Music Video Monday

Wednesday Artist

Artist: Letlive.
Origin: Los Angeles, CA
Active since 2002
Current label is with Epitaph Records.
Previous labels were Tragic Hero and At One.
Studio albums: Speak Like You Talk (2005), Fake History (2010), The Blackest Beautiful (2013)
EPs: Exhaustion, Salt Water and Everything in Between (2003)
Known for their progressive post-hardcore sound and socially charged lyric styling.

Letlive. is:
Jason Aalon Alexander Butler - Lead Vocals
Jean Francisco Nascimento - Guitar, Keyboard
Jeff Sahyoun - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Ryan Jay Johnson - Bass, Backing Vocals

facebook.com/theletlive

twitter.com/thisisletlive

epitaph.com/artists/artist/283/letlive

thisisletlive.com

theletlivecrew.wordpress.com

instagram.com/letliveperiod



Song: Younger
Album: The Blackest Beautiful (2013)
Label: Epitaph

Lyrics:
We've got millions of broken necks from looking up at you.
So get your damn soapbox standing, high horse prancing ass down here with the truth.
So don't let those admirers try and fit your shoes,
Because they will then see one size fits all feet and then they will walk all over you.

When only the good die young,
Ain't it ironic I age so well.
When only the good die young,
Ain't it ironic I age so well.

To be the last man standing at the kissing booth,
That really doesn't mean a thing when they're for free and don't taste like they should.
So after you're done drowning in a glass that is half full,
The pessimists all join together and discuss how you never could do it like they could.

When only the good die young,
Ain't it ironic I age so well.
When only the good die young,
Ain't it ironic I age so well.

You and me are a kitschy parody of sincerity, apparently.
Truth is heat, we're burning underneath our seats.
Burning me for not standing.

I love, I love myself.
I love, I love myself, my self abandonment.
I love, I love myself.
I love, I love myself, my self abandonment.

When only the good die young,
Ain't it ironic I age so well.
When only the good die young,
Ain't it ironic I age so well.

You and me are a kitschy parody of sincerity, apparently.
Truth is heat, we're burning underneath our seats.
Burning me for not standing.

STAND UP!
REMEMBER THEIR WORTH!

Tuesday Fact

A few facts about the NHL Playoffs now that we are just a few games away from the start of the 2014 Playoffs.

• Career playoffs points, assists, and goals leader is Wayne Gretzky with 382 points, 260 assists and 122 goals in 208 games played.
• The current active career playoffs goals, assists and points leader is Jaromir Jagr with 78 goals, 121 assists and 199 points in 202 games played.
• Martin Brodeur (still active) is currently the overall leader in career playoff shutouts with 24 shutouts.
• Patrick Roy throughout his playoff career accumulated a league leading 151 wins and 6,561 saves in 247 career playoff games. Brodeur is second on the list with 113 wins and 4,830 saves. 
• The longest playoff game played was on March 24th, 1936 between the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Canadiens. Time: 116:30.00
• Reggie Leach (Philadelphia, 1976) and Jari Kurri (Edmonton, 1985) are tied for the most goals scored in a playoff year at 19 goals.
• Jarri Kurri (Edmonton, 1985) holds the record for the most goals scored in a single series at 12 goals in 6 games against Chicago.

Here are the last 10 Stanley Cup Champions (Series Records and Runner-up):

2013 - Chicago Blackhawks (4-2 Boston Bruins)

2012 - Los Angeles Kings (4-2 New Jersey Devils)

2011 - Boston Bruins (4-3 Vancouver Canucks)

2010 - Chicago Blackhawks (4-2 Philadelphia Flyers)

2009 - Pittsburgh Penguins (4-3 Detroit Red Wings)

2008 - Detroit Red Wings (4-2 Pittsburgh Penguins)

2007 - Anaheim Ducks (4-1 Ottawa Senators)

2006 - Carolina Hurricanes (4-3 Edmonton Oilers)

2005 - LOCKOUT SEASON

2004 - Tampa Bay Lightning (4-3 Calgary Flames)

2003 - New Jersey Devils (4-3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim)

For more Playoff records visit the NHL website for a full listing and more details.

