Move on with the force, don´t stop..

Don´t stop till you get enough.

REST IN PEACE, MJ.

MY TOP 10 OF 2008

God knows I love doing Top 10 charts, and last year I did mine (whoa I've had this blog for a year?!) and I loved it so I want to do it all over again.. And who knows I might start blogging again in 09, as If anyone cares.

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2008:
1. Jason Mraz- We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things.
2. Britney Spears- Circus.
3. Plastilina Mosh- All You Need Is Mosh.
4. Kanye West- 808s and Heartbreak.
5. Madonna- Hard Candy.
6. Jack Johnson- Sleep Through The Static.
7. Lady Gaga- The Fame.
8. Lenny Kravitz- It's A Love Revolution.
9. Julieta Venegas- MTV Unplugged.
10. T.I- Paper Trail.

TOP 10 SONGS OF 2008:
1. Lenny Kravitz- I'll Be Waiting.
2. Rihanna- Disturbia.
3. Britney Spears- Womanizer.
4. Jason Mraz- I'm Yours.
5. Death Cab For Cutie- I Will Possess Your Heart.
6. Juanes- Tres.
7. Jazmine Sullivan- I Need U Bad.
8. Kings Of Leon- Sex On Fire.
9. Belanova- Paso El Tiempo.
10. Madonna- Give It To Me.

TOP 10 MOMENTS OF 2008:
1. Barack Obama elected President of the United States.
2. Britney Spears making a comeback.
3. Everything Sarah Palin related.
4. Dios Eolo dying from a drunk driver.
5. Saturday Night Live coverage of the 2008 elections.
6. Fabulosos Cadillacs giving the best concert I have ever witnessed.
7. Sinaloa beauty queen encarcelated with a high-profile drug cartel leader while "shopping " in Colombia.
8. Journalist throwing a shoe at President George W. Bush.
9. Michael Phelps kicking ass at the Olympics.
10. Me surviving the Recession.

Don´t call this a comeback story..

From Billboard.com:

As expected, Britney Spears' "Circus" makes a big bow at the top of The Billboard 200, becoming her fifth No. 1. The Jive set moved 505,000 copies in the United States, making Spears the only act in Nielsen SoundScan history to have four albums debut with 500,000 or more.Since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991, only four acts -- aside from Spears -- have notched three 500,000-starts: 2Pac, 50 Cent, Garth Brooks and Jay-Z.

Previously, her second, third and fourth sets all racked up half-million weeks: 2000's "Oops! I Did It Again" started with 1.3 million, 2001's "Britney" debuted with 746,000 and 2003's "In the Zone" entered the chart with 609,000. Among female artists, only four have earned more No. 1 albums: Barbra Streisand (eight), Madonna (seven) and Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson (both with six).

On the Billboard Hot 100 to be released tomorrow, Spears scores her first top 10 debut as the set's title cut debuts at No. 3. The song, which she performed live on ABC's "Good Morning America" the day "Circus" hit retail, opens at No. 1 on Hot Digital Songs with 212,000 downloads. With her former No. 1 single "Womanizer" at No. 10 on the Hot 100, Spears places two tracks simultaneously in that chart's top 10 for the first time in her career.
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Wow, this is the biggest week ever in Britney's musical career. Such an acomplishment and to come after everything she has been through. This is a big statement from her.

It brought a smile to my face :)

This is the only reason that make me wanna post in here..

Best Album of 2008..

Yeah, I said it.

Go out and buy it,

Comeback of the Year.

Whether you like it or not...

When will this stop!?!?!

I know I haven't blogged in the longest time, but I have been the busiest that I've ever been in my life. It's crazy, but I'm enjoying most of it. To begin with, I started work a couple of weeks ago, I now work for Comcast Call Center for Houston, TX. Who knew they do customer service for American companies in Mexico? Oh well, I mean work is great and I have great friends and stuff but the thing is that I work 48 hours and it just gets so stressful all of the time, more when you're dealing with the same type of issues every day, all day.

Also, I'm about to begin college at UVM here in the GDL town, and I'm going through a major deciding point in my life where I left my Journalism major aside and decided to become an Engineer of Computer Systems. WTF? Why that change??! Trust me, I don't even know.

I promise I will post more often, if possible, but right now time is gold for me. But I'll defitinely leave you with what I'm listening right now:

The Flaming Lips- The Yeah Yeah Song.
Solange- Sandcastle Disco.
Pink- So What.
MGMT- Time to Pretend.

P.S: Oh yeah, Britney will not be performing at the VMAs, even though she was three nods.

A WHOLE NEW BRITNEY

There is really not many things that can actually motivate me to write a blog after an exhausting week at work on a Saturday night but to see my favorite popstar in the world come back from the ashes like Britney Spears just did. This week or so Britney has emerged from hiding looking as happy and gorgeous as she was a few years ago. She is even coming back to the spotlight slowly but surely.

