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<a href="http://snarkyarchies.blogspot.com/p/forum.html">I made a forum.</a> IDK why, don't ask. I think I just wanted to see if I could and also, where do people even talk nowadays? All the usual suspects are disappeared. Also, I've been having some complaints about comments not working...so head on over to the swanky new <a href="http://snarkyarchies.blogspot.com/p/forum.html">forum</a>!<br />
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Right now it's just Misty and Myrtle playing with things. It's kinda ghetto, but most forums are pretty ghetto, eh?<br />
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Who has watched Orange is the New Black, btw? It's pretty good. Not as good as American Horror Story, but...few things are.<br />
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I was digging through archives, trying to find one of Dana's glorious Christmas Paint-ings, and instead I found an old post by Raychul the Great, where she was going crazy over a song called Best Behavior, which I had TOTALLY FORGOTTEN EVER EXISTED.<br />
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Anyway, while stuck in traffic yesterday, I found the YouTube with Matt Wertz singing and it's pretty catchy? Why wasn't this a thing? It's not what I was expecting AT ALL.<br />
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So I had this killer gem of an idea when Dana told me Miley was smoking a joint on stage: let's do a two-year round-up of all the vital pop cultural events that Davis surely hasn't been keeping tabs on. Right now all I've got in my head is Miley Cyrus, so please offer suggestions and I'll add them on.<br />
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1) <b>She's just being Miley.</b> Miley shed her Hannah Montana image a bunch of times. She's like a snake. It's like every summer we get a new Miley, and I love it. I adoooore her. From her black-taped nipples to her wrecking ball humping, Miley isn't the same girl D sang about wanting to know.<br />
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And just as a disclaimer, Miley can do whatever she wants. I just think the juxtaposition of David singing I Wanna Know You with her versus her new image is pretty fabulous and how can I not dwell in that fabulousness?<br />
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But anyone who says they don't like the actual SONG Wrecking Ball is lying. I'm just really uncomfortable with her riding that ball naked. I mean, that's like asking for an infection, no?<br />
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2) <b>I don't think Jennifer Lawrence ruled the universe when D left, did she?</b> Well, D has to know about Jennifer Lawrence. She is the best thing that's ever happened to the universe. Like, who doesn't love her? He'll have to check out Silver Linings Playbook, or perhaps <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/12/celebrity-bff-of-the-year-jennifer-lawrence.html">Vulture's BFF of the year</a> award post. She's fabulous.<br />
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3) <b>Fun. took off and won some Grammys.</b> This is notable mostly so I can post Some Nights. Sorry. I don't care if you think it was overplayed. It just so happens to be one of the greatest song ever. I mean, that's all.<br />
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4) <b>Also, Hunter Hayes!</b> Featuring Jason Mraz and Kina Grannis!<br />
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5) <b>The Civil Wars broke out into a civil war.</b> I still don't understand what's happening? Like, Joy seems so nice? How is there conflict? Everyone is very upset they lived up to their name.<br />
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6) <b>Buzzfeed became the best work procrastination tool.</b> I am not sure how many different lists about animals or <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/27-painfully-awkward-things-that-never-stop-being-awkward">awkwardness</a> I've read between work projects, but it's a lot. Where would I be without this list of <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/ariellecalderon/dogs-having-a-way-worse-day-than-you">28 Dogs Having A Worse Day</a> than me? Or these <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/moments-that-restored-our-faith-in-humanity-this-y">26 Moments That Restore Your Faith In Humanity</a>? I'd probably be fine, but it is a nice place to get gifs.<br />
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7) <b>The Fox.</b><br />
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8) <b>Kanye and Kim Kardashian are a thing now.</b> They have a baby named North West.<br />
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9) <b>Kris Allen had a son he kindly named after my own son -- Oliver.</b> Joy Williams also had a son, who has hung out with Taylor Swift.<br />
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10) <b>Imagine Dragons became the hottest Mormon act. </b>They're, like, all over the radio. It's cray.<br />
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11) <b>Amanda Bynes was sadly put in the hospital on a mental hold.</b> This isn't remotely funny so I am not saying anything but that. I hope she gets better!<br />
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12) <b>Justin Timberlake started doing music again.</b> Twice. As one of the only people in the universe that sort of hates Justin Timberlake (hey, I liked him in the Facebook movie and when he sang Hallelujah in the Hope for Haiti thing!), I don't understand why he had to release two albums. Why.<br />
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13) <b>A new Boy Meets World show is in the works, called Girl Meets World!!!!!!!!</b><br />
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14) <b>Sara Bareilles released a new single, which Katy Perry then released 6 months later.</b> I mean, what?<br />
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15) <b>Charice <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/03/charice-comes-out-gay_n_3378461.html">came out as a lesbian</a> (good for her!), but now her mom says she's not?</b> I am not sure. Good for her, whatever. Just do you, girl!<br />
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16) <b>There is a new Pope, and he is named Francis, and <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/pope-francis-catholic-church-abortion-gay-marriage">he's actually getting positive media coverage</a>.</b> Yeah, everyone else is confused by this, too...<br />
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17) <b>The Jonas Brothers broke up.</b> No, I'm not really sure how brothers break up. They just did. OK? Geez.<br />
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18) <b>One Direction is the new Justin Bieber, who is currently having some sort of breakdown involving brothels and having his assistants carry him up the Great Wall of China.</b><br />
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Bieber -- can we discuss this for a moment? Biebz, honey. Baby. Sweetie. Isn't one of the JOYS of seeing a huge outdoor landmark like the Great Wall CLIMBING it? Maybe I'm just a weirdo, but the whole WOOO EXPLORE OUT OF BREATH SWEAAAT factor in seeing exquisite things like the Great Wall is THE BEST PART. I know you think Selena broke your heart and all that jazz, Biebz, but she was really always too hot for you. ...are Beliebers gonna attack me, now? I am scared.<br />
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Also, wasn't this number about One Direction? I really have nothing to add about One Direction, you guys. Maybe I can ask Dana's little sister. Taylor dating Harry was the only time I truly disapproved of her dating life. Like, gurrrl, you went from Jake Gyllenhaal to an 18-year-old? Hum. I think the only positive thing I can add here is Ed Sheeran is pretty great. I love Ed.<br />
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19) <b>A 17-year-old named Lorde from New Zealand had a random minimalist breakout hit this year.</b> I'd link to that video, but I really prefer this version...<br />
