Firstly, I am LE STOKED for August, and I think everyone else should be too. Secondly, aren't you all excited? This is the long awaited complementary entry. There should be more to come in the future, but for now, this should do. Basically I'm going to write little blurbs about bands that I think are awesome, and some that I'm just really impressed with. Mando Diao - Currently one of my absolute FAVOURITE bands, like, they are so classic rock, and swedish, and pretty.... well.. hot. But the thing is, is that they play a very classic rock kind of style (Which you don't find often now-a-days) but, especially in their first ablum "Bring 'em In", you can really hear the different influences that give each song it's own distinct flavour, while keeping in a very Mando Diao style. If you are now interested in them, them I suggest that you listen to Down in the Past or Sheepdog, because those songs will make anyone fall in love with them instantly. Oh! Forgot. They also have great music videos, but I always wonder if Gustaf was one of those kids that everyone always made fun of.. I mean, he's just so skinny! You know, one of those nerdy boys. Ok Go - I don't think a lot of you have heard these guys, but they're pretty good. They have a kind of strange rap-rock kind of sound, which is very obvious in their first album. But in their second album, they kind of find a new style which is a little more pop-ish, but still very good. They tend to use lyrics and the sound of the lead singer's voice more than instruments, but the lyrics are pretty damn good, so I don't think anyone's complaining. Also, the music video for A Million Ways is freaking hillarious. Dungen - Ok, you should all know that I have a bit of a thing for Swedish rock bands. Unlike Mando Diao, these guys don't sing in English, but you don't really need the lyrics and the vocals really only add another dimension to the already amazing instrumental. Each song is unique, and in a lot of them, the feeling of the song totally changes part way through. But they really are amazing. Jimmy Eat World - Ok, they are the kings of sad songs. In fact, the best part of them are the lyrics to their songs. Can you say amazing? Yes you can. I've been listening to them since I was like 12, and I still love them. I don't know how, but they just never get old. The Spill Canvas - This guy has gotten really popular recently. I checked the comments on this page, and I was like "WHOA!" (because, I still say whoa). Nobody knew about them last year, I guess their new album is really awesome... I'm going to have to listen to it. But the first album, is amazing. It's like classic guitar mixed with rock. It's crazy. It's crazy good. It's grrrrrrreat! The only problem I have with them is that it's a one man band (I think, correct me if I'm wrong) but he's still very young, so every now and then you hear something that drives you crazy, like in The Tide, the line "Due to neglect, From their mother........blah blah" Drives me nuts, because "Due to neglect" just doesn't sound right. But there are songs like Bracelets that is just absolutely perfect. Tony Bennett - Even in my punk rock days, I would list my favourite bands, and it would always be "AFI, Thursday, Alkine Trio, Thrice, and Tony Bennett!" I have no idea why I love him so much, but I do. Beautiful voice, great lyrics, and all that jazz. Everyone loves Tony Bennett, why don't you? Fall Out Boy - I don't actually listen to them, but I am butros butros impressed. They have that preteen rock band sound, but that guys voice is just great. You just don't hear unique voices very often, and I'm just so impressed with it. So I'm glad that they're finally getting the attention they deserve, and if some says, "WOW! Fall Out Boy!" I'm not going to go "urrgh" Unless in their next album they decide to go punk.... then I'll be forced to hate them. Hmmm.. that's it I think....... please ignore my spelling mistakes, I seem to have a lot of trouble typing album for some reason. Peace (Who's going to Summerland? I'M GOING TO SUMMERLAND!)

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0615greenday-grenade15-ON.html ok, what the spoon is with that article? It poses so many questions that I will just have to ask you them: 1) Green Day is 70's punk? 2) They resurrected punk single-handedly? 3) American Idiot is ROCK OPERA?!? 4) A 12 year old kid doesn't know what a hand grenade looks like? Does anyone even know what 70's punk is nowadays? Like, Green Day isn't even punk to begin with, but to say they play punk from the best punk period of all time? BLASPHEMY! Is Green Day the only band out there that are considered punk? What about AFI, Alkaline Trio, Thrice? What about Good Charlotte or Blink 182? Did they not have anything to do with punk? (Scraping the bottom of the barrel there) Sure Good Charlotte and Blink 182 may not be very punk, but they definately made it way more mainstream than Green Day has. Queen is rock opera, not American Idiot. There are no parts of the song that even assume the possibility of it being rock opera! Even when I was in Grade 3 and 4 I knew the song "Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's off to school we go, With hand grendades and razor blades, Hi ho, Hi ho Hi ho Hi ho" If anything, the only thing I was unsure of the appearance were razor blades. Also, just so you know, I didn't mind Green Day back in their "Oh, we're just another rock band" days, but when they start trying to be punk, it just burns me up. It's like when Jennifer Lopez thought she was an actress? And we all know how that turned out (coughGIGLIcough) Peace. PS, I know that there are only a few real punk bands listed in that little list, but I haven't downloaded much punk over the last year.... I've been distracted by the awesomeness that is Mando Diao.

