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Great News For Mets Fans

By Harris posted December 03, 2008 at 17:46

For those of you living under a rock, or for those of you that don’t personally know me, I am a huge New York Mets fan. To this avail, I have just read that Citi Field, the new home of the New York Mets will host the 2013 All Star Game. Get pumped Mets fans!! Continue...
Kanye’s New Album Mixes Rap with Emo (honestly who would want that???)

By Harris posted December 03, 2008 at 12:35

Kanye West has been on a media roll as of late. He just always seems to be just crazy enough so that everyone can’t stop talking about it. After he initially broke with his first few albums ‘The College Dropout,’ and ‘Graduation,’ he had been tearing up the road selling out shows with everyone from Lupe Fiasco to Jay-Z. Over the past few months his family has endured huge tragedies including the loss of his beloved mother and the ending of an 18 month engagement. Given this, what else is a rapper to do but go EMO??? You heard it right. In his new album ’808′s & Heartbreak,’ he is singing for much of the album about all the downs in his life. It truly is raps version of an emo record. Someone should let Panic at the Disco and Saves the Day that there’s a new kid on the [...] Continue...
New Killers Album Has Something For Everyone

By Harris posted December 01, 2008 at 18:43

Just like the last two Fall seasons, this one is complete with early Christmas shoppers, creepy older men dressed as Santa Clause and yes, another album by Las Vegas rockers The Killers. Their latest release ‘Day & Age’ is a really solid collection of songs that pay tribute to their past while looking towards the future. The Killers are arguably began the trend of blending high powered electronica with rock into a perfect blend of dance music and head banger hits. What started with the Killers, has now turned into MGMT and The Ting Tings. Of course they were not the first band to do this, but the first since they emergence of Emo as a genre. ‘Day & Age’ has an incredible dance feel that some of the previous releases lacked. Sam’s Town (2006) and Hot Fuss (2004) were both filled with a variety of songs but were really [...] Continue...