Music Video Monday

Song: Awakening
Band: Yellowcard
Album: Southern Air (2012)
Label: Hopeless Records

Yellowcard is:
Ryan Key - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Ryan Mendez - Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Sean Mackin - Violin, String Arrangements, Backing Vocals
Longineu W. Parsons III - Drums, Percussion

facebook.com/yellowcard

twitter.com/Yellowcard

hopelessrecords.com/artists/yellowcard/

instagram.com/yellowcardrock

yellowcardrock.com

yellowcardofficial.tumblr.com

youtube.com/yellowcard

Lyrics:
Bottoms up tonight,
I drink to you and I,
Cause with the morning comes the rest of my life.
And with this empty glass,
I will break the past,
Cause with the morning I can open my eyes.
I want this to be my awakening.

I give this one to you,
An anthem full of truth.
I tell you now an epic tale of what you put me through.
And even though you don't deserve one of your own.
A melody,
A song about the life you let go.
I can't believe that I still care enough to write.

Bottoms up tonight,
I drink to you and I,
Cause with the morning comes the rest of my life.
And with this empty glass,
I will break the past,
Cause with the morning I can open my eyes.
I want this to be my awakening.

Yes, I miss you still,
And probably always will.
I'm living with a busted heart that I will have until,
I find the strength I know,
It's somewhere in my bones
To pull the curtain up again,
And get on with this show
At least you know that I still care enough to write

Bottoms up tonight,
I drink to you and I,
Cause with the morning comes the rest of my life.
And with this empty glass,
I will break the past,
Cause with the morning I can open my eyes.
And maybe I will see,
A different destiny.
Like knowing you at all,
Was only a bad dream.
I want this to be my awakening.

No rest for the wicked they say.
Forgive me if I try to change.
No rest for the wicked they say. (No rest they say.)
Forgive me if I try to change. (I try to change.)

Bottoms up tonight,
I drink to you and I,
Cause with the morning comes the rest of my life.
And with this empty glass,
I will break the past,
Cause with the morning I can open my eyes.
And maybe I will see,
A different destiny.
Like knowing you at all,
Was only a bad dream.
I want this to be my awakening.

Friday Funny

Late one night, a burglar broke into a house and while he was sneaking around he heard a voice say, "Jesús is watching you..."

Alarmed, the burglar looked and looked but saw nothing that could of made sound. He kept on creeping and again the voice he heard before say, "Jesús is watching you..."

In a dark corner, he saw a cage with a parrot inside. The burglar asked the parrot, "Was it you who said Jesús is watching me?" The parrot replied, "Yes."

This brought some relief to the burglar, he then asked, "What is your name?" The parrot replied, "Clarence." The burglar said, "That's a stupid name for a parrot. What idiot would name a parrot Clarence?" The parrot answered, "The same idiot that name the rottweiler Jesús."

Theatre Thursday

If you haven't already seen this, I highly suggest that you do find some way to watch it, especially if you are an avid watcher of college athletics. This has been somewhat of a hot button topic for the past few years about college sports. Some of the information may be a little bit dated since this documentary was released last year, and quite a bit has happened since then, but it is still a good watch.

Wednesday Artist

Memphis May Fire
Originally from Dallas, Texas
Current Label: Rise Records

• Formerly under Trustkill Records

Studio Albums out as follows:

Sleepwalking (2009)

The Hollow (2011)

Challenger (2012)

Unconditional (2014)

Two EPs:

Memphis May Fire (2007)

Between the Lies (2010)

Members:
Matty Mullins - Lead Vocals, Keyboard
Kellen McGregor - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Anthony Sepe - Rhythm Guitar
Cory Elder - Bass Guitar
Jake Garland - Drums

Current music videos that are released are to the songs: "North Atlantic vs. North Carolina" (Sleepwalking), "Ghost in the Mirror" (Sleepwalking), "The Sinner" (The Hollow), "The Unfaithful" (The Hollow), "Vices" (Challenger), and "Miles Away (Acoustic) ft. Kellin Quinn" (Challenger).

