RIP The King of Pop

Rest In Piece Michael Jackson

Hearing about Michael Jacksons death was of course a shocker. I didn't know what to think at first, I actually became rather emotional inside. For me, Michael Jackson is such an amazing artist, no one will ever be able to compare to him. His music was the most influential, incredibly written music ever. Its hard to put into words how his music truly impacted my life. I remember listening to him ever since I was little, my dad would tease me because Thriller would scare the shit out of me. But his music was so inspirational, and played a part in giving me such an open mind. Songs like Black and White, Earth Song, Man in the Mirror, Heal the World, They Don't Care About Us, and many others, all were so real and true, he sang it perfectly where you could feel his passion in the lyrics he was singing. And if it wasn't lyrics it was just the song, Remember the Time, Jam, Keep it in the Closet, Scream, and SO many others are just incredible beats and just pretty much perfectly put together and preformed. But his music is so captivating he just grabs you w/ his lyrics and just the flow and beat of his music, just made you want to dance. And oh MAN could he dance. He was so crisp and clean, and perfect w/ his moves, he just never missed a beat. Remember the Time's dance sequel is one of my favorites, along w/ Smooth Criminal, Bad, and countless others [Of course Thrillers choreo was AMAZING] He seriously changed music and dance forever. Its hard to put into words the amount of talent this man really truly had.

No one seems to notice that anymore, all they decided to talk about was the negative things about him, and the shit he was accused of. I would think since he died people would ignore that and possibly giving him the credit he deserves considering he's probably been a musical influence in some of the artists they listen to. Without Michael Jackson we wouldn't have a lot of the artists we do today, only few are true artists, a lot of the shit coming out now is retarded, but thats another post lol.

I thought that the MJ tribute at the 09 VMA's almost made me want to cry, I thought it was awesome for Janet to come out and kind of have her last performance with her brother. The dancing was incredible, it was so well put together I was pretty much speechless and yes Kanye is a douche for what he did to Taylor, he also took away the fact that that night was suppose to celebrated in Michaels memory and Kanye, in my opinion, really disrespected that, and Taylor. But anyway, please feel free to comment about Michaels music and dance and how it has impacted your life. And please, remember him for all his great things, like revolutionizing music and dance forever. And enjoy the videos =]

Thank you

Lisa Lavie

I found this chick browsing youtube the other day and I can't stop listening to this one song. She has a really cool unique voice. So enjoy :)



Check out her other videos on her youtube page

I like her Mariah Carey cover of 'All I want for Christmas"

Check it Out!!

I made a bad ass playlist! lol its at the bottom of my page, for some reason you might have to scroll aaaalllllllllllll the way down for it to start, but I think its pretty bad ass. It has some of my favorite songs by my favorite bands/artist. Some new stuff mixed with some old and some heavy mixed with some soft. Hopefully this has music that interests others also and they'll come back to listen to it :) I know my blog isn't much now, I'm trying to think of some great posts to write. For some reason I've just have had one massive brain fart lately lol.

Well, we get to pick up our car from the mechanic tomorrow. Well, since its 2 am, today. I'm pretty excited. We have a 92 licoln continental (yeah I know) lol it was my dads and when I totalled mine he gave me his, he rocks. It's actually a pretty smooth ride... well was lol. We just got the power steering and radiator fixed. But still have some work to do lol. This is what is left on our check list of what needs to be fixed:
- heater core
- ignition
- brakes
- usually the hood stays up by itself, but not anymore, gotta get that fixed
- the drivers side seatbelt doesn't always like to work, i have to flip it over for it to work
.....ummm lets see what else
- oh the DCL or dash basically, its all electric and it fucking BEEPS repeatedly at times to let you know something is wrong. The dash is cracked where my dad beat the shit out of it to try and get it to quit beeping lol
- the cd player in the radio doesn't work either for some reason
and I think thats it, except we need new windshield wipers lol
but that is it... for now

Its a pretty pimpin ride tho lol. I'm just glad I'm finally legal, after my wreck my license was suspended (oops) so I had to drive around and hide from cops, but thankfully we seriously drive it like twice a week and that is usually across the street. For awhile our tag was bad too and we didn't have insurance. But I guess you can say life is looking up because it is completely legal for me to drive now :) and I paid my fines. WOOT
Now to just fix the damn thing.
This is what I did to my beautiful, amazing cobalt *facedesk*


Oops.

