bestof2007 Blog and Journals

It's definitely a top 10 beast.

Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli

Here are some tastefully bizarre videos from the album. I'm a sucker for anything that's accompanied by the Prague Philharmonic and a massive pipe organ.

The Serpentine Offering

The Sacreligious Scorn

The Best of 2007

Ladies On Top:

1.Gwen Stefani

                      -The Sweet Escape

                      -4 In The Morning

                      -EarlyWinter

2.Fergie

                      -Fergalicious

                      -Glamorous

                      -Big Girls Don't Cry

3.Rihanna

                      -Umbrella

                       -Shut Up And Drive

                       -I Hate Loving You

4.Nelly Furtado

                       -Say It Right

                       -All Good Things Come To An End

                       -Do It

5.Avril Lavigne

                       -Girlfriend

                       -When You're Gone

6.Pink

                       -U+Ur Hand

                       -Who Knew

7.Amy Winehouse

                      -Rehab

                      -You Know I'm No Good

                      -Back To Black

                      -Tears Dry On Their Own

P.S

    Their Not In Order,They're Mixed Up :)

Fuse Tv Awards 2007

The following is the email I received from 30 Seconds To Mars Online Team !!! CONGRATULATIONS GUYS !!!!!!

 

30 Seconds to Mars - 'Best of 2007' Championship Battle - Vote Now!

With over 7 million votes, Thirty Seconds To Mars have won the Fuse Best of 2007 Award! Your tremendous show of support was incredible, and we can't thank you enough.

It's been an honor and privledge to do battle with such great bands and their amazing fans.

The Echelon has spoken. A thousand thank you's to everyone who voted!

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and safe holiday season.

With love

-thirty seconds to mars

Top Songs of 2007 [not an any particular order]
1. 21 –The Starting Line
2. When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong –The Wonder Years
3. Boys Grab Your Guns –My American Heart
4. Right On, Right Now -Powerspace
5. When I Get Home, You’re SO Dead –Mayday Parade
6. Kiss My Sass –Cobra Starship
7. For a Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic –Paramore
8. Kiss Kiss –Chris Brown f/ T.Pain
9. My Love –Justin Timberlake f/ T.I.
10. Here It Goes –Jimmy Eat World
11. Vegas –All Time Low
12. Superstar –Lupe Fiasco f/ Matthew Santos
13. AYO Technology -50 Cent f/ Justin Timberlake
14. Wrecked ‘Em? Damn Near Killed ‘Em –Four Year Strong
15. Loud Machines –The Less
16. Driving Away –Holiday Parade
17. Where Were You? –Every Avenue
18. King of Wishful Thinking [cover] –New Found Glory f/ Patrick Stump
19. Iris [cover] -New Found Glory f/ Will Pugh
20. Everyone Knows Everyone –The Secret Handshake

Top Albums of 2007 [not in any particular order]
1. Graduation –Kanye West
2. Chase This Light –Jimmy Eat World
3. So Wrong, It’s Right –All Time Low
4. Get Stoked on It –The Wonder Years
5. Infinity on High –Fall Out Boy
6. Rise or Die Trying –Four Year Strong
7. Anhedonia –The Graduate
8. A Lesson in Romantics –Mayday Parade
9. Do You Feel –The Rocket Summer
10. Cities –Anberlin
11. Only Rock and Roll Can Save Us –Tyler Read
12. Southern Weather –The Almost
13. It Won’t Be Soon Before Too Long –Maroon 5
14. Bone Pallace Ballet -Chiodos

Most Dissapointing Albums
1. Santi –The Academy Is… [expected WAY more]
2. Riot! –Paramore [I just expected a bit more]
*** several other albums disappointed me this year, but most of them only halfway disappointed me, so I spared them

Most Anticipated Albums
1. Gym Class Heroes
2. Jack’s Mannequin
3. Brand New? *crosses fingers*
4. The Matches
5. Anberlin
6. underOath
7. Taking Back Sunday [soon to be just Adam Lazarra]
8. Set Your Goals
9. New Found Glory [on BRIDGE 9! Ahhh]
10. Panic! At the Disco [I’m so curious]

Most listened to Record
- Mayday Parade ‘A Lesson in Romantics’
Most listened to Song
- All Time Low ‘Dear Maria’ and Jimmy Eat World ‘Big Cassino’
Best Concert
- holiday parade, secret handshake, all time low, valencia, and hit the lights [march 07]
Concert/tour you were most bummed that you missed
- Justin Timberlake FutureSex/LoveShow in Atlanta
- Jimmy Eat World in Atlanta
Best musical surprise of the year
- The Cab, and my new found love for dance music
Favorite Movie
- August Rush
Favorite TV Show
- [new] gossipgirl, [older] heroes
Best Gadget
- iphone
Favorite Web Site
- http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com
Person/Thing Blowing Up
- vocal distortion