It has been almost a year since Britney's "terrible" VMA performance which I was able to "witness" in Vegas and this year she has just shot a promo clip with this year's host making fun of her performance last year as in "the elephant in the room", ha.. But what really strucks me is how beautiful she is looking lately, and how happy and fit and just put together she looks nowadays. It seems that she has truly brought her life to a stable, happy place. She just finished her custody battle and her conservatorship is ending soon, she is recording her new album and just lost a ton of weight, looking as the sex symbol she was back in the day.

It really makes me happy to see her like this, because not only as a fan but as a human being it really pained me to see how Britney has suffering earlier this year. I really thought she was going to die tragically but she ended up turning things around and really for the first time in her life being an inspiration for people out there that no matter how bad of a situation you're in, you can always go for the better. So what does the future holds for her? Well, she is nominated twice for this year's VMAS and she has the Madonna cameo video coming out later this month as well as her new album coming out this Christmas.

I just cannot wait to see how Britney turns her life around. I cannot emphasize enough how happy I am to see they new Britney Spears. She has proven that she can literally do it all. The sky is the limit. The world is rooting for ya, Brit.

Playlist time, bitch.

1. Jason Mraz - Beautiful Mess.
2. Lenny Kravitz - I'll be waiting.
3. Katy Perry - Hot N Cold.
4. Karma Police - Radiohead.
5. We The Kings - Check Yes Juliet.
6. Kylie Minogue - In My Arms.
7. The Veronicas - Untouched.
8. Leona Lewis - Better In Time.
9. Lady GaGa - Just Dance.
10. David Banner - Get Like Me.

Very ecletic playlist this time!

Life Update

I am just finishing my third week living in the GDL town and I just can say that I'm glad of the things I've accomplished and happy that I'm adjusting so well to this transition. To begin with I fully remodeled my room in my house and it feels very me, full of pictures of my friends, family and my Britney Spears poster LOL. And I've gotten myself a job! Yes, after trying to evade the reponsibility of joining the work force for at least a couple of years I did it.

I'm employed at HTC (Hispanic Teleservices Company) a customer service/sales company for american companies in english. Yes, being a bilingual is a HUGE advantage here in the MX. So I start working next monday and I will be working for ComCast customer service for the area of Houston, Texas yehaa! Yeah I've been there so that might work on my advantage right? Anywho, I am super happy to have a job and I look forward to several long hours of angry customers yelling at me. Good times.

I've also been listening to a lot of Lady Gaga, The Ting Tings, Jason Mraz, Lenny Kravitz and Kylie Minogue.. Interesting mix but good nonetheless. I'm enjoying the company of my family and making new friends. But the only bad thing, my stomach. OMG it's so hard to get used to the food. My american trained stomach is suffering right now with all of the new food and not eating healthy. I DO PROMISE TO START DIET TOMORROW AND TO START WORKING OUT ASAP.

So yeah that's all on the Tony front. PEACE OUT (Homage to Jerk's new post LOL)

Damn I wanna go party now!

OMG FINALLY!

PARAMORE
OCTOBER 19, 2008
ARENA VFG
WITH NINE INCH NAILS
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
FLAMING LIPS
THE KOOKS (OMG)
AND MGMT
IN GUADALAJARA!!!!!!!!!

YEAH I'M SOOO THERE!

I MISS THEM

Songs that I'm feeling this week

NeYo - Closer
Amandititita - La Muy Muy
Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
Pibes Chorros - Que Calor
Nigga - Escapate
John Legend - Green Light
Allison - Memorama
Oasis - Wonderland

More and more spanish songs these days huh? Seems like life in the GDL is affecting me LOL

OMFG

I could tell you all about my new life here in the GDL town but there is something that just exceeded my level of excitement. Ready for this? Britney Spears just shot a video/short film for Madonna's upcoming "Sticky and Sweet World Tour"!!!

Holy Shit. I like peed my pants. So here is the scoop. Britney shot the video, though is not clear if she finished it, at The Lot studios in LA today. Sources tell E! that Britney shot scenes of her coming through an elevator in a gray hoodie as she gets anxious and starts throwing kicks and punches frantically resulting in her removing the hoodie and chanting the now infamous phrase "It's Britney, bitch" (I CAN DIE NOW). Then dancers come out everywhere and she performs and sings Madonna's 1995 hit "Human Nature" on the video, as Madonna performs the song live on concert. X17 Agency reported Britney shot that scene in a mini skirt/short black ensemble.

The Sun also reports that Britney is also shooting a scene WITH Madonna herself of a mash-up between Madonna's "The Beat Goes On" from her last album and Britney's latest hit "Piece of Me" in which they are both mummified covered in laces and they strip themselves resulting in an almost naked leather string and high boot ensemble in which they dance provocately touching and groping everywhere. This is set to shoot this week. Madonna is reportedly flying to LA for the gig. Sources said this is set to be the "raunchiest" and even "craziest" thing Madonna has done.

But the biggest part, if possible, is this. E! exclusively reports Britney has been tapped to PERFORM ON THE OPENING NIGHT OF THE TOUR THIS AUGUST!!!! OMMG.. Britney will probably perform the mash-up with Madonna. Sources of Britney's camp said Britney is excited but knows she has earned this opportunity. Hell yeah! I mean she is still one of the greatest performers in the world.

