Justin Bieber is a _____

Can we talk about this guy for a moment. This little boy is the biggest POS I've ever seen in my life. He drives drunk, like really drunk, gets pulled over, shows no remorse about it and instead tries to bribe the cop by saying how he's Justin Bieber, which is also illegal. I mean this little boy puts a serious damper on the music industry, he steals listeners away from artists who actually have talent and is a really horrible role model. Seriously, I'll give you $50 if you can sit through a whole album of his and not completely lose your temper. By the end of a single song I wanted to go destroy every last trace of that song from every computer/cd in the entire world. I was pretty riled up about it.

Class Discussion: Draft/What would it take to join the military

I've always been really patriotic, Merica ya wooooohhh let's kill some terrorists. Both of my Grandfathers fought in wars, my Dad's dad in the Korean war and my Mom's dad in WWII. And, to be honest, I've always really wanted to serve my country through military involvement. However, by military involvement I don't mean fighting, or even having to hold a gun, I was thinking more engineering or strategy. I don't think I could ever be able to fight, more specifically be shot at. Plus you hear so much about people just being completely changed and traumatized from the experience that, while they didn't actually die, they're so distraught that they wish they had died. I just couldn't do it, and if there were a draft, I'd probably book it to Australia.

Jay Z

So once again I haven't really been listening to much. I did go through and listen to the entire Magna Carta album by Jay Z. I was dissapointed. There was so much hype surrounding the album an I never really listened to it all the way through. Most of the songs were pretty crappy. I enjoyed holy grail... And that was about it. The rest all ha shitty beats and I just felt that Jay Z's flow was off. I've always had a lot of respect for Jay Z as an artist, but I'm going to have to say Magna Carta was sub par.

Big Star

I did in fact pay attention to most of the movie. However, it was hard to follow because I never really paid attention to the names, so by the end they kept referring to these names and I really had no idea what they were saying. For the duration that I did understand it seemed sad. These guys were obviously incredible musicians but they never really hit it big. I really thought that it was cool when they were talking about all of these big name bands, I don't remember the names besides them, that started up as just teen garage bands. Thought that was pretty cool.

Talent

I really enjoyed the discussion we had the other day in class about talent, most specifically my horrible singing. You had some really awesome insight that I had never thought about before. But I just can't say that there's no talent. I've been an athlete my whole life, and I've competed against people who've had the worst work ethic, the worst attitude, the worst fundamentals, yet they're still phenomenal athletes. I do hate word talent, it sounds like an excuse. "well, they were more talented than us." Bullcrap. Talent should never be used as a reason for why somebody beat you. Like you said, hard work surpasses any amount of talent. But I'd still have to attest that it exists, I bear witness to numerous instances where somebody has just been talented. But more often than not they don't grow that talent. Would you agree with that?

What I'm Listening to

I'm going to be honest with you, I haven't really been listening to much lately. Actually not at all. I just simply haven't had time. Yeah I still play the filthiest dubstep I can find while doing my Calculus homework, but all that crap sounds the same anyway. I did happen to listen to some of 101.5s late night broadcast on the radio. Oh my, it was horrible. Past 10 PM 101.5, an awesome alternative radio station, turns into a heavy metal station. It's so bad. Just the genre itself, I don't understand how people can listen to that. Obviously, I respect their opinion, but seriously it hurts my ears.

Elephant

If you remember, the other day I told you how the song "elephant" by tame Impala sounds exactly like John Lennon. I've been listening to that song a lot recently. I also listened to the album but it was pretty bad. That song is the epitome of the kind of music that I like to listen to: sick instrumentals with "chill" vocals. And by chill I mean vocals that you don't actually need to listen to.

Mr. A's Album

It was a very interesting album. Overall I enjoyed it very much and thought it was a very good album. It was interesting in the fact that I don't know how I would classify the album. It did posses some rock elements in the guitar and vocals, however, I couldn't call it rock. Indie rock, maybe. But even then the vocals were very soft and carried a mellow atmosphere. I thought that the second side of the vinyl contained a more rock-vibe, however even then it was still more.... indie, I guess, than rock. I would suggest this album to anybody who enjoys listening to some relaxing, comforting, and well orchestrated music.