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20) <b>I think Instagram is more of a thing now than it was before?</b> Or perhaps I just say that because I use it to post pictures of my dog. I actually don't even follow many celebs...though the ones I do are really random...Justin Bieber, Taytay, Lena Dunham, Jack Antonoff, Andrew McMahon, Snooki, Zooey Deschanel, Ben Savage, and Ashley Tisdale? Weird, or weird? Weird. But Lena posts so many pics of her dog! ! ! And Snooki's baby is soooo cute. I want him.<br />
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21) <b>Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes got divorced, Kris Jenner and Bruce Jenner are separated, and Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart broke up.</b> Is there no true love left?<br />
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22) Blockbuster is dead. <br />
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23) <b>A new future king has been birthed, and his name is George.</b> Perhaps it is the Royal Baby's fault Prince Harry was partying with Ryan Lochte the swimmer in Vegas. Was Blue Ivy born when D left? I'd say Blue Ivy is another royal baby.<br />
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24) <b>A white rapper released a song promoting gay marriage and it became a huge hit.</b> Like, really. Is this real life? I mean, I heard it on the radio IN THE SOUTH the first time I heard it. It's a huge hit. Macklemore also had the notable hit about thrift store shopping.<br />
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25) <b>Honey Boo Boo brought Georgia outskirts class mainstream.</b> You guys, I don't care what any haters say about this family -- THEY ARE SO FABULOUS. I ADORE THEM. They just OOZE love. They are the greatest, and I wish people would focus more on how loving and wonderful and accepting they are than how country.<br />
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26) <b>Catfish also became a thing.</b> I don't know how to explain this, you guys, how do I explain this? It's an MTV show with a really hot ambiguously gay duo (btw, did you know Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell VOICED the ambiguously gay duo? MIND BLOWN) who seek out people in online relationships who have never met their other half, and help them find their other half, except 99% of the time the person isn't who they say they are.<br />
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27) Vine became the Instagram of 6-second video clips, which then was replaced with Instagram's video function. Damn, Instagram -- that was cold.<br />
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28) <b>Should I talk about poor, beleaguered, racist Paula Deen, who admitted to saying the n-word...a lot?</b> And got dropped by all her sponsorships, and is basically unemployed now? Well, don't talk about Paula Deen unless you want a mouthful. WHITE PEOPLE: WHY IS IT SOOOO HARD FOR YOU TO JUST *NOT* SAY THE N WORD, TO *NOT* DRESS UP AS "INDIANS" OR "ASIANS"? What are you losing? Except the void where you dignity once lived, nothing.<br />
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29) <b>YOLO? Tan mom? Sharknado?</b> I am not sure these should have separate numbers, mostly because I am not sure how to wax poetic about them... YOLO is dumb; Tan Mom is...um...; and Sharknado was the last thing Cory Monteith tweeted about. :'(<br />
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30) <b>This number is reserved for bad things. :(</b> Not everything is fluffy pop culture and lightness.<br />
- The Aurora, CO, theater shooting, where 12 people were killed during a midnight showing of the new Batman movie<br />
- The the Newtown, CT, shooting, where 28 people died, including the shooter and his mother, and many of them very young children<br />
- The Boston Marathon bombing, where 5 people died and over 280 were injured<br />
- The massive typhoon that just hit the Philippines and killed approximately 10,000 people<br />
- Cory Monteith dying of a drug overdose<br />
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A big thank you to Betsy, Janey, and Dana for their contributions. Please let me know if I am forgetting something.<br />
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<b>A sister post should be top 20 songs to listen to, no?</b> I'll need help with that one because I've just been listening to James Wolpert's version of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LouU2Zg_njc">Case of You</a> on repeat (don't judge me, OK) and I really don't think that's appropriate. That, and I'd just add Some Nights, All Too Well, The Fox, and Walt Grace's Submarine Test. Oh, and Sara B's Satellite Call.<br /></center>
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It's no big surprise that me and Dana fell off the fanbase bandwagon a few years ago. I think it was somewhere between No Tour Ever for TOSOD, Melinda The Destroyer, and various other messy debacles that I have since erased from my memory.<br />
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On a recent roadtrip -- actually, at the END of a recent roadtrip -- Dana and I gave David Archuleta The Album a listen, the first listen in...like...legit, 3 years? And it was 12 a.m. and only a 15 minute drive from the airport, so together we only listened to Crush and Barriers. And we had forgotten ALL THE LYRICS. It was quite breathtaking.<br />
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Dana had a 4 hour drive home the next day, and sent me a sheepish text admitting that she was listening to David Archuleta The Album on her drive. I guffawed vigorously and asked if she was crying to You Can. Well, curiosity got the best of me and I gave the red CD that was not Taylor Swift (let's be real -- Red is the superior CD because of All Too Well) a listen yesterday. When I didn't recognize half the songs, I had the idea to give the album a review.<br />
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As a disclaimer, since people love to think I am an evil mastermind, this was my ONLY idea involving this website's resurgence. In fact, I kept telling Asterix to stop taunting people. :P (<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">Dana sidenote: Pshhh. You know you encouraged this behavior! Bahaha.</span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> Amy: I DID NOT ENCOURAGE YOUR TWITTER BEHAVIOR. Though I did encourage you bringing Snarkies back, for some mysterious reason...</span>) All of it was Dana, who was driven to insanity on a 5 hour car ride through the Cali Central Valley -- SERIOUSLY WHY IS THERE NOTHING THERE. What else do you do but revisit the past?<br />
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So here we go! Album review, 5 years later. Almost to the DAY, as I used the internet archive machine to <a href="http://snarkyarchies.blogspot.com/2008/11/amys-album-review.html">pull up my old review</a>, WHICH I HAVE NOT READ. This is so fresh and so clean-clean.<br />
