when you try sometimes but you cant succeed...

note to those concerned: this entry was started some two days ago, and then finally posted during my lunch break at work. so, its not like im sitting around writing these long-ass entries at work. i have real things to do. and thats called looking at porno. now, onto the entry...

i am going to make a statement, and its going to come as no surprise. be that to me, to you, to the CIA as they are searching my blog for any "anti-american" comments [thanks Condeleeza for not only being a skank but a snitch as well], or to anyone else who may come in contact with this thing. the only problem with this statement is that its going to be dated. by that i mean its expressing excitement for an event that is going to come and go, but yet i'll still have this post sitting around. and then later, when looking back on this blog, i am going go say something like "man, that was pretty dated". especially if said event that this soon-to-come statement details sucks. then i'll be like "damn it, all of that build up for nothing". and speaking of all-of-that-build-up-for-nothing situations, after all of this set-up, i realize now that when i finally get to it, everyone who is waiting for it [thanks for reading, mom] is going to be like "geezus, all that bullshit for THIS? shut the hell up, i hate you." and then you'll go back to playing video games or starting a special olympics gang-war or whatever it is you kids do these days. so what, you ask, could be so important that i feel the need to share it with my online journal? hmmm...

i cannot WAIT for the new coldplay album.

yup, thats it. thats all i really wanted to say.

june 7th. so i tivo'd saturday night live last week. first of all, lindsay lohan is hot. granted. and everyone who's like "she's getting so skinny" [which apparently is a lot of people] are just jealous of the fact that she's getting hotter. and maybe when she weighs like, 80 pounds, then she'll be TOTALLY hot. but until then, only "really hot". i think this is why people think that the olsen twins are totally hot. cuz they also weigh around 80 pounds each. maybe 80 pounds TOGETHER. that would be even hotter. ok, so im not saying theyre not attractive [i mean, factor in the fact that theyre both worth upwards of $200 million each, and ANYONE weighing 80 pounds is hot -- 18 years old or not. i mean shit; the fat 6 year old son of bill gates is hot, cuz that kid is gonna be worth BANK], but the olsen twins are WAY too skinny. yeah, i said it. lohan, not too skinny. but getting there. in fact, she's on the edge. but still really hot. back to coldplay.

so, i tivo'd their performance. and must have watched it 30 times by now. sick. but i was pretty skeptical at first. i heard "speed of sound" a few weeks ago and loved it the first time i heard it; when it was called "clocks". in fact, my ever-perceptive and kick-ass bassist introduced me to it in a conversation that resembles this:

nate: "hey dude, have you heard the new coldplay song?"
me: "nope"
nate: "ugh. well, enjoy listening to 'clocks' again"
me: "really?"
nate: "who just farted?"
mike flowers: "it was the dog"
me & nate [in unison, harmonizing in the key of E major]: "we dont have a dog"
flowers: "in fact, this conversation didnt really happen except for the first 3 lines. and i wasnt even there. michael, you should stop typing"
me: "ok"

so, when i first took a listen, i was like "horseshit". or something like that. kinda pissed that "speed of sound" is in the same key as 'clocks', same chord progressions, same background 'pad'; just made me think they were sitting on old success and bullshitting out a new hit. or at least something to add to that "NOW 3806" cd [as seen on tv]. me: very disappointed. so i wrote off the new cd as another one of those awesome bands that are coming out with crappy new cds. its happened a lot to me lately [U2, the new doves is kinda mediocre -- although they were awesome live, i hear the new ben folds album is lame, etc] where bands i love have been giving me the let-down. [side note, bands who have recently delivered: mae and copeland].

quick-splice scene to a cookout at flowers' house [mike flowers, plays guitar in the band, my roommate from college, super-secret lover, etc]. flowers' says something like "this is the best song ive heard from coldplay yet". i respond with a "are you retarded?" comment, but the fact that he likes the song forces me to give it another few listens out of mere respect for his musical taste and sensibilities. damn it, does that song grow on you. so, new and improved opinion: "speed of sound" is pretty awesome. the chorus is so much better than 'clocks', and the song flows exceptionally well. cut to the SNL performance, for their second song they played this slow song [i have no idea of the name], and the first time i heard it i got chills -- seriously one of the best songs i have heard in the past few years. unreal. it was coldplay at their best, and i loved every second of it. i ate that shit up faster than a 14 year old girl on TRL with daddy's credit card waiting in line for 26 days to see n'sync. the line in the chorus is something like "i will fix you". and its so friggin awesome.

what does all this point to? well, i am extremely pumped for their new album and just hope that if the trend follows what ive seen so far, that this album will continue on the path of kick-ass-ness that coldplay seem to be on already. i hope that fame and fortune [and something called a hot/famous wife i.e. andre agassi-style] doesnt destroy coldplay and turn them into everything i, and a lot of others, hate about the music industry. as someone who feels like they are sort-of-kind-of in the industry [anyone know a good drummer?], it has been a long time since i have been this excited about a new album. i am very cynical and elitist when it comes to music, especially new music [and i admit it. sorry.]. please coldplay, i beg you: dont fail me now.

"when you get what you want, but not what you neeeeeed"