HAPPY FRIDAY, BEECHES!

Good Morning, all.

So today's ride in was semi-uneventful, short of the massive construction on 128 - whoever decided to just dig a hole 8-feet deep in the middle of a road COMMONLY used for commuters, was retarded. Like legally. Should be institutionalized. I wonder if that guy can even tie his own shoes.

Annnnnnyway....

On my way in, I realized something. I'm a frigin musical prodigy. Henceforth, I've decided to share my skills with you - in attempts to make you seem just a wee bit cooler. It's okay - you don't have to tell people you discovered your new fave song on blogspot.com, but if you wanna name drop me, so be it.

Here's the deal. I'm thinking once a week I will shower you with the shining light of awesome I call my taste in music. I'll give you a short selection of songs that you should download, should you have been living under a damn rock, Sadaam.

Here goes:
My top 10 for the week of September 21st.

10) The Way Down - White Tie Affair. If your looking for moody meets Michael Jackson, look no further. The lyrics, tragic and romantic, are set to a reasonably uptempo beat that will literally leave it stuck in your head for days. Throw in some violins? Sold.

9) Hot Mess - Cobra Starship. Apparently Cobra has decided to go OVER-THE-TOP POP, but I'm not complaining. A tale of the drunk bitch at the party that thinks that half-opened squint she's rocking makes her sexy, you'll jam AND laugh simultaneously.

8) Sing for Absolution - Muse. Oldschool, I know. But damnit. It had to be done. The sweeping piano melodies haunt this chiller, while the lead singer swoons a relatively creepy melody. Not the best party music, but screw off. It's wonderful.

7) Little Motel - Modest Mouse. A brief departure from their loud guitar, pulsing, screaming normalities, the Mouse brings it down a notch with this homage to honesty in relationships. Do it. You won't.

6) Fireflies - Owl City. Okay. Guilty pleasure. The lyrics are RIDICULOUS. The beat and melody are borderline CHILDISH. This new band is a straight-up KNOCK-OFF of Postal Service. And yet, it's addicting as hell. Warning: you will feel like an asshole cranking this shit down the road. Just keep it to yourself 'til it gets a wee bit more mainstream and people don't think you're ridiculous.

5) Jesus Christ - Brand New. Come on. I mean, really,...come on. The band itself is genuis. Has been for years. And this is in no way one of their newer tracks. But it's a classic. So get it if you don't have it already, and thank me later.

4) Letdown - This Providence. Amazing. An upbeat, peppy "SCREW YOU" in the face of your ex. With lyrics like "You're just a letdown, another one of my mistakes, I never loved you anyway..." this song is sure to heal that aching "what if" feeling.

3) Closer - Kings of Leon. If you don't have this already, or do not download it IMMEDIATELY upon reading this, we are no longer friends. It's melodically inventive, rhthymically sex-driven, and overall fantastic. There's very few songs I'd say you have 100% of loving, but this is definitely one of them. If anything, you can use it as a backdrop for your next sex-capade. You're welcome.

2) I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin. After years of living in the god damn ANDES or something, the band has finally come out of hiding! This new song is typical Benjamin with it's forceful chords and angry lyrics. If you were a fan in the past, this new song will bring you right back. If you haven't heard of them before, give up. You're useless.

1) Meet Me At The Equinox - Death Cab. Really? You don't have this yet? What's wrong with you people! Now I know this will surely be the death of me. My favorite band for years now is hitting it big - with millions of records sold on their last EP and now this: Equinox has been chosen as the theme for the upcoming Twilight saga release New Moon. Quick. Download it before all the tweens get to it and ruin the shit out of it.

And that's the list for this week. Take five minutes, open up whatever media-exploiting download program you steal shit from, and make an investment that'll actually stand up in today's economy.

*J*