Happy end of Tuesday/very beginning of Wednesday everyone!!
Hope everyone has been good! Today was a very relaxing day, kind of just stayed around the apartment all day with an exception of getting dinner. Never really have many of those days, but it was well needed I guess, you know? So, honestly, not too much. Got a few writing ideas which I am excited to expand over time.
But anyway, now for a little diddy I'd like to call: The AR's Top Ten Spring Break '11 Songs!
So I made a little top ten list of songs that are perfect to keep my Spring Break rockin', and they are some really awesome songs! Why they fit for Spring Break? Well, no reason really in all honesty! But I thought they were cool haha! So here's my Favorite Top Ten Spring Break songs for '11!:
1."At The Library" by Green Day
2. "Planetary (Go!)" by My Chemical Romance
3. "Trembling" by Berry Sakharof
4. "Chick Habit" by April March
5. "We Got It Going On" by Bon Jovi feat. Big and Rich
6. "Waitin' On A Sunny Day" by Bruce Springsteen
7. "I Did It" by Dave Matthews Band
8. "The Dirty Glass" by Dropkick Murphys
9. "Last Good Time In Town" by Eagles
10. "Chelsea Dagger" by The Fratellis
And there you have it, my Spring Break '11 Top Ten Song list!! Check 'em out, find them on YouTube or somewhere, and have a listen!
Anyway, I also got to listen to some music today.
Got to listen to Human Touch by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1992. It's an interesting album. This is his real first album without the E-Street Band, and you can tell that there has been a change. The album sounds a little more modern western rock to me. I didn't really feel too much of a New Jersey-esqe sound, though I guess what really is that? But I'm not sure. I do like the album, and it has some awesome songs, but they aren't my favorite out of all the Bruce Springsteen stuff I've heard. My favorite songs off this album: "Human Touch", "Soul Driver", "57 Channels (And Nothing On)", "Cross My Heart", "Roll of the Dice", "All Or Nothing At All" and "Pony Boy" (which is a cover of a traditional song with lyrics added by Springsteen).
My favorite song out of all these, though, has to be "Roll of the Dice". It has the classic Springsteen sound to me, more than the others in my opinion, and you can tell that even from the beginning of the song. It's pretty cool! So it's worth a listen, but if anything, those songs I mentioned will give you the jist of it!
The other album I listened to was Lucky Town by Bruce Springsteen, released 1992 and released simultaneously with Human Touch. In all honestly, the same things I said about the other album apply for this one. Springsteen intended both of these albums to only be one album, but the project took longer than he thought, so he put it aside, but then decided to work on it again a year or so later and ended up writing more songs, so he decided to release two albums at the same time. The other thing with this album, as well as the previous one mentioned, is that you can tell through the sounds of the songs that there is a transition happening from 80's music going into 90's music. It's interesting to hear, for sure, and one of the reasons why I find these two albums so fascinating. But anyway, my favorite songs from Lucky Town: "Better Days", "Lucky Town", "Local Hero", "If I Should Fall Behind", "Leap Of Faith" and "Souls Of The Departed".
Also got to watch a movie with my roommate tonight called Gentlemen Broncos, directed by Jared Hess (who wrote it as well, along with Jerusha Hess) and stars Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Sam Rockwell, and Jennifer Coolidge. It is about a home schooled teenager, Benjamin Purvis (played by Michael Angarano), who wants to be a sci fi writer. He attends a writing workshop to show his ideas, and also to see his sci fi writing idol, the famous author Dr. Ronald Chevalier (played by Jemaine Clement). Unfortunatly for Benjamin, his story ends up getting plagiarized by his idol and also made into a god awful movie by the small town's local filmmaker. I really liked the movie; the cast is amazing and I love the dry humor. It reminded me of Napoleon Dynamite (which is also by the same writers and director, so no surpise it reminds me of it), which I didn't really get when I saw it, but I'm gonna have to re-watch it. It's been awhile too. But I do recommend this movie, I think it's really underated. I never even heard of it until my roommate told me about it, as he had it from netflix. From what I learned about it from looking it up, it really did not do well and got pulled from theatres, which kind of sucks because I didn't think it was really that bad! So check this out, it's really funny if you like dry humor!
Well, that's all I have for now! Hope all is well, stay warm and have a good night, world!
-The AR
"Roll of the Dice":
"If I Should Fall Behind" (one of the best performances I have seen):
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