New Album: Unconditional will be out March 23rd, 2014.
A song off the new album is featured below.



Song: Speechless
Album: Unconditional (2014)
Label: Rise Records

Lyrics:
It's a mystery, too good to be true.
I find my purpose when I look at you.
I bleed transparent.
It's not the way I choose,
But it's only when I'm vulnerable my true colors shine through.

For a moment,
I'm a poet without words,
Speechless because you love me at my worst.
I don't deserve this.
I let it surface and all I know is today I woke up falling in love again.

Starving artist,
No match for a queen,
But walls come down and love's limitless when you find what's meant to be.
Supernatural, it's more than what we see.
A trust that can't be broken seemed impossible to me,
But I've tasted true love and I believe!

For a moment,
I'm a poet without words,
Speechless because you love me at my worst.
I don't deserve this.
I let it surface and all I know is today I woke up falling in love again.

For a moment,
I'm a poet without words,
Speechless because you love me at my worst.
I don't deserve this.
I let it surface and all I know is today I woke up falling in love again.

Tuesday Fact

With the start of the Formula 1 season being this past weekend, I think it would be a good time to go over a few details about this particular brand of motorsport.

                                                                                                                                                              

• The Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps in 1997 became the very first Formula 1 race to start behind the pace car due to wet weather conditions that would of proved to have been difficult if they had started with a normal standing start.
• In a street course race, like the Monaco Grand Prix, the downforce that can be generated by a Formula 1 car can create enough suction to lift manhole covers. Before the race weekend starts, the covers have to be welded down to prevent this from happening.
• Infiniti Red Bull Racing can trace its origins back to Steward Grand Prix and Jaguar Racing, but with the rebranding to Red Bull, the team did not score a win until the 2009 season at the Chinese Grand Prix after securing the team's first pole position as well. The team has secured four Drivers' Championships and Constructors' Championships, 57 pole positions and 47 race victories since. 
• On June 12, 2011, The Canadian Grand Prix in Montréal became the longest grand prix in Formula 1 history. It took 4 hrs 4 mins and 39 secs to complete after the race had be suspended for approximately two hours due to heavy rain.
• The longest circuit ever used in a Formula 1 race was not the world renowned Nordschleife circuit at Nürburgring at 14.2 miles (22.8 kilometers), but it was the Pescara Circuit near Pescara, Italy. It was a temporary racing circuit that was 16.032 miles (25.8 kilometers) in length. The course was only used one time in 1957 and won by Stirling Moss.
• Niki Lauda won the 1984 Drivers' Championship by .5 points over McLaren teammate Alain Prost. This is the smallest winning margin in Formula 1 history.
• Jochen Rindt is the only driver to win the Drivers' Championship posthumously in 1970.
• Andrea de Cesaris holds records for most consecutive retirements (18, 1985-86 seasons), most consecutive retirements in a single season (12, 1987 season) and number of retirements in one season (14, 1987 season). Of the 208 starts de Cesaris had, he retired from 136 of them.
• In the first 11 seasons of Formula 1, the Indianapolis 500 counted towards the championship standings. The 2009 season was the first season to not have a race held in North America.

                                                                                                                                                              

Music Video Monday

Song: Introduced Species
Artist: Hands Like Houses
Album: Unimagine (2013)
Label: Rise Records
                                                                                                                                                              
Hands Like Houses is:
Trenton Woodley - Lead Vocals
Matt Cooper - Lead Guitar
Alexander Pearson - Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals
Joel Tyrrell - Bass, Backing Vocals
Jamal Sabet - Keyboards
Matt Parkitney - Drums
                                                                                                                                                              
Lyrics:
We don't belong here.

In a way we are all connected,
Threaded together.
In a way we are all suspended,
Bound going nowhere.

Wake up,
Walk on the wires.
Defeat and define.
Wake up,
Evolve and escape,
Unravel, unmake yourself.

We speak in tongues,
And we walk on the wires between.
We don't belong here.
We are the sleeping sickness,
The dancing dreams.
We don't belong here.
We're invaders from the inside,
We're survivors in silver skin.
Shapeless, we move,
Unwinding the wires between.
We don't belong here.