Ok, so I was listening to Less than Jake's albun Pezcore, and I came across the song "Growing Up on a Couch". I spent the next 10 minutes trying to figure out where I knew that intro from. It nearly killed me. I remembered that it was a girly sounding voice, so I went through all the music with girly sounding voices (basically, Tsunami Bomb and that one Le Trigre song) with no success. After being plauged by the thought of "What the hell is that from!!!!" all day, my little grey cells kicked in, and the mystery was solved: Fall Out Boy. Listen to it people! Dance, Dance and Growing Up on a Couch have nearly the exact same intro! Anyway, that is the musical contribution for this entry, and now we will move on to more IMPORTANT topics. I.E. my ranting time about that whole "anti-religious" thing that seems to be sweeping North America. I suppose it's being politically correct, but I also think it's gone too far. I can see that if you go to a public school, it would be very diffucult to give a day off to every religious holiday, but that shouldn't mean that these kids shouldn't be allowed to express their religion if they want, right? Remember back a few years ago when the US was really concerned because their Pledge of Alligance (I think) had the words "Under God" in it? Just to point it out, in case you haven't noticed, most religions have a God in it, whether or not it goes by that name. The only people that MIGHT have a problem with that is Buddhists or Atheists, but in the US, where most people are Christian, shouldn't majority rule? Like, if you are buddhist or atheist, than either: just don't say that line, or replace the word God with the higher power of your choice. It's very simple, don't you think? Anyway, I'm ranting about this because it's no longer just about the P.o.A., it seems to have spread to everywhere. No longer are they "Christmas Cookies" or "Christmas Cake", but "Holiday Cookies" and (the truely inferior) "Fruit Cake". If people have such a problem with racism and unacceptance of other religions, isn't this giving them mixed messages and telling our children (well, Your, I don't have children) that instead of accepting differences, we should just change the rules so nobody gets anything? Do you make everyone take remidial studies just because there's one "learning disabled" kid in the class? Think about it. Ben Stein wrote a very good bit, which is here: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/benstein2.asp I suggest you all go read it, because it's a lot better than what I wrote. Peace, yo.

Ok kids... It's me again... Not like anyone is reading this, but I still like to post my comments, because 1) I can get my point accross, and 2) nobody can tell me I'm wrong, because they can't get in contact with me :D. I know that this is yet another bashing (bash bash) entry, but it needs to be said (I'll make a complimentary entry one day... I promise). So! Disposible Cleaning... Is anyone else sick of it? It's on all the advertisements on TV, sometimes the radio, in print material, etc, etc, etc. For some reason, people think that it's the best thing since sliced bread, or, for some people, sliced cheese. Personally, I think it's one of the most useless and wasteful things I've seen in a long time. And because I hate it so much, I have separted it into three categories: "Kill all germs", "Make your house smell fresh" and "Just use and toss!". which I will now describe in greater detail. 1) THE GERMOCAUST: What is it with people and making their home as sanitary as a brain surgeon's rocket ship in the making? Like, what are a few germs gonna do to us? Sure, I can see washing things properly, and making sure that wherever the chicken touched gets thouroughly cleaned, but bleaching your countertops and using rust remover on your sink is a few steps too far. All you need in your kitchen to keep you away from unhealthy germs are a few pieces of advice. a) Use a wooden chopping board: many people think that plastic is the way to go, but wood has something in it that is a natural antibacterial, and also, as plastic gets more chopped up, bacteria collects in the areas you can't clean, which isn't good for you. b) Cook food properly: Next time that your buddy says they have the stomach flu, they're really saying they had food poisoning. Keep meats and vegetables/fruits on separate chopping boards to prevent contamination. c) Use soap: If you just clean things and then rinse them off, most bacteria will be gone. However, I hear that poultry is different and needs to be cleaned very thouroughly. Everyone in my family has lived all the years of their lives without having to sterilize everything they own, why do they have to start now? And also, remember that it's oftent the kid who eats dirt when they were younger that ends up being the healthiest. 2) AIR FRESHENERS Ok, just so you know, so that you don't get paranoid or self concious of your home, if you house doesn't smell of anything, it doesn't mean it smells bad. The same thing with you, but that's another story. If your home is noticeably smelling bad, instead of just covering it up, you should find the source of a problem: a leaky pipe, a dirty garbage can, a rotting corpse in your basement. Fix the problem and the smell will go away. Also, a LOT of people in the world have alergies. I had this problem a few months ago when I had a sinus infection, and for some reason my English teacher had an air freshener in her classroom. I gave me a SPLITTING headache (so bad I actually could NOT concentrate at all), it made my throat dry and sore, and it always made me feel really tired (like not "hmm... sleepy....." but like "god... I have to sleep.... I can't keep my eyes open... uuuurrrrggghhh"). I didn't like it at all, and I ended up having to ask her to remove it. 3) "BUT IT'S ICKY!" GET OVER IT! So what if your towel isn't sparkling white! That why you use it to clean rather than dry yourelf after a bath! You don't see people wearing a Burberry raincoat to run a marathon in do you? And mops often only collect the dirt on the surface, that's why if you use a mop for a while, and then scrub on your hands and knees it will look a whole lot cleaner. And if