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Please feel free to disagree! I am sure everything sounds different to EVERYONE five years later, right? <b>What do you guys think?</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>Amy:</i> I still like this one. Pretty catchy.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>Amy:</i> LOL. I can't. I mean...it's so cheesy. I always thought it was cheesy but it's a fun concert song...I guess...</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i>Dana: </i>Eh. Trying to think of something nice to say. :) It is so cheesy and five-years later the lyrics are almost cringeworthy. Eh. But! I can understand why fangirls loved (love?) it. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>Amy:</i> Oh my gosh, this is the song that Dana requested that got the CD listening started. I don't remember anything, but it's pretty great. I think this sounds like something Miley would dirty up now. Throw in some references to Molly and ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE US and MY DARLINNNN' and we're there, peeps. We are THERE.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i>Dana: </i>Ohhhh, I still really like this song.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>Amy:</i> This was mine and Dana's concert song. We made up hand motions and all. It's still pretty funny, and it definitely brings back nice memories. It's more boring than I remember, though.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i>Dana: </i>This was our concert song. :) Good memories. Idk, though, I don't really like the lyrics. The robe and alarm clock and weather channel-uh are just too weird for me. Haha. But it is fun to sing and dance to...still.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>Amy:</i> THE BEST. No, really, I LOVE it. It's so catchy and boppy. It's like BOOM AND BOOM AND BOOM. Idk, I love it. The best song on the album.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i>Dana: </i>I really like this song, too. It still sounds very current and poppy. His voice is spot-on and I just really like it. Second favorite on album.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>Amy:</i> Um. Well. It SOUNDS pretty, but I'd definitely say the lyrics are...lacking? But it sounds nice.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i>Dana: </i>Ok. This song is embarrassing. I can't even. The lyrics are lame-o and I'm trying to understand why I liked it so much? Hmm. But, yeah, his voice does sound nice. And it is a pretty song. But. I just...can't.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>Amy:</i> Kinda...skipped it...it's a skipper!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i>Dana: </i>Eh. I don't know what else to say about it besides...eh. Sorryyy. I did hear this in The Buckle the other day and it confused the heck outta me. Lolz. But honestly, not even sure if I would have recognized what song it was if I had not just half-listened to his album. Oy!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>Amy: </i>This wasn't that bad. I mean. The lyrics are kinda weird. I don't remember them at all. Something about reaching out for hands. Or holding something. Why are all the songs about hands and holding onto things. JUST LET IT GO.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i>Dana: </i>Hmm, not really feeling this song. I remember semi-liking it when it came out. But I can't even get through the whole song now. It is too theatrical or... something. Idk.</span><br />
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<b>9. To Be With You</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>Amy: </i>Eh. I always pushed this song aside into "boring," and therefore, it kinda snuck over into "I secretly hate it" land, but really, it's not bad. Just boring.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i>Dana:</i> I think I actually like this better than You Can, actually. Haha. Oh, how times have changed! Catch me in five years, y'all.</span><br />
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<b>10. Don't Let Go</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>Amy:</i> THE WORST. I honestly didn't recognize this song AT ALL. I had no idea what it was. It's soooo boring. I hate the melody, the lyrics, the voice. I think I always secretly hated it but never wanted to admit it because other people loved it. Oop. Sorry. I actually only listened till it got to the bridge, hoooping that it'd pick up and I'd see why people loved it so, but damn it, it was only some line about weather! WHY DOES IT NEVER PICK UP?!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i>Dana: </i>Ugh, still do not like this song. Skip!</span><br />
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<b>11. Your Eyes Don't Lie</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>Amy:</i> I really dig this song today. I didn't recognize it at first, but I like the whistling and the sass way more today than I did back in the day. It's pretty hilarious. And whistling has gotten so popular, yo. I bet Flo Rida's Whistle was inspired by this song. Don't you think? <i>Blow my whistle, baby, whistle baby, yeah, 'cause your eyes don't lie.</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i>Dana: </i>Ok, I admit it. I really like this song. My favorite! It is sassy and hip (? lol) and catchy. I just really like the whistling. I wish I could whistle. Dododododoooo. </span><br />
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<b>12. Angels</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>Amy:</i> I think I actually HATE this recording of Angels. It's boring. His voice sounds boring, the melody sounds boring. Every single live version of this song is better than this recording. I actually skipped it halfway through because I couldn't take it. What gives? Why is this so bad?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i>Dana: </i>Yeah, I don't like this version either. It is dull and boringggg. I think I listened to the first verse and skipped the rest.</span><br />
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<b>13. Works For Me</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>Amy:</i> I still like this one. It's sassy like YEDL, y'all, I love the sass. But did it really work out just fine? I'm just saaaayin'.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><i>Dana:</i> This is still one of my favorites. It is definitely sassy
and I like the vibe.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-63003502137244458792013-11-02T05:33:00.000-07:002013-11-02T05:33:05.970-07:00I must confess I still believe (still believe).Ummmm.<br />
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Umm.<br />
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Why have I been listening to Davis' first CD? Uh. I LEGIT HAVE NOT LISTENED TO ANY OF HIS MUSIC SINCE 2011. WHY ME.<br />
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WHAT IS HAPPENING.<br />
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I didn't even know he made a cover cd (that about makes * cry. Why the depressing songs, bro? Like, did we really need another reason for "Angel" to make us weep? Are abused puppies not enough?!) or that he made a Filipino album. (Josh Bradley ftw.)<br />
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And now I'm all like "Barriers, yeah!" and attempting to whistle to YEDL and laughing as I remember how he copied *'s "My Hands" moves.<br />
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I DON'T LIKE THIS, ARCHULETTAAA.<br />
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NOT ONE BIT. SO STOP.<br />
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*burns cd*Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-87847794738085916572013-11-02T04:47:00.000-07:002013-11-02T05:17:27.312-07:00I don't think you're ready for this jelly.So... this is late.<br />
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BUT LOOK, GUYS, I FOUND MY MASTERPIECE.<br />
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Heehee. Asterix is made of brilliance.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-73524369002386993682013-10-30T18:35:00.002-07:002013-10-30T18:38:32.659-07:00For you, David (Josh).Hello, David, this is Asterix. I just watched a clip of Nandito Ako and I love you again. Plz return and do an exclusive interview with SnarkyArchies, my new website.<br />
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But do it as Josh Bradley. Thanks.<br />
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Kaboom,<br />
