Media Blog #6

This is a song by the band Plus 44. Plus 44 consist of band members from another band Blink-182. As of recently the members Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus have reunited with blink-182 and are scheduled to go on tour this summer. This song is called Baby Come On, it is a very slow medodic song.

...It's The Man...

"The Corporation" was the video that we viewed in class on Monday. It was a documentary about as the name gives away "The Corporation". "The Corporation" is all the media that tries to influence what, when, and how we buy our products. It is one of the main components that makes this world go round and round. With out it our economy would crash and burn.

It alone makes the decision of what type of media is distributed among the (world) population. "The Corporation" is made up of millions and millions of different companies they all have one goal, which is to market their products. and we as human beings find the need to obtain these useless necessities. We use the media as a way of relieving ourselves of stress from the everyday life. We expect to come home and just enjoy some good "quality" entertainment, like watching T.V., listening to music, and other various activities, unbeknownst to us we are being hypnotized and being fed a crap load of different types of advertisements. These are ways some big companies reach the people.

The big companies like the Turner Broadcasting, FOX broadcasting, and spend millions of dollars to catch the attention of viewers like you and me.

Media Blog #5

Here's a live version of Given Up, off Linkin Park's latest album Minutes To Midnight. I like this song because of the 17 second long scream, which in live versions is cut into two 8 second long screams. But he does scream for the whole 17 second on some occasions. All in all this is a great song.

A Day In The Life Of Me...

Saturday Febuary 14, 2009
8:00 A.M. - Awoken to the song "Rise Above This" playing on my phone, got ready to head out with the parents to go get something to eat.

9:00 - Still waiting for parents. I checked my e-mail, myspace, and facebook while enjoyin the music playing in the background.

10:00 - Parents arrive. Headed downtown to Applebee's to get some grub. Along the way we listen to some music. When we arrived I took a closer look around the resturant and notice all sorts of things like that the T.V.s were all Polaroid brand and that there were lots and lots of Colorado sports related paraphernalia.

11:00 - Next stop was Wal-Mart where there were loads and loads of different name brand items. Alongside that certain type of atmosphere that makes you feel like everything is within reach as far as prices go. Mostly because of the "Everyday Low Prices" slogan, consumers have the need to buy as much as they can, so they feel that they are getting a good price.

12:00 - 3:00 P.M. - Got back to campus said good-bye to the parents. Then headed to Purgatory for some snowboarding. Along the way my friends and I jammed to a couple tunes.

4:00 - Got back to Durango and stopped at Wendy's to get something to eat. Then stopped at the Shell gas station to get some gas.

5:00 - Then across the street to Albertson's for a couple of things.

6:00 - Got back to campus and started setting up Rock Band for the Rock Band night

7:00 - 11:00 - Started the Rock Band night and rocked out all night long.

12:00 A.M. - Went to McDonald's for a mid-night snack, while enjoying some music along the way.

1:00 - Got back to campus and hit the hay.

Media Blog #4

Blink Is Back It's True...

Just recently at the Grammy's, blink-182 confirmed that they were offically back together. I have always been a huge fan of blink-182 and when i heard that they broke up in 2004, i couldn't believe it. So of course the news of the reunion came as one of the greatest moments in my short life. I just have to say thank you blink...

Media Blog #3

Here's a song off of Green Day's "latest album", it's called Jesus Of Suburia. This song is very powerful song to me, it contains memories, most of which were very happy. The message is actually kind of sad but to me it is a way for me remember certain things.

So here it is Jesus Of Suburia enjoy...