When first deciding to listen to an artist, do you tend to start with their most current album or their first? For me it's depends on the artist.

I bought and liked My Morning Jacket's EVIL URGES without having any knowledge of their earlier works. However, when an artist has a large catalog, such as Tori Amos, I like to go back and experience the evolution of their work... Little Earthquakes is wonderful...the Beekeeper; not so much.

Then again, sometimes an artists earlier albums suck...

1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. R.E.M. - Accelerate
3. Jack Johnson - Sleep Through the Static
4. Counting Crows - Sunday Mornings and Saturday Nights
5. Panic at the Disco - Pretty Odd
6. Gnarls Barkley - the Odd Couple
7. Vampire Weekend - s/t
8. Cat Power - Jukebox
9. Sia - Some People Have Real Problems
10. Matt Costa - Unfamilar Faces

This particular blog is mainly for my own records... but it will have film commentaries; so if you're a movie fan you might be interested. It's just an ongoing list of the films I watch this year.. (feel free to ignore this one if you're not into film!)

JANUARY

1. If Only - A Jennifer Love Hewitt vehicle that was a total waste of time. The ending is a huge dissapointment...a better one could have redeemed this film. I do NOT reccommend.

2. The Simpsons Movie - I liked it, but I'm a HUGE fan of the show! If you've never seen the show, try a couple episodes first to see if you like the pop culture humor..

3. The Descent - Hellish tale of cave-dwelling demons preying on women. Well-done scares with good effects; but weak story. Eh.

4. Spiderman 3 - A- Well done comic book film with excellent ending; not quite up to par with the first two but still awesome.

FEBRUARY

5. Waitress - Best thing about this movie was that Andy Griffith was in it.

6. the White Countess - Extremely well done movie; definitely one of Ralph Fiennes' best roles...I highly reccommend!

7. Cabin Fever - Eli Roth's debut; standard...nothing real original

8. Live Free or Die Hard - Liked a lot; excellent pacing. Great popcorn flick!

9. the Fugitive - Seen it a few times before and I still like it. Jones and Ford are a perfect pairing. 90's essential!

10. Home for the Holidays

MARCH

11. Mortal Kombat

12. No Reservations

I've recently bought a whole boatload of cds. I have a music addiction and am always on the hunt for good sounds. This was my latest batch from this past week:

the Police- Greatest Hits
Led Zeppelin - Mothership
Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
Robert Plant/Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
Once Sdtk
C Queen
Alicia Keys - As I Am
Eagles - debut


If anyone knows of any newer awesome discs, please give me a shout! The one cd I want most that I don't have is the 4 track A FINE FRENZY demo. Best price I've seen on the web is $40. Again, if anyone sees it for sale at a good price, please let me know.

I'm at work on my projects...but they're in very early stages still. Hope all are well. Peace my friendz :-)

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your repuation is merely what others think you are. - John Wooden