The Music Review

Dro Carey - Journey with the Heavy

The album, Journey with the Heavy, is amazing. I picked it up after being recommended to check it out through a friend. It has an ambient(not sure if this is the word I'm looking for) feel to the song. Journey with the Heavy is an experimental house album, which to most people means that it should be similar to stuff like Deadmau5. However, it really has a similar to feel mostly to stuff like Karenn, if anyone you have heard them.

Dro Carey is a a pretty new artist. He is an Aussie. Most other of artists that were born like him, from the internet, lean towards a more bass-leaning "thumpity-thump," heavy sound. Journey to the Heavy, however, has a much softer "trance" feel to it. It still has a steady, prominent beat, but the emphasis and the "thump" is much softer, and the bass really goes with the music instead of standing out.

You should definitely check Dro Carey out, no matter what music you think you like to listen to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tUUMrq3bxE

Winter Poem

Before I start, I have to say that I'm horrible at poetry. I have no sense for writing it, only a sense of knowing that it's horrible when I read it aloud. That said, this is my attempt at a something that could pass as a poem.

Joyful times, playful lights
Rays shine off the snow
Clear and bright.
Sea coat floes.
Gazing through the window.
Moonlight casting shadows.
Wondering why I have to wait.
'Til in comes winter break.

Bleh.

The Catcher in the Rye - Where did you go, J.D.? o.O

So, Mr. Salinger was a recluse. I didn't know why, but that's why I'm doing this blog. (Hurdur)
Apparently, Sir Salinger was a recluse because he didn't enjoy the public eye. He didn't want fame to come with his writing, but it did at as a cost (in his case) to publish his books, so he chose to live alone as a recluse. J.D. Salinger's writing can have parallels drawn from them to J.D.'s own life, where he lived in a well-to-do home and served in the Army.

The Catcher in the Rye was considered a controversial book, because depicting a child with an unstable mental nature. On the other hand, some claimed it was a book that looked in the minds and problems of the American youth.

Mr. Salinger did not want his book transformed into a movie, to avoid further fame, but various characters in many films have been based on Holden Caulfield, the main character of "The Catcher in the Rye." Some of these include Holden McNeil of "Chasing Amy", who was named after Holden Caulfield, and Neil in "Chasing Holden", who compares his life to Holden's and the movie is named after Holden Caulfield.

Holden

I really, really, really, don't like Holden. Sure, he's had tough experiences and all, but his personality is just... meh. For one, he's hypocritical. Some of you that are reading this might say "Oh, well, everyone's a bit hypocritical!" That's true, but he condemns other people for doing the same things that he does. He's willing to hate people just because of little things, and then from there he jumps to them being "phony." For example, Stradlater is a "secret slob" or in other words, "phony" because he pops his pimples privately. Wow. Honestly, I was thinking "this dude needs to go out more." He sees nearly everyone as "phony," but he isn't willing to look at himself and really try to recognize and evaluate what he's doing. If he actually did look at himself and compare it to what everyone else did, he'd probably look at things differently.

- I haven't finished reading the book, so it's only so far.

The Catcher in the Rye - Red Hunting Hat

TL:DR? - Read the second paragraph for why it's my hunting hat.
So first off, I think this blog post is supposed to be about something important/symbolic to us, like how the hunting hat relates to Holden (In "The Catcher in the Rye"), and then how it relates to the hunting hat itself.
    I think my "red hunting hat" would be my long-board. Why does it make me stand out? Uh, because we're in Illinois and freestyle is underground. I actually started skating before I did long-boarding, mainly because my friend got me to do it. Bought a complete, skated for about 3 or 4 months, then I realized I sucked at it. By "suck," I mean really, really, really, really, bad. I still skate now after a 2-3 year hiatus and I'm still super-bad (not bad in a good way), but I chose to switch to long-boards because I was so bad at skating.
    Anyways, I think my long-board is my red hunting hat because it makes me stand out. You don't really see long-boarders around unless you look for them, or if you live by a college or something. People says stuff like "That's a cool skateboard (not that it's one)" and "I've never seen a board like that before! :O)
 Uh, I really don't know what to say from this point on.