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1. TV on the Radio- Dear science
2. Bob Dylan- Tell Tale Signs- The Bootleg (Series Vol.
3. Lil Wayne- The Carter III
4. My Morning Jacket- Evil Urges
5. John Mellencamp- Life, Death, Love and Freedom
6. Santogold- Santogold
7. Coldplay- Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
8. Beck- Modern Guilt
9. Metallica- Death Magnetic
10. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend
11. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes
12. Guns n’ Roses- Chinese Democracy
13. Blitzen Trapper- Furr
14. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals- Cardinalogy
15. The Black Keys- Attack and Release
16. Randy Newman- Harps and Angels
17. B.B. King- One Kind Favor
18. Lucinda Williams- Little Honey
19. Erykah Badu- New Amerykah: Part 1
20. King of Leon- Only by the Night
21. Kaiser Cheifs- Off With Their Heads
22. Jackson Browne- Time the Conqueror
23. Conor Oberst- Conor Oberst
24. Girl Talk- Feed the Animals
25. The Magnetic Fields- Distortion
26. Mudcrutch- Mudcrutch
27. Brian Wilson- The Luck Old Sun
28. The Knux- Remind Me in Three Days….
29. Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago
30. Duffy- Rockferry
31. MGMT- Oracular Spectacular
32. Jamey Johnson- The Lonesome Song
33. Ne-Yo- Year of the Gentleman
34. Stephen Malkmus- Real Emotional Trash
35. Nick Cave and Bad Seeds- Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
36. The Hold Steady- Stay Positive
37. Nine Inch Nails- The Slip
38. Ra Ra Riot- The Rhumb Line
39. Taylor Swift- Fearless
40. Jonas Brothers- A Little Bit Longer
41. AC/DC- Black Ice
42. David Bryne and Brian Eno- Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
43. Nas- Untitled
44. The Raconteurs- Consolers of the Lonely
45. Be Your Own Pet- Get Awkward
46. The Academy Is…- Fats Times at Barrington High
47. Of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping
48. Raphael Saadig- The Way I See It
49. Hot Chip- Made in the Dark

50.No Age- Nouns

Music Therapy is something I remember hearing about right around the time I was going  off to college. I recently went and looked at the site “American Music Therapy Association” and it was established in 1998. I personally think it is a very creative way to addressing  stress and providing an alternative to medicine in the pill form. I believe that the world is already way too medicated. I also think people need to just calm down. Now even though I don’t see music therapy as being a widely accepted practice, I do think they have a great idea. I mean who didn’t listen to music when they were a teenager (not that I am saying you don’t now); your parents make you mad or even a sibling or maybe just school sucked that day. So you go home and go to your room crank up your favorite tunes and just relax. Teenagers deal with a lot of stress, not that I am saying that adults don’t however when you are starting to gain independence and responsibilities and your body in changing and your mind is developing and your hormones are going crazy; I myself just loved to crank up the music and let if all float away. Even today if I have a bad day at work the first thing I do when I get to the sanctuary of my car is blast the radio to a song I like scream it out to an audience of  myself and let all the days problems just go.

I see this therapy  being most helpful to young adults, because it is not just about listening to music and feeling better,  about palying or writing or whatever will let you express yourself and let it out. (Madonna had it right!) Now insurance does pay for this and like anything to do with an insurance company not all apply and not all will be covered but that site does go into pretty good detail about different states and coverage.

I think before parents throw their children on ritalin or concerta or zoloft or any more of those “make my children act right drugs” maybe this could be a safe and drug free alternative to calming and destressing. Music by nature is supposed to be joyous and a sort of celebration or at least that is my take on it. I mean to right down the words and put it to music and then lay it down on cd or vinyl or whatever it has to be something that not only appeals to you but is something others in the world can appreciate as well.

I think that music is a wonderful thing and I personally try and listen and watch as much as I can. I also think that maybe not as far as going to a doctor and be prescribed music, I have used music many many times to help me get into a better mood or let something go, and I am sure I am not the only one.  So anyway if anyone is feeling a bit overwhelmed try putting on something you find calming and turn down the lights and turn up the volume

So last night I was watching American Idol and even though I have not been a true American Idol fan; I watched a tiny bit of last season and I have seen about half of season 8 the current one; however I thought that it was insane to so pointly admit that it is not just about the perons ability but about their personal looks. Now I know that sex does sell but come on, why have a competition about sing and a person’s talents and then say in fine print say  ” oh by the way if we do not find you attractive no matter how good you are you are S.O.L.” I am sorry but what a load of crap. If the show is about music and singing then leave it at that if a show needs spark and fire and drama to sell then tell the person that they are ugly or unattractive but do not count out their ability because of there looks. Have they done this every season, does anyone know or is it just a new thing this season. I can understand to a point I can but I still think that the bottom line is ability.