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Asterix **Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-45724240239334934772011-05-10T21:11:00.003-07:002011-05-10T21:12:02.263-07:00back off, archuleta.pulp is mine.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-58423117460821158412011-05-10T21:09:00.000-07:002011-05-10T21:09:51.785-07:00i bet you've missed asterix.<div style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">*</span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-27274897188492344342011-02-23T22:22:00.000-08:002011-02-23T22:24:00.990-08:00Welcome.<center>We're getting a lot of referrals from various message boards and sites and I think people feel a little intimidated by our twentiness. Guys, every Archie fan is welcome here! We seriously love you all. More than you could know! Our love is like, I don't know, Mount Vesuvius, and ready to explode and cover you all in our lavabombs of pure love. Pure love! We exude love. The purpose of this site is to express our love. Do you know how much we love you? We love you! We do! Come here, give me a big hug, because YOU, you there, over there, from the Golden Archies board, or Fans of David, or MJ's blog, or Rickey's, or Loving Archie, or Archuleta Avenue, or IDF, or Noting David -- you 16-year-old, or 50-year-old, or 45-year-old, you banker or doctor or student or pharmacy technician or ice-cream truck driver -- you! You come here and let me love you, because I love you.<br /><br />Did you know I love you?<br /><br />I love you.<br /><br /><33333<br /><br />So don't be shy. Let's talk. And love. Forever. FOREVER.<br /><br /><br />ABOVE ALL: DAVID IS THE ULTIMATE BOY BAND, yes.<img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/scoop_k/pic/0001w9rd"></center>Snarky Archieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278918820345764444noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-62010610977643889252011-02-04T10:49:00.000-08:002011-02-23T22:26:01.057-08:0012 months of SnarkyArchies.com<span style="font-weight: bold;">This is SnarkyArchies.com. <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2011/02/welcome.html">Welcome</a>:</span><br /><br /><center>'We're getting a lot of referrals from various message boards and sites and I think people feel a little intimidated by our twentiness. Guys, every Archie fan is welcome here! We seriously love you all. More than you could know! Our love is like, I don't know, Mount Vesuvius, and ready to explode and cover you all in our lavabombs of pure love. Pure love! We exude love. The purpose of this site is to express our love. Do you know how much we love you? We love you! We do! Come here, give me a big hug, because YOU, you there, over there, from the Golden Archies board, or Fans of David, or MJ's blog, or Rickey's, or Loving Archie, or Archuleta Avenue, or IDF, or Noting David -- you 16-year-old, or 50-year-old, or 45-year-old, you banker or doctor or student or pharmacy technician or ice-cream truck driver -- you! You come here and let me love you, because I love you.<br /><br />Did you know I love you?<br /><br />I love you.<br /><br /><33333<br /><br />So don't be shy. Let's talk. And love. Forever. FOREVER.'</center><br /><br />ABOVE ALL: <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/09/david-ultimate-boyband-yes.html">DAVID IS THE ULTIMATE BOY BAND</a>, yes.<br /><center><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/scoop_k/pic/0001w9rd" /></center><br /><b>September, 2008</b>:<br />The site is <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/09/why-am-i-still-awake.html">born</a> in the twilight hours of Sunday, September 14th.<br /><a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/09/archucookleta-and-angels.html">Ford Day</a> brings us publicity.<br />JANEY MAKES HER <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/09/davids-angels.html">FIRST POST</a>. WE LOVE US SOME JANEY, RIGHT?!<br /><a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/09/it-is-over-before-it-even-started.html">ThisIsYourMotherSpeaking makes her debut</a> and Bam names her Mom, a name that lives on in infamy.<br /><br /><b>October, 2008</b>:<br /><a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/10/stampede-in-columbus.html">THE GREAT STAMPEDE OF 2008</a>.<br />And, oh my gosh, who can forget those <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/10/seton-gift-that-keeps-on-giving.html">Seton pics</a>?<br />WE DISCOVER KATHLEEN AND KARIN AND LYNN BECAUSE <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/10/david-is-stealthy-like-ninja.html">DAVID IS STEALTHY LIKE A NINJA</a>. Kathleen becomes a wifey: 'OMG, KATHLEEN, I LOVE YOU. YOU ARE THE CUTEST THING EVER. PLEASE VISIT SNARKIES AND COMMENT. SERIOUSLY.'<br /><br /><b>November, 2008</b>:<br /><a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/11/two-notes.html">DAVID ARCHULETA: THE ALBUM drops.</a><br /><a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/11/dear-david.html">DEAR DAVID</a>: There is no way you actually read all these (even though you totally told Julee you did in Houston). But thank you for being wonderful. And truly, you are like jelly in a world of moldy bread.<br />If David were <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/11/if-david-were-president.html">PRESIDENT</a>. 'Hey everybodyyyyyy, it's President Archuleta hereeeee. This most powerful man on earth thing is keeping me crazy busy but it's soooo fun haha.'<br />PAULA MAKES HER SNARKY REPORTER <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/11/excites-david-day.html">DEBUT</a>. We weep with joy: 'I also have 4 more videos to share, 3 of which are of David singing along to his own songs. I was seriously elated, because we know how David is when he hears himself sing. There was nothing stopping him on that day from being completely ecstatic. You could feel it in his whole being. I have never seen him so excited and happy before.'<br /><a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/11/teamdavid-3-snarkies.html">Team David <3 Snarkies.</a><br /><br /><b>December, 2008</b>:<br />We do our <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/12/happy-christmas-contest-semi-finalists.html">very first Snarky contest</a> thanks to FairyGodMother and NewAngel writes her first <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/09/gosh-its-wondeful-life.html">DavidArchie fanfic</a> (you can see how she's progressed on <a href="http://momjulee.wordpress.com/">MomJulee's blog</a>).<br />Because Chicago is made of fail, we give you, <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/01/fourteen-miles-revisited.html">Fourteen Miles.</a><br /><a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/12/happy-birthday-d-round-2.html">Happy Birthday, David!</a><br /><br /><b>January, 2009</b>:<br />We <a href="http://snarkyarchies.blogspot.com/2011/02/q-with-mike-krompass-writer-of-altnoy.html">interview Mike K.</a> before he became David's guitarist and it becomes THE FIRST TIME ZERO GRAVITY IS MENTIONED...<br />So we become the first site to post the lyrics to <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/01/zero-gravity.html">ZERO GRAVITY & FIGHTING FOR YOU</a>. That is right, peeps!<br />David bums a <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/01/david-holding-snarky-sign.html">SnarkyArchies sign</a> off NewAngel and smiles like he means it (he doesn't).<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Uw_M6ZbloQw/Sq6V8NjFGcI/AAAAAAAARSs/Ia-TTVC9Zlk/s1600-h/zsnarkyposter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; width: 393px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Uw_M6ZbloQw/Sq6V8NjFGcI/AAAAAAAARSs/Ia-TTVC9Zlk/s400/zsnarkyposter.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Annie, who is really hot, makes <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/01/dear-davids-marketing-people.html">David a Converse model</a>. Yeeeeah, bb.<br /><br /><b>February, 2009</b>:<br />David embarks on his first solo tour and 19,000 people flock to SnarkyArchies.com to <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/02/first-solo-tour-cellcast.html">watch</a>.<br /><center><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/epSoc3A9yDw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&hd=1&border=1" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="285" width="340"></embed></center><br /><a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/02/potatoooo.html">Potato-Throwin' Palak becomes infamous.</a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Uw_M6ZbloQw/Sq6YSlfU-VI/AAAAAAAARS0/0mvF3hMXZ-Y/s1600-h/potato.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Uw_M6ZbloQw/Sq6YSlfU-VI/AAAAAAAARS0/0mvF3hMXZ-Y/s400/potato.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><b>March, 2009</b>:<br />Thanks to the amazing person that is our <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/01/snarky-contest-makin-my-way-to-chi-town.html">SnarkyFairyGodMother</a>, we send two people to Chicago to watch the concert that became <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o8ABWZ1h9w">Touch My Hand</a>. (Hi, Holly! I see you there.)