Sometimes I worry that being at school, and not listening to the radio, I miss a lot of new music. So I went to checkout the top 40 today and surprise! Not a single song in the top 10 changed this week. Furthermore, only one new song was on the charts...at #40. Looks like the American music scene is in hibernation for the winter! Oh well, here's to waiting for the new Lifehouse CD.

http://teamteamwork.bandcamp.com/album/the-ocarina-of-rhyme

Check out #11, nuff said.

Also, I would like to give a shout-out to UV filters while I'm at it. Enjoy!

Today I'm proud to bring you the second edition of how to ruin a good music video via deconstruction...

Let the banter begin after the jump:

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Once of my suitemates shared this with me. The site is a couple of graphs and statistics which form the basis for most rap songs. It's quite enlightening really:

http://www.jamphat.com/rap/

Sample:

Enjoy!

For years, sociologists and other learned scholars have tried to deduce through quantitative reasoning the difference between the geek and the nerd. Unfortunately, I cannot present any groundbreaking evidence in this field as both sides have their own unique traits and personalities. However, the thing which I believe separates a geek from a nerd is passion and excitement. Whereas nerds are driven solely by a desire to know everything about a given area, geeks are driven by a deeper passion…perhaps love...for their interests. And it is the latter group, the geekimus maximus that we examine in-depth today. We will gain a first-hand understanding of their culture, and their contributions to human society...

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