “Backspacer”: Thanks Ed for working with Brendan again. “The Fixer” is a great song and even Bono thinks so. It’s not as great as the first 3 albums but it’s just as good if not better than the last. It’ll be in my top 5 of 2009. Plus you get 2 free full concert downloads of your choice.
“Bottle Shock”: A great film from 2008 based on the true story of the Judgment of Paris in 1976 when California wine beat French wine in a blind taste test.
Starbucks Mobile Apps: The myStarbucks comes is very handy when traveling. It pulls up spots in Targets and even hotels. Maybe the Starbucks Card Mobile will spread to TN at some point.
Facebook.com/iTunes: More free music. This time a 15 song Austin City Limits 2009 sampler and a 15 song Back to School 2009 sampler.
Tuesday Tune: Who Says by John Mayer
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Condo Sings His Hits…Volume Four
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Tuesday Tune: Daylight by Matt & Kim
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I first heard this song a few months ago on this Barcadi commercial. I then saw a performance of the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live! I was hooked. But still, after watching the music video, I feel the best way to see/hear the song for the first time is watching a live performance of it (sorry, I couldn’t find the Kimmel video).
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PS: In case you feel like you have heard a song similar to this in another TV spot you are right. Their song “Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare” is being used in the spots for the new show “Community“.
