Every time I look at Atmosphere's charts here on last.fm I die a little on the inside. It's not that the songs featured are bad by any means; I just see those charts and think that there are thousands of people out there who are stuck in a When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold world.

I'm not trying to kick that same dead horse: "mainstream hype is their downfall" or "hipster kids are killing Atmosphere!!!1!" or blah blah blah. On the contrary, I enjoyed WLGYLYPTSG quite a bit. Showcased the duo's diversity while attempting…

I've had many crushes in my young life; I've even been in love a few times; however, I've reached a point where I've lost that tingle in my trousers.

When I was in high school I had a lot of false alarms. I was quick to say "I love you", but did so without even really knowing what true love was. I flung that love out to whatever was hot and on the radio willing to put out.

I graduated to college, where I found my first TRUE love: Underground Hip-Hop. A bit of Blue Scholars, a dabble of…

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Heartless Bastards - The Mountain
Erike Wennerstrom's distinctive vocals carry this album.
Favorite Tracks: The Mountain***, Could Be So Happy, So Quiet

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P.O.S. - Never Better
Lyrics and loops. 'Punk-hop' on full display on tracks like Purexed (see: the hook).
Favorite Tracks: Purexed***, Goodbye, Optimist (We Are Not For Them)

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Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Vocal harmonies, steady drumming, crashing cymbals… only thing holding it back is a few weak spots. Some of the best tracks of the year, and some low points.
Favorite Tracks: Two Weeks, Cheerleader***, While You Wait For…

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I'm currently on my 5th spin of "Graduation" by Kanye West and my opinions of the album have started to take shape. The CD offers more than one song worthy of making noise on the singles charts, solid production, and a few notable collaborations.

Track by track:

1. Good Morning: Great kickoff track, fresh new sound 4/5
2. Champion: Arrogant, but that's Kanye 4/5
3. Stronger: First synthesized beat on the record, and it works in this (his second) single off the album 4.5/5
4. I Wonder: Kanye pondering over a synth-piano blend 4/5
5. Good Life…

This Summer I got to see the geniuses that are The Roots and Common at the "Harmony Festival" in Santa Rosa. During Common's Testify he took one of his drummer's drumsticks and started beating the cymbal with it before throwing it in the crowd where my tall ass reached up and snatched it out of the air. Definitely one of the highlights of the night. I'll let the pictures show the rest…

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All of the pics got cut off in the post, so for now if you want to see the whole pic then (in Firefox) right click and click "view image". Or you can right click, go to properties, find the link, and check out the whole image there.

Do that until I feel motivated enough to turn them into thumbnailed pic/links.

Concerts I've been to in order of seeing them…

-Yellowcard (and also Matchbook Romance, Maxeen).

-Vans Warped Tour (2005 - photo pit pass): Hawthorne Heights, My Chemical Romance, MXPX, Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice, The Offspring, The Starting Line, The All-American Rejects, The Transplants, Mathbook Romance, Hangar 18.

-Flogging Molly (and also Voodoo Glow Skulls).

-Fall Out Boy, The Starting Line, Panic! At The Disco.

-Living Legends (and also One Block Radius)

-Vans Warped Tour (2006 - photo/press pass): Less…