Kat’s picks “Keep your eyes on these guys!”
1. Between the Trees [www.myspace.com/betweenthetreesmusic]
2. The Less [www.myspace.com/theless]
3. The Cab [www.myspace.com/thecab]
4. Sing It Loud [www.myspace.com/singitloud]
5. The Wonder Years [www.myspace.com/thewonderyearspa]
6. Holiday Parade [www.myspace.com/holidayparade]
7. TV/TV [http://www.myspace.com/tvkicksass]
8. You, Me and Everyone We Know [www.myspace.com/youmeandeveryoneweknow]
9. Every Avenue [www.myspace.com/everyavenue]
10. The Maine [www.myspace.com/themaine]

*NOTE! PLEASE READ!*
yes, Riot! and SANTI dissapointed me a great deal. other things dissapoint me, like college football and my inability to stop singing that one rihanna song.

I would love your thoughts and if you made a list, let me know and i'll check it!

i actually worked on this.

albums of 2007
1. jimmy eat world - chase this light
2. the graduate - anhedonia
3. lovedrug - everything starts where it ends
4. paramore - riot!
5. motion city soundtrack - even if it kills me
6. wilco - sky blue sky
7. eisley - combinations
7b. melee - devils & angels
8. bedouin soundclash - street gospels
9. circa survive - on letting go
10. timbaland - timbaland presents: shock value

edit: i had to insert eisley's combinations somewhere into my top ten because i've become recently addicted to it, and technically it's still 2007.

honorable mention:
11. mae - singularity
12. hanson - the walk
13. saves the day - under the boards
14. bayside - the walking wounded
15. the receiving end of sirens - the earth sings mi fa mi
16. as tall as lions - into the flood ep


songs of 2007
1. paramore - misery business
2. regina spektor - fidelity (technically this song was released in september 2006 but didn't hit the charts until december, so i'm putting it on this list because in 2007 it was a damn good song)
3. cold war kids - hang me up to dry
4. gym class heroes - clothes off!
5. rihanna - umbrella
6. fall out boy - the take over, the break's over
7. jimmy eat world - big casino
8. eisley - invasion
9. boys like girls - the great escape
10. the starting line - island

honorable mention:
11. kanye west - stronger
12. kenna - say goodbye to love
13. saosin - voices
14. maroon 5 - makes me wonder
15. k-os - sunday morning
16. the spill canvas - all over you
17. timbaland featuring onerepublic - apologize
18. circa survive - the difference...
19. the saint alvia cartel - blonde kryptonite

songs that didn't make the list because they were released prior to 2007, even though i could've sworn i listened to them all through the year...
* lily allen - smile (summer 2006)
* nelly furtado - say it right (october 2006)
* natasha bedingfield (summer 2005... thanks, the hills)
* scissor sisters - i don't feel like dancin' (summer 2006)
* snow patrol - chasing cars (summer 2006)

looks like i may be running six months behind the times.


places i've been
january - hawaii, new york city
february - new york city, toronto
march - every second counts tour
april - every second counts tour
may - every second counts tour, bamboozle, west coast radio shows, new york city, hawaii
june - hawaii, new york city, warped tour
july - warped tour
august - warped tour, united kingdom tour
september - united kingdom tour, minneapolis, new york city, maryland
october - florida, atlanta, young wild things tour
november - young wild things tour
december - young wild things tour, new york city, san antonio, maryland, indianapolis, miami, hawaii

I don't make "best of" lists, only lists of my favorites. As such, here is the most important favorites list of 2007. Stay tuned later for my list of the 50 best best lists of 2007.

Disagreements are welcome. For the record, numbers 15 through 50 are all just about even, I just figure what good is a list if you can't rank things?