<br />As we are off frolicking in Utah, Kimberly <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/03/dear-david_27.html">writes to David</a>.<br />Dana writes one of her many <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/03/ill-lean-on-you-and-you-lean-on-me-and.html">sappy love!fests</a>.<br />Jenny from FOD talks to <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/03/davey-says-hiiii-my-wonderful-starchies.html">David and gives a shout out to fansites</a>. This is the first time I heard David say 'Snarky Archies' and we all almost died.<br />The interview that was more trouble than it was worth. But at least some of you seemed to like it. And hey, David sang 'you are the sweetest thing' at me, so I am plenty happy. Parts <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/03/part-one-of-almonds-and-songwriting.html">1</a>, <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/04/part-two-of-jc-britney-and-back-up.html">2</a>, <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/04/part-two-of-jc-britney-and-back-up.html">3</a>, and <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/04/snarky-archies-david-archuleta-fan-site_04.html">4</a>.<br /><br /><b>April, 2009</b>:<br />Snarkies is the first site to publicly glom to <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/04/oh-em-gee-bb-is-that-you-tweeting.html">David's snarky, Twitter self</a>. WE KNEW IT WAS YOU ALL ALONG, BB. WE COULD TELL BY THE 'is in Ohio.'<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-OGkf-zUZYE/Se8hdchfpyI/AAAAAAAAFuU/kx48af9hqSQ/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-OGkf-zUZYE/Se8hdchfpyI/AAAAAAAAFuU/kx48af9hqSQ/s400/Picture+2.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/04/happy-happy-joy-joy.html">Me</a> and <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/04/dana-me-utterfail.html">Bam</a> see David in Cleveland and it's Tulsa Revisited.<br /><br /><b>May, 2009</b>:<br /><a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/05/pinoy-snarkies-love-david.html">Manila SnarkyArchies sign</a> and a <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/05/new-vlog.html">vlog shout out from David</a>!!<br /><center><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TcTv4vLJ054&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&hd=1&border=1" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="315" width="500"></embed></center><br /><br /><b>June, 2009</b>:<br /><a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/06/you-shouldnt-fight.html">Hush cats!</a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Uw_M6ZbloQw/Sq7Hbg1nJKI/AAAAAAAARS8/X1reL7w41cc/s1600-h/hush+cats.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Uw_M6ZbloQw/Sq7Hbg1nJKI/AAAAAAAARS8/X1reL7w41cc/s400/hush+cats.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />And... ASTERIX IS BORN. She be fierce and comes out when she needs to do some protectin'.<br /><a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/06/punctuation-and-snarkydavid.html">Punctuation meets Snarky!David.</a><br /><br /><b>July, 2009</b>:<br />ASTERIX GOES TO THE <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/07/cincy-review-vip-yo-yo.html">CINCINNATI VIP</a> and 'David be like white chocolate bunnies, guys. He is THAT wonderful. I told him Snarkies be likin' them some bunnies in the dumb letter I writes him.' AND ASTERIX SPEAKS TO HIM: 'And, my people, I SPOKE to David Archuleta. I said maybe 10? 20? Some words.' His life be forever changeded.<br />Lori and cupcake make their <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/07/uh-oh-here-comes-comma.html">Snarky grand entrance</a>.<br /><br /><b>August, 2009</b>:<br />David <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/08/bb-does-not-have-favorite-flavor-of.html">does not have a favorite Capri Sun</a>. THANK YOU, CHELSEY.<br />Also, Chelsey and Brooke appear in <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/08/lets-talk-about-i-love-all-access.html">a video on D'Arch.com</a>.<br /><br /><b>September, 2009</b>:<br />Janey makes the greatest post ever: <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/09/d-bow-tie-is-betta-snarkies-says-so.html">D's bow tie is betta, snarkies says so</a>.<br />We let our inner-child fly free here at Snarkies, but, uh, sometimes get <a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/09/seasons-of-davidarchie.html">carried away</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2009/07/welcome-to-internet.html">BB EXPLAINED</a>.Snarky Archieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278918820345764444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-81810252447449201162011-02-04T10:43:00.000-08:002011-02-08T14:35:02.002-08:00If David were president...<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-OGkf-zUZYE/SQ82-ZOnUlI/AAAAAAAAB5w/E5-lUj9zo7w/s400/scoop.gif"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;width:255px;height:293px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-OGkf-zUZYE/SQ82-ZOnUlI/AAAAAAAAB5w/E5-lUj9zo7w/s400/scoop.gif" border="0" alt=""></a><br>If David were president...he'd perform at his own Inagural Ball.<br><br>If David were president...he'd have his finger on the button and we'd bomb our enemies. With lavabombs of pure love that is. Peace.<br><br>If David were president... there wouldn't be a Swearing In ceremony because... he doesn't swear.<br><br><b>If Jesus 2.0 were president, we'd live in a utopian society! Filled with unicorns and magic rainbows and lots and lots of chocolate bunnies.<br><br>I'd eat chocolate bunnies for BREAKFAST. And thank David for it. And he'd be all 'yey, a shout out! sweet!' because he knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you're awake, etc. etc.<br><br>HE KNOWS A LOT. IS WHAT I AM SAYING.</b><br><br>If David were president... he'd go back to Seton and see if his first lady was somewhere in the crowd. *maybe sne's out here* <br><br><b>AND when David would eat HIS chocolate bunnies for breakfast, he'd have pancakes with it and say 'Imma eat you, boo' 'you look so delicious, little mama'<br><br>and it would be AWESOME.</b><br><br>If David were President, he would sing Imagine to all of the terrorists and they would drop their weapons. Instantly.<br><br>If David were president... 'Hail to the Chief' would be available as a ringtone.<br><br>there'd be a national movement to find David a first lady. They'd play 'Crush' and bemoan the lack of a first lady.<br><br>The whole U.S. would be all 'OUR PRESIDENT IS ALONE AND SADFACE. WE MUST FIIIIX IT'<br><br>and then they'd throw a ball, and a mysterious beautiful stranger would rush away at midnight, leaving behind NOTHING BUT HER SHOE....<br><br>DRAMA.<br><br>If David were President, the Oval Office would have headphones and a mic.<br><br>If David were President, the State of the Union Address would be a concert. He would sing *Be still my soul*. <br><br>Every food joint would make something in his likeness or in his honor.<br><br>David Archueggs.<br><br>They'd make puns like 'Are you PARCHuletaED? DRINK TIHS'<br><br>and it would be adorable. Happy meals would come with a David action figure, so they'd actually be HAPPY. <br><br><a href="http://pics.livejournal.com/scoop_k/pic/00041510/s320x240"><img style="float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;width:320px;height:228px" src="http://pics.livejournal.com/scoop_k/pic/00041510/s320x240" border="0" alt=""></a>Everyone would have FIVE COPIES of David's album minimum. All other albums would be at one or LESS copies.