Adjust for inflation, Brian.

"Of the top 25 grossing films of all time on Hollywood.com's U.S. box-office ranking, 18 were released in the past decade. Adjust the totals for higher admission prices mainly due to inflation, and "Avatar" would be the only one of those 18 to make the list—at No. 24, as of Thursday."

so angry

if i can't tell you guys how angry i am, who can i tell? there are lots of funny/cute/dramatic/nostalgic moments on this blog, but right now i'm so fucking angry and itching for a fight. i hate this feeling, but it was thrust upon me. can we just leave it at that? and say that god dammit i wish i knew how to win/end a fight with a rock solid punch to the mother fucking nose?

good.

ill use less wordplay on this one

THIS IS AWESOME, GET ON BOARD!

#1 of all time

Avatar is now the #1 grossing film of all time.
Avatar has reached $1,858,866,889 while Titanic earned $1,843,201,268 total.
movie go-ers are paying and average of $10 to see Avatar, and because the average ticket to see titanic in 1997 was about $5. that means that even though Avatar has made more money, twice as many people saw titanic. And when people like my brother saw titanic 6 times in the theater i'm not surprised.

the things i would do to her mione

yo dawg

boourns

fail, i dont know how to put .gif animations on this thing ><

Top 100 cheesiest movie quotes

I thought many of you would really get a kick out of this =D

3 of these are from one nic cage movie, and 5 of them are from batman and robin =P

Actually a lot of them are collectively from arnold and keanu...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekXxi9IKZSA

So this is the correct link, not the one above...but the one above is pretty funny as well...Thank you Jo *thumbs up*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTiAS7cdsYc

enjoy =D

oh sadie...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeKoMFk3jB8

NOPE, NOT AT ALL DAN. . . .WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! YOU ROCKING HARD?>!

also

Brian's Top Ten Albums of the Decade

I know this was my idea, but god damn this is hard.
i put this list together pretty quick, and i think it does the past ten years of my justice. . . (Man i should have put Justice on there, i love that album) anyway here they are;

10. Norma Jean - Bless The Martyr and Kiss The Child
this band is the reason i listen to the majority of the music i listen to .*couch*cough* HARDCORE!*
best song - Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste

9. Thrice - The Artist and The Ambulance
This was their first major label record which means they matured more and it shows. I love alot of their earlier stuff but this record seems the most complete and i can listen to every song with out skipping.
Best song - Under A Killing Moon

8. Tool - Lateralus

I don' t really know what else to say
best song - The Grudge

7. Thursday - Full Collapse
This to me is a great example of a perfect album. Geoff Rickley is one of my favorite lyricists of all time. This, in my opinion is this decades 'A Shape of Punk to Come'

Best Song - Cross out the Eyes

6. Taking Back Sunday - Tell All Your Friends
This is juts one of those albums that everyone knows but wont always admit it, until they start singing along with you.
best song - There's No 'I' In Team

5. Brand New - Deja Entendu

I know many will debate me and go with the cliche of "The Devil and God" as their best but there is no doubt that this album is the reason they are where they are at, and it is Timeless.
best song - Ok I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't

4. Every Time I Die - Hot Damn!
This is one of my Favorite Albums of all time, and it it also the reason this Band is one of my favorite bands of all time. Another Amazing Lyricist. Jeff Buckley check him out.

best song - Floater

3.Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm a Machine

I love the simplicity of two man groups, especially when they can make that much noise and make you want to dance at the same time.
Best song - Go Home, Get Down

2. At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command
forget that deloused crap, next to this album Mars Volta is an infant begging for mommy's teet. This album has most likely influenced half the music that is being made these days. And the first time i heard it and everytime i listen to it it punches me in the face
best song- Arcarsenal

1. Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

Yes, Yes, Yes! Coheed brought something to the table that wasnt really heard before. yeah they appear to be influenced by rush, but be honest, when you first heard this album it blew your mind along with the worlds. Non Stop Rocking, all day everyday, great story and stuff.

Best song: 21:13 (Hidden Track)

Mike Jaynes' Top Ten Albums of the Decade

This also took me awhile, and much sweat and tears. For me, these are all albums that A) I still have something of a strong emotional connection with, or link me to a specific time in my life and B) I can listen to all the way through almost without fail and appreciate every song.

10. The Raconteurs - Consoler of the Lonely (2008)

Like Dan, I needed a little rock that was not so indie, and this gets the number 10 spot (partly because it came along most recently). I really, really dig this album, even with the fact that Jack only sings on about half the songs. My brother introduced it to me during the summer after Sam's death, so there might be some sentimental attachment clouding my opinion of the record, but ah well. Best song: Carolina Drama

9. The Decemberists - Picaresque (2005)

The Crane Wife made two appearances already on our lists, but I honestly hold a far greater love for this album. I certainly love The Crane Wife and its scope of storytelling is impressive, but the variety of songs and stories on this album have always appealed to me. It was also the first of their albums I listened to, and I listened to the hell out of it during my first year at Upton (along with numbers 5 and 1). Best song: Mariner's Revenge Song, duh.

8. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)

I couldn't put Rush on my list because they haven't released an album that really held my attention this decade, but The Mars Volta is close enough for me. Tool's Lateralus was another consideration for this spot, but I think I like De-Loused a little better. This album brings me to my freshman year at Tulane, a bittersweet time. Best song: Son Et Lumiere / Inertiatic Esp

7. Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow (2002)

There are a lot of rap albums that I could have put on this list, but of all the thoughts I had (Aesop Rock, Jay-Z, Kanye), Blackalicious' Blazing Arrow stands supreme. Impressive lyricism, flow, beats, and a ten-minute long song that features both Saul Williams and Zack de la Rocha. Best Song: Release

6. Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things (2002)

I would probably rank all of the Rilo Kiley and Jenny Lewis albums on some "top 100 albums of the decade" list, because I love them all that much. Something about her voice, the clever/sexy/tragic lyrics, and overall catchiness of their music really works for me. This album in particular brings me back to a certain relationship to be sure, specifically With Arms Outstretched, but I've listened to it so much outside of that context it doesn't even really factor into my affection for it anymore. Best song: The Execution of All Things

5. Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This To Memory (2005)

This album was the soundtrack (har har) to all-night games of Civ 3 with Mabeuf and Dru (along with The Weakerthans and Ted Leo), and I can still listen to it all the way through and sing along to every song any given day of the week. MCS' other albums are enjoyable, but I don't feel like they've ever been able to match this one. Best Song: LGFUAD

4. The Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed (2004)

Dan and Micky both went for The Sunset Tree, but for me it doesn't get better than this album. Admittedly, I listen to this, The Sunset Tree, and Tallahassee almost equally, but I think We Shall All Be Healed is my favorite because it's so unrelentingly grim. Tallahassee is about the way we destroy each other in relationships, The Sunset Tree is about how parents destroy children, but this album is about how we destroy ourselves with drugs. I can get into that sort of thing. Plus, Your Belgian Things makes me think of Sam so goddamn much I want to cry whenever I hear the lines: "I saw the mess you left up in the east bedroom / A tiger's never gonna change its stripes / I guess / I guess but Jesus what a mess". Best song: Your Belgian Things

3. Say Anything - ...Is A Real Boy (2004)

I feel the same way about Dan with regard to this album. If you lived in or around Upton, you probably don't need an explanation as to why I think this is one of the best albums of the decade. If you really want to talk about it, though, I guess we can. Best song: I Want to Know Your Plans

2. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (2005)

I love this band. Katie Menowsky gave me this album a long time ago when she was visiting Upton in the early days, but I never paid it much mind until a couple of years later. Now, it's one of my favorite and one of my most played of all time. Challengers was also a great album, but I think I need to give it a little more time to ferment in my brain. Best song: The Bleeding Heart Show

1. The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site (2003)

This album, this band. I don't feel like I should have to explain myself here, but I can remember Max putting this song on for me in his van, as we were driving to the liquor store at noon in Kingwood to buy giant cans of beer. For some reason, we had stayed up all night. This was the summer before I moved into Upton, and the album stuck with me when I moved in. Again, like The Mountain Goats, I love all of the band's work, but nothing shines as brightly in my mind as this record. Best song: A New Name for Everything

Phew. That was fun. See the comments for my not-so-short-list.

Micky Baker's Top Ten Albums of the past decade...

This took me awhile. The majority of mine are all linked to memories, so forgive me if I ramble.
I hope you enjoy =D


10)The Crane Wife - The Decemberists (O Valencia!)
I stole the promotional ep of this album from the radio station once we got the entire album because of this song. It was the first Decemberists song I had heard and I was hooked =) Plus this album helped me thru a lot of Victorian lit papers I had to write.

9) Based on a true story - Fat Freddy's Drop (Flashback)
I found this band hidden in the cd's for the World Beat section of the radio station my second year on the radio. Since they are from New Zealand they were put in the world beat. I popped it in and was floored by the awesome beats from the first song and immediately changed up my entire play list just to put this song on next after the weather. Since then I love to put this on in the background when doing almost anything and it makes everything that much better.

8)Music is useless - Manatee (A sound to spite the silence)
A very short lived Austin band that never made it further than this one album (most of them went to college). This album made it's way thru the majority of my graduating class by the end of the year and their last show was amazingly huge and out in the middle of nowhere.

