Happy Birthday To Me

Wow... 13. Bad luck or good luck? Anyway, that's how old I can say I am now. I can't believe I'm now in teenage years. Does it mean more than not having to use the kid's menu at restaraunts and finally being able to use my student card when I take the subway? I hope. But still, it feels I've gone through some drastic change. I can't believe I'm saying this. I didn't think I'd feel this way until I was 50. On the other hand, I managed to get a bunch of CDs (just what I wanted!) as presents and a few books. So I'm pretty pleased about that. But 13... 3 years until I can drive,       unless it changes of course, 2 years from high school. There is a lot to look forward to.   

John Mayer-Continuum

John Mayer's 2006 release features "Waiting on the World to Change", "Belief" and 10 other molasses slow songs. And when I say slow I mean slow. But slow is not bad. Especially in this case. The songs are very melodic, and some of them are very fun to listen to. "In Repair" is six minutes of the same thing over and over and over and over though. But I really don't care. 11 great songs, 1 clunker. Really not that big a deal. 

Bottom line: Reminds me a lot of Jack Johnson. 3.5/5

Comments always welcome

Maroon 5-Songs About Jane

Maroon 5's debut album features "This Love", "She Will Be Loved", "Harder To Breathe" and a bunch of others. The first thing I noticed was the different sound it had compared to the other albums I have heard recently. But this different was not a bad thing at all, in fact, I thought it was a very good different. It doesn't matter that almost all the songs were breakup songs, it doesn't matter that Adam Levine sounds like he has something stuck in his throat. I thought this was a good album. Period. 

Bottom Line: Very neat sounding. 3.5/5

(every blog about CD's is by Matthew, in case you were wondering)

Dream Theater-Octavarium

Octavarium: eight songs on the album, Dream Theater's eighth studio release. Is that a coincidence? Probably not. Anyway, this was an album I wanted for quite some time but I couldn't find it anywhere. Finally, I found it and could I picture myself walking out of that HMV without it? No I could not. Featuring songs like "Panic Attack" from Rock Band 2, "These Walls", "The Root Of All Evil" and the twenty-four minute "Octavarium". Almost all the songs were six minutes or longer, so listening to it was quite time consuming. But each one of the songs was the progressive metal that I hoped for. Especially "Octavarium". That is perhaps one of the most incredible songs I have ever heard.

Bottom Line: worth the $25.00 that I spent on this. 3.5/5