<br><br>It wouldn't even be required, everyone would just DO IT. <br><br>The other branches of government would just concede all authority to David. No one would find this a breech of the Constitution, because David is the exception to EVERY RULE. <br><br><b>If David were president... he'd still take time to text his fans and the texts would go something like this:<br><br>'Hey everybodyyyyyy, it's President Archuleta hereeeee. This most powerful man on earth thing is keeping me crazy busy but it's soooo fun haha. I'm learning sooo much and getting to visit a lot of cool places. When I was in Honduras, I got to visit some of my mom's family and we had a fun time playing video games and just hanging out and I ate like a ton of food. I'm still working on my second album, but I have to fit it in between meetings lol. Well, that's it for now. I'll talk to you guys later haha. Peace.' </b><br><br>If David were president... the Pentagon would get remodeled into heart-shape<br><br><b>If David were president... Mount Rushmore would be renamed into Mount CRUSHmore</b><br><br>If David were president... Bono would weep with joy and organize the world's largest charity concert with all of David's favourite artists performing in his honour <br><br>If David were president... I'd join the Secret Service.<br><br>If David were president, there would be no need for any more elections in the future, at least while David is alive. (But then again, David shall never die, so there will be no more elections ever again. Haha.) <br><br><b>Peace talks would just be David talking (rambling...lots of laughing, and some random singing thrown in) while everyone looks and listens in amazement and then wonders what they were doing there in the first place. Love would be everywhere. </b><br><br>No need to change the name of CAMP DAVID.<br><br>Instead of the dreaded 3 am phone call, there would be 3 am texting sessions between David, Jason, and Cook.<br><br>The only Castro we'd be worried about would be Jason. (As in, when is Castro's album coming out? Geeez)<br><br>State of the Union addresses would be delivered in three languages: English, Spanish, and Love. haha<br><br>The President would be on the cover of Time and People simultaneously as 'Man of the Year' and 'The 50 Most Beautiful People'. (And after Dec. 28th, ahem, 'Sexiest Man Alive'..? Oh dear.)<br><br><a href="http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/AnnieScantsing/archuleta_time_cover_111108.jpg"><img style="float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;width:400px;height:537px" src="http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/AnnieScantsing/archuleta_time_cover_111108.jpg" border="0" alt=""></a>Pink would write a new hit: 'Dear Mr. President, thanks for taking a walk with me...'<br><br>Pad Thai instead of turkey for Thanksgiving in the Archuleta White House.<br><br>Air Force 1 would be renamed into Angel Wings 1<br><br>Saturday Night Live become a nightly show, they'd have so much material to work with. *I'm an easy target*<br><br>Slezak from EW would 'accidentally' disappear.<br><br><b>David's picture would be on the dollar bill and the value of the dollar would skyrocket in Indonesia, Malyasia, the Philippines, etc.</b><br><br>John Mayer, Jason Mraz, and Sara Bareilles would have to play rock, paper,scissors to see who gets the Lincoln Bedroom.<br><br>... he would disappear for days and when finally found at Brooke's home would say 'oh, oops, I thought this was the White House everyone was talking about, haha!'<br><br>If David were president, we would no longer be waiting on the world to change. He would appoint the collective Snarkies as Secretaries of State, thus insuring a state of hilarity, and good will everywhere.<br><br>The annual White House Easter Egg Hunt would be a bust because the president would just tell all the kids where the eggs were hidden. Big softie.<br><br>... our neighbours would never miss a Christmas, no more ribbons on their door...<br><br><a href="http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l347/beebeepix/David%20Archuleta/OVAL_O_da1.jpg"><img style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;width:300px" src="http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l347/beebeepix/David%20Archuleta/OVAL_O_da1.jpg" border="0" alt=""></a>David's Secret Service code name would be Angelbaby.<br><br>...and what a wonderful world it would be... for realz!<br><br>Oh no! Another Watergate. This time it would be, 'Heyyyy! Does anyone know where I put my bottled water? I can't find it! Investigate!'<br><br><b>Would he use Sharpies to sign bills into law?</b><br><br>His weekly radio address would be #1 on Billboard...every week.<br>Does anyone actually listen to that? Well, they will now!! <br><br>If David were president ... we wouldn't have to pay taxes. His concerts would generate enough revenue to run the country!!!<br><br><b>The Presidential Seal would be a peace sign. </b><br><br><b>His Social Security package would include a hug and a CD of David ballads. </b><br><br>There'd be no need for war because HE'S the BOMB.<br><br>TG would be head of the CIA.<br><br>If David was elected he would say, 'Are you sure Cook didn't win because he is so awesome. Are you sure you want me!Haaaah thanks!!! <br><br>Bin Laden will turn himself in if David asks nicely. <br><br>Social Security would be that warm fuzzy blanket he was wrapped up in on the Ford commercial set. Awwwww.<br><br>Jive would finally fix his MySpace. <br><br>He would stop and smell the roses during those Rose Garden press conferences. <br><br>The new educational package would include playing 'When You Believe' (by David, of course) in schools to encourage our youth! <br><br>His cabinet would consist of the Top 10 Idol finalists. <br><br>President Archuleta, Commander-in-Chief, dressed in fatigues inspecting the troops? Why do I think female enlistment would skyrocket? <br><br>We would all have a smile on our face 24/7. <br><br>He would panic when he was told he could only choose one person to be Vice President. <br><br><b>He'd send a manned mission back to the moon just to paint a giant smiley face. :) </b><br><br>The no-swearing in ceremony will feature singing by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and an inaugural poem by Jason Mraz.<br><br><b>Suggested attire for the evening galas will include awesome t-shirts and funky sneakers.</b><br><br>The name of the nation’s capital will be changed to Washington D.A. <br><br><b>Press conferences would go on and on and on...partly because he rambles, partly because he wouldn't want to leave before every single reporter got their every question answered, and partly for the TV ratings numbers they'd generate. </b><br><br>Sometimes he'd reach across the isle just to give the partisans a high five. <br><br>His party's symbol would be the Squiggly Pig.<br><br>They would make a movie about him and that's what the poster would look like hahaha. (Click the poster for more.) <br><center><a href="http://snarkyarchies.blogspot.com/2011/02/if-david-were-president.html"><img src="http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk187/AnnieScantsing/dave1sh.jpg" width="550"></a></center><br><br><span class="fullpost">><br>Simon Cowell would say,'I always knew that kid would be a star.' <br><br>Terrorists in training wouldn't be so angry anymore once he bought them new playground equipment to replace those worn out monkey bars. <br><br>The Queen of England would secretly hang a poster of our president above her bed. <br><br><b>He would balance the budget... on his little pinky.<br><br>Seriously tho, there would be no national debt with a guy who won't even pay extra luggage fees. </b><br><br>Cook would be the bartender at state dinners. Green jello shots for everyone! (Non-alcoholic drinks however.) <br><br>The Marine Corps band would be replaced by David's tour band. Hail to the Chief, Babyyyyy!!!! <br><br>No one would have to mow the White House lawn. Millions of tourists would pluck blades of grass and press them in their scrapbooks. awwwww <br><br>(And David's mother would be looking out the White House window going, 'Awkward! Personal space, please.') <br><br>AND TO HELP MAKE THIS DREAM HAPPEN, PRI HAS PROVIDED CAMPAIGN POSTERS:<br><br><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;width:337px;height:400px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-OGkf-zUZYE/SRCTYO5MCOI/AAAAAAAAB8o/OWIeHYkCRpc/s400/ARCHIEFORPRESIDENT2(2).jpg" border="0" alt=""><br><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;width:400px;height:267px" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-OGkf-zUZYE/SRCTX3eio6I/AAAAAAAAB8g/QuVru0ifOus/s400/small.jpg" border="0" alt=""><br><br>The President's Cabinet would contain Nutter Butters.