Now isn't this a charming picture?

I'm only posting this because my best friend Lorrin—yeah Lor, y-o-u—is OBSESSED with My Chemical Romance.

:) This is for you, Gallagher-Girl-in-training!

-Cam

A rarity: a music post!(and book stuff, too)

So...if you don't know—which you probably don't—, I am in LOVE with bands like Green Day, My Chemical Romance, and blink-182.

Call me cliché, but I don't care.

It's not like I'm all-out goth or anything—I respect people like that, just saying—, but I do have a dark side of myself that no one knows about, constantly nagging me about regrets and things I did wrong, or stuff that I shouldn't have done. That's why I like alt music, since it is diverse. Don't get what I mean? Well, I've always been a die-heart Vampire Weekend fan (I'm listening to their most recent album 'Contra' right now), and they're considered as Alternative in iTunes.
Take Green Day, and look THEM up on iTunes. Click one of their albums, and under genre, the familiar term Alternative is written.

Two very different bands, joined by one word.

Music not only makes me feel like someone else gets me, but also let's me express my emotions. I enjoy writing, and I typically write in times of great stress, or when I'm excited. Just this past spring, I met author James Kennedy, and asked him for advice on writing. He said something along the lines of:
“No matter what, write EVERY DAY. Good or bad, just write.”.
Kennedy also showed us his first "book"—a small novel about monsters, guns, UFOs, and lots of fighting. It was hilarious watching him flip through the pages and be totally clueless on what he was thinking when he was six, writing and drawing the pages.

Well, anyway, Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals and guitarist for the band Green Day--mentioned above--) agreed to be a mentor for Christina Aguilera's team on The Voice!

Yay!
C

••Green Day is releasing a new trilogy of albums, the first one—respectively titled ¡Uno!—comes out September 25!••

The Best YT Vids ever.

"Mysterious Ticking Noise"

A marvelous band named OK Go decided to make yet another great music video...

Nigahiga (Ryan Higa and his friends) make these hilarious vids-this has to be one of my favorites!

This has to be the funniest, though.



Enjoy these videos, and have a great day!
Cam

I have to post this before I forget...

Right now, I'm blogging and listening to Pandora, the Fun. radio. However, that isn't the band that I'm going to blog about. That mystery band is a group named MGMT. MGMT mainly focuses on alternative/electronic type sounds, and they're popular for songs like "Time to Pretend", "Electric Feel", and "Kids".

You may not recognize the name, but if you heard them, you'd know who I'm talking about. Their music has been featured in a few commercials, and popular on radio stations for their upbeat rythmns. If you don't normally like alt music, this is a band you'll love. The ensemble consists of two guys, Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. The duo formed the band in 2002, with only the two college students, but after releasing Time to Pretend EP, they toured and opened for the indie band Of Montreal. For concerts and certain tracks, MGMT will add members, making their live band. Their live band are Ben Goldwasser, Andrew VanWyngarden, Will Berman, James Richardson, and Matt Asti. This band was formed in Connecticut, so they are States based.


The band's website is www.whoismgmt.com , and they love to accept fan art, no matter how strange.

Musically Yours!
C

Brit Band on the rise: Coldplay

Ok. I know what you're probably thinking:

Will she just post another book-related post already!?

The answer to that?
Yes...
No...
Maybe so...

Still, LOOK AT THE BLOG DESCRIPTION, people!

Coldplay, a British alt-rock band, is quickly becoming popular here in the States. Famous for songs like "Yellow", "Viva La Vida", "Paradise", and "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall", this band has trumped mainstream radio, and the Billboard Hot 100. This band was formed in 1996 by Chris Martin, and was originally dubbed "Starfish". This Summer, Coldplay is touring North America, starting in Alberta, Canada, and ending in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

I'm lucky, because I actually get to see one of their performances! I'm really excited, and I'll post pictures after the concert. They're doing this concert due to a semi-recent release of 'Mylo Xyloto' (My-Low X-Why-Low-Toe), an amazing album with equally amazing tracks, my favorite being "Charlie Brown". Mull Xyloto is available on iTunes, as well as stores and on the band's website, www.coldplay.com.

On iTunes, Mylo Xyloto costs $9.99, whereas on Target.com for the CD, it's $21.99.


I feel that, although the price is high, it's SO worth the money.

Happy Rea-Listening!

C