Top artists by plays:
1088 Alkaline Trio
1011 New Found Glory
971 Blink 182
700 Crime In Stereo
575 Tegan and Sara
522 The Startling Line
489 Have Heart
474 The Juliana Theory
465 Brand New
465 Saves The Day
Top tracks by plays:
84 Matt and Kim - Daylight
81 Alkaline Trio - Nose Over Tail
71 Alkaline Trio - Help Me
64 Jimmy Eat World - Work
64 Alkaline Trio - Cringe
64 Alkaline Trio - As You Were
63 Crime In Stereo - Bicycles For Afghanistan
60 The Starting Line - Leaving
60 Blink 182 - First Date
55 Crime in Stereo – Everything Changes/Nothing Is Ever Truly Lost
My Top Albums of 2009:
Matt and Kim - Grand
Owl City - Ocean Eyes
New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight
Passion Pit - Manners
mewithoutYou – It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All A Dream! It's Alright
Fireworks – All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion
Set Your Goals – This Will Be The Death of Us
Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything To Nothing
Polar Bear Club – Chasing Hamburg
Title Fight – The Last Thing You Forget
Morrissey - Years Of Refusal
Tegan and Sara - Sainthood
Taylor Swift - Fearless (Platinum Edition)
Best Shows I saw in 2009:
Kings of Leon
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Decemberists
The Gaslight Anthem
The Murder City Devils
Of Montreal
M83
Hockey
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
Fleet Foxes
Explosions In The Sky (2)
Girl Talk
mewithoutYou
Death Cab For Cutie
Gwar
Earth Crisis
New Found Glory (3)
Crime In Stereo (3)
Polar Bear Club (2)
Set Your Goals
Have Heart (3)
Cold War Kids (2)
Matt and Kim
Final Fight (3)
Graf Orlock (3)
Terror
Owl City (2)
Blacklisted
Worst Shows I saw in 2009:
Passion Pit
Grizzly Bear
Gwar
Lewd Acts (2)
Tegan and Sara
Animal Collective
Reunions I want in 2010:
At the Drive-In
The Smiths
Neutral Milk Hotel
Tarkio
Operation Ivy
Descendents
Breakups I want in 2010:
Underoath
Fall Out Boy
Haste The Day
Taking Back Sunday
Coldplay
Green Day
Panic At The Disco
The Mars Volta
Nickelback
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
done and done
i have completed my first semester of my junior year of college. now i shall sleep, read books i wanna read, and watch countless movies.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
it's late...can't sleep
i had coffee after 11 pm tonight. first mistake. i then tried to go to bed around 11:45. second mistake. i obviously could not sleep. soon my thoughts crept out of nowhere to torment me. i had some stupid song stuck in my head for the longest time and could not get it out. i have since forgotten it. praise 'im. i then began thinking about ultimate frisbee playoffs this weekend. throwing a frisbee around with friends is one of my favorite things to do.
im currently uploading an album onto my music blog. check it out here http://vanridesandhightides.blogspot.com/. it's by a currently defunct band called northstar. i jammed this album a lot in high school and it is still a favorite of mine. im currently listening to a song called "all i need" by a small band called Radiohead. my goodness this song puts me in the sleepy mood every time without fail. i guess thats why i chose to listen to it now because i no longer want to be conscience. as a matter of fact, this whole album is putting me to sleep. last thoughts...check out and follow me and my roommates twitter. http://www.twitter.com/thesweetlayer
also follow me personally on twitter
http://www.twitter.com/jaxonadams
im currently uploading an album onto my music blog. check it out here http://vanridesandhightides.blogspot.com/. it's by a currently defunct band called northstar. i jammed this album a lot in high school and it is still a favorite of mine. im currently listening to a song called "all i need" by a small band called Radiohead. my goodness this song puts me in the sleepy mood every time without fail. i guess thats why i chose to listen to it now because i no longer want to be conscience. as a matter of fact, this whole album is putting me to sleep. last thoughts...check out and follow me and my roommates twitter. http://www.twitter.com/thesweetlayer
also follow me personally on twitter
http://www.twitter.com/jaxonadams
Friday, October 30, 2009
A.A. Bondy - Oh the Vampire
With a vampire's kiss
I got a vampire's heart
Now I don't roll out of bed til after dark
See my teeth so sharp?