I watched the judges go back and forth, about to put a beautiful girl that could not sing that well ahead of another girl who was not attractive but had a much better voice. Now I can appreciate a nice body as well as the next person; but is it not enough to take a young person and make a star out of them as well as anyone else with a lot of talent that makes it far in the competition. Must we hold the world attention by saying that singing is not enough to keep people watching and voting night after night, but that person must also have sex appeal or it is no good. Plus who could forget all the off handed remarks and flat out insults by the judges give frequently. I just think that music and talent are enough and I think it is a bad look of the world when a show like this say so blatantly that if it is not sexy then no one will like it.

So in an earlier post on Robert Johnson i made mention of the forever 27, well this is what i am talking about. Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimmie Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain all died at the age of 27. Just thing of what else they might have accomplished if they had not met their untimely deaths. This is a poster i do own a copy of myself when i saw it i had to have it. On the back of mine it has a piece of paper that tell 27 referances to one of the 4 artist in the poster see if you can find them and i will post all the answers at a later date. I still stand behind my earlier comment that Robert Johnson should have been  included.

for more information on each of these artist i have provided a few links below

Janis Joplin-  http://www.janisjoplin.net/

Jim Morrison- http://www.americanlegends.com/morrison/index.html

Kurt Cobain- http://www.burntout.com/kurt/biography/

Jimmie Hendrix-http://www.hotshotdigital.com/WellAlwaysRemember/JimiHendrixBio.html

also just some interesting links:

http://thechaosofdeath.blogspot.com/2008/02/27-club.html

http://www.the27clubmovie.com/production_synopses.html

I listen to a lot of music, a lot of different genres and a lot of crap.  I think that I missed a band somewhere in the mix and the bands name is Gogol Bordello. These guys have apparently been around for years and I don’t know how they were able to sneak through the cracks.  If you have heard these guys once you cannot forget them.  They have a most unique sound that I have no  other way to describe than “Gypsy Punk” and I am not even sure that saying that gives the band justice of just how “different” there music is.

These guys have been on Letterman and performed with Madonna, so I take it they are big somewhere, but for now, take a listen below, and enjoy the Gogol Bordello Video!

Wonderlust King by Gogol Bordello

From time to time, the staff here at MusiBlog run across a website that is unique or different in some fashion and we like to share them with our readers.  We have found a site that is exactly that.  Not to often to we see a site that is basically a resume on the digital paper that really is interesting, but we just did.

The web site of Dennis Carey explains who he is and what his job skills are.  Basically he is a head hunter for large corporations, filling there needs for high end CEO’s.  Not that this is about music but check this guy out he has filled positions for AT&T, Avon, Ameritrade, CBS, Pfizer, Tyco and many, many others.  It is just amazing that one guy has found the CEO’s for so many huge companies to me.

So if you are curious or if you are in need of a Corperate CEO then take a chance to visit Dennis Carey’s site, you won’t be disapointed, he seems like the kind of guy who can do just about anything.

Hello all Music Lovers, Musiblog is glad to announce that this is its 6th month of existence.  We wanted to take a second to say how much we appreciate all the visits and comments we have had.  We are happy to see our web community growing.

We are still trying to get the word out about our site so if you are interested in trading links with us or if you would like to digg some of our stories please create a digg account like the one here for EcoQuest intl stories and feel free to digg all of our stories that you like and send us some shouts.

Once again we just want to thank everyone for there support and ask that you bookmark us if you have not already.  So, you can get back to the music now, sorry for the brief interruption.

Thank you for your support,

The Musiblog Staff

Everybody wants to know how to make money online these days.  It seems that we are all aware that there is massive amounts of money being made on the internet and we all want to see how to get a piece of the pie.  Of course the big problem for many is finding a good way to get the word out about there new product or service that they want to offer to surfers online.

We all know that the internet is such a large and constantly evolving beast, that it is hard to even guess where to start.  There are many techniques that are being used by the big boys that are so simple that anybody can use these techniques, but how does one get a hold of these million dollar marketing concepts?

Well you can spend the next 5 years reading forums and talking to folks online to see what strategies are working for them or you can go straight to the source.  If you want to get serious about making money online, take a look at the Stone Evans Internet Marketing training videos and your half-way there.  These videos are created for the “newbie” in mind, so even if you are new to the internet, you can learn everything you need to know to properly market your online project.  If you are trying to sell your music online, this can be invaluable to you!

There are many news stations out there that offer updated information on the internet these days.  Some offer local weather and local job searches and other cool features.  These places are cool, but many times we notice eventually all Big news channels become a little biased when it comes to reporting news. Also, many times news stories that are intersting to some never get brought to light because they are not a big enough news story.

We ran into a site for the first time that offers something totally unique. All Voices breaking news offers a whole new perspective on news.  It’s kinda like “report it yourself” style news.  You can add your own voice to the news by adding local info to this cool site.  Take a look and see what we are talking about, this is a really great idea, get your local news and weather from folks that live where you do!

Yes, we know, it’s all about the music, what is with this prescription eyeglass bit.  Well its hard to play the music if you can’t read the music.  So we just wanted to take a second to remind our readers here at MusiBlog that you don’t have to pay big bucks to get your glasses.   Just visit our friends over at Zenni Optical, these guys are some fly by night company Zenni Optical was on FOX news!

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