& I Kinda Like Music.: January 2007

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Infinity On High



In the past weeks I have been listening to tracks from Fall Out Boy's newest CD, Infinity On High, which comes out Feb 6th. Aside from the 2 tracks that have been officially released I have heard a little more than half of the CD, which for the most part is good. There are two tracks however that are so horrendously mainstream and don't sound anything like the Fall Out Boy I once knew (is it bad that one of them made me think of Hanson?) that I don't know what to think about it anymore. Basically the final four tracks that I have yet to hear will without exaggeration make or break the CD. I'm seriously worried about this one. From what I had heard before yesterday, this CD was, without a doubt, going to be in my Top 5 CDs of 2007. I hope that the remaining tracks do not let me down. Take This To Your Grave is probably the best pop-punk CD put out in the past 5 years. From Under The Cork Tree was a major disappointment. I don't want two disappointing CDs in a row from a band that is a good as they are.

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Sunday, January 28, 2007

Dear Sony


You're stupid.

Here is a little something from Sony to make you want to laugh at them:

Sony's general manager for Australia and New Zealand has had enough of the negative PS3 press: "The Wii-type functionality is more just a sub-element of what the PlayStation 3 offers," he told the Sydney Morning Herald.
"Wii is a core gaming device. It's a more fun, intuitive sort of product to pick up, where the PS3 is a broader entertainment solution; so you can have your fun, enjoyable gaming ... but then you have a whole suite of other applications ... such as Blu-ray media playback, the ability to access your music, access your photos and the interoperability with the PSP", he added.

And as I'm reading this, I think to myself: If I want all of the things that Sony is bragging about, then I'll just go sit down in front of my computer. And 3 out of the 4 things they said the Wii doesn't have, it really does have. Photo capability? Try using the Photo Channel. Music? Excite Truck allows you to play your own music, so would a future "Music Channel" be likely? Yes. Obviously it doesn't connect with the PSP, but it will connect with the DS soon. Blu-Ray? No thank you, sir. There will be a DVD player in the Wii later this year. Dear Sony, go away and don't come back. And while you're at it, take that overpriced piece of garbage, the PS3, with you.

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Wii!


As of 1/21/07 I am officially a proud owner of a Nintendo Wii.

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