And my blood so still
You know I could drink the world and never get my fill
And when I come, I will come on like a dream
With the crimson moon shining down upon my devil's ring
You see it ain't my fault
That I am this way
Just a crying in my box for misty day
Lord what I would give
For just one drop of red
Now the dew is on the grass and I am late for bed
And when I come, I will come on like a dream
With the crimson moon shining down upon my devil's ring
I got a vampire's heart
Now I don't roll out of bed til after dark
See my teeth so sharp?
And my blood so still
You know I could drink the world and never get my fill
And when I come, I will come on like a dream
With the crimson moon shining down upon my devil's ring
You see it ain't my fault
That I am this way
Just a crying in my box for misty day
Lord what I would give
For just one drop of red
Now the dew is on the grass and I am late for bed
And when I come, I will come on like a dream
With the crimson moon shining down upon my devil's ring
Monday, October 26, 2009
First Train Home
What matters you, doesn't matter to me.
What matters to me, doesn't matter to you.
What matters to you, doesn't matter to them.
What matters to them, doesn't change anything.
What matters to me, doesn't matter to you.
What matters to you, doesn't matter to them.
What matters to them, doesn't change anything.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Fast Facts and/or Opinions
Stu has herpies
Money is overrated
Family means a lot to me
Taco Bell always satisfies
Stop Rob will become famous
Justin Timberlake is a cool dude
My phone constantly frustrates me
Everything about Harry Potter rules
Facebook is more addicting than meth
New Converge album melts my face off
Poetry by Robert Frost is most enjoyable
Dying my hair is a favorite hobby of mine
Carter once attacked me with a light saber
The Outsiders is my favorite book of all time
Heima by Sigur Rós makes me cry tears of joy
Stephen King is a better author than one may think
The Sweet Layer embodies everything good in the world
Money is overrated
Family means a lot to me
Taco Bell always satisfies
Stop Rob will become famous
Justin Timberlake is a cool dude
My phone constantly frustrates me
Everything about Harry Potter rules
Facebook is more addicting than meth
New Converge album melts my face off
Poetry by Robert Frost is most enjoyable
Dying my hair is a favorite hobby of mine
Carter once attacked me with a light saber
The Outsiders is my favorite book of all time
Heima by Sigur Rós makes me cry tears of joy
Stephen King is a better author than one may think
The Sweet Layer embodies everything good in the world
Thursday, October 1, 2009
No Roses, No Skies
She's a song unsung
She's the wild orchid in your ugly swamp
She's a song unsung
and the only white walls of her mind know what that song sounds like
The pills, the pills
and the Dr.'s promises just ain't doing the trick
cause the arms of nothing she falls asleep in
can still bring the razor to the wrist
The TV screens, the magazines
scream at you like the dogs of hell
advertising and advising you to be
anyone but your beautiful self
Prince Charming never brought you flowers
just loveless lifetime alone
No roses for you, just unlocked doors
and the deafening silence of your phone
So block your ears, close your eyes
remember that you're a golden soul fallen from the
boring, heartless Hollywood heard of lies that they call:
Beautiful
With no shoulder, no hand, no body, no man, no door,
no heart to let you
"The sun can take too long
to end the endless night"
I hear you, I feel you, I bleed with you
when our hearts begin to scream
"This life can feel too long"
But at night, you're dancing through the pain
even when you're the only one
no rose, no sky as full of the beauty of the girl who dies
but rises with every morning's sun:
Alone
She dances alone
alone - so beautiful
alone - her own romance
alone - Lady Lazarus' Life-Sustaining Dance
She's the wild orchid in your ugly swamp
She's a song unsung
and the only white walls of her mind know what that song sounds like
The pills, the pills
and the Dr.'s promises just ain't doing the trick
cause the arms of nothing she falls asleep in
can still bring the razor to the wrist
The TV screens, the magazines
scream at you like the dogs of hell
advertising and advising you to be
anyone but your beautiful self
Prince Charming never brought you flowers
just loveless lifetime alone
No roses for you, just unlocked doors
and the deafening silence of your phone
So block your ears, close your eyes
remember that you're a golden soul fallen from the
boring, heartless Hollywood heard of lies that they call:
Beautiful
With no shoulder, no hand, no body, no man, no door,
no heart to let you
"The sun can take too long
to end the endless night"
I hear you, I feel you, I bleed with you
when our hearts begin to scream
"This life can feel too long"
But at night, you're dancing through the pain
even when you're the only one
no rose, no sky as full of the beauty of the girl who dies
but rises with every morning's sun:
Alone
She dances alone
alone - so beautiful
alone - her own romance
alone - Lady Lazarus' Life-Sustaining Dance
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Hollow Place
I've been driving with the rear view mirror.
