The Last Thing You Forget

You know what really grinds my gears? Pop-Punk. It's safe to say that I've been listening to pop-punk for about the past 11 years and for the most part, I know what good pop-punk sounds like, when it's bad and when it just fuckin sucks. A friend of mine gave me a cd today and while listening to it it made me think a little. The past few years I've started to see a trend, more so a "gimmick" in pop-punk. It seems like 50% of new pop-punk bands incorporate a keyboard in their music while 40% of them try to mix it up with melodic hardcore (sometimes referred to "happy hardcore/easycore/pop-core"), about 5% of the new bands will probably just play annoying "preeteen/teen-angst" pop-punk in vein of Blink-182 and NFG but just suck at it while the remaining 5% (yes I actually did the math) will actually play music that qualifies as pop-punk. The point I'm trying to make is that pop-punk doesn't sound the way it use to, and that happens with just about every genre of music. While not necessarly bad, do we really need to hear the same, often times annoying, keyboards or synthesizers or the whiny, high-pitched "left my girlfriend/you never cared for me" song? I have a feeling pop-punk will start to lose touch with people, the same way hip-hop has had. And it's always sad when one of your favorite genres turn to watered-down, sub-par music that appeals to the massives but sounds like shit. At least there's still a few that are going strong.

So there's my rant on pop-punk. Now let's go listen to some good pop-punk.

Listen to:

Title Fight-The Last Thing You Forget

http://www.mediafire.com/?ocd3vjnjrwd

http://www.myspace.com/titlefight

Stress: The Extinction Agenda

So, the past few months have taken a toll on me and the stress factor has been looming over my head since the second week of the semester, due to the amount of school work I have every other damn night. This stress is probably the reason why I now might have a new case of insomnia. 8 hours is considered to be a full nights rest (bullshit); however, on average (throughout the week) it takes me about an hour and a half to 2 hours just to go to sleep and eventually get about 5 hours of sleep before I get up and get ready for school. This past saturday I got 3 hours of sleep and then went to the mountains. I did however sleep pretty good Sunday night though. Let's hope I can sleep good tonight.

Listen to:


Organized Konfusion-Stress: The Extinction Agenda
http://www.mediafire.com/?lbygrzzmdid

This Conversation is Over

I've been listening to this song and this band alot lately, as in 5 years after they broke up. Didn't really listen to them then, but now they could've been one of my favorites.

Listen to:


Acceptance-Phantoms
http://www.mediafire.com/?tntyjhrzngm
http://www.myspace.com/acceptance

A Single Second

Went snowboarding for the first time yesterday. The best advice I can give you about snowboarding for the first time is don't do it when you have a hangover, you will throw up eventually. But anyways, it was incredibly frustrating, fell at least 20 times, I looked stupid falling all those 20 times, twisted my knee and the left side of my body is now sore. But it was all worth it and I'm heading back up there next sunday. See if I'll do better this time. But its time though to listen to my favorite AFI album. Yes... AFI.

Listen to:

AFI-Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes

http://www.mediafire.com/?e1dtmz2znj1

http://www.myspace.com/afi

Freakish

I think its about time they release Daybreak. But no snowboarding today. Apparently mother nature has different plans today. And I got invited to an honors society group at school. I guess thats kinda cool. But anyways, just watch Saves the Day playing with a bunch a puppets because it is slightly humorous and not to mention the song is amazing.

Listen to:


Saves the Day-Stay What You Are
http://www.mediafire.com/?0nzmfmchwtz
http://www.myspace.com/savestheday