Sunday, September 19, 2010

8 HISTORIC SYMBOLS THAT MEAN THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU THINK

Education for the people!

Che was a racist? And did anyone really not know that "Don't Mess With Texas" was an anti-littering campaign?

NEW JIMMY EAT WORLD



I need this now.

You can listen to samples here. This band has never put out a bad album and I can't wait for this one.

TOUR DATES:

* 9/21 - Atlanta, GA / Center Stage
On sale now
* 9/22 - Asheville, NC / The Orange Peel
Onsale now
* 9/24 - Sayreville, NJ / Starland Ballroom
On sale now
* 9/25 - Virgin Mobile FreeFest Merriweather Post Pavilion
On sale Now
* 9/29 - Los Angeles, CA / The Wiltern
On sale now
* 9/30 - San Francisco, CA / Warfield Theatre
On sale now
* 10/1 - San Luis Obispo, CA / SLO Veterans' Auditorium
On sale now
* 10/3 - Denver, CO / Ogden Theatre
On sale now
* 10/4 - Omaha, NE / Sokol Auditorium
Tix Info
* 10/5 - Milwaukee, WI / Pabst Theatre
On sale now
* 10/7 - Chicago, IL / Riviera Theatre
On sale now
* 10/8 - Royal Oak, MI / Royal Oak Music Theatre
On sale now
* 10/9 - Columbus, OH / Newport Music Hall
On sale now
* 10/11 - Philadelphia, PA / Electric Factory
On sale now
* 10/14 - New York, NY / Terminal 5
On sale now
* 10/15 - Boston, MA / House Of Blues
On sale now
* 10/17 - Toronto, CAN / Kool Haus
On sale now

Arizona show details to follow!

Support:
- Civil Twilight 9/21-9/22.
- We Were Promised Jetpacks 9/29-10/17

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

PRESEASON NFL POWER RANKINGS

http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings?year=2010&week=1

Thoughts:
  • Cowboys are #4. Hell yeah.
  • Eagles are predicted at 11-5? Redskins at 4-12? Jeez, seriously?
  • Baltimore will be incredible this year.
  • The Chargers will NOT go 13-3.
  • The Steelers are better than 18th place and 9-7, even without Ben for 4 games.
  • The Rams will win more than one game.
  • If Sanchez can keep the INTs low, the Jets will be the team to beat.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

VIBRAM FIVE FINGERS KSO- WHAT DO YOU THINK?


I ordered some of these online last week and they should come in tomorrow or the next day. They are supposed to improve posture, balance, foot/knee/back strength and a few other things that I'm forgetting.

What do you think?

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS

I've been watching these trailers over and over again. November 11, get here already!





THINK THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH REVIS' NEW CONTRACT?

Or even Andre Johnson, for that matter. Suck it up Randy. You're still making a ton of cash.

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nfl/news/story?id=5540944

DRAKE + COLDPLAY

Props to Rachel for the rec.

http://www.octobersverycold.com/

PHOTOSHOPPED? NOPE.

Cracked delivers again.

http://www.cracked.com/article_18750_17-images-you-wont-believe-arent-photoshopped-part-6.html

@ the top 5 pics: holy cow.

FOUL BACHELOR FROG

One of my favorite memes.


*taken from memegenerator.com

FANTASY FOOTBALL 2010

The official start of the NFL season cannot get here fast enough. I'm in 3 fantasy leagues this year, up from 2 last year. I feel pretty confident right now, but we'll see what happens.


Random League
Team Show Me Your TD's

QB: Flacco (Roethlisberger)
RB: Frank Gore, Steven Jackson, Arian Foster (Beanie Wells)
WR: Marques Colston, Hines Ward (Santana Moss, Robert Meachum, Derrick Mason, Devin Aromashodu)
TE: Vernon Davis
D/ST: Bengals (Broncos)
K: Mason Crosby


Roommates League
Team Big Swingin' D

QB: Rodgers (Cutler)
RB: Ryan Mathews, Pierre Thomas, Arian Foster (Jahvid Best, Clinton Portis)
WR: Andre Johnson, Roddy White (Michael Crabtree, Santana Moss, Derrick Mason, Devery Henderson)
TE: Dallas Clark
D/ST: Eagles
K: Ryan Longwell


Fish Camp League
Team Double Dwayne Bowe AllTheWay

QB: Flacco (Roethlisberger)
RB: Ray Rice, Ryan Grant (CJ Spiller, Thomas Jones, Jason Snelling)
WR: Roddy White, Marques Colston, Percy Harvin (Steve Breaston, Dez Bryant)
TE: Dallas Clark (Heath Miller)
D/ST: 49ers
K: David Akers

DO YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO AWESOME MUSIC? GOOD.

