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Favourite Album of '07.

Posted : 5 hours, 32 minutes ago on 16 May 2008 02:55 (A review of Infinity on High)

I really truly love this cd. I bought it the week it came out and it's a rare day that I don't listen to at least a few of the songs on it. One of the things I love about Infinity on High is that it's so different from the I had been hearing on the radio. You might think it's just your typical pop-punk but really there's a lot of diversity here. I can hear the sounds of metal, hardcore, r&b, and funk on various songs. There's even something like a piano ballad, but not, since this is Fall Out Boy after all. Another thing I really love about Infinity on High is Patrick's voice. He's such a strong singer and he's grown a ton vocally since From Under a Cork Tree. Without a doubt my favourite song on this album is 'You're Crashing But You're No Wave'. It's a song that tells a story and I love the lyrics in this song and the way Patrick sings them.

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A Must Hear.

Posted : 2 weeks, 2 days ago on 30 April 2008 06:22 (A review of Whisper War)

Incredible!! I can't believe this is their debut album. I don't have the words for how much I love this album. I love how 'One of Those Nights' bleeds into 'Bounce'. Patrick really can't help singing on song's he's produced can he? I'm really having trouble picking a favourite song. I really dig 'I'm a Wonder' but 'Bounce' and 'This City is Contagious' are amazing as well. I'm also really impressed with ''Vegas Skies, they've done the improbable and written a ballad that I actually really like. The only thing I'm not quite sure I like is the vocal effects in 'High Hopes in Velvet Ropes' and I'm sure that a couple days from now I'll enjoy that too.

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The Best Cooking Show.

Posted : 1 month, 1 week ago on 5 April 2008 06:50 (A review of The Best)

The Best is perhaps my favourite cooking show ever. I don't know what it is about it but I absolutely love this show. Maybe it's watching the three chefs prepare the dishes in the laid-back atmosphere of their kitchen. Or maybe it's the way the chefs help each other prepare the dishes. The Best promotes itself as a competition but if it is it's a very friendly competition.

I do wish The Best had stayed on air for longer. I would have loved to see more then the ten episodes made.

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Not Your Average Everyday Procedural.

Posted : 1 month, 1 week ago on 5 April 2008 06:37 (A review of Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service)

NCIS is currently one of my favourite scripted shows on tv. It's definitely not your everyday crime show. This show's just as much about the characters as it is about the crime of the week, if not more so. That's one of my favourite things about NCIS actually, that it focuses on how people who are so different from each other work together. What with main characters being the goth lab tech, the English doctor, the hard ass leader, the movie buff playboy, and the IT geek. NCIS is also a show that brings the funny. When I first got into the show I kept asking myself 'Is this show being this hilarious on purpose'?

One of the most memorable quotes -
"NCIS? Is that anything like CSI?"
"Only if you're dyslexic."

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Great Concert, Bad Directing.

Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago on 2 April 2008 04:55 (A review of **** Live In Phoenix)

I think Fall Out Boy put on an amazing show in this dvd. The audio was great and the camera crew did an awesome job filming. Patrick's voice is truly a lot deeper live than you'd expect listening to Fall Out Boy's cd's. But the concert portion of the dvd was full of directorial choices that took me out of the moment. One of my biggest pet peeves for concert dvd's is gratuitous crowd shots and there were A LOT here.

The Behind the scenes section was really well done. I'd seen a good deal of the clips during the Honda Civic Tour but they added a bunch of stuff I hadn't seen and it was great to see all of it in such high quality.

Overall my favourite part of the dvd I think is the drum solo. Andy's great drummer and the shooting here was top quality.

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"My name is Asneeze, father of Ahchoo."

Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago on 31 March 2008 06:32 (A review of Robin Hood: Men in Tights)

Robin Hood: Men in Tights is a side-splittingly funny movie. When I saw it for the first time in theaters I was finally old enough to get some of Brook's more adult jokes and about died laughing. I don't usually like musical numbers but I think the 'We're Men in Tights' song/dance number is fabulous. I love this movie and it makes laugh just quoting lines from it. Truly one of my favourite movies.

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"I'm a Mog - half man, half dog."

Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago on 31 March 2008 04:22 (A review of Spaceballs)

Spaceballs was the first Mel Brooks film I ever saw and it's long been one of my favourite parodies out there. Even just thinking about some of the lines in this movie makes me giggle. I grew up on the kind of movies Spaceballs is spoofing and I think that makes it even funnier. As the saying goes - it's funny 'cause it's TRUE! It amazes me how many laughs can be squeezed out of Spaceballs.

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An Enduring Favourite.

Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago on 29 March 2008 06:22 (A review of Blue Sword)

The Blue Sword is an amazing book. I don't know if I have the words to describe how much I love reading this book. I love the world that Robin McKinley's built in this book and The Hero and The Crown. Of the two though I'd have to say The Blue Sword is my favourite. Harry Crewe is the kind of strong female character that I love to read about. The way she grows and the way the romance between her and Corlath never felt forced to me. I love all the little mentions of Aerin and the Hero and the Crown. Just one of my all time favourite books I've ever read.


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Five Years Later Still a Great Album.

Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago on 29 March 2008 02:32 (A review of Stripped)

Inexplicably I hated Stripped the very first time I heard it. But on just the next listen I feel absolutely in love with it.I've loved Christina's voice since I watched her on the MMC it's only gotten better from then. When I first heard Dirrty on the radio I was completely taken aback that this was Christina Aguilera I was hearing but I thought it awesome none the less. Even now, five years later, I can only think of one, maybe two songs I don't still enjoy. It's hard to pick favourites but Fighter, Make Over and Get Mine, Get Yours may well be the ones I played most.

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Ragtime indie pop-rock sound

Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago on 27 March 2008 04:18 (A review of Goodbye Blues)

Goodbye Blues is a BIG step forward for The Hush Sound. Greta's voice has grown so much since Like Vines it amazes me. She's developed a blues-y jazzy tinge to her voice that really works with their overall sound on this album. There's a sort of ragtime feel to a lot of the songs that I like, it enhances the indie pop-rock sound they have. My current favourites - Medicine Man, The Boys Are Too Refined, and Molasses.

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