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Blogocentric Formulations
Logocentric (adj). Regarding words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality (especially applied as a negative term to traditional Western thought by postmodernist critics).
Sometimes I just write whatever I feel like. Other times I respond to prompts, many taken from the following places:
 "The Soundtrackers Group" 
"Blogging Circle of Friends "
"Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise"
"JAFBG"
"Take up Your Cross"
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February 11, 2015 at 9:06pm February 11, 2015 at 9:06pm
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Song: "Mistaken"
Artist: Save Ferris
Album: Modified
Save Ferris (yes, they got their name from Ferris Bueller's Day Off) is one of my all-time favorite bands. The ska music genre was briefly popular in the 1990s, particularly in California and New York, which was exactly where I happened to be growing up. No Doubt is probably the most popular band in the genre, but I was also a huge fan of bands like The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Reel Big Fish. Save Ferris' first album It Means Everything came out in 1997 and had a handful of recognizable songs on it, most notably their cover of "Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners, and "The World Is New," which was used in a handful of trailers and movies at the time. It was a good album, but not nearly as good as their follow-up, Modified, which really changed their sound.
Rumors are that vocalist Monique Powell was going through a particularly bad breakup at the time and a lot of her depression and emotions found their way into the songs. If you think Taylor Swift writing a song about a bad relationship is impressive, try an entire album! Here are a few excerpts from song choruses on the album:
"I'm Not Cryin' For You" - Cuz' I'm not crying for you / No, no, no / I'm not crying for you tonight / So please listen when I say / That there's no way that I will stay / And know that / I'm not crying for you
"Your Friend" - I don't wanna have to be your friend / I'm so tired of tryin' to be your friend / I don't wanna have to be your friend, no anymore / When it really doesn't matter what I say / Cuz' you're never gonna listen to me anyways / Well, I don't wanna have to be your friend, no anymore
"No Love" - I remember all the things she used to say / And I remember all the games we used to play / And I remember loving you / But now that love has all gone away
"Angry Situation" - Did you think that this would make everything right? / Did you know the price you pay is your own life? / And as you're screaming out to me to make things right, tonight / How will you end your pain?
"Holding On" - When you feel the world is coming down on you / There's only one thing that you really should remember to do / Keep holding on / Keep holding on, yeah / Better days are coming / Just as this one's surely gone / Keep holding on / Keep holding on, yeah / Things will be much better / But you've got to keep holding on
"Let Me In" - So let me in / All that I wanted from you / Was something you'd never do / So let me in / Oh please tonight / Don't let this end / Tonight / I'll Fall
So, yeah, this is kind of a bitter, angry type of album.  But it's really good and all the songs are really catchy.
Save Ferris is actually one of the first shows I tried to go to when I moved to Southern California. They were playing out in Riverside and my wife (at that point my girlfriend) and I got in my Jeep to drive out there from Long Beach. We made it about halfway before my old Jeep's radiator busted and we ended up spending the night on a very bizarre adventure with the tow truck driver, who decided to make several stops to take care of personal business on the way back to Long Beach. We never ended up seeing them perform, and the band ended up breaking up and performing their last show a couple months after that. So I've still never seen them live.
Most of the band members went on to other projects, and Monique briefly self-financed a "For the Fans" tour in 2003. In recent years (since 2013), Powell has been sporadically showing up and playing Save Ferris set lists with an entire new band, but the former members of the band decided to sue her, claiming she has no right to perform under the band's name or use its songs. Powell is counter-suing, claiming that everyone else left the group rather than officially disbanding, leaving her as the sole inheritor to the group name and songs. Knowing how slow the court system is in California, it'll probably be a good long time before the matter is settled, which means I'm going to have to stick to their two albums I've already got. 
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February 11, 2015 at 8:32pm February 11, 2015 at 8:32pm
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Song: "True Love"
Artist: P!nk ft. Lily Allen
Album: The Truth About Love
The most difficult part of today's blog post wasn't choosing the artist, but figuring out which one of her songs to feature since she's had so many hits over her fifteen year career. I've been a fan of P!nk's since "Most Girls" and "You Make Me Sick" from her Can't Take Me Home album released way back in 2000. Since then, she's had at least one hit I've really liked (and listened to on repeat for days) from each of her albums. In a lot of cases, it's been more than one song. I really like the fact that she hit it big around the same time as other female pop artists but has a distinctive edge to her work that doesn't make her sound like a carbon copy of everyone else. I also love that her songs are mainstream but speak to the outsiders and rebels in society much more than they speak to conformists.
It's clearly not just counterculture that likes her music, though; she's sold over 135 million albums worldwide and can count three Grammys, six MTV VMAs, and Billboard's recognition as their Pop Songs Artist of the Decade. She routinely sells out her concerts and earns $1 million+ per show when she's touring.
I particularly like this song of hers because the video is really fun and clearly shows how much she loves her husband Carey Hart. Even though the song's lyrics about knowing it must be true love when someone knows just how to drive you crazy can apply to pretty much anybody, I think it's especially fitting for the two of them who were married, separated, reconciled, and are now raising a daughter together. Fun fact: she actually proposed to him by writing "Will You Marry Me? I'm serious!" on a pit board during one of his motocross races. He actually didn't see the sign his first lap but veered off the track to accept on his next time around. She then made him finish the race because she said she didn't want to marry a loser. 
It's pretty hard for me to listen to this song and not reflect on my own life and how much my wife and I both love each other and get on each other's nerves from time to time. Any relationship has its give and take, and when you know someone long enough, they know exactly how to press your buttons. But it's also because you love someone that they drive you so crazy when you fight or argue with them. I have a feeling anyone who's been in a long term relationship can probably identify with this song. 
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