<br><br>If David were president, No Child Left Behind would be renamed No Child Left Behind, Left Out, Teased, or Made to Feel Anything Other Than Totally Amazing.<br><br>Grouchy Ray from the AI tour security would head up the Secret Service.<br><br>(But I'd join anyway.) <br><br>The bald eagle would grow hair. Just because. <br><br>AND FINALLY...<br><br>IF DAVID ARCHULETA WERE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...<br><br>I think he'd actually be less busy. <br><br></span><br><i>...y'all fill in the rest. Go, go gadget Archies!<br><br>P.S. This was Newangel's lovely idea. :D Let me also add that probably 70% of these are Newangel. SHE IS ON FIRE.<br><br>AMAZING GRAPHICS BY SCOOPK AND ANNIE AND BEEBEE. HEARTS ALL OVER THE WORLD TONIGHT.</i><br>Snarky Archieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278918820345764444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-35153344440017115242011-01-23T22:28:00.000-08:002011-02-23T22:31:11.149-08:00DAVIDSLIST: Got something? Need something?Here's the spot to buy and sell tickets!<br /><br />SO THE POINT OF THIS POST IS A DAVID 'CRAIGSLIST' -- you know, the online classifieds where you can find cheap furniture, or a roommate, or tickets? <br /><br />Here, you can find a concert-mate, or sell your ticket, or whatever else comes to mind. Say what you need in the comments, and we'll try to update the post daily to advertise for you -- and those who want what you're offering can either comment back, and snatch up the ticket, or e-mail you.<br /><br />This is FREE DAVID ADVERTISING. This post will be stickied in the navigation bar at the top of Snarkies. :)<br /><br /><b>Getting rid of:</b><br /><blockquote></blockquote><br /><b>In need of:</b><blockquote></blockquote>Snarky Archieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278918820345764444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-52151567007508433482010-07-03T12:10:00.000-07:002011-02-08T14:08:15.351-08:00"YOU, DAVID. YOU IS. WITH YOUR PURE WHITE CHOCOLATE BUNNY VOICE."oh my gosh. oh my gosh. going through old posts, and came across this cincy vip recap. DYING DYING.<br /><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">CINCY REVIEW: VIP, YO, YO!</span><br /><br />THE BEST PERSON IN THE UNIVERSE EVERRRR BOUGHT ME MY VIP PASS. I LOVE YOU. YOU KNOW WHO YOU IS. <33333<br /><br />Anyway, so, the VIP had HOT DOGS, guys. I HATE hot dogs.<br /><br />Kristin was so nice! I had heard this before, but she was.<br /><br />I sat with Best Person In The Universe EVERRRR and conversed with her when David looked at me 'cause people be talkin' about potatoes. Yeah. They brought up Punctuation's potatoes. To David. It was a little uncomfortable. Kimberly was like, 'What.' Oh my. And I was right in his line of sight and I did not even DO the potato thing, my friends! I did not. But it's okay. Paula did! We love Paula.<br /><br />VIP, though! David gallivanted in like a race horse. Okay, that is a lie. He meandered in like a stream of pure, white chocolate. At least, that is what his voice be sounding like. If they could bottle his voice, I would totally put it on my ice cream, guys!<br /><br />I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU KNOW, BUT DAVID SANG HEAVEN AND CRAZY, GUYS. WHAT THE HECK. I THINK IT IS THE FIRST TIME HE HAS EVER SUNG EITHER.<br /><br />Heaven was so amazing. Gorgeous. Beautiful! Like HEAVEN. It was like sitting on a fluffy cloud, floating on river of pure white chocolate, dipping Paula's toes in the chocolate and eating it!<br /><br />Crazy was crazy, too! So good.<br /><br />David kept getting confoosed, because people be laughing and he don't get why. He kept lookin' over his shoulder, and he be sayin', 'What be so funny, my peoples?' And I be thinkin', 'YOU, DAVID. YOU IS. WITH YOUR PURE WHITE CHOCOLATE BUNNY VOICE.'<br /><br />David be like white chocolate bunnies, guys. He is THAT wonderful. I told him Snarkies be likin' them some bunnies in the dumb letter I writes him.<br /><br />And, my people, I SPOKE to David Archuleta. I said maybe 10? 20? Some words.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Asterix:</span> 'Hello, David, how are you?'<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">David:</span> 'I am good, how are you?'<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Asterix:</span> 'I'm super, thank you!'<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">David:</span> 'You're from Ohio, aren't you?'<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Asterix:</span> 'Gasp. No! But you're so close!'<br /><br />Then we takes a pic and he puts his hand on Asterix back and accidentally tug my hair a little bit. I was honored!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Asterix:</span> 'Have fun tonight!'<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">David:</span> '(I do not remember what he be sayin' here.)'<br /><br />AND THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. Y'ALL'S BEST BE GETTIN' EXCITED FOR MY REVIEW OF JORDAN PRUITT.<br /><br />OH JORDAN.<br /><br />I be startin' a Jordan fansite soon! BoardinJordan.com!</blockquote>Snarky Archieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278918820345764444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-72551476163679186312010-02-23T22:14:00.000-08:002011-02-23T22:18:47.569-08:00Archucalendar!Because David is a busy busy bee, and our lovely 'Appearances' calendar on the sidebar just has event names and not dates or locations. <span style="font-size:78%">...Also because I have nothing better to do at 2 a.m.</span><br><br>Click the hyperlinks to go to the individual event posts, which have tons more information!<br /><blockquote><br />...to be announced!</blockquote>Snarky Archieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278918820345764444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-82399704817921988432009-04-22T23:25:00.000-07:002011-02-08T14:07:53.864-08:00oh em gee, bb! is that you, tweeting?<a href="http://twitter.com/DavidArchie">this twitter looks kinda real</a>, yo.<br><br><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-OGkf-zUZYE/Se8hdchfpyI/AAAAAAAAFuU/kx48af9hqSQ/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="display:block;margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;width:400px;height:273px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-OGkf-zUZYE/Se8hdchfpyI/AAAAAAAAFuU/kx48af9hqSQ/s400/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt=""></a><br><br>first off, who but david knew he'd gone to the rock 'n roll hall of fame thursday evening?<br><br>also, this: # Bio I'm David. I like music.<br><br>that. that sounds like david.<br><br>as far as i can verify, i think this is <b>real</b>.Snarky Archieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278918820345764444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-68343565852158942992009-03-01T12:11:00.000-08:002011-02-08T14:08:32.971-08:00note: PALAK'S AIM WAS NOT INTENTIONAL.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-OGkf-zUZYE/SaowuVFQ4AI/AAAAAAAAFVw/MaAhEXMFfW0/s1600-h/Picture+20.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; width: 600px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-OGkf-zUZYE/SaowuVFQ4AI/AAAAAAAAFVw/MaAhEXMFfW0/s800/Picture+20.png" alt="" border="0" width="620" /></a><br />she apologizes to his future generations. sorry if you're not as talented, babyarchuletas. :(((((((((((Snarky Archieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278918820345764444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-75450436585078002132009-01-05T12:00:00.000-08:002011-02-08T14:23:01.305-08:00Q&A with Mike Krompass (writer of ALTNOY & SOT)BUMPING. for those who missed it this holiday weekend.<br><br>Snarkies had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Mike Krompass, who both co-wrote and produced A Little Too Not Over You and Somebody Out There. Mike was amazing and answered pretty much all my 3-pages of questions before I even asked them -- he's that good. He talked to me for almost an hour and I bet I still have a billion questions that escaped me in the awesomeness of it all -- and he's so cool, he said I can bug him again if I need to. Mike Krompass, thank you! To check out more of his music, visit his <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mikek">MySpace</a>.