I cannot wait to see. Madonna's Mexico City concert tickets are sold out but I will do whatever I can to attend. Britney is defitinely back! And looking greater than ever as you can see in this picture taken yesterday at a hair salon. I LOVE IT.

So what's next?

I've been trying to avoid thinking about it but the time has come. I'm moving out of San Diego, for good, like FOREVER. I'm going back to the homeland and I'm tremendously excited about it. It is going to be a fresh start and I sincerely cannot wait. BUT, I am also going to miss my friends and famiy shitloads, excuse me for the expression but I will. I've been trying to post about my feelings towards it but I rather keep it to myself. I just hope everything goes well and that nothing changes, I really hope to still have my friends when I come back and to make some new experiences with my family back in Guadalajara.

So peace the spork out SD, I will miss ya.

Britney's Upcoming Sixth Studio Album Re-Cap

All right, there is defitinely more important stuff going on in my life, like life-altering events going on this week, but I really just want to block those off and focus on other, more pleasant things. So Britney Spears is defitinely back in the studio working on her sixth studio album. Jive Records excecutives decided to stop all future promotion on "Blackout", including the release of the album's fourth single "Radar", so that Britney could return to the studio and start working on the next production.

Several producers have spoken to the press about working with Britney, all of them have said wonderful things, and here is a list of the producers lined up to work or that have worked with the popstar this far:

- JR Rothem.
- Sean Garrett.
- Darkchild.
- Kara DioGuardi.
- Daimon Elliott.
- Danja.
- Bloodsy & Avant.

Britney has been photographed going in and out of different studios all around LA having recording sessions. According to Rap-Up TV, the album is slated to be released in early 2009. Britney's last album Blackout has sold over 900,000 in the US alone and it should be certified Platinum in my opinion. I CANNOT WAIT for the next production and I hope that it gets the promotion it deserves this time. Britney has been doing so much better and with this new state of mind, it seems obvious to me that next year we'll have the Britney that we know and love back.

MUSIC REVIEW: John Mayer- Where The Light Is (John Mayer Live in Los Angeles)

John Mayer is by far, my favorite musician ever. Since the release of his first album he has managed to capture me with his talent, and my all-time favorite song is a John Mayer classic, "Stop This Train" from his last album, which is an anthem to me. In this new live CD recorded at the Nokia Theater in LA last December, Mayer is undoubtedly at his best.

The way he commands the audience is just undeniable and the soul he put into the album makes you get into the song. Since the beggining to the end, this live record is onee of the most enjoyable productions of this year. The best part of the album is when John Mayer joined by "The John Mayer Trio" play "Out of My Mind" and Mayer comes out with an AMAZING guitar solo that would've brought me to tears If I had them. Every single hit from his career like "Stop This Train", "Daughters", "Neon", "Waiting For the World to Change", and the soulful "Gravity" (also one of my faves) are the highlights of this production. My only complain would be the absense of "Your Body Is A Wonderland".

It would've been amazing as well to have Mayer speak more to the audencie, especially because I found him to be really charming, smart and funny, and one of the most down-to-earth celebrities out there. There is really no wrong done in this album and it will leave you wanting for more. You will wanna run and buy a ticket for Mayer's upcoming American tour right away. Sucks that I'm not going to be in San Diego when he comes here. John Mayer is a soulful, rocking, and talented songwriter and one of the best in the business. And this album just proves it once again.

Songs to hear before you die (or at least before I post again)

These are some of the songs I've been listening lately and are some amazing pieces of work. Hope you like them.

Jason Mraz- I'm Yours
Panic! At the Disco- That Green Gentleman
Ingrid Michaelson- The Way I Am
Katy Perry- I Kissed A Girl
Alanis Morrisette- Not As We
Augustana- Sweet And Low
The Darkness- I Believe In A Thing Called Love
Rihanna- Disturbia
The John Mayer Trio- Gravity (Live)

I'd die to be there..

Daft Punk.. Live.. Technologic

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One of those songs..

Today is one chill day. I woke up early unfortunately because I had to go to Saturday school to clear some absenses and then I went to the park right in front of my school to see my little nephiew's little league baseball team kick ass in their game. After that we had a little BBQ and then I got back home just to find i had it all by myself. So I made some popcorn and starting browsing for some music.

When I went to John Mayer's MySpace profile I found this song called "How Much It Hurts", by Just Off Turner, a local LA band. It got me since the first second of it. It is onw of those songs that just gets you. SO I downloaded the album, and I loved it even more. AAAND.. I found out they are going to be playing at 710 Beach Club here in San Diego on July 9th., so i'll deffo be there..

Go to JOT (Just Off Turner)'s MySpace profile to listen the songs, I love the music already.. And here is to the continuation of this day.. it's so good to have some time for ourselves right?

MUST. BE. THERE

John Mayer. San Diego's Coors Amphitheater. July 29th, 2008