Check me out temporarily (or until Connor decides to post again) here:
That's where I am posting for the time being. No real difference than my posting here except for the URL. So, check it! I'm out!
Cory, Le Blog
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Goin' Solo Until Connor Steps it Up...
Things have slowed down here on the blog as you can tell. Neither of us are posting really, if you are really keeping track. But, I am still blogging, I have not stopped. I just switched to my own blog. Connor got frustrated with this fact. What I told him is if he posts two or three times in one week, I will come back to the good ole' Le Blog. But until then, I'm goin' solo like Justin leavin' NSYNC.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Making Tough Guys Feel Like Sissies
Danny Way obviously has no reasonable way of judging pain. He is a real man's man. Seeing him do the Big Air makes professional football players look just a little less tough. After watching him wipe out at the X Games Big Air, there is no reason that man should have skateboarded for the rest of the competition. He went nearly 40 feet in the air, clipped his feet on the edge of the half pipe and flipped back down the ramp (video at the top). He may have broken his foot and had a sprained neck going into the competition. The amazing thing: He finished 2nd in the competition. He held first place on and off and on his last run pulled a backflip and a Varial 540 and I thought he would surely win gold. Had Bob Burnquist not had another sick set of tricks, the injured Danny Way would have gotten first. Really, both Burnquist and Way are ridiculous men. Danny Way jumped over the Great Wall of China, has had 4 ACL replacements, and has won the X Games Big Air 3 out of his 4 entries. Burnquist jumped off a ramp, grinded on a rail, and then base jumped into the Grand Canyon (video below). I think that both of these guys have to be slightly touched in the head to do all this. Really, anybody who jumps off that Big Air ramp is an idiot. I would probably pee my pants just looking over that ramp, let alone throwing myself off it on a piece of wood and wheels.
Bob Burnquist's Grand Canyon Stunt:
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Most Anticipated Albums - Ben Rector
Ben Rector, Untitled
Here is another album that I have no idea when it will come out. I know he is recording it right now, so it could be a while. But I am stoked none the less. I have preached Ben Rector here on the blog for a while now, and I love him just as much right now. He is probably my favorite Singer/Songwriter-ish guy but I would probably call him more indie than anything else. Whatever, he is one of my favorite guys out there. He is doing this latest cd with two discs. One disc will be acoustic and the other will be full band with I think 6 songs on each. He is a really creative guy and writes great music so it should be a great cd. I just hope this cd comes out much sooner than later. Ben Rector is also blogging the recording process, you should check it out. Link is posted below.
Cory, Le Blog
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Most Anticipated Albums - Norma Jean
Norma Jean, The Anti-Mother
Norma Jean is a band I really have to be in the mood to listen to, but when I’m in the mood I love them. Their first two cd’s were very chaotic, and hard to get into. Very rarely did they have a melodic chorus, and it was a lot of odd time signature chaos. Not to say I didn’t love the first two cd’s, it’s just I liked the way they went in Redeemer more. There was more singing, or at least screaming with some sort of a pitch. Not just growling, which I think sounds pretty cool. Norma Jean has two songs up on Myspace, both of which I really like. It seems to me like they are moving to a more controlled sound. It still sounds like Norma Jean, but the songs seem to progress in a more logical way than old Norma Jean. Corey Brandon actually seems to be showing off a decent singing voice a lot in one song, something I hope we get to here more on this cd. The Anti-Mother comes out pretty soon, August 5. I imagine I will like this just as much as I loved Redeemer.
Cory, Le Blog
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Most Anticipated Albums - Anberlin
Anberlin, New Surrender
Anberlin is yet another one of my favorite bands who has a cd coming out soon. I loved Cities, and every other album they have come out with. Anberlin is not a band that has come a really far way from their debut cd. They know what they do well, and they do it. They keep making good music that is different from the past, but still inside the same basic idea. New Surrender may be more of the same, or they may really innovate this time. I would be up for either, which is one of the reasons I am excited for it. They could pretty much go either way. The band has said that this will be a lot more guitar heavy album, a lot like Paperthin Hymn in the way it is a very hard guitar riff that develops the song. They have released one song from New Surrender called Disappear. It sounds like Anberlin, but I really like it. I also hear that an old song The Feel Good Drag will be re recorded and released as the first single for New Surrender. The new album comes out September 30, but I wish it came way sooner.
