Since You've Been Gone

Here's a list of a FEW of the major events in music (from my point of view) that happened during my hiatus:

(1) Fall Out Boy got back together and recorded an album... without telling anyone!
(2) Flyleaf's lead singer, Lacey Sturm, unexpectedly quit the band to tour with evangelist group The Whosoevers (featuring Brian "Head" Welch from Korn). The band kept their name and replaced Lacey with Kristen May. They've gone from playing HOB and Hard Rock to playing dive bars. If you don't believe me, just look up their recent shows on YouTube.
(3) David Bowie came out of hiding! The industry's most reclusive rock star released his first album in... well... far too long!
(4) Amanda Bynes announced that she's recording a rap album. No, you're not getting punked. That really happened.
(5) Stone Temple Pilots dumped Scott Weiland for Chester Bennington. Yes, the dude from Linkin Park. STP and Weiland are suing each other. STP wants Weiland to stop singing their songs. Weiland wants... well... enough money to buy drugs. He'll lose.
(6) The Grammys were boring, despite being dominated by a band called Fun. If you want your band to be "fun," shouldn't your name have more exciting punctuation than a period?
(7) Billie Joe Armstrong went to rehab. Yes, the man who was virtually married to Mary Jane. I don't think we've seen a sober Green Day song yet. IF rehab is successful, I really don't know what to expect with the next album. Wishing him all the best!
(8) Justin Bieber bought an illegal monkey. (You really can't make this stuff up.)
(9) Taylor Swift broke up with another boy. And wrote an album about it. And that crap sold more copies than it should have.
(10) Snoop Dogg changed his name to Snoop Lion, started recording reggae music, and did a duet with Miley Cyrus. Now we can plan for the end of the world.

Think I missed something important? Let me know in the comments!

It's Been Awhile

So, it has been a LONG time since I wrote a post. In fact, it's been 10 months. Since then, I've changed careers, zip codes, family status, and the music industry has continued to churn out music. Not gonna lie, most of it was CRAP.

This summer, I plan on trying to play "catch up" with this blog. I'll be reviewing some of the new summer stuff, and hitting the major highs and lows from the past 10 months.

It's good to be back. :)