5 Things I Wintnessed While Traveling Yesterday

-The airplane passenger next to me take off their shows right after sitting down

-Someone with their finger buried knuckle deep into their nasal cavity, not caring that everyone was staring at them

-Hear a pilot say that Boise was a real happening place (they were serious)

-Flava Flav

-The most security I have ever seen for a flight arriving from Heathrow, dogs and guns

Thankful

What are you thankful for this holiday season? Here are a few things music and non-music related.

-Gaslight Anthem (New Album 2010)
-Baseball is closer than you think
-The Get Up Kids (Long Awaited New Album 2010)
-Tom and Jerry is still on midday on Cartoon Network
-Ted Leo (New Album 2010)
-Hopefully new health care is on the way
-Black Keys (New Album 2010)
-I am married to my soul-mate
-Lupe Fiasco (New Album 2010)
-I can successfully brew my own beer
-Their might be a Sega Genisis in my near future

I hope everyone has a lot of things to be thankful for. Have a safe rest of the week. I will be abroad in the Hawkeye State.

10 Songs From the Past 10 Years

There have been a lot of fantastic songs over the past 10 years. I am not even going to bother and number these because that would be foolish. Every artist on this list has a number of memorable songs. There are a bunch of others who are not apart of the 10 below. This is simply a list of 10 memorable song to me over the past 10 years. Think of it as a small sample of all the great songs of the decade. Enjoy

Sufjan Stevens - Casmir Pulaski Day
Pete Yorn - Closet
Elliott Smith - Son of Sam
Jay-Z - H to the Izzo
Death Cab for Cutie - Tiny Vessels
Something Corporate - Punk Rock Princess
Ben Folds - Fred Jones, Pt. 2
Talib Kweli - Get By
Oasis - Fuckin' in the Bushes
Death Cab for Cutie - Why You'd Want to Live Here

Emo Tag

When did Emo become a category of pop music? I was around some teenagers lately and they were talking about Emo bands. I listened to a couple of the bands and was appalled, not because the music was bad but because it was not Emo. Too many pop bands with whiny lead singers are placed in this category incorrectly.

Emo stands for Emotional Punk. There are no elements of punk music in Dashboard Confessional, Panic at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, Something Corporate, Owl City or a number of other bands that are incorrectly categorized here. I hate categorically labeling music but listen to some of the older Get Up Kids material or Sunny Day Real Estate. You can hear the punk elements in the songs.

Punk is raw and edgy. Over produced pop music should never have anything associate with punk in its name.