Fuck that really sucked too. And if you notice the guy that hit me, the truck, yeah had barely any damage! Fucker. But ever since I'm scared to death of left turns, I will drive around the block to not make a left turn on a busy street. It freaks me out! It was my first wreck and thank God I didn't get hurt. The firemen and cop told me if it would have been a little more back or forward I could have rolled or got really hurt. Ugh, that was one of the worst days of my life!

But you live, you learn. And boy did I learn my lesson lol. Now I get made fun of by my lovely passenger Geno for driving like a grandma, but oh well.

Okay well its getting late and I'm getting tired. So night!

Triple threat!

So, G and I decided to finally get out and do something for ourselves since we had some cash to do so. So we went and saw Papa Roach, Seether, and Staind here. It was awesome, I've seen all 3 bands before but for all 3 together that is just too bad ass. I thought I wouldn't be able to get my camera in so I just took an old cell phone that recorded video. And got a few good songs. The audio actually isn't bad, video is shit however lol. So here are a few that I recorded:

This is Papa Roach, they had an amazing set, a great wind up band that is for sure!


Seether playing "rise above this" Listening to him sing this live gives me chills, such an awesome fuckin song.


Seether again playing "Broken" another great song, you can't really tell in video but he had some of the members of red on stage.


Staind playing "Right here waiting" they did an awesome job as well. Played a lot more of their older stuff than their newer which was good.


okay so audio on the last one isn't the greatest, but oh well, it was awesome.

Pandora.com

Well, I have to say, I had heard of this site but never went there, but finally did and I have to say it fucking rocks. I entered 3 bands, Evanescence, Slipknot, and 10 years and loved just about every song its played. It's like listening to my own playlist, but its making it for me haha. I tried to add the widget but I guess its broken :( Oh well, there is a little button to the left that will launch pandora from here, if only I could get some My Dead X, Rook, or Congress of a Crow to play on it ;)

Well, take it easy!
♫♪ Sarah ♫♪

what is it about music?

I don't know about anyone else but music is fucking awesome in my opinion. I didn't really start to get into music until I was 13/14, but ever since its been a passion of mine. My first real awesome concert was when my mom took me to see Evanescence when I was 14. It was amazing. Evanescence is one of the first bands where I felt connected to the music. If anyone is like me they know what I'm saying. Here is I guess the main reasons for my love of music.



To me, that kind of explains it all. Music is expression, and most songs can tell a story. Whether its a story of love, hate, pain, or sadness, most songs can explain a lot if you just listen. Ever dedicate a song to someone because you just couldn't find the words to say what the song explains perfectly? lol. I just love the expression you can get from listening to some songs. Staind is one of my all time favorites, Aaron Lewis, is the king. His voice mixed w/ his lyrics, could make me cry if its the right song lol. I think its an awesome talent to be able to write something out, put music to it, and you can just feel the emotion w/ every word that is sang. So many times when listening to music I just zone out into the song. I'm not good at writing or expressing things w/ words, so for me to be able to connect w/ a song is just an awesome release.

There are songs I can listen to that just can take me back in time. One in particular is Into the Mystic by Van Morrison. I LOVE this song. My grandpa was a big Van Morrison fan and would listen to him a lot. I spent a summer at his house about 1 year before he died. This (listening to it now :D ) was the only song played at his funeral. It was a very sad day of course, and seriously this song gives me chills and tears almost every time I play it. Every time I hear it I remember him and everything about him, and it makes me sad b/c I miss him, but still just reminds me of how cool my g-pa was which makes me smile. For me I love how a song can capture that memory and emotion in it every time I hear it.