Who guessed it would be no clearer?
It got me lost, and now I'm late.
The clock's dead on, no one to blame but me.
Is this a bad chase dream where speed's not what it seems?
The pedal's pressed, but nothing works.
Bite your nails 'til your fingers hurt.
What now? What now boy?
What now? Who you are is not enough.
It's hard to know where we should go
When home's too far away and "here" is a hollow place
Where people come to softly hum
The songs that scare you most, believe me I'm scared enough
Bite down, 'cause everyone's looking.
Wouldn't this be the perfect bookend?
Little boy was scared at first.
Brazen once, but now he's gone astray
What now boy?
It's hard to know where we should go
When home's too far away and "here" is a hollow place
Where people come to softly hum
The songs that scare you most, believe me I'm scared enough
It stings to say it out loud
Who guessed it would be no clearer?
It got me lost, and now I'm late.
The clock's dead on, no one to blame but me.
Is this a bad chase dream where speed's not what it seems?
The pedal's pressed, but nothing works.
Bite your nails 'til your fingers hurt.
What now? What now boy?
What now? Who you are is not enough.
It's hard to know where we should go
When home's too far away and "here" is a hollow place
Where people come to softly hum
The songs that scare you most, believe me I'm scared enough
Bite down, 'cause everyone's looking.
Wouldn't this be the perfect bookend?
Little boy was scared at first.
Brazen once, but now he's gone astray
What now boy?
It's hard to know where we should go
When home's too far away and "here" is a hollow place
Where people come to softly hum
The songs that scare you most, believe me I'm scared enough
It stings to say it out loud
Monday, August 31, 2009
At the Bottom
i am back at school now. classes started last wednesday. that means i have homework! yay! but instead of doing homework i just read harry potter all day. i am on the 5th book and it is pretty interesting. not as interesting as the first four but this is harry potter we're talkin about...its bound to get crazy vedy vedy soon.
i now have a disneyland pass and i have gone 3 times in the past week. im already getting some quality use out of it. i had not been to d land since i was 10 years of age. it was hard remembering everything that i had once experienced there at a young age, but there were a few things that i was familiar with. pirates of the caribbean still rules. that is one thing that i can always count on...pirates being awesomely awesome. pirate tattoo in the future? yes please.
brand new's album titled "daisy" leaked onto the internet and i go my hands on it vedy quickly. they have been one of my favorite bands since freshman year of high school. every time they record an album they continue to develop musically and jesse lacey continues to be spot on lyrically. the bassist throughout the record had some groovin bass lines. the guitar work is phenomenal on this record. i cant get enough of the riffage going on here. me likey. id like to see some of these songs live in the near future.
things that make me happy:
Harley Marissa
i now have a disneyland pass and i have gone 3 times in the past week. im already getting some quality use out of it. i had not been to d land since i was 10 years of age. it was hard remembering everything that i had once experienced there at a young age, but there were a few things that i was familiar with. pirates of the caribbean still rules. that is one thing that i can always count on...pirates being awesomely awesome. pirate tattoo in the future? yes please.
brand new's album titled "daisy" leaked onto the internet and i go my hands on it vedy quickly. they have been one of my favorite bands since freshman year of high school. every time they record an album they continue to develop musically and jesse lacey continues to be spot on lyrically. the bassist throughout the record had some groovin bass lines. the guitar work is phenomenal on this record. i cant get enough of the riffage going on here. me likey. id like to see some of these songs live in the near future.
