Notasteelersfan's Blog

I have a weakness for music since Ive studied it for a great deal of my young life. I am not a big fan of country music or rock so those stations dont have a spot on my 6 station buttons in my car. My radio is full with my 3 favorite stations: XL 106.7, Power 95.3 and 102 Jamz. I had a MP3 which I used on a regular base in the car for a year because I was getting tierd of the constant slide downward in music on these stations. The greats were being replaced by the imposters who "claimed" they were insierd by the classics only to have horrible songs that reflected horribly on the hip-hop, rap and (surprisingly ) R&B community. Well my music player was stolen so Ive had to resort to radio to keep me from bordom in the car. I was reminded nothing changed when I was finding myslef changing station to station. I even had to resort to rock and now I like the beetles (haha). But in the last moth something intresting has happend. I belive this is due to an amazing vocalist by the name of Alicia Keys. Other R&B artists have contributed to this matter but I believe she has started a change in the hip-hop community for the better. Those song which have gained  notoriety in the hip-hop community have been slowly dissapearing and the classics like Luaren Hill, Fugees and amoung other have been slowly appearing on these stations. It is also refelcted in the new music that has been making its way over the radio. More songs about life, real life, real people and real situations are abundant now than ever before. If you are not used to these stations then you might not hear the diffrence but trust me it is there. I belive that there is a great and silent movement and the hip-hop community is being changed for the better. They are going back to the foundations and dropping a lot of their nonsense. R&B and Soul is taking over and it shows that the fans want a change because these new songs are highly requested. Its about time.

Are dogs who chace their tails dumber than the ones who dont?

It's been a while since I've seen such a diffrent and original movie. Cloverfeild was more than what I expected it to be. Usually, when most movies hide the identity of a monster or killer they  fall short but this movie delivers. The "monster" is not dissapointing nor do iIstill know what it really looks like.  This movie is being compared to The Blair Witch Project. It has its similarites like the first person view with the camcorder and the fact that the main character is rarely seen but Cloverfeild far surpasses BWP in my opinion. What I couldnt help but notice is that this movie had a feeling of reality to it. Its not just because of the shaky camcorder (by the way may cause some motion sickness) or the NY 9/11 aftermath backround but the reality comes from the actors and their story as well as real life choices and decisons which are sometimes over the top but so over the top that it isnt suprising at all. The comedy aspect is great as well and come at all the right times. This movie will no doubt have split opinions but if your looking for an amazing thriller with a classic monster movie feel I highly recomend Cloverfeild. Is there anyone out there who didnt like it?

Which is better. Now adays it seems that box office hits are becoming repetitive, political and just cliche. Same superhero movie where the superhero wins, remakes of remade movies, actors remaking movies they were made famous with (rambo), same actors with the same expressions, same war movie with the same ending, . To me it seems like there really isnt any original movies and stories in holywood anymore but it is completly opposite with movies in the Inide (independent films) world. There stories are shocking, riviting, unique, unpredictable and no remakes = absolute originality. I've made the switch to the indie scene. It has been a while since ive seen a really good cinimatic movie but its only been a day since i've seen a riviting ,original indie.

So what is it going to be? Hollywood or underground indies