I listen to a variety of music, so for me, the ultimate deciding factors on if I like a song or not, are basically if its got good rhythm, maybe some good guitar shreds in there, if I can sing along, or headbang lol. The singer for me usually has to have a good voice, not always, but most the time. It sells a song for me if the lyrics follow the music and if the vocals are awesome, and real. I appreciate real talent, I have to say that I most likely would never go to a rap show, b/c from what I can see its the person and their 'crew' rapping along w/ the track, sure the main guy will do most of it while the crew throws in random 'uhs' and 'yeah' and occasionally will sing along w/ the track... Sorry I don't want to hear someone sing/rap over their own track... not too cool, just as if you were to lip sync.

There is nothing better than going to a show though. Nothing like being up front w/ the performers practically sweating and screaming in your face. I love the venue in my town called the Cains Ballroom. Its an old venue, w/ wood floors, that are spring loaded. You get enough people to jump it can be like a trampoline lmfao. But nothing like packing that place full of mother fuckers ready to rock out. The final touch for me is the live performance, if they sell it or not lol. I love the bands that get on stage and are just as ready to go crazy as you and that can just work the crowd. No one likes to just stand there staring at a stage of people standing in one spot, I don't think haha.

Well,
Thanks for reading!
♫♪Sarah♪♫

emo/scene

I came across this site the other day that, just caught my attention. The site was titled your scene sucks, It seemed like a game where you pick if you're an emo, metal head, whatever. I honestly didn't even pick a person lol. What truely inspired me to write about this site is mainly one 'hate' email the creator got that made me laugh... pretty hard.

" so your saying you dont believe in emo? WELL THEN YOU DONT BELIEVE IN EMOTIONS thats all it is people who like to express themselves not hide there emotions and pretend there tough when there sad they will show when they are in love they will show it when they are angry they will show it so dont tell me there is no such thing as emo "

The bolded line made me laugh the most. I'm thinking, WOW! Is he saying if you're not emo you don't show emotion? Bahaha. I wish I could email him. I personally don't label myself anything but myself, I try not to label or categorize others, but seriously, when you see a group of kids all wearing the hidious tight jeans, all w/ tshirts that could possibly be different but they're all band shirts from the same music genre, they all have the studded belts, crazy make up, and most them have crazy hair, or the same haircut as person next to them.... but yet this group claims to all be individuals. In my opinion, yes, everyone is different, but no, that doesn't make everyone individuals.

I'm proud to consider myself an individual, I dress in the same clothes I've had for awhile, yes they are mainly band tshirts, but they are from various genres. I haven't gone clothes shopping in the past year to make sure I get whats in style at that time. I shop at hot topic, but I like to shop gordmans, target, or aeropostal. I like to think I don't fit into a label. I will admit I don't shop at american eagle and hollister b/c I'm not going to pay 80 bucks for a pair of jeans or 30 dollars for a tshirt. I buy anything comfortable.

I will say that I do make fun of emo's occasionally for the very reason that they all look the same. And most are dolts like the one from the above statement. Many other emails I read were similar people crying about the site. I don't hang out with anyone really considered "emo" but from what I gather it seems to make them mad to get called emo or being made fun of for looking like one, but yet... isn't that what they called themselves, called... not call b/c like I said I dunno lol. But I do know that they need to learn some concert etiquette. I went to a red jumpsuit apparatus show. I like them, so I was somewhat near the front, then next thing I know some guy with pants tighter than mine lands on my head and we throw him to the ground. I look behind me and LITERALLY these kids are running and their friends are throwing them and launching them through the air, only to crash onto someones head. I'm thinking are you fucking kidding me? Crowd surfers piss me off enough, but atleast we can expect them somewhat and see them coming. If someone is being launched from behind me, I can't see that coming cause the mother fucker is flying in the air.... I can almost guarantee that at a metal show, people won't be that stupid.

I've gone to concerts for about 6 years now and have never been around so many idiots in one venue. I've been to shows and got sucked into a mosh pit and had compete strangers stop just to make sure I don't get hurt. I don't mosh much I like to watch the show lol, but it used to be common courtesy to watch out for others when your at a show, but now its like a competion to be the biggest jackass. *rolls eyes* Oh well.

Thanks for reading!
♫♪Sarah♪♫