-- 41-50 (Download It) --

50) Britney Spears – Blackout
49) New Found Glory – From The Screen To Your Stereo, Part II
48) Kanye West – Graduation
47) Tegan And Sara – The Con
46) Dashboard Confessional – The Shade Of Poison Trees
45) The National – Boxer
44) Every Time I Die – The Big Dirty
43) Single File – No More Sad Face
42) Anberlin – Cities
41) Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger

-- 31-40 (Buy It Eventually) --

40) Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
39) Air – Pocket Symphony
38) Kings Of Leon – Because Of The Times
37) Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
36) Comeback Kid – Broadcasting
35) Moving Mountains – Pneuma
34) Stars – In Our Bedroom After The War
33) New Pornographers – Challengers
32) Rilo Kiley – Under The Blacklight
31) Common – Finding Forever

-- 21-30 (Buy It Now) --

30) The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour
29) Madball – Infiltrate The System
28) As I Lay Dying – An Ocean Between Us
27) Sullivan – Cover Your Eyes
26) Anchors For Arms – Listen/React
25) Paramore – Riot!
24) Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
23) Jimmy Eat World – Chase This Light
22) Soilwork – Sworn To A Great Divide
21) Branvan 3000 – Rose

-- 11-20 (Get the tattoo) --

20) Timbaland – Shock Value
19) John Ralston – Sorry Vampire
18) Darkest Hour – Undoing Ruin
17) 108 – A New Beat From A Dead Heart
16) Feist – The Reminder
15) Rocky Votolato – The Brag And Cuss
14) Blonde Redhead – 23
13) Tiger Army – Music From Regions Beyond
12) John Vanderslice – Emerald City
11) Dillinger Escape Plan – Ire Works

-- Top Ten (Don't ever listen to these bands. I want them to myself) --

10) Strung Out – Blackhawks Over Los Angeles
9) Mae – Singularity
8) Against Me! – New Wave
7) Far-Less – A Toast To Bad Taste
6) LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver
5) Electric Six – I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Prevents Me From Being The Master
4) Minus The Bear – Planet Of Ice
3) Fourth Of July – On The Plains
2) A Wilhelm Scream – Career Suicide
1) Chuck Ragan – Los Feliz



Merry Christmas.

I couldn't do top ten songs... because that would be to hard...

Top 10 Albums of 2007:

1) Infinity On High - Fall Out Boy (Well, duh. I love them, so of course they'd be first)
2) Viva La Cobra - Cobra Starship (Much inprovement from teh first album. This one is love)
3) Metro Station - Metro Station (For a new band, they're really good. And now they're touring with Cobra, so damn, you know they've got to be good)
4) Graduation - Kanye West (Well, I love Kanye as an artist. Even with his cocky ass, I love his music)
5) Riot - Paramore (This album was good. I can't say it was better than the first album, because they're both equally good)
6) Instant Star Season 3 - Various Artists (It's my favorite TV show, so what do you expect?)
7) The Reminder - Feist (I almost forgot about her this year, but she came back...)
8) FutureSex/LoveSounds- Justin Timberlake (Dance beats... with the help of Timbaland... I liked his album too, but he wasn't really on it. Just his beats so... idk)
9) Santi - The Academy Is... (WOOT WOOT!)
10) Blackout - Britney Spears (damn. if it wasn't britney spears... but the album is just so... GAH)

Top 10 Miscellaneous:

1) Most listened to record: Infinity on High - Fall Out Boy (I've had it longer than the others on the list)
2) Most listened to song: Crushcrushcrush (According to my iPod, but I got that in July... so I'm actually not sure)
3) Best Concert: Young Wild Things
4) Concert/tour you were most bummed that you missed: Cobra Starship (i didn't get tickets quick enough, but the tickets i were going to get hasn't happened yet)
5) Best musical surprise of the year: Britney Spears
6) Worst musical letdown of the year: Alexz Johnson (well... I mean... gah. I just expected more. But I can't be mad)
7) Favorite Movie: Little Miss Sunshine or Superbad
8) Favorite TV Show: INSTANT STAR... or Bones...
9) Favorite Video Game: rock band or guitar hero...
10) Best Gadget: iTouch (I don't like the phone part of iphone)

it's winding down to the end of the year and people/bands/journalists/publications are going to start posting their "best of..." lists for 2007. i like doing a top ten albums list at the end of each year. here are some of the records i loved this year that will be in competition for ending up on my top ten of 2007.

(in alpha order)

as tall as lions - into the flood ep
bayside - the walking wounded
bedouin soundclash - street gospels
every time i die - the big dirty
the graduate - anhedonia
hanson - the walk
jimmy eat world - chase this light
lovedrug - everything starts where it ends
mae - singularity
mayday parade - a lesson in romantics
minus the bear - planet of ice
melee - devils and angels
motion city soundtrack - even if it kills me
paramore - riot!
the receiving end of sirens - the earth sings mi fa mi
saves the day - under the boards
timbaland - shock value
wilco - sky blue sky

what albums are going to end up on your top ten?