you're grossed out by some dirt dug into a mop head then try to find one with a removeable cloth pad that can be washed, instead of just throwing out something everytime you want to clean your house. Like seriously, what's next? Disposable underwear? Disposable dishes? Disposable shoes? COME ON PEOPLE, we start taking recycling seriously and then what do we do? start throwing out the stuff we use to clean our houses with? That's the way to help the environment. Ok... and while you're saving the earth my not using these useless cleaning products, recycle your pop and beverage containers (you're going to the supermarket to buy them, why not reuturn while you're at it?) recycle your paper and cardboard (I'm pretty sure you can do it all over the world by now) and also see if there's plastic recycling or a compost service in your community. There's both where I live and it's not exactly the biggest city. And even if there's not a composting service, do it yourself. You'll be surprised how much stuff doesn't end up in the garbage can. Have fun saving the world you superheros you. (PS. No, I'm not a hippy)

Hello my now fellow musicites, I am hyper_hyo, the queen of all things good and holy and spit-upon-able (in a theoretical sense). And since this is a music filled site, I will be ranting about things... Such as punk rock. REAL punk rock, not that fake shitty kind... like green day (fume, fume). Anyway, so to those people that look at this and say "OMIGOD! I c4nt belive she just s4d th4t!!!!!1!!" (with their illiteracy, and their bad spelling, and their stupid-stupid-stupid-ness of them...) you have obviously never heard real punk rock. Let's take a test, shall we? Question the first: Who are the Ramones Question the second: Name six of their songs (with out looking them up) Question the third: How many are still alive? The answers to these questions will be in the middle of the paragraph so you don't try to cheat. In the mean time, I will share with you a little story I like to call "I Think We're in the Middle of the Paragraph Now". So the answers are (dun dun dun daaaaa) 1-the kings of punk rock, the gods if you will. They really were the beginning of punk. What, with their knowledge of three chords, the ability that one has to know all the lyrics of their songs after hearing one line, how could you say no? 2- You can search it now to see if the ones you thought of were real songs, but I'm going to prove myself by listing off 6 of my favourite songs: Chainsaw, Sheena is a Punk Rocker, Blitzkreig Bop, Rock and Roll High School, The KKK Took my Baby Away, Do you wanna Dance, etc. 3- Not many, I do believe only one was still alive and kickin' the last time I checked, but I might be wrong.... I hope I'm not, that would be embarassing. On to the more recent punk rockers of our generation. AFI - one of my favourite bands, I love 'em to bits. Their songs have evolved from the Ramones by intencifying the lyrics and making them more mysterious, moody, poetic and gloomy. They have learned that there are more than three chords, and they fit this all together so well that you can't help but love them. Look up their official webite and look for the button at the bottom of the screen which says something along the lines of "Go to old website" click on it, and there should be a picture of a speaker on the navagaiton bar at the top which will allow you to listen to three of their songs: Head Like a Hole (orginally by Nine Inch Nails, but they do an awesome job), The Leaving Song Pt.2, and Girl's not Grey (the song that will make you fall in love with them, guaranteed). Next I will tell you of a few bands that I also suggest if you start to get adventurous, and a few bands that you should avoid like one of those little yappy dogs that look small but have the capability of biting your left leg off. Some of my favourite punk rock bands (after the Ramones and AFI, of course) are The Alkaline Trio (they have somewhat cheery instrumental but more gloomy and less poetic lyrics and AFI), Thursday, and Thrice. I also like regular Rock bands, but they will be featured in another episode of "Music with Hyper_hyo!". But there are some bands that you should never listen to, no matter how "popular" they are, or how ever often you used to listen to them -- just let them rot in the graves they dug. Firstly, Green Day (I can hear people sharpening their plastic katanas already....). I know, I know, people think they're great, but do what I said in the bit about AFI and you will soon see (or should we say "hear") the problem. Their lyrics have no substance, the melody of the songs are all very simplistic and rudimental. Even the guy that sings can't sing the songs so they fit in with the instrumental. LIke in that song about waking up, and september? I keep on hearing it on the radio, and every time I do, I always think "but that line doesn't fit" (it's the line about the memory res, .something-or-other). Face it kiddies, it just doesn't sound as good as anything else. And I know I'm digging myself a deeper grave, and making more people dislike me, but update your winamp lists people. Blink 182 and Sum 41 and Avril La-ugly just don't have what takes. They basically have the same problems as Green Day does, but at least they don't really -try- to seem punk. And finally, the stuff you should never ever ever ever ever ever listen to. Taking Back Sunday. I've said it before, and I'll say it again; they seem to have two people with equally ugly voices wanting to be lead singer and feel as if they have to compete with each other to recieve that title, and the only way of doing that is by singing louder than the other person. Also, their lyrics are terrible and their instrumental is just atrocious. It's a waste of you life listening to them, it's an even bigger waste to try to find a song of theirs to listen to -- take it from me, just don't do it. So, that closes up the first installment of this musical journal, I hope you all enjoyed and don't hate me too much! Rock on my fellow punk rock liking guys! And to those of you that like Pop: here, have some hypothetical Diet Pepsi - the pep is what makes you LOOSE calories as you drink it! (wink wink, nudge nudge)