>>RANT - MUSIC

this is just a rant i unleashed to willing listener brian mott today on facebook chat. sorry don't take offense, i'm really not angry at all like it may seem. just unleashed. but for a journalistic, unedited look into my thoughts, this is it.

"...i tell you, there are some really cool people that have just bad taste in music. my biggest pet peeve is people who just get their musical tastes off the radio. like when you look down someones list on facebook of their favorite artists and it's like "fall out boy, all american rejects, secondhand seranade, nickelback", i want to throw up. and then you'll be driving in your car and i'm like "this is mason jennings, jack johnson, etc. he's so chill" and they're like "ew. this is wierd. i dont really like it. put on the good charlotte", then i want to punch them in the face. and force the good music down their throat. and you ask those radio people, "so do you like any thing chill?" and the only thing they can tell you is "i will follow you into the dark" by death cab, cuz that's the only chill song that got overplayed on the freaking RADIO. yeah but as far as acoustic chill, that's like the only one. and freakin' secondhand seranade. that is fake chill.

......BUT THAT'S JUST ME."

also, i love this picture. if there was a photo definition for "summer" this is it.

>>PHOTO SHOP VERSION 1.0

shut up. it's what i use, ok. MS paint. love it.

>>MATT COSTA/ I WANT MORE

matt costa. make a new cd. preferably before october 28th. sigh i guess i'll just have to wait a couple years. meanwhile i dig these pics.

photos by raymond molinar.

>>BLOOD OF MAN

i am getting myself really really excited for Mason Jenning's new album, Blood of Man, released 9.15.09. coming from Brushfire, and the talent that Jennings is, it will assuredly be awesome. i'm stoked. the press photos are getting me excited. as is this short video. knowing his music, i'm expecting a raw, emotional, electric feel to this album, and he will pull it off perfectly.


this is from Mason himself, talking about why he decided to 'plug in' for Blood of Man:

“It all kinda started at Christmas when my sons and I were hanging ornaments on the tree. We have an ornament that is a little electric guitar and my six-year-old son was looking at it and asked, “What’s this, Dad?” I said, “What??? It’s an electric guitar.” To which he replied, “What’s that?” Well, I was kinda horrified so I ran downstairs and pulled out an old hollowbody electric (my wife’s) and an amp and I came upstairs, plugged it in and ripped into “My Generation” by The Who. My one son actually climbed me in point-2 seconds and leaped off my shoulders while the other one looked like I had plugged the lights on the tree into him. They flew around the room dancing for two straight wonderful hours. I got the point. I grew up playing only electric and it was like remembering how to be free. For many reasons, it was so needed. So I got free.”

>>SCOUT CAMP FT. SHAWN CARTER

okay. here's a tale for you, back story. a kid by the name of shawn carter goes from homegrown bountiful boy and suddenly he's a background dancer in high school musical 1, 2, 3. Fast forward to Scout Camp, his first starring role. omfrikingg. worst acted movie i've seen all summer, but gosh darn if it didn't depict scout camp fairly well. but i've never laughed so hard at how dumb a movie was before in my life. but i personally think dumb movies are fun. This movie was also one of the more dumbly quotable movies i've seen since Nacho Libre. this one satisfied by those standards. i'm not trying to bash shawn carter, he's a cool nice kid, was in my history class, funny. i'm not trying to bash anyone. but the movie sucked. but by sucking it was awesome.

that is all. see it. also the scout rap "Born To Be A Scout" featured in the movie is a must hear. throw em up for the bsa.