This playlist is crammed full of sing-alongs, if that's your thing:

1. Wavin Bye To The Train Or The Bus - Arctic Monkeys
---I love the first verse of this song and the riff
2. Stockholm Syndrome - blink-182
---Quickly becoming one of my favorite Blink songs
3. Daisy - Fang Island
---Fang Island = the musical equivalent of the most epic high-five ever
4. Like, OMG Baby - DJ Earworm
---Mashup of every popular song this summer. It's awesome.
5. Her Words Destroyed My Planet - Motion City Soundtrack
---You know a song is great when it's catchy as hell while featuring a kazoo

6. Don't Stop Believin - Glee
---I don't watch the show, but how can you not like this cover??
7. Airplanes pt. 2 - B.o.B ft. Eminem & Hayley Williams
---Em's verse makes this song
8. Shutterbug - Big Boi
---Big Boi is the "other" half of OutKast. His new album is sick.
9. Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
---I could listen to this song all day every day. Did you know it's about crystal meth?
10. In One Ear - Cge The Elephant
---I love it when a raucous new band comes out blazing on the first track of their first album and makes a statement (see also: MGMT with "Time To Pretend")

11. Black Balloon - Goo Goo Dolls
---This band can do no wrong. And this song is also about drugs. I wonder how many other 90's alt hits are?
12. Break Myself - Something Corporate
---Andrew McMahon is a genius.
13. Back Here - BBMak
---Judge me all you want, but this is a great song. Fun to play, too.
14. Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - Arcade Fire
---This is one of my new favorite songs. Why doesn't Regine sing lead more on Arcade Fire tracks?
15. Blue Blood Blues - The Dead Weather
---If it's dirty, gritty rock, no one does it better than Jack White

16. Orphans - The Gaslight Anthem
---"We were diamond Sinatras"
17. Gentlemen - mewithoutYou
---I love the vocal delivery and lyrics in this song
18. Animal - Neon Trees
---This was stuck in my head for most of this year
19. Gimme Sympathy - Metric
---"Who'd you rather be / The Beatles or the Rolling Stones?"
20. Little Secrets - Passion Pit
---This is what happiness sounds like

21. fa-fa-fa-fa-fa (Sad Song) - Otis Redding
---I love Otis
22. Neon Moon - Brooks & Dunn
---I'm not big on country, but this is such a classic
23. Tighten Up - The Black Keys
---This is one of the best songs of 2010, and it's produced by Danger Mouse
24. Walking The Dog - fun.
---Who else randomly heard this on an Expedia commercial?
25. Stronger (VH1 Storytellers) - Kanye West
---I have to see Kanye in concert before I die

26. Ice Cream Paint Job (No Ceilings) - Lil Wayne
---This whole song sounds like one long, sick freestyle
27. Girl on TV - LFO
---Throwback to 6th grade
28. Breakeven - The Script
---Best (relatively) new artist?
29. Number Five With A Bullet - Taking Back Sunday
---"Just so you knowwwww..."
30. Divinations - Mastodon
---Out of place on this list? Probably. But it totally shreds.

31. The Day No One Needed To Know - Moneen
---Epic, sweeping, grandiose... and catchy too? Nice.
32. A Murder Of One - Counting Crows
---Out of so many great songs in their catalog, this is one of their best
33. Wait - The Injured List
---"Well daylight opens up the sky / the night is broken, so am I"
34. This Is Twice Now - Lydia
---Very pretty music


I will post new playlists semi-frequently as I make new ones.

TOP 10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW GOOGLE MAPS COULD DO

This is legit.

http://lifehacker.com/5525758/top-10-things-you-didnt-know-google-maps-could-do

JOHN MAYER @ THE WOODLANDS 9/5/2010

The show last night in Houston was incredible. Here's the setlist:

1. Vultures
2. Clarity
3.Why Georgia
4. Ain't No Sunshine / free-form blues jam
5. Heartbreak Warfare
6. I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)
---John tweaked his back playing whiffleball earlier that day and it was a running joke throughout the night. At this point in the show, he called a dude from the crowd to go onstage and apply a bit of icy hot to his lower back.
7. Perfectly Lonely / started off with lyrics from "Beast of Burden"
---During an interlude in this song John had some interesting analysis of what it means to be perfectly lonely... I love how he says such deep stuff off the top of his head
8. No Such Thing
9. Free Fallin' (acoustic, of course)
10. Who Says
11. Gravity
12. Do You Know Me
13. Half of My Heart / after the last verse he sang "Don't Stop Believin'" to the same chord progression


Encore:
---At this point he came back out and made a really emotional dedication to a 17 y/o girl who passed away leaving one of his shows in Tulsa a few days prior
14. Edge of Desire


Notes:
I was really hoping for a longer encore but "Edge of Desire" really fit with his dedication, plus his back was bothering him.
On paper it doesn't look like he played very many songs, but you have to understand each one had an extra 2-5 minutes of live instrumentation added on.
Free Fallin' was even better in person, he held a high note for a really long time.
Owl City was opening. Not a fan, but they put on a good show.

Monday, September 6, 2010

HERE WE GO!

I'm Jordan, and this is my blog.

I consider myself a bit of an information junkie. Here is where I'll be posting everything I'm interested in, anything I'm thinking about, or anything cool I find online. If anything, this will be a good creative outlet for me.

I've always thought blogs were super vain. But whether a ton of people read this or nobody does, I'll still be here.

So let me be the first (and only) to say: welcome!