Cory, Le Blog
Monday, July 28, 2008
Most Anticipated Albums - Mute Math
Mute Math, Untitled
To say that Mute Math’s sophomore LP is the album I’m most excited for this year is an understatement. Simple adjectives can’t describe this want to hear how great this cd will most likely be. I love Mute Math, and from what I have seen of their new material in their vlogs and in concert, it should be amazing. I have heard two songs live that I hope are on the record; Voice In The Silence and Clockwork, both of which were great songs. The Video Blogs they have put out this summer have just set my excitement level through the roof. This band is so talented that I think whatever they do will just ooze with creative excellence and talent. And I really can’t wait to get owned by all the incredible drum beats Darren King will throw out on this cd. No idea when it will come out, but I would bet late Fall, around October or November. Below are live performances of the two songs I have heard by them, Clockwork and Voice In The Silence. Check them out and get hyped for whatever Mute Math tells us about their new cd.
Clockwork
Voice In The Silence
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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Most Anticipated Albums - Underoath
Well, in the next few months (or at least I hope, some dates are TBD), albums from a lot of my favorite artists are going to be coming out. Anberlin, Underoath, Norma Jean, Ben Rector, Mute Math, and so many more are due to release new cds in the next few months. I figure I will run through a few of these albums in the next couple days and explain why I want them so much. One or two albums every few days should get my list done pretty quick. The way I see it, my number of albums bought this summer could be around the 20 mark, which is way more than I think I should ever spend on cd's. But anyway, just be on the look out over the next week for new albums I'm excited for (not that anyone really cares, but whatever).
Underoath, Lost in the Sound of Separation
Define The Great Line was one of my favorite cds for a long time after it came out. It showed that Underoath could make it back to their more metal roots and get further away from the screamo genre that They’re Only Chasing Safety put them in. Not to say TOCS was bad, it was great too. It’s just I think Underoath does a better job outside of this genre. From what I hear about Lost in the Sound of Separation, it seems that they are going even deeper into a darker, harder sound. From the one song I have heard, Desperate Times Desperate Measures, they are doing just that. The album drops September 2, and I have to rate this at least top 5 most anticipated albums of the year.
Cory, Le Blog
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Roy Mitchell Cardenas of Mute Math
Just a little bit ago, I stumbled across the blog of Roy Mitchell-Cardenas, the bass player for my favorite band Mute Math. It really is all pretty interesting and definitely worth reading if you are a Mute Math fan like myself. You get to hear about a lot more personal things about the band that you probably wouldn't hear anywhere else. Plus, puts out video bass lessons, which even not being a bass player are pretty interesting. I was bored, so I went back and checked out what he had to say about the last time he played a show in KC, which I had the good fortune of attending. It just builds my hype even more and more for the new cd and the inevitable tour that will follow it. Mute Math has come to Lawrence in nearly every tour they've been on (6 times) and I have seen them the last two times they have come to Kansas City. I say the last two times because I do not count their half performance at the Sprint Center opening for Alannis and Matchbox. That is not a Mute Math concert. It's like the 30 second preview for a song on iTunes. It isn't actually the song, it's just something to get you hooked on the song. They played like 4 songs and you were like really far away. It just isn't Mute Math at all. But anyway, check out Roy's blog. I have no idea how often he updates it, but he has like a million past posts, so you could have fun reading those.
Cory, Le Blog
Friday, July 25, 2008
MySpace Transmissions: Thrice
I just stumbled upon a pretty cool concert series thing, called MySpace Transmissions. There has been five bands that have played so far; Thrice, City and Colour, Vampire Weekend, Nada Surf, and James Blunt. I just watched the Thrice performance, and it is really cool. They played songs off of their Earth, Air, and Water discs. I really enjoyed the songs they played off of Earth, mainly because the versions on the cd were all stripped down, purely acoustic. These performances are full band, electric guitar and full drum kit. It really makes the songs have a completely different feel. My favorite two out of the six were Come All You Weary and Daedalus. Come All You Weary is just such a great song. Totally based off of scripture, and I really love the way Kensrue sings it. My other favorite performance is made great by the vocal. Dustin just sings Daedalus with such emotion, it's really incredible. Even if you don't love screaming, I think you can appreciate just how genuine he sounds while doing it.
The session was also released on iTunes, which I bought. 6 dollars for 6 great songs is a great deal. Plus these are very different versions than were released on the cd. Of the rest of the performances, Lost Continent from the Water disc is another highlight. It is definitely the same song, but it sounds very different than the effect-laden version on Water. Really, there isn't a bad performance in the bunch. I would embed the videos, but Myspace is difficult and won't let me. So, I extremely recommend the performance (link posted below, you can listen to the recordings there as well) and suggest you watch it. I love Thrice, so I will probably buy just about anything they put out. But I think if you like Thrice at all, the session is worth a purchase.
Also, if you have followed Thrice at all, you can see that they have come a long way in the way the look and dress. They went from young post-hardcore rockers to indie rockers with full beards. I really enjoy the way they have developed and have their own signature sound. It really shows that they aren't the same band as they were in The Artist and The Ambulance and Identity Crisis.
Cory, Le Blog
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