tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157503008323740264.post1251069560059721410..comments2023-07-11T07:15:31.441-05:00Comments on The Jeopardy of Contentment: Misconception= Missed OpportunitiesMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04193898227002522826noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157503008323740264.post-59026501671548810622010-05-26T19:06:02.728-05:002010-05-26T19:06:02.728-05:00I skipped over listening to Explosions In The Sky ...I skipped over listening to Explosions In The Sky because I thought the name was really pretentious and dumb. This was also after someone recommend their album <i>The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place</i> to me...that album name didn't help on the pretentiousness factor. I finally gave it a chance a year or two later and now it's one of my top 10 favorite albums from the last decade.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984832754508877918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5157503008323740264.post-15906378259019790662010-05-18T18:07:56.137-05:002010-05-18T18:07:56.137-05:00You pose a great question with...
"What artis...You pose a great question with...<br />"What artists have you missed out on due to your assumptions?" I can't really think of any artists or bands at the moment but I can put this in a genre question. I really don't give a lot of new punk much of a chance. But after seeing Rise Against at Uptown Theater (back in June of '09), I realized the genre or the dream is still alive. While I'm not a huge fan of this band, I still appreciate what they're getting at which is political/anti-authority hardcore punk infused with metal. Speaking of a genre that's far from dead but I left bleeding on the corner of Junior & High School Street is METAL. Recently attending the Volcom Tour (Mastodon, Between The Buried and Me, Baroness, & Valient Thorr at Liberty Hall), my first love/obsession for music was completely re-juvinated. Your music is out there. You just gotta go looking for it.Poindexternoreply@blogger.com