Best album of 2008!

The Killers new Cd Day & Age is due out next tuesday but I got it a bit early. Let me first start off by telling you that The Killers are probably in the top 5...nay 3 of my current favorite bands and top 10 for all time favorites. They bring the best of the old world of music and mix it in with the best of the new. There sound is original yet familiar at the same time. Their previous release were big hits in my book. Hot Fuss was a synthesized sound with "sing from the top of your lungs" hit after hit. Sam's Town was a more emotional yet grandiose epic, both musically and lyrically. They go deeper into metaphors and imagery more than anthem alt-pop like their previous.

Day & Age is a perfect hybrid of both these albums, bringing together the successful ingredients that made those albums a success. iTunes describes Day & Age as "truely unique. This is gigantic, cry your eyes out alt-pop with real soul peeping out from underneath the synth pulses and waves of post production."
The Killers truly do bring something new to the table every album. D&A introduces new touches of sounds into it's tracks like, African tribal chanting, harpsichord, trumpets, sax, and harps. But the the music stays true to Killer form.
The more I listen to it the more I love it. Not only do I feel as though this is the best album of 2008, but might possibly be my favorite Killers album and their most successful one.

No Heartbreaks here

Kanyes West's new Cd 808's & Heartbreaks drops Nov. 25th and I cannot be more excited. The two singles already released, Love Lockdown & Heartless, in my opinion are incredible. They show a more personal and intimate side of Kanye which i feel is a reflection of the past year of his life.
I have had the chance to listen to the entire CD and let me tell you that the whole Cd is sung in the same style as the previous two songs, and I'm not mad about it. I think its different but genius. Kanye truly has stepped up to be the musical voice of our generation and along with that title comes room to be innovative and original. I say good for Kanye for exposing the emotional and darker side of his life and expressing it in a new style of Hip Hop.
808's & Heartbreaks does not fit into his "school" themed catologe; The College Dropout, Late Registration & Graduation. Those Cd's were more cocky, hip hop, mainstream. Believe me they are amazing and what everyone should love and want, but my argument for 808's is this; what successful and influential artist or band hasn't gone off and done a little soul searching and have come back with a different or unique take on their music? (The Beatles, The Killer, Bruce Springsteen, Tu Pac, Chili Peppers, OUTKAST ect.).
I hope everyone really gives this a chance and has an open mind about it. I am very prepared for the majority not to like it because it isnt mainstream or typical Kanye. I say who cares. Its totally new and like nothing you've ever heard before. In my opinion what better person to express new styles in a genre to our generation than Kanye West.
So go out and get it. Enjoy!!!

Songs to look out for:
Paranoid
Streetlights
Tell Everybody that you know Feat. Lil Wayne

AUSTRALIA

Visionary director Baz Luhrman, most notably known for his breathtaking work on Moulin Rouge!, is returning to the directors chair after a seven year stint with what has been said to be an epic masterpiece. All though I loved Moulin Rouge! and the amazing way it told an incredible story, I understand that it may have been too abstract and visually distracting for some. For those who may have felt that way should rest at ease. This movie looks as if its going to be a more traditional film with yet another amazing story penned by Mr. Luhrman himself. I personally have fallen in love with the cinematography and graphic style in which this film is being presented. See for yourself. The music is amazing and so is everything else.

Australia staring Huge Jackman and Nicole Kidman is a set In northern Australia prior to World War II. An English aristocrat (Kidman) inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man (Jackman) to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.IMDB.com

Its finally here

First off, I know many of you are shocked I am posting twice in one week. I told you I was changing my blogging ways. Yesterday at 12pm PST Google released to the public gmail videochat. Its basically iChat for your Google account. All i can say is its about time. This is going to cause added distraction to my gchating experience. It seems to me that Google is once again moving to position itself as a global powerhouse with its innovative and simple to use multimedia applications. So everyone go here download the software and start chatting face to face!!!

Mayne Street

For all those sports fans out there ESPN.com has just introduced a new short comedy series called Mayne street. It showcases Kenny Mayne and his unique brand of comedy and quick wit. Its hilarious and really takes advantage of the characters and personalities ESPN has created and cultivated throughout the years.
This is sports center.

I've Been Branded

Here is something for all of you to look forward to...maybe?
I'm shooting for a mid-December debut.
Let me know what you think of my logo. I obviously like it, but would love feed back.
Click the band-aid :)
Hope you enjoy!!!