Lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones.

so an unnamed buddy of mine just IM'd me over the new coldplay album. and just as luck would have it, my work day consisted of data entry into the wonderful CRM known as salesforce.com. and sure, salesforce is pretty well organized and its a good program, blah blah blah, and all that crap. but there is nothing that could make me wish i was doing data entry all day into fucking salesforce.com. in fact, i think its because salesforce is such a great system that i hate it so much, because it leaves little room to bitch about it sucking. if it was shit, then at least i could be like "this sucks because the application is so bad" and people would nod their heads, agree with me, and feel slightly sorry for me. or just point and be like "thank god im not the new guy". or they would just not care, which right now people will walk by my desk and be like "dude, that sucks. and why are your headphones so loud? do you work out?" but there is seriously nothing that would make me want to sit and do that crap all day.

well, i thought there was nothing that could. and then i got X & Y. and dont worry, i will go out and buy the actual album when it comes out in stores next week. i will support the band. i'll probably go see them in concert and pay waaaaay too much money for a ticket. but i figured as a follow-up to my last post, i should let everyone know that the new coldplay album KICKS ASS. and yes, that is a technical term. i think they have a new box on the front of albums that says something like KA for "kicks ass" and PA for "parental advisory". i think there's also one for WV which is for britney spears and other skanks' cds that stands for "watch the video" since thats about the only positives to come out of those. anyway, new coldplay: KA. and it made me enter data all day and not complain about it. which made my boss happy. cause that way he didnt have to do it and could i dont know... play foosball all day; drink a few sam summers. something 'productive' im sure.

so as this is going to easily be the shortest of my posts so far, my advice to you is that you go out and buy the new coldplay album. and not to further enhance their total world domination. and not to further push them into the 'new U2'. but just to enjoy great music. on a side note, i read an article [http://www.azcentral.com/ent/music/articles/0603anticoldplay03.html] about why coldplay was bad. and it was pretty interesting. shit, here we go --

so this was going to be a short entry, but i want to say something about this article. first off, you have to sign up to be able to read it [i think... i cant remember that far back]. but if you do, its a pretty well written article. the only thing is, i think its misguided. at one point he says that BECAUSE of coldplay, all these coldplay followers are popping up, and cites a few bands including travis, starsailor, keane, etc. point is, this guy is an idiot because all those bands have been around since before coldplay was ever famous. nice try, jackass. second, he calls chris martin emo. EMO? seriously, if there is one thing i know, its what emo is. not because i claim to "be" emo, but just cuz i get called emo oh, lets say, umm... maybe 8 times every fucking day. ok people, i get it. its the glasses. and the hair. i listen to some emo music, pull from some of the fashion trends -- i'm pretty well versed in what is emo and what isnt. and coldplay isnt. just because something's emotional and heartfelt doesnt make it emo. nice second try, jackass. and the last thing im going to touch on here is that he slams coldplay for their self-pity and sort of downplaying of success in their lyrics, etc. and to that i say just because youve sold 20 million albums doesnt change you as a person. just because you may have huge commerical success doesnt mean that what you feel in your heart and your head change at all. and i think he's saying that theyve sold out at some point in the article [because these kind of lyrics are what sold them before they are sticking with them for further success?]. but wouldnt changing your style, and changing what you sing about and who you are be selling out? i understand that people change over time, but writing music is about expressing core emotions. and people dont change deep down. being a musician and writing music, i know a little about this. and chris martin is just being the same guy, the only difference is that tons of people love his music and he's got about $30 trillion backing him [its called EMI, their record label]. i think this guy has got it wrong. nice third try, jack ass.

but if you want to see a different opinion, please read the article. its a good read, and i think you may enjoy it. or not. whatevah. i do what i want. but definately buy the album. KA.

"and i will try to fix you"