things that make me happy:
Harley Marissa
Friday, August 14, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
home is where you make it
i have been at camp for 3 and a half weeks now. i get home this saturday and im and extremely excited. i miss my family very much and also my dear friends from home. however, returning home does have its downfalls. it means that school will start very shortly. i will also miss some staff members and counselors that i have met up at camp. but life goes on...
i have come to appreciate my hometown the more i am away from it. i no longer have a distaste for the county in which i was raised. there is a heritage in san juan capistrano that is like none that i have found anywhere else. orange county is looked at among other people as a wealthy county full of snobs and ignorant fools. that is not entirely true. though, every rose does have its thorns...there are some stupid people that live there but the majority love and care for each others needs. it is hard to go back to school each fall and leave those that i love back home. i hope to still live in orange county after i am done with school. it will be hard to manage but if it is in the cards then that will be much appreciated.
i have come to appreciate my hometown the more i am away from it. i no longer have a distaste for the county in which i was raised. there is a heritage in san juan capistrano that is like none that i have found anywhere else. orange county is looked at among other people as a wealthy county full of snobs and ignorant fools. that is not entirely true. though, every rose does have its thorns...there are some stupid people that live there but the majority love and care for each others needs. it is hard to go back to school each fall and leave those that i love back home. i hope to still live in orange county after i am done with school. it will be hard to manage but if it is in the cards then that will be much appreciated.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Crime In Stereo - Bicycles For Afghanistan lyrics
So I wanted goals. I saw all I needed was:
-a home with a view of something beautiful
-a woman that I trusted
-the friends that I grew up with
But it was asking too much for us to pray things stay in exactly the same way.
And so we drift together saying "Every mirror shows the same ugly shell I've shared forever".
We drift together, yet apart and alone.
The only role for these lonely souls.
And you can see the by the lonely numbers on my bank receipts, the lonely space between these sheets, by the ravenous company I keep, comforts are few and far between.
But just this once I'll have you know, this is not a lonely soul.
This world has other sorrows than love.
-a home with a view of something beautiful
-a woman that I trusted
-the friends that I grew up with
But it was asking too much for us to pray things stay in exactly the same way.
And so we drift together saying "Every mirror shows the same ugly shell I've shared forever".
We drift together, yet apart and alone.
The only role for these lonely souls.
And you can see the by the lonely numbers on my bank receipts, the lonely space between these sheets, by the ravenous company I keep, comforts are few and far between.
But just this once I'll have you know, this is not a lonely soul.
This world has other sorrows than love.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Let It Happen
week 2 up at Sugar Pine Christian Camp is complete and a lovely weekend awaits. it should be some good times with some good people. cant wait.
i shall be going to see the film 500 days of summer today. ive been wanting to see this for a long time. i sure hope it is good. the last few indie loves films that i have seen have been disappointing.
i miss my golden locks of love
i shall be going to see the film 500 days of summer today. ive been wanting to see this for a long time. i sure hope it is good. the last few indie loves films that i have seen have been disappointing.
i miss my golden locks of love
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
The Fallen
Some stop feeling love for every word that they once sung
May I never lose my youth and If I do, may I be forgettable
May I never lose my youth and If I do, may I be forgettable
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Night Falls Over Kortedala
Jens Lekman got swine flu while in south america! sad day. hope he fully recovers. this article is taken directly from he website. read for more deets
http://www.jenslekman.com/records/smalltalk.htm
http://www.jenslekman.com/records/smalltalk.htm
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
NEW BLOG
this blog will focus more on the current music i am listening to. i will upload full albums at a time. request something and i'll get it and then upload it. please follow it too! i'll still post on this blog anything not music related.
http://vanridesandhightides.blogspot.com/
http://vanridesandhightides.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
From Here To Infirmary
off to washington to listen to some jammin tunes at the sasquatch festival.
