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Depeche Mode: Personal Jesus

Posted on November 3, 2009 | View Comments
I’m pretty sure all of you have heard “Personal Jesus”, and if you haven’t, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? “Personal Jesus” was released on August 29, 1989, and was the first single from Depeche Mode’s Violator album. According Wikipedia, the song reached #13 on the UK Singles Chart, #28 on the Billboard Hot 100, and in 2004 was ranked #368 in Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Oh, and Hilary Duff totally ripped it off. Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore explained the song in a 1990 Spin article as “a song about being a Jesus for somebody else, someone to give you hope and care. It’s about how [...]
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The past couple of weeks have been pretty intense for me. It’s been one test after another… and to make matters worse, I haven’t been as focused as I should have been. I have no excuse for this except that I’ve hit the books pretty hard for the past year and I guess I started to ease up a bit too soon. I’ll admit that I didn’t finish quite as strongly as I wanted to, but I don’t expect my grades to take a hit because of this. I don’t know about you, but whenever I study, I listen to music. There are times when I have my iPod on “shuffle,” but for the past week or so I’ve been sticking to a simple playlist titled “Study S**t.” [...]" title="Finals Week Playlist Highlights" />

Finals Week Playlist Highlights

Posted on May 20, 2009 | View Comments

The past couple of weeks have been pretty intense for me. It’s been one test after another… and to make matters worse, I haven’t been as focused as I should have been. I have no excuse for this except that I’ve hit the books pretty hard for the past year and I guess I started to ease up a bit too soon. I’ll admit that I didn’t finish quite as strongly as I wanted to, but I don’t expect my grades to take a hit because of this. I don’t know about you, but whenever I study, I listen to music. There are times when I have my iPod on “shuffle,” but for the past week or so I’ve been sticking to a simple playlist titled “Study S**t.” [...]

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2009 Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles is the latest artist to participate in the Hangin’ on E Street series, where artists influenced by Bruce Springsteen sit down to share how they’ve been influenced by him. Check out the video of Bareilles covering Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire” below. To watch video of her sharing her thoughts on and introduction to Springsteen’s music, visit Bruce’s site, where you can also watch interviews and performances from past participants. “I’m on Fire” was the fourth single off of Bruce Springsteen’s “Mega-Star-Making” album Born in the U.S.A. It was released in 1985 and climbed all the way up to number six in the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts. [...]" title="Bruce Springsteen: I’m On Fire" />

Bruce Springsteen: I’m On Fire

Posted on April 25, 2009 | View Comments

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So we’ve finally made it to Valentine’s Day. It’s been a week-long celebration which has culminated to this day of days. I realize that most of the Valentine’s Day posts have been on the negative side, which is another good reason why this post is necessary.

Love is a beautiful thing, and I tend to agree with Sameul Butler that said, <i>“It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.”</i> Sometimes pain is a sign that you’re finding your way home. [...]

Valentine’s Day Bit O’ Covers – The Cure: Lovesong

Posted on February 14, 2009 | View Comments

So we’ve finally made it to Valentine’s Day. It’s been a week-long celebration which has culminated to this day of days. I realize that most of the Valentine’s Day posts have been on the negative side, which is another good reason why this post is necessary. Love is a beautiful thing, and I tend to agree with Sameul Butler that said, “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.” Sometimes pain is a sign that you’re finding your way home. [...]

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In my opinion, there hasn’t been anything quite like the death of the 80’s hair bands. If you were alive in the 80’s, I’m sure you can remember the height of this hair band phenomenon… men wore makeup, teased their hair, pouted like those annoying Bratz dolls, and did what they could to be manly, but in a girlish kind of way.

At the time it was the “cool” thing to do, but looking back on it, I’m sure most of the hair bands would say, <i>“Somebody paid me to do it.”</i>

The one song that I credit to killing the 80’s is Nirvana’s <i>“Smells Like Teen Spirit.”</i> [...]

Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit

Posted on January 20, 2009 | View Comments

In my opinion, there hasn’t been anything quite like the death of the 80’s hair bands. If you were alive in the 80’s, I’m sure you can remember the height of this hair band phenomenon… men wore makeup, teased their hair, pouted like those annoying Bratz dolls, and did what they could to be manly, but in a girlish kind of way. At the time it was the “cool” thing to do, but looking back on it, I’m sure most of the hair bands would say, “Somebody paid me to do it.” The one song that I credit to killing the 80’s is Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” [...]

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Depeche Mode: Personal Jesus

Finals Week Playlist Highlights

Bruce Springsteen: I’m On Fire

Valentine’s Day Bit O’ Covers – The Cure: Lovesong

Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit

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