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yo yo....to please jofi, i'll discuss my chocies a little bit

• The Police- Synchronicity....

This is the polices most popular album and i feel has there best stuff on it...from the opening/title track(synchronicity) to the sequel to the song in track 6....this album also features an intensley emotional tracks 7,8,9 and finishes with a little slice of politics...although a few songs on the album i don't like, the best 4 or 5 songs on the cd sound like from a different time...they are just so good, and if u ever want to get into different kind of music, sting's take on reggae this album will introduce u to it

•Jason Mraz-Live at Java Joes

Like nici said this album can stand alone as a studio release....i have listened to this album from beginning to end too many times to recall....when i listen to it i almost feel like its a movie, from the little in between nuances....its also recorded very well, without applause or yelling, and jason, like always, makes the best live albums, never backs away from vocals on a live recording...w/e i hear a singer not sing it live like it was recorded (if he didnt go up the octave if he did that in the album recording , for example) i die a little each time inside.

•Red Hot Chili Peppers- By the Way

For fans of the chili peppers it is a very different album, but not too different. it almost feels like a book, with track 7 being the almost separation of two parts of the album....the last 4 tracks almost blend into one, and they are much different sounding from the beginning, it's almsot like a boat easing out to sea.....i really can't imagine anyone not loving this album

What up. Keep up the survey, but change it a little.
First of all, I want to list 4 from my top ten, not neccissarily my ultimate top three because I don't think I can narrow it down that far. And I want to talk about them. Ok.

In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth III (Coheed and Cambria): The thing I like about the concept album genre is it functions not only as music but as a linear story too, and this album can be taken either way. The story may be convoluted and impossible to understand, but its still pretty cool in my book. Plus I just happen to be a fan of alternative punk and this is an album I can listen to start to finish and be satisfied with, both the upbeat tracks and the ballads. Some CD's force me to skip stuff, but every song here is a gem.

On and On (Jack Johnson): This was the epitome of an impulse buy, the album cover looked cool so I bought it. And then it turned out that the mellow relaxed sound of the album was a style I fell in love with. The whole CD may be very similar track by track, but its more because of stylistic and instrumental shading than every song being the same. Johnson just knows what style he loves, and I'd be content with just him and a guitar. I like his other work too, but this is the only CD I can again, listen to start to finish.

Crash (Dave Mathews): This is the best Dave album. I know its played out in many peoples minds but this was one of my first albums that I really felt passionate about. Daves vocals and songwriting style were things I idolized for a long time, and his instrumentation, the band, is a mix of a bunch of genres I love, acoustic/electic rock, jazz, and even sometimes bluegrass. This album is my absolute favorite of theirs.

The Roots Come Alive (The Roots): Contains all the best work of The Roots, while fully capturing their unique sound and awesome live playing. I love that they have a drummer, I love their songs, and this is the album to get it all. As Matty K wisely instructed, its impossible to appreciate this album unless you listen to everything that came before it. Then you see the studio work really "come alive". Amazing lyrics and crisp vocals by Black Thought, who I'd be if I could be any rapper in the world.

Remember kids, music is a PREFERENCE. Don't be a music snob and downplay other peoples favorite stuff, I have to listen to that in every music business class and it pisses me off. You can like whatever you want. Unless you think Ashley Simpson can really sing, or that Kanye West wrote the background vocals in Golddigger and never heard the Ray Charles song called "I Got a Woman". Then I hate you.

P.S. Adam talk about your favorites too.

yo yo....survey time....top 3 favorite albums

Mine (in no particular order)
•The Police-Synchronicity
•Jason Mraz-Live at Java Joes
I wish this album had a more widespread release....msot people that know jason mraz through MTV and his latest album judge him based onyl on that....if they heard this they would know what he's really like...this is one of the best albums period
•The Red Hot Chili Peppers-By the Way

edit.....no "the best of ________" or "___'s greatest hits" or the essential ____ collection" are allowed

