[insert clever title here]: 2006-05-28

Thanks

Thanks for a great night! That was a lot of fun!!! And Aaron bought a Christina Aguilera CD. Priceless. LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

WHAT?!? Another music post?

Angels & Airwaves - I always thought it would be a "De-Longe" shot to get Blink 182 on my radar screen. Wow. This album is incredible. I have always liked Tom's voice but hated what Blink did...except for Adam's Song. Anyway...this is ambient, arena rock that really jives with me. I really recommend this music for any times you want to hurdle buildings in a single bound!

Rock Kills Kid - Fell in love with "paralyzed" on the radio. The album has a surprising amount of funk on it. I really like the rhythmic ideas on Midnight. Rolling Stone acted like the fact that these guys are 80's throwbacks was a bad thing. You know me..roll up Morrissey, the Cure, Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Depeche Mode, INXS...and smoke it!

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I never thought I would like AFI. Does anyone have some music I could...uhhhh...borrow?!? I didn't realize how Goth they were and I dig their sound and their vibe.

By the way...the new MUSE single is AWESOME!! Electronic-hating people...reevaluate your position!!!

And the Chili Peppers are a far cry from that ridiculous "Give it Away Now" crap they did. Their new album is AWESOME!! Much more mature and interesting!

For the music lover

I found this delightful and quite hilarious little story that I thought I'd pass along. It's called "When I Rule the World, My Musical Heroes Will Help Me Live My Life."

http://www.opiummagazine.com/musicgladstonelife052606.html

Media in the Home

I read an interesting article today, its long so I wont post it, but I will paraphrase it.

Children who are exposed to any promiscuous media on television, on the internet (even pop ups) and lyrics in music are more likely to have sex at an earlier age. They learn that the sexual media is more of a super peer to look up to which encourages them to be more sexual and more sexuallly active . They may adopt these media norms as their own social norms. Teenager that have repeatative exposure in as simple as commercials in the media are 2.2 times more likely to be sexually active by the age of 14-16.

What does that tell us as parents? Should we be watching what we are watching and listening to? The more they hear it and see it the more likely they are to be sexually active so early, when is it early enough for them to see the tv or hear the music? I am very guilty of this. Should I be watching E! News or whatever with Piper in the room? Not only for the sake of her increased sexual activity but her body perception, if she watches her mom watching this what will that tell her? I can see why its a good idea to not have these medias in our homes. We may say we are watching good things on tv, but how many sexy commercials are there between the news... I know not having tv and internet is boring but who knows what a curious child or teenager will look into if they have the means.

Can any of us live without the television and internet in our homes? Can we really keep a close enough eye on what is being viewed when we arent looking?

Samber in the Hizzle...(?)

I know it's not kule to use Snoopspeak anymore, but I just want to inform anyone who may not know that Amber and Sam have moved back to the Salt Lake Metropolitan area. No, we are not in Rose Park, but we are much closer than before.

Hopefully, in the coming months we will be able to creep ever steadily closer to you all, the ones we love. Closer, and closer, and closer, until you have to push us away just to pop a pimple on your cheek. We'll be everywhere--helping you park your automobile, cutting your pizza, burping you. You will not escape our smothering. We are one, and one in purpose. We will be in your lives!!!