So we'll follow,
Follow down each knot-less fathom to the end.
No more hollow, hollow sounds,
Of echoes, echoes in our heads.

Wake up,
Walk on the wires.
Defeat and define.
Wake up,
Evolve and escape,
Unravel, unmake yourself.

We speak in tongues,
And we walk on the wires between.
We don't belong here.
We are the sleeping sickness,
The dancing dreams.
We don't belong here.
We're invaders from the inside,
We're survivors in silver skin.
Shapeless, we move,
Unwinding the wires between.
We don't belong here.

It's been a long, long night,
And we're still learing how to survive.
Will you walk with me a while,
And see a world with brand new eyes?
We see the signs,
And we're fighting for our lives.
Will you run?
Will you run?
Will you run?

(It's no longer survival of the fittest, now that everyone survives.
But we don't want to survive...
...We want to live.)

In a way we are all connected,
Threaded together.
In a way we are all suspended...

We speak in tongues,
And we walk on the wires between.
We don't belong here.
We are the sleeping sickness,
The dancing dreams.
We don't belong here.
We're invaders from the inside,
We're survivors in silver skin.
Shapeless, we move,
Unwinding the wires between.
We don't belong here.
                                                                                                                                                              

Friday Funny

Somewhere on the back roads of West Virginia...

A lawyer runs a stops sign and gets pulled over by the local sheriff. He thinks he's smarter being this big shot lawyer from New York and has a better education than a sheriff from West Virginia.

The sheriff asks for license and registration. The lawyer asks, "What for?"

The sheriff responds, "You didn't come to a complete stop at the stop sign back there."

"I slowed down and no one was coming." the lawyer says.

"You still did not come to a complete stop. License and registration please." says the sheriff impatiently.

"If you can show me the legal difference between slow down and stop, I'll give you my license and registration and you can give me the ticket for the infractions. If not, you have to let me go and not write up that ticket." the lawyer said.

The sheriff paused a bit and said, "That sounds fair, please exit your vehicle sir."

The lawyer steps out of his vehicle and the sheriff takes out his nightstick and starts beating the lawyer with it. After this went on for a few moments, the sheriff says, "Do you want me to stop or just slow down?"

Theatre Thursday

Wednesday Artist

Artist: blessthefall
From: Phoenix, AZ

Currently have four studio albums released: His Last Walk (2007), Witness (2009), Awakening (2011), Hollow Bodies (2013)

Currently signed under the label Fearless Records. The last three studio albums were released under this label. The band's first album was released under Science Records and then re-issued under Ferret Records.

Look for blessthefall this spring because they will be going on tour here shortly along with Silverstein, The Amity Affliction, Secrets and Heartist.

blessthefall is:
Beau Bokan - Lead Vocals, Keyboard, Unclean Vocals
Eric Lambert - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Elliott Gruenberg - Rhythm Guitar
Jared Warth - Bass Guitar, Unclean Vocals, Backing Vocals
Matt Traynor - Drums, Percussion



Song: Hollow Bodies
Album: Hollow Bodies (2013)
Label: Fearless Records
Album Production by Joey Sturgis (Production, Mixing, Mastering, Programming) and Danielle Tunstall (Artwork)

Lyrics:
Black souls, empty bodies.
You had me fooled straight from the start.
We pray for an answer.
We have to fight or be hollow just like them.
Walking lifeless,
Have we been left for dead?
Black souls, empty bodies.
We have to fight or be hollow just like them.

They're coming for us now, (whoa)
So don't make a sound. (whoa)
Is there anybody left to see the sun?
Is there anybody left to cure the dead?
Unaware and unawake.
Unaware and unawake.

Every city is burning.
We're all wasting away.
Nothing will end this, nothing to prove.
There's nowhere to run,
All hell is breaking loose.

They're coming for us now, (whoa)
So don't make a sound. (whoa)
Is there anybody left to see the sun?
Is there anybody left to cure the dead?
Unaware and unawake.
Unaware and unawake.

