you're gonna go to the record store, you're gonna give 'em all your money and the radio plays what they want you to hear so sell out with me today...

i'm a bit of a music-whore.

okay, that's a lie. i'm a total music whore. music is my essence..i'm always listening to it, singing something, bopping around and dancing...whatever. i adamantly swear that i have a soundtrack to my life, and music single handedly can make or break my mood within a matter of a few notes.

i'm not that picky about what i listen to...i'm insanely picky about what i will vouch for, recommend, purchase etc, though.

i really don't give a shit about the mainstream thing because i never listen to the radio..and catchy is catchy, and good music is good music...so i keep an open mind, and have yet to meet a genre of music i haven't really liked...

except, there are those dirty little secrets we all have. those songs and artists we just can't seem to really admit we like...but fuck it...i'm admitting it. ladies and gentlman--sit back, grab a soda, and get ready to witness

e's "pretend you don't like them and deny, deny, deny" musical secrets.

10. the all american rejects, "move along":

alright, now...i liked the song the first time i heard it..and i tried my fucking hardest to not like it the minute i found out it was by the same fuckers who wrote that bastard "i'll keep you my dirty little secret" song that just gets stuck in your goddamn head and NEVER leaves. but alas, i couldn't refrain from liking the song. it's catchy, it's fun, it's got a good beat. damnit. i'm so ashamed.

9. fall out boy, "dance dance":

i hated that song "sugar" or whatever the fuck it was called. i seemed to be the only one..so i downloaded all their other songs and really didn't care for any of them either; however, this song is fantastic. fan-fuckin-tastic! endless radio play, and countless airtime at all the bars in cleveland haven't even made this song suck...i hear it..and i start to sing along and do the fraggle. really, it's embarassing...i know. i was in a punk band for christ's sake...and here i am liking this smut? disgusting!

8. natasha bedingfield:

i heard the song "these words" and i fucking admit it..i was smitten with her. the fact i had to sing that song countless times for people didn't even turn me off from her (see: e's hate for evanescence). she's got a good voice, and pretty decent tunes. i know she's riding the coat-tails of ms. kelly clarkson and is a british version of her and nothing really more, but when a chick sings a song that says "how many frogs do i have to kiss before i meet my prince", you best believe i'm singing along and nodding my head in "amen girl" style!

7. jc chasez, "right here by your side":

it really didn't take much effort to find this uber gay picture of him...actually, this is probably one of the least uber gay pics i found of him..but that's neither here nor there. he had a solo career, it went absolutely nowhere..i saw him at the house of blues way-way-way back with "the dude" in cali, and the music wasn't horrible. she got the cd, i listened to it and immediatly fell in love with this little tune. it's fantastic, it's adorable, and it's amazingly fun to harmonize with...and yes, i can see your opinion of me fall to new levels of low right now....shit!

6. prince:

look at him!! how can you not just love the guy? whatever it is, you can't hate on the dude...and you can't deny that he is a musical genius. and, even with those two factors standing firm, i still don't go around admitting that i love prince. you won't catch me singing along to "when doves cry" if it's playing at a store...or "i wanna be your lover" while i'm trying on shirts at the limited...but never fear, i'm singing along in my head..cause his music fuckin rocks! and if you haven't heard his new shit, check it out...good stuff.

5. britney spears, "i'm a slave for you":

awwww remember what she was like before k-fed? anyway...say what you will about her, but she defined the late nineties with her bubble-gum-no-talent-pop, and i don't care who you are..when you hear the first beats of this song you get this inexplicable urge to shake your ass. don't fucking deny it! the song makes you want to bust-a-mother-fuckin move all up on the dance floor....or your living room...or wherever you happen to be at the moment. and your welcome boys...that's a hot pic, i know.

4. pm dawn:

total ovaries on this one. total ovaries. what chick doesn't hear the song "die without you" and just melt? c'mon! "set adrift on memory bliss" has the same effect. ....ovaries...i blame it on the ovaries...and i'm stickin to it.

3. mariyln manson:

i'm not so much ashamed of the fact i love him and his music. he has some fantastic songs (see: "the beautiful people"), he's highly intelligent (see: "the long hard road out of hell" which is a good read, honestly), he's freaky as fuck, and he's a big ol' softy when it comes to matters of the heart. he's a cool guy...period. i just don't go around admitting i like mr. manson because of the stigma that hasn't seemed to dissipate over the past ten years he's been around. apparently he's still synonmous with satanism, and freaky deaky people who do strnage things like vampirism etc....so, my designer clothed self is just better off listening to him in the confines of my own apartment...no?

2. abba:

don't do it! don't even try to tell me that "dancing queen" doesn't make you want to jump right out of your seat and just disco-fever all over the fucking place! abba rock, and there's no way you can get around admitting it. however, abba isn't one of those bands i'd throw out as a favorite when people ask me what kind of music i like. why? i really have no idea..but i don't think people would really take anything i said afterwards that seriously...not that the music group that brought us "fernando" isn't fantastic, but..i mean...yea, it's just a no go.

1. no doubt:

i absolutely love ska and punk music and i've loved no doubt since the very beginning. when their first lp came out in 1992, i bought it and have been absolutely smitten with them ever since; yet, their sound has under gone a huge transformation since that first cd as has their fame. i still love their music, and i don't really care about them getting huge literally overnight....but when you've loved a band since the very beginning, and they get huge around album four...they kind of inexblicably become a dirty little secret of yours...so it's hard to say "no doubt" when people ask me what my favorite bands are. it makes no sense, i'm sure..but my undying love for no doubt (and gwen..even though i hate her solo album) are pretty low on my admission list.

i still hold tride and true to the idea that music is on a downward spiral into sucking more cock than the cavs in game seven of the series (yes, i'm still bitter), and in comparison the above mentioned ten really aren't so bad to the shit that's considered "hot" now, but..i'm a prideful bitch..what can i say?

and..in completely unrelated and non-sequitur news...my blog is almost a year old! beyond the fact i'm absolutely shocked i've managed to keep up with this...and completely disregarding the fact i'm still shocked, awed, amazed, and thankful that people take the time outof their days to read my crap and comment on it...

i'm shocked it's become one of the more enjoyable things in my life. sad? yes. but very true. so, in an effort to recapture the magic of my bloggy blog's naisance...i'm bringing it back to my first appearance in blog land:

i know. i'm so fucking sweet, huh? it's a wonder anyone even bothered stopping by with that glorious mug in the corner. gotta love the gum in my teeth too, huh?

happy hnt y'all!