Nickelback-All The Right Reasons

This album, Nickelback's fifth, features the singles "Far Away", "Rockstar", "Photograph", "If Everyone Cared", and "Saving Me". What do I think about it? Well... the song topics are different for almost every song, from wanting to be a rockstar to reminiscing their older days by staring out the backdoor. That doesn't hurt it that much. What does is how the songs aren't that melodic. Still it is an okay album which I can't say I hate. But I can't say I love it either.

Bottom Line: okay. 3/5

Coldplay-Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

Up for Album Of The Year at this years Grammys, I am not surprised that this album is up for Album Of The Year. It had that "different" feeling to it. At least that is what I thought when I heard it. But different comes back and hurts them in a few songs. I really enjoyed this album especially songs like Viva la Vida, Violet Hill and Lovers in Japan. It deserves Album Of The Year. That is what I think.

Bottom Line: great album. 3.5/5

Charades

On Sunday evening, my family and I went to the Davidson's. We played on the PS2 most of the night but at the end played Charades. I find charades fun but frustrating. We had to act out the following phrases:

-Me Talk Pretty One Day (book)
-From Russia with Love (movie)
-Desert Rose (song)

It's just as hard to guess this stuff than to act it!?

Overall it was pretty fun.

Last night our dad rubbed it in a bit by making me act out "Blazing Saddles". OMG

Electronic Crisis

After trying to convince my dad for 2 T.V and a PlayStation 3 (Blu-ray and games.) He's kinda all for them but not anyone all but won't hand over the $2500. He's waiting for the sale but when. He wants it to be on his birthday. Thank god it's not outta my college fund. When will our mom finally learn that a big T.V's are good.



Plan

#1 Send her (and Eric he's not for it either)to Florida

#2 Go as fast as we can to best buy hope for the best

#3 Send it home with some sorta gift for mom

#4 All is well she won't boil over and we got T.V's :)



Little Big Planet hear I come

The Killers-Day & Age

The killers's latest studio effort features the single "Human" but that is pretty much the only bright spot on this album. Every song sounded... well, odd. They were almost completely driven by keyboards. Mixed with the equally odd lyrics, it's not the best sounding thing you'll here. The Killers have taken a new step forward, but fell flat on their face. My view of it is a weird sounding, cryptic lyric singing mess.

Bottom line: Odd. 2.5/5

Hedley-Famous Last Words

Hedley's second studio effort Famous Last Words was an album I recently borrowed fro the library the same time a picked out Minutes To Midnight. All I planned to do was listen to "Dying to Live Again, "Old School" and "Never Too Late". But when I listened to it start to finish, I saw those were pretty much the only good songs on it. Everything sounds the same on it. It sounds a whole lot like Billy Talent's second album. The songs sounded great, but we've all heard this stuff before.

Bottom Line: Nothing new 3/5

Linkin Park-Minutes to Midnight

When I borrowed this album from the library, at first all I wanted to do was listen to "What I've Done" over and over. But when I listened to it from start to end, I realized how much I was missing. Minutes to Midnight is Linkin Parks third studio album and shows them moving beyond their original rap-rock music. And I found that to be a good move for them. This album was more complex than I expected like the instrumental track "Wake". But that is what I like and I enjoyed this album. I'm probably going to renew it. And renew it again. And again. And again.

Bottom Line: Great album. 4/5

The Pictures From 2008

Fortunately, I'm not in any of those pics. In case you were wondering, the one of Eric dressed like a Secret Service agent was on the day of his First Communion. He dressed that way for Halloween as well. The one of Sam skiing, well... there is not much to say about it aside from the fact that he didn't hit anything. The one of Eric with the dandilion, the ones he was blowing were huge. The tops were about the size of a tennis ball. That was the first time I had seen anything like that. The last one of Eric and my cousin John looking above the sign that says "Falling Ice" got a few chuckles out of everybody.