Something tells me we could be here for a while,
And all I know is, if you can't run learn to die.
And now I wonder if we'll make it through the night,
All I know is, if you can't run learn to die.

With the setting sun put the gun in my hand,
Pull the trigger,
Don't fail me now.
With the setting sun put the gun in my hand,
Don't fail me now.

It's starting again,
We're going hollow,
We're going hollow.

Something tells me we could be here for a while,
And all I know is, if you can't run learn to die.
And now I wonder if we'll make it through the night,
All I know is, if you can't run learn to die.

(whoa, whoa)
Don't fail me now.
(whoa, whoa)

(whoa, whoa)
Don't fail me now.
(whoa, whoa)

Tuesday Facts

It's getting to be very close to March Madness with the major conferences going into their tournaments and the teams trying to make a final bid into the big dance. Here are a few facts about the NCAA Basketball Tournament.

• In the 1984-85 season, the tournament expanded to 64 teams. 8th seed Villanova won the championship with a 66-64 victory over Georgetown. The Villanova team is still the lowest seed to win a National Championship.
• Austin Carr, Notre Dame, holds the record for the most points scored by an individual in a tournament game with 61 points against Ohio. (1970 NCAA Tournament)
• The last team to end the season with an undefeated record and won the championship was the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers with a 27-0 record. Other notable teams who completed the same feat were: 1972-73 UCLA Bruins (26-0 in both seasons), 1964 and 1967 UCLA Bruins (26-0 in both seasons), 1957 North Carolina Tar Heels (27-0) and 1956 San Francisco Dons (24-0).
• Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) currently leads all active coaches with the most National Championships at 4 titles.
• Coach John Wooden holds the record for most championships at 10 titles.
• No team seeded 9th - 16th has made the National Championship game.
• Most combined points in a National Championship game is 181 (UCLA vs Duke, 1964).
• University of Nevada-Las Vegas currently holds the record for the most points scored by a single team in a championship game at 103.
• 1977 Marquette team became the first to win a title with 6+ season loses. They had 7 that year and 6 of those loses came on homecourt games.

Here are the last five national title match-ups (Winner in bold):

2013: Louisville vs. Michigan

2012: Kansas vs. Kentucky

2011: Connecticut vs Butler

2010: Duke vs Butler

2009: North Carolina vs Michigan State

Music Video Monday

Song: Through It All
Band: Spoken
Album: Illusion (2013)
Label: eONE Music

http://www.spokenmusic.com/

www.facebook.com/spoken

twitter.com/spokenmusic

youtube.com/SpokenOfficial

https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/spoken/id877877

Lyrics:
I saw the storm,
Felt the wind begin to change.
I saw the sky rip wide open.
I looked away,
Hid my face from the world.
Ran away from everything,
But now I'm back for more.

I heard the sound,
Saw the flashing light,
Watched the day turn into night.
I heard the sound,
Saw the flashing light,
Watched the day turn into night.

Through it all,
We've been thrown in the fire,
We've been lost in the flame,
But we will rise from the ashes again.
All our hearts have been broken,
We've been burned by the flame,
But we will rise from the ashes again.

She watched the world as it slowly slipped away.
Lost all her dreams in the ocean.
She sees this face,
Feels this touch on her hand.
Remembers when she had everything,
One day she will again.
I heard the sound,
Saw the flashing lights,
And watched the day turn into night.

Through it all,
We've been thrown in the fire,
We've been lost in the flame,
But we will rise from the ashes again.
All our hearts have been broken,
We've been burned by the flame,
But we will rise from the ashes again.

You are all that I have,
Everything that I need,
You're the one that I run to,
Everything I believe.
(2x)

Through it all,
We've been thrown in the fire,
We've been lost in the flame,
But we will rise from the ashes again.
All our hearts have been broken,
We've been burned by the flame,
But we will rise from the ashes again.

Friday Funny

This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, MS

Mr. Phillips was going to bed when his wife told him that he had left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing a few things.