7)Rodeo & Picasso - Recover (Pardon the wait)
Another Austin band, this one went somewhere. I saw them in this really small punk show hosted by a high school. It was my first show ever. They packed us into this little room that was barely 8 feet high and recover was setting up with all of these lights and me and my friends were pressed up like right next to the amps and the band was starting and the lead singer yells out "pardon!" the music starts "the wait!" and the entire crowd rushes forward =D

6)Good news for people who love bad news - Modest Mouse (Float on)
I took my first proper road, around Texas, for a week and a half my first summer of college. Within that time I visited 5 cities/towns saw a few art museums and spent 350+ dollars on cd's. One of them being this one that sparked my love of Modest Mouse. And it rained almost the entire trip.

5)Gorillaz - Gorillaz (Rock the house)
I always seem to come back to this band, and specifically this album. This is a great cruisin round town album. And I'm proud to say that I know 98% of the lyrics of this song. I mess it up every once in awhile =P

4)Perfecting Loneliness - Jets to Brazil (Lucky Charm)
Memories of love won and lost. I bought this album to have something to talk about with her. Never was I more nervous...

3)The Sunset Tree - The Mountain Goats (This Year)
I fell in love with this band only in the past 2-3 years. I never started with an album, merely a random spattering of songs every once in awhile. But it was this song that was the first one I ever put on repeat in my car. And since then I have come to realize that I love almost this entire album.

2)Reunion Tour - The Weakerthans (Night Windows)
I have loved the Weakerthans for a long time. Ever since they made it into some punk compilation CD's that I had gotten for really cheap at a local cd store in high school. And they have never disappointed. I will always love this band =)
I wanted to keep from picking that song as my favorite of this album, but it was hard not to. Granada Theatre April 1st. It was a memorable night. And with people that I love, singing along to the same songs we had all sung before. Sometimes alone, sometimes in chorus. But always in our hearts. This song and that experience will always echo thru my life, but it will never lose it's voice.

1)Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings - Counting Crows (When I dream of Michelangelo)
Wanna talk about a trip to remember. That was one of the best concert experiences I have ever had. And this works on two levels.
We listened to this album a lot on the trip to and from The Weakerthans concert at the Granada. See above =)
My brother also took me to my first Counting Crows show August 3rd 2009 as an early birthday present. I'd have to say the best birthday gift I could ever get. I have been in love with this band since I was in 7th grade; ever since my brother gave me Recovering the Satellites as a present. And I remember every time that I have gotten one of their new albums. It's my own little marker to a highlight in my life =D

And not only was I at my first Counting Crows concert with my brother for my birthday, Adam Duritz sang my all time favorite song. Caravan.

my top 10

10. The Last Emperor - Music, Magic, Myth
9. Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
8. Johnny Cash - American IV
7. Taj Mahal - Maestro
6. Mirah - C'mon Miracle
5. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
4. Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
3. Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill
2. The White Stripes - Elephant
1. Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild

top 1 tree of the decade

before i put up my top 10 albums of the decade, i have a request.

will someone please take a picture of Sam's tree and post it on the blog for me. i had a dream about Sam last night and i woke up wondering about His tree.

kthksbai.

DK's Top 10 Albums of The Decade (Revised)

Alright, Brian... I'll play. Kinda tough to narrow it down, and I'm not really claiming that I think these are the best... I guess that they're just the 10 that I love the most (when forced to distill it down to a list). And because I'm one of the long winded folks Brian references, I'll even throw in a little commentary for good measure.

10) Queens of The Stone Age, Songs For The Deaf

Not a whole lot of good hard rock this decade, I think, but QOTSA just nailed this one. Shit's kinda gone downhill since they kicked out Nick Oliveri (with good reason, mind you), but this album may well kick the most ass of any on this list. Also, the radio station interlude gimmick works better than gimmicks have any right to.

Best Song: "You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar (But I Feel Like A Millionaire)"

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9) Say Anything, Is A Real Boy

I don't need to... uh... say anything further. You all know.

Best Song: "Alive With The Glory of Love"

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8) Alkaline Trio, Good Mourning

From Here To Infirmary was a solid record, if spotty in places, while Crimson was just a little too polished to be great, but this one is Alkaline Trio at their peak... alternately fucked up on booze, pills, and some (disturbingly fun) vampire/serial killer fantasies, and then the next moment rocking some really sweet little love songs. Not a bad tune on the album, and maybe out of all the records on this list, the one that I've never even started to get tired of.

Best Song: Personally... "Blue Carolina"

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7) The Mountain Goats, The Sunset Tree

I went back and forth for a little while between this and Tallahassee, arguably the better of John Darnielle's two theme albums about coping with emotional trauma inflicted by loved ones... I think I chose this one because its subject, all grown up now and cranking out some of the most literate and heartfelt songwriting of the decade, has figured out better ways to deal with the hurt than Hood River Gin. Also, "Love Love Love" is far and away the best song in Darnielle's catalogue (and that's saying something).

