06.02.08
you’re my favorite.
I’ve been listening to a lot of different music lately.
“Just For Tonight” by Ville Valo and Mana has been stuck in my head, over and over again, with images of Bella and Edward staring into each other’s eyes and diving into a world that I long to be a part of. Yes, I’ve became a Twilighter, and I don’t ever want to go back. Stephenie Meyer is an incredible writer with a vision of detail and purpose in her novels, and I could not be more thrilled with the quality of the Twilight series. There are so few real quality young adult fiction novels (with the exception of C.S. Lewis, JKR, and of course, John Green) that I can barely stand to read the inside covers of this novels, but Twilight stood out to me. I gave it a shot, and was throughly rewarded, and have passed along my stolen copy to two people so far (including a boyfriend that will never admit to reading it). I’m thrilled with the series, and can’t wait for Breaking Dawn to come out on August 12…not to mention the movie that comes out on December 12.
Oh, why did I have to fall in love with another series?
Another song that’s been obscenely infectious to me has been a song by Kanye West, “Flashing Lights.” Kanye and I have a love hate relationship, mostly comprising of contradictions. His blog is actually relatively cool, and has some interesting little tidbits of no real content attached to them, but the photos are interesting and I love his “buy this” mentality towards fashion and material wealth. He is highly fashionable in a pretentious but accepting way, and I love how he creates trends by simply believing he is better than everyone else, sort of like the… diva of the rap industry, and I don’t really mind divas. What I do mind, even though it was a few years back at the beginning of the hip hop mogul’s career, was the infamous incident. I’m sure you all know what I’m talking about before you click the link. I actually was watching the broadcast live when he uttered the famous phrase, and I’m still as dumbfounded towards addressing the comment as I was on my bed that night.
Strangely enough, re-watching that clip, he reminds me of Justin C-F so much. Blatant arrogance and statement of a controversial idea without any sign of indication of the consequences of his words. I <3 Justin, though, and he’s hilarious when he stays in socially acceptable boundaries.
I also am totally in love with Madonna’s new album, Hard Candy. It’s wonderful. It’s powerful. I wish I could see her live, but I’m looking about a $1,000 worth of expenses to be able to go. I <3 you Madge, but not that much.
James Maddux said,
June 2, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Oh, you mean the curtain book? Yes, I do love it so. Be still, o my heart.
But who’s Kayne West? Is he the guy who killed some brother of his, A-Bull West?
Loves ya.
Music Nazi said,
June 2, 2008 at 3:45 pm
James,
Kanye West was once a good rapper. Before he got signed. Now he’s an egotistical maniac who claims to have discovered great bands such as Daft Punk. And rip off Animes for music videos. He thinks he’s the end all of music when his contribution to the once proud rap genre is continuing to hump its already rotting corpse. He’s rap’s biggest and most annoying sell out.
Music Nazi said,
June 2, 2008 at 3:46 pm
lemme add.
Most annoying sell out second only to Lil Jon.
James Maddux said,
June 3, 2008 at 5:08 am
Music Nazi,
I was just teasing my dearest about her (now corrected) typo, haha. I know who Kanye West is…and if you read his blog, he’s actually quite the cultural genius, despite his knack for making the occasional outlandish comment. Although sometimes I wonder if it’s not all just a brilliant publicity stunt, haha.
Music Nazi said,
June 3, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Very possibly. Remember he also said George Bush hates black people and that he caused Hurricane Katrina….I have no respect for the man. Sell outs are pretty much worthless to the music industry. Cultural genius or not.
James Maddux said,
June 4, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Haha, no, he’s quite valuable to the industry, let me tell ya…musical diversity and talent, not so much, but the industry? He’s solid gold. He makes some people some serious cash.
And I don’t know if “sell out” is quite the right term. The man basically martyred himself for an opinion that many held but none would express. He did what he needed to bring the issue into the public eye, and made a spectacle of himself in the process. In my mind, that’s quite a beautiful thing.