He immediately phoned the local law enforcement, who asked, "Is someone in your house?" and George said, "No," and proceeded to explain the situation at hand. After his explanation, they promptly responded that all patrols were busy, and that he should just simply lock the doors and an officer would be there when they become available.

George said, "Okay," hung up, and counted to thirty, and phoned the police once again.

"Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I've just shot them all." Then he hung up.

Within five minutes of hanging up the phone, three squad cars, an armed response unit and an ambulance showed up on his property. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.

Once of the policeman said to George, "I thought you said that you'd shot them?!?"

George replied, "I thought you said there was nobody available?!?"

Theatre Thursday

Wednesday Artist

Artist: Virtual Boy
Genre: Electronic
Based out of Los Angeles, California

https://www.facebook.com/wearevirtualboy

https://twitter.com/wearevirtualboy

http://www.youtube.com/user/WeAreVirtualBoy

Tuesday Fact

With the upcoming start to the 2014 MLB Season approaching quickly, here are a few facts about baseball.

• Jimmy Piersall (Debut in Sept. 7, 1950 - Last appearance May 1, 1967) celebrated hitting his 100th home run by running the bases backwards.

• Don Baylor is one of two players in history to reach the World Series in three consecutive years with three different organizations. 1986 Boston Red Sox, 1987 Minnesota Twins and 1988 Oakland Athletics. The other player was Eric Hinske with the 2007 Boston Red Sox, 2008 Tampa Bay Rays and 2009 New York Yankees.

• Jack McCarthy, while playing for the Cubs in 1905, threw out three runners at home plate in the same inning.

• The Minnesota Twins, on July 17th, 1990 against the Boston Red Sox, turned two triple plays in the same game. Both occurred in the same fashion - 5-4-3 Triple Play in the 4th inning and 8th inning. The Red Sox won the game 1 - 0.

• Joel Youngblood in 1982 recorded a hit for two different teams in the same day. He has recorded a hit while playing for the New York Mets only to be informed later that he was traded to the Montreal Expos where he joined the team in Philadelphia mid-way through the game and came on as a pinch hitter and recorded a hit for the Expos.

• Ken Ash, while playing for the Cincinnati Reds, was brought into a game against the Cubs with two on and no outs. With one pitch, the Reds completed a triple play to bail out the reliever. In the bottom of the inning, Ash was a pinch-hit which prompted a rally for the Reds to help them go on to win the game 6 - 5. This made Ken Ash as the only man in history to record a win on one pitch.

Music Video Monday

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Song: In the End
Band: Black Veil Brides
Album: Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones (2013)
Label: Lava/Universal Records

Black Veil Brides is:
Andy Biersack - Lead Vocals
Ashley Purdy - Bass, Backing Vocals
Jake Pitts - Lead Guitar
Jinxx - Rhythm Guitar, Violin, Backing Vocals
Christian Coma - Drums, Percussion

www.blackveilbrides.net

www.facebook.com/Blackveilbrides

twitter.com/OfficialBVB

instagram.com/blackveilbrides

blackveilbrides.tumblr.com

Lyrics:
In the end,
As you fade into the night,
Who will tell the story of your life?

In the end,
As my soul's laid to rest,
What is left of my body?
Or am I just...
A shell?

I have fought,
And with flesh and blood,
I commanded an army.
Through it all,
I have given my heart for a moment of glory.

In the end,
As you fade into the night,
Who will tell the story of your life?
And who will remember,
Your last goodbye?
Cause it's the end,
And I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid to die.

Not afraid, I'm not afraid to die.

Born a saint,
But with every sin,
I still wanna be holy.
I will live again...

Who we are,
Isn't how we live.
We are more than our bodies.
If I fall,
I will rise back up and relive my glory.

In the end,
As you fade into the night,
Who will tell the story of your life?
And who will remember,
Your last goodbye?
Cause it's the end,
And I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid to die.

In the end,
As you fade into the night,
Who will tell the story of your life?
And who will remember,
Your last good-bye?
Cause it's the end,
And I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid to die.

Who will remember this last goodbye?
Cause it's the end,
And I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid to die.

I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid to die...
I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid to die...