Best Song: "Love Love Love"

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6) Andrew W.K., I Get Wet

(Whilst wildly pumping fist in the air)

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Anybody remember that time I put my hand through a one of the glass panes on the door to Mike's room because I was so excited about "Party Hard"?

Best Song: Honestly? "Ready to Die"

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5) The Postal Service Give Up

Back in the glory days of Upton, I used to sit around my room listening to this one, getting more stoned than that girl who lost "The Lottery" and constructing some elaborate fantasy about traveling back in time to the 60s and introducing this album specifically as what music would sound like in the future. And, good God, what a happy, blippy, emotionally sensitive future it sounds like. THIS would be the record that I would pick to blow the hippies' minds apart... if I hadn't heard anything like it before I picked it up, God only knows how they'd react. Handily better than any Death Cab album (not to hate on DCFC), although now it just makes me sad to think that they're never going to make a follow up.

P.S: Owl City fucking blows.

Best Song: "Sleeping In"

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4) Daft Punk, Discovery

Delightfully weird and unrelentingly fun, who'd have thought that one of the best and most popular dance records of the decade that brought us Freedom Fries would have come from a couple of Frenchmen armed with bitchin helmets and more samples than the frozen food section of a Sam's Club at 3pm on a Saturday?

Best Song: "Digital Love"

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3) The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

I once tripped on salvia to "Fight Test". It changed my life.

Best Song: "Fight Test" (ideally, on salvia)

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2) Outkast, Stankonia

The album that re-imagined everything that gangsta shit could be, Stankonia is lightning caught in a 40oz bottle. It's just a goddamn shame that Andre and Big Boi have grown apart like they have, but really, how long do you think you could keep that kind of dynamic going? Maybe Outkast was destined to collapse under the weight of Andre 3000's artsier excesses (and his secret desire to be our generation's Prince), but Stankoina brings the pimp and the poet into perfect, stanky sync for 23 glorious tracks.

Best Song: "Gasoline Dreams"

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1) Elliot Smith, Figure 8

This one's kinda hard to explain. It's not perfect, and arguably not Smith's best album, but it's my favorite of his. Skip tracks 4 and 5... they're just mopey. It flags a little toward the end. I... hm...

I don't really know what to say about it. I think it's just beautiful, if profoundly sad. I think it's exactly the record that had been gestating somewhere inside Elliot Smith since he picked up a copy of Abbey Road as a little kid, some years before he'd come to realize just how badly he'd lost out in the brain chemistry lotto. It's just all him, all there, with all his flaws. And it's lovely.

Best Song: "Honky Bach (In The Lost and Found)"... but I swear to God, "Stupidity Tries" will always remind me of my last year of law school... pretty well sums up my experience.

Alright... now, everyone else?

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So, I've thought some about this, and there's one album that I swear to God I can't believe that I left off of the top spots on this list, so I'm just gonna cheat.

0) The Weakerthans, Reconstruction Site

I'm so glad this band exists. The songs are everything I look for in music and then some, and John K. Samson pulls out some of the best lines on this one. I remember riding around with Mike and Dru in the wee small hours of some Ohio morning following around a bar band through the backwoods around Athens, listening to this song... and Mike says to me of the following verse, "you know, that really about sums it up." I feel similarly.

"All the actors broke their legs
And it's to late to postpone
The producer's getting high
And the audience went home
Smile and take your awkward bow
Turn and stumble off the stage
Let the rain be your applause
Every encore sooth your rage
Squint with one eye
Hum a show-tune
wait for your right to say
oh that's where you must have lost your way"

Best Song: Tie - "Benediction" and "A New Name For Everything"

There. I'm done. Keep em coming.

-DK

Top Ten Albums of the Decade

i wanna know what you thought were the best albums of the past decade. meaning they were released between January 1st 2000 and December 31st 2009.

post it in a new post, titled, (your name here)'s Top Ten Albums of the decade.
also put your favorite song from that album, you may elaborate if you are the long winded type, i know there are a few of you out there.

ANDREW BROSEPH MOOOOOOOORE!!!

answer your phone!!!

lets play disc golf, i'll be in cypress this afternoon.

SUIT UP!!!!!!

Reducing your carbon footprint and having fun?...Impossible!

I don't know if any of you have seen any of these but they are really cool ideas =D

http://www.thefuntheory.com/

Basically they have created ways to help recycle and make life just a little more fun and healthy for everyone. When you're done watching the videos there check out the toplist right next to it for some other really cool ones. Like the slot/vending machine which uses recyclable cans (crushed) as a coin for a slot machine which could win you a soda =)

My fav is a tie between the awesome hand sanitizer or the connect four beer crate =D

wtF! brought to you by the bagger 288

although its all crazy, i didnt lol till 1:51

Why is Captain Kirk Climbing a Mountain?!

OMG, this is the most awesomely epic/hilarious shit ever.