What up... I love college, but lately I've been feeling unfufilled. I had a dream that I was in the middle of a gang war and got in some violent fights where I was a lot tougher than I am. I wonder if I have some repressed rage? Also, someone needs to tell Matt Craig to control his friends. They stole my number from his phone (since he always talks about me) and called me to ask how they can be as cool as me. Sigh. I like crapdog and all, but its annoying when little kids call you up and annoy you by being ambigiously worshipping you/making fun of you. You can't tell them off cause they're so fragile they may cry to their mommies. But its annoying to sit there and have them ask you to make a list of how to be just like you. Any thoughts on this besides making of list of how to be like Joefi? Don't do that, cause I'll drop you like I dropped Ricky the gang leader in the streets of my dream. Pace.

yo yo.....i am very excited...i put a deposit on a new motorcyle today....not that anything was wrong with my other one, just this one was is awesome....i using money in bank taht was intended for a wedding or something, but i figure when i was able to get the money i prolly woulda jsut bought a motorycle ANYWAY, and when it coems time to get married i should be able to pay for a wedding myself...besides, boys like their expensive toys....and girls like stuff that you cant play with

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yo yo.....i was listening to the radio today and the host made i thought wat was a good point regarding sexual harassment in the workplace....he made a good point that if a sexual advance by a man is taken then he is considered at being a charmer or what have you...but if she rejects him, then it's sexual harassment. It's the nature of men to pursue women, and they should be adults about it. thoughts?

yo yo....so i'm watching this show about killer bees and its really freaking me out...as most of you know bees are number 1 on my list of things im afraid of.....this show said that if disturbed the africanized bees will pursue till 1/2 a mile....i can't wait till the day when science figures out a way to destroy bees once and for all..... now, although i am afraid of sharks, i will be willing to make an alliance with them in order to eradicate bees...sharks are the ultimate killing machine, there has to be a way to use their power to help us destroy bees

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yo yo....so winter break is nearing an end....had a good one....saw a lot of jofi and vincent and mark and thats awlasy good....been watching entirely too much Entourage lately...we have been discussing how we can live like them...we got it all down except we need the visionary artist...also for the dream inclined people....why do i always have dreams where i can feel my teeth or a tooth falling out?

What up. I had a weird dream where I woke up to watch Batman 3 on TV (Not a real movie, it was actually called Batman 3), but it was like Adam West style Batman and John Goodman was clayface except it looked more like he was covered in tapioca pudding. In the final scene Batman is cornered and all is lost until the Robinmobile does a barrel roll over a fountain and saves him. Then after I was done watching I went to the movies with everyone I know basically, and it was a huge premier of a movie but I don't know what, and during the intermission me and Nici were in the parking lot discussing how the denouement was subpar when we realized we forgot to pick up Vincent! So we got in the car and started driving as fast as we could but then John Goodman showed up and I woke up. What the hell does that mean?

What up. Tonight at dinner we set the bread basket on fire, and me and my mom carried on a conversation before we realized what happened. And my Dad walked out of the restaurant with a napkin still tucked into his pants. Back to NYU I go!

What up. Yo, I love itunes celebrity playlists. Weird Al's was so fitting, and Kanye Wests first song choice and description made me laugh out loud.

"A Thousand Miles" Vanessa Carlton (Track 1): "See, I always liked this song until I saw the movie "White Girls." This must be the white song that all the black people like, you know every year theres a song that black people like and this is it. I love the string arrangements. Ron Fare is really up on the strings."

But in all seriousness, I have most of the songs on his playlist and they are some of my favorites. . Seven Nation Army? The Scientist? Torn? No Such Thing? This Love? He even likes Fiona Apple, my favorite angry girl music! He added one of his own songs but only for its signifigance to him and his humble beginnings, which I really respect. I'll forgive him for liking "The Reason."

Oh Kanye, I wanna party with you.

yo yo....i was browsing around itunes celebrity playlists and john mayer's first song is also my favorite song....me and him have a lot in common, i think we're gonna hang out this weekend

• Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
• When Chuck Norris plays Oregon Trail his family does not die from cholera or dysentery, but rather roundhouse kicks to the face. He also requires no wagon, since he carries the oxen, axels, and buffalo meat on his back. He always makes it to Oregon before you.
• Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris instead decided to punch his way out of his mother's womb. Shortly thereafter he grew a beard.
• Chuck Norris recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.
• Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Chuck met all three bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK's head exploded out of sheer amazement.
• Chuck Norris's girlfriend once asked him how much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. He then shouted, "HOW DARE YOU RHYME IN THE PRESENCE OF CHUCK NORRIS!" and ripped out her throat. Holding his girlfriend's bloody throat in his hand he bellowed, "Don't **** with Chuck!" Two years and five months later he realized the irony of this statement and laughed so hard that anyone within a hundred mile radius of the blast went deaf.
• Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looksand unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back. The devil, who appreciates irony, couldn't stay mad and admitted he should have seen it coming. They now play poker every second Wednesday of the month.
• To prove it isn't that big of a deal to beat cancer. Chuck Norris smoked 15 cartons of cigarettes a day for 2 years and aquired 7 different kinds of cancer only to rid them from his body by flexing for 30 minutes. Beat that, Lance Armstrong.
• The original theme song to the Transformers was actually "Chuck Norris--more than meets the eye, Chuck Norris--robot in disguise," and starred Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger who defended the earth from drug-dealing Decepticons and could turn into a pick-up. This was far too much awesome for a single show, however, so it was divided.
• Chuck Norris was the fourth Wiseman. He brought baby Jesus the gift of "beard". Jesus wore it proudly to his dying day. The other Wisemen, jealous of Jesus' obvious gift favoritism, used their combined influence to have Chuck omitted from the Bible. Shortly after all three died of roundhouse kick related deaths.
• Chuck Norris lives by only one rule: No fat Chicks.
• When Chuck Norris's wife burned the turkey one Thanksgiving, Chuck said, "Don't worry about it honey," and went into his backyard. He came back five minutes later with a live turkey, ate it whole, and when he threw it up a few seconds later it was fully cooked and came with cranberry sauce. When his wife asked him how he had done it, he gave her a roundhouse kick to the face and said, "Never question Chuck Norris."
• Chuck Norris once shot a German plane down with his finger, by yelling, "Bang!"
• A man once asked Chuck Norris if his real name is "Charles". Chuck Norris did not respond, he simply stared at him until he exploded.
• Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
• Chuck Norris once went to a frat party, and proceeded to roundhouse every popped collar in sight. He then drank three kegs and **** on their floor, just because he's Chuck Norris.
• Before each filming of Walker: Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris is injected with five times the lethal dose of elephant tranquilzer. This is, of course, to limit his strength and mobility, in an attempt to lower the fatality rate of the actors he fights.
• Chuck Norris found out about Conan O'Brien's lever that shows clips from "Walker: Texas Ranger" and is working on a way to make it show clips of Norris having sex with Conan's wife.
• The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.
• Chuck Norris doesn't have normal white blood cells like you and I. His have a small black ring around them. This signifies that they are black belts in every form of martial arts and they roundhouse kick the **** out of viruses. That's why Chuck Norris never gets ill.
• Chuck Norris frequently signs up for beginner karate classes, just so he can "accidentally" beat the **** out of little kids.
• Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
• If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death.
• Chuck Norris ruins the endings of Harry Potter books for children who just bought one for the hell of it. When they start crying Chuck Norris calmly says, "I'll give you something to cry about," and roundhouse kicks them in the face.
• If paper beats rock, and rock beats scissors, what beats all 3 at the same time? Answer: Chuck Norris.
• Chuck Norris carries a messenger bag. If you call it a purse, he pulls a baby out of the bag and throws it at you. The baby will blow up upon impact.
• Chuck Norris wears a live rattlesnake as a condom.
• Chuck Norris has never blinked in his entire life. Never.
• Every piece of furniture in Chuck Norris' house is a total gym.
• Chuck Norris will never fully be male nor female. Doctors once asked him which he preferred. He gave them an ad for a total gym.
• Contrary to popular belief, Chuck Norris, not the blue ringed octopus of eastern Australia, is the most venomous creature on earth. Within 3 minutes of being bitten, a human being experiences the following symptoms: fever, blurred vision, beard rash, tightness of the jeans, and the feeling of being repeatedly kicked through a car windshield.

yo yo...man i had a fun nite...hung out with joe paccione and then we picked up jenny and hung out with her, very fun, we tried to rent a scary movie but the one we were looking for was unfindable so we went back to my hosue and made "pancakes" at 1:30 am....i say "pancakes" becasue jenny sucks at making them and we wound up making one giant pancake and split it into pieces and then watched a creepy stupid movie that sucked but it was fun hanging out with them