Thursday, February 20, 2003 :::

Best moments in entertainment this year, thus far:

By far, the best song this year has been "Foreign Language" by Anberlin. In my opinion, it's the very definition of rock and roll. If anyone ever asked me to describe it, I'd just say that it was "rockin'". Unfortunately, the only version of the song that I've found on Kazaa is the demo, which isn't nearly as good as the version found on the Tooth and Nail sampler cd that comes with Further Seems Forever's new album. If you have a decent connection to the 'net and wanna' hear it, I'll send it to ya. So good...

The award for all-around goodness within a song goes to Evanescence. It starts around the 2:05 mark in "Imaginary" and goes 'till about 2:36. Thirty seconds of greatness.

The best new band of the year would be Evanescence, but they've been around for a while already - they're just now releasing their first major label debut is all - but then, it's terribly unlikely that any band that formed this year is going to come out with something amazing for us to hear, so...yay Evanescence. This band is going to take the world by storm.

Shittiest music news of the year (so far): Finger Eleven is off the bill for Ozzfest. Damn it all, I'm NEVER going to see my favorite (?) band in concert.

Best movie thus far: not even worth saying, because X2 and The Matrix movies are still to come. What a GREAT YEAR for the entertainment industry!


Enough of that for now, i guess... - so here are my thoughts on Daredevil. It wasn't anything terribly special, but I enjoyed myself. Colin Farell did a great job portraying Bullseye, who was probably my favorite character in the movie. There was far too much "showcasing" of music, though... - unless a movie intends to be a musical, there should never be full non-diagetic songs. I'll probably wind up buying it when it comes out on dvd. X-Men was definitely better, but I thought that DD beat out Spiderman. Less corn, less digital-graphic-mess, more mature... - or maybe i just need to watch Spiderman again. DD was darker...less Hollywood...and I like that. I suppose that nothing will ever top the original Batman...but I felt that Daredevil was a step in the right direction. X2 looks DAMN promising, though...but there's so much shit going on that it may wind up feeling schizophrenic. We'll see...

This coming Tuesday is the release date for the debut record from Mae, entitled "Destination: Beautiful". If you're a fan of Jimmy Eat World or any band similar to them, I HIGHLY recommend you purchase this album. Download "Sun" and "Embers and Envelopes," see what you think, and if you dig it, look for it on Tuesday.

Alright, stop reading and go outside.

::: posted by AJBrotz at 5:42 PM

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