http://www.sasquatchfestival.com/
check out the line up and be jealous...be vedy vedy jealous
http://www.sasquatchfestival.com/
check out the line up and be jealous...be vedy vedy jealous
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Full Collapse
tonight, tonight:
i thought about doing hw, then decided to put it off till after this blog post
i thought about going to bed, then decided to contemplate life
i thought about playing with lenny, then remembered i'd wasted my whole day doing that
i thought about dropping out of school, then figured i'd be too bored afterwards
i thought about reading more books, but didnt have the patience
i thought about making music, then remembered my roommates were doing their hw in peace
i thought about grace, then decided to write her a note to give to her tomorrow
i thought about my family, then laughed at how different and yet similar we all are
i thought about my friends, then loved
i thought about making a pb&j sandwich, then figured i'd be hungry in another hour anyways
i thought about selling some of my possessions, then remembered that i'm a pack rat
i thought about watching a movie, then remembered i had done that last night
i thought about afterdark tonight, then remembered how awesome adoption is
i thought about one too many things tonight
i thought about doing hw, then decided to put it off till after this blog post
i thought about going to bed, then decided to contemplate life
i thought about playing with lenny, then remembered i'd wasted my whole day doing that
i thought about dropping out of school, then figured i'd be too bored afterwards
i thought about reading more books, but didnt have the patience
i thought about making music, then remembered my roommates were doing their hw in peace
i thought about grace, then decided to write her a note to give to her tomorrow
i thought about my family, then laughed at how different and yet similar we all are
i thought about my friends, then loved
i thought about making a pb&j sandwich, then figured i'd be hungry in another hour anyways
i thought about selling some of my possessions, then remembered that i'm a pack rat
i thought about watching a movie, then remembered i had done that last night
i thought about afterdark tonight, then remembered how awesome adoption is
i thought about one too many things tonight
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Sometimes Things Just Disappear
im back at school now after having an awesome easter break with friends and family.
highlights:
ate mexican food everyday
played with shopping carts in the middle of the night
rubik's cube in my free time
downloaded some sweet new tunes
rummaged through abandoned houses
get money get paid
did not touch one hw assignment
read a lot (not for school)
lowlights:
made me too anxious for summer
highlights:
ate mexican food everyday
played with shopping carts in the middle of the night
rubik's cube in my free time
downloaded some sweet new tunes
rummaged through abandoned houses
get money get paid
did not touch one hw assignment
read a lot (not for school)
lowlights:
made me too anxious for summer
Thursday, April 9, 2009
The Bends
Midterms are finally over. Spring Break is finally here. That means that summer is just around the corner. Thank you Jesus.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
The Troubled Stateside
Cold War Kids last night at the Orpheum Theatre. New Found Glory and Set Your Goals tonight in LA. more tattoos next weekend. life is good.
p.s. i now wear dresses
p.s. i now wear dresses
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Life In General
i no longer do homework. i repeatedly complete my rubik's cube all day long. my friends are beginning to worry about me a little bit. i dont care. my rubik's cube does not get jealous if i neglect it. why are humans so complicated? wait! now that i think about it...my rubik's cube is pretty complicated too.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The '59 Sound
as you can see i do not write too many words on this thing anymore. i just post cool photos, like this...
there is a story about these. one day last year my buds and i traveled to deerlick and it was awesome. the end
there is a story about these. one day last year my buds and i traveled to deerlick and it was awesome. the end
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Say It Like You Mean It
so nexus (my worship band) has been playing a few winter camps for high school and junior high kids. the last 2 weekends we were at camp playing for them and with them. it has been pretty fun hanging with the guys in the band but its also been hard because some of us have been sick and we all miss loved ones very much while away. we have 3 more camps left so wish us luck.
this beverage is delicious.
kyle and stu know whats up. just ask them. this drink is magical.
and yes its different than squirt. thanks for asking
this beverage is delicious.
kyle and stu know whats up. just ask them. this drink is magical.
and yes its different than squirt. thanks for asking
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Interventions and Lullabies
Saint Morrissey. He's pretty cool i guess.
Hair cut tomorrow. If you know me, you know I'm really nervous.
School started this week. So far so good. New roommate Mr. Dan Westman is one awesome dude, but Mr. Trevor Storey is greatly missed.
C.S. Lewis' Narnia is a fascinating place. His Chronicles of Narnia series will forever be timeless and I long to possibly read it to a child one day. His imagination absolutely blows me away. Though it may be directed towards a younger audience, I hope to always appreciate these stories as wonderful masterpiece with amazing theological symbolism that makes so much sense in this context.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
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