Jason Segel Dracula = Awesome
If you’ve enjoyed reading this blog, at all, over the past two years then I reckon at least a part of your heart identifies with mine. And now that I’ve established this as a fact I must tell you, immediately, that you should take a break from your hectic life and see Jason Segel’s performance in the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Granted the movie is a bit dumbed down and crass, even sophmoric, at times, but overall it’s a surprisingly well written and well acted piec... MORE
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Adam Weber Sent Me An Email
Adam Weber is a local artist that I’ve known now for awhile. I was trying to remember today the circumstances under which we first met and I simply cannot recall. We both were students at the same university, but for the life of me I can’t remember why or how we actually met. In my mind being at school always meant knowing Adam Weber, although I am certain this cannot be the case. Well lately Adam has gotten married and started the grown up life of starting a family, o... MORE
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Cloud Cult meets Esurance
If you’re like me you’ve probably seen a few football games over the past week or so. Between the college bowl games and the NFL playoffs I’ve seen my fair share of advertisements {becuase, let’s face it, American football is designed with one and one thing only in mind; revenue}. Anyway, I first saw the new Esurance advert last week and I was really pleased to see Cloud Cult getting some national airtime and love. Not to mention the fact that one of my favorites bands ... MORE
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The Best Albums of 2008
If for some reason I thought it was hard last year to decide the top ten albums then this year has been a nightmare compared to that walk in the park. Quite honestly this year has produced a veritable slew of brilliant albums. From up and coming acts to bands on their forth or fifth album 2008 has seen some incredible music released. Here is my personal list of the top ten albums of this past year. If you’re still looking for a gift for someone special I suggest snaggi... MORE
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Common and Universal Mind Control
Well I referenced this track briefly in my previous post about the up and coming rhyme heavy Novel and true to my word I’m spread some Common love around today. This track by Common, apparently influenced by Afrika Bambaataa , features Pharrell and is available on Common’s latest album Universal Mind Control (amazon ) (itunes ). I’m not sure if I’m a fan of the rest of the album. In fact I might be a bigger fan of Common the actor instead of Common the rapper, but one t... MORE
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Novel Does Himself Proud with Ben Folds
Chances are if you listen to pop music today you’ve heard something written and influenced by a man who goes by the name Novel. Among others he’s worked with Kelis and Alicia Keys as well as spending time producing, writing, and arranging various tracks. In short you can think of him as a sort of up and coming version of Wyclef {not surprisingly he lists Lauryn Hill as his biggest influence}. And that comparison, coming from the ever critical pages of TWF, should clue y... MORE
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Sufjan Stevens - Best Seasonal Song of All Time?
When dear Sufjan will you release something new to win our hearts and awake once again the great creative spirit you once stirred in all of us? When dear Sufjan will you admit that maybe, possibly, you’ve abandoned the idea that each and every state will eventually be blessed by your musical musings? When dear Sufjan will we ever hear anything new from you? Will you even tour again? I bring you this song today for a multitude of reasons. The first is that I quite hone... MORE
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Snow Patrol - Most Epic Song of the Year?
As I’ve been looking at which albums will be making my year ending best of 2008 list I’ve been going back through and listening to all the albums that are still in the running. The list stands, currently, at about twenty albums and yes, Snow Patrol is still on that list. And every time I look back over the list, just in text form, I always ask myself "why is Snow Patrol still in the running for my top ten?" The simple explanation for this is the last song on the album. ... MORE
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Coldplay - Prospekt’s March
If you haven’t figured it out by now I’m not sure you’ve actually been reading The World Forgot. More than likely you’re one of the thousands who drop by simply for a little slice of music and care nothing for the time, effort, and blood poured into these few words. {Alright, to be fair I generally write off the cuff and I reckon I’m a fairly clever chap so I don’t even proofread much}. Anyway, what I started off saying was that if you haven’t figured it out by now I’m ... MORE
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Fields - Everything Last Winter
How I haven’t yet posted a proper little spot about Fields is beyond me. I really must apologize to everyone who reads this blog because I feel as if I’ve let you down. Let you down hard. Honestly, where has my head been? I know I’ve been consumed with moving to a new city and starting a new job {from where I currently am blogging - don’t worry, it’s after hours}, but that in no way excuses how I let the past full year go by without mention this band. I mean seriously... MORE
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