<br><br>Mike offered some tantalizing glimpses into the recording process -- like the two songs that didn't jive with Jive and are now being shopped around -- demos that DAVID recorded; how David hums and mumbles the melody; how Mike snacks more than David and how there are always Cokes or something around in the studio; how the process was so whirlwind because they only had two weeks before the songs were due and how Mike had to jump between recording studios because there wasn't time to do it all in his studio in Nashville; how sometimes they were up till 2 a.m.; how the process was organic and totally collaborative and first credits, at least in this case, are a myth as they all put bits of themselves in the songs; how David and Robbie Nevil did the 'eh eh oh oh' intro to ALTNOY to add a more radio feel; how David is a pro, the real deal, and overly humble; how he worked with David on a demo when David was just 12, fresh out of Star Search, and how that 'cute little Mormon kid' needed these years to find out who he is as an artist; how he recorded ALTNOY on the same mic and set-up as Jordin Sparks recorded One Step at a Time and how jazzed David was to find that out; how David's a jukebox -- and yeah, there's a lot more.<br><br>I made an mp3 of a 13-minute segment of the interview, because everything in that section was sooooo good. Mike plays a little of ALTNOY and SOT for me. It didn't record me speaking, so you just hear Mike. You'll have to fill in the questions! Sorry! Heh.<br><br><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?wmw2yjoyzzc">Listen to Mike talk about writing ALTNOY and SOT, and play a few chords.</a><br><br>CLICK THE PHOTO TO GET TO THE FULL INTERVIEW.<br><br><center><blockquote>'Every time we'd play a part, he'd sing a great little thing. Like I think there's a melody in the second verse that's a little bit different than the first verse. A little change on it. And that was entirely David. That was his. He came up with that thing and we all went, 'Wow, that's really cool, we gotta keep that in there.''</blockquote><br><a href="http://snarkyarchies.blogspot.com/2011/02/q-with-mike-krompass-writer-of-altnoy.html"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-OGkf-zUZYE/SV7NF9JGrmI/AAAAAAAAERQ/Nb5g9R1Em84/s800/davidmikeguy.jpg" width="600"></a></center><span class="fullpost"><br><br><b>How did you get into songwriting, production?</b><br>Well, I was a guitar player, studio musician for a long time, a few years. I grew up in Toronto, Canada, and moved to L.A. like seven years ago [and Nashville about six months ago]. So I made my living as a session player, but it wasn't satisfying enough for me. I always wrote songs. I started playing when I was four. So I always wrote songs and kind of developed that and then I decided I wanted to get more into music production and that kinda thing, so I kinda stopped touring and being just a session player, and more concentrated on [production]. Although I do play on people's records all the time.<br><br><b>I know you played for Nelly Furtado from your MySpace. Who else?</b><br>Yeah, Nelly's stuff. I've done a lot of Disney stuff. I used to do a lot of stuff with Matthew Gerrard, who also wrote A Little Too Not Over You with us. A lot of stuff.<br><br><b>What instruments do you play?</b><br>I play guitar, bass, a little bit of keyboards, drums, um, and you know, sometimes sing –- badly. <br><br><b>You're like your own band.</b><br>Sometimes it seems that way. A lot of things I do lately I've played everything on. And on Somebody Out There, I played everything on that.<br><br><b>What are the credits for Somebody Out There? I can't find them anywhere.</b><br>I know! Well, it's David, myself, and a guy named Steve Diamond. <br><br><b>How do the credits go on there? Who gets first writing credits?</b><br>Well, see, here's the thing. A lot of people think that, you know, if someone's name is listed first or whatever, that someone gets first credit? Basically, with those two songs –- A Little Too Not Over You and Somebody Out There -– what happened was we got in the room, and we just wanted to write great songs, so everybody had equal credit. Like, with the writing, nobody gets more than anyone else. Everyone contributes equally, everyone's idea kinda spawned another idea and you kinda take it from there, and it becomes something. Each writer has a little piece of them, what inspires them, in the song, which is kinda cool. That's why cowriting is neat. <br><br><b>Does anyone ever come in with a full idea?</b><br>Well, sometimes it's like someone will bring in a completed idea. In David's case, the songs that we did with him, it wasn't like that. In David's case, we had the purpose to sit down and write a song and the goal was just to write a great song and something that David could relate to, something that he felt. We actually wrote four songs. <br><br><b>What happened to the other two?</b><br>The label just didn't go for them. I think they were awesome. One of them's a hit. Both of them are being shopped right now for other artists. One's called Zero Gravity, and it's really cool, it's way cool. And another one's called Fighting For You. <br><br>And so, they were both written for the purpose of trying to get on the record, but they just weren't happening like the other ones were for the label. Ultimately, the label has the decision and, you know, I think they did a really good job of picking songs for the record. The record overall sounds really good. <br><br><b>So you've listened to the whole thing?</b><br>Yeah, I love it. I listen to it all the time. I think it's really great songs. I think it's really great writers on it. David, obviously, did an amazing job. And it was a whirlwind for him, too, you know, coming off the road, going right into the studio, recording a record, [to] hurry up and get it out, and then getting right back on the road again to play –- it's crazy. I've been there before; I know how much work that is. <br><br><b>Was all this writing in one session or multiple sessions?</b><br>Oh, multiple sessions. I can tell you the whole story, if you want. It's kinda cool. <br><br>So I met David when he was 12. Back when he was doing Star Search. You know, the cute little Mormon kid. So I did a demo with him. His dad came and approached me to do a demo with him years and years ago, which we never finished, and he was doing a lot of competitions and really busy and seeing a lot of people. <br><br><b>What was the demo called?</b><br>Oh, I don't know. He would remember. He totally remembers. He remembers everything. I think it was called Stop. I think the song was called Stop, or something Stop. I'd have to look through my files. It was something Stop. But we never got it finished and it was kinda a cool idea. And then I kinda lost touch with him for a while, and then I saw him on American Idol and I was like, 'Wow, good for him. He's really great.' And then randomly, his dad called me just out of the blue after Idol and was just like, 'Hey, it's Jeff Archuleta. David wanted to know if you wanted to come and write some songs.' So I sent him a bunch of songs and he ended up liking one of the songs. And so me and Steve Diamond, one of the cowriters on Somebody Out There, wrote this song, David liked it, so we wanted to get a vocal recorded. So we booked a trip to LA to get a vocal recorded. He ended up thinking, 'Oh, well, I don't love this song. It's cool. Let's write some more.' <br><br><b>David said that?</b><br>Well, David and his dad, and speaking with the record company –- it was kinda a weird situation, coming in at the last minute. We kinda came in at the last two weeks before the record was to be wrapped. So, literally, when we finished, there was a week to get it mixed and get it in. It was really, really quick. We wrote that -– it was really neat. So what happened was we go to LA -- actually, before that, I'll rewind a little bit. When they called me, David had known Robbie Nevil, and we had actually tried to work together previously, which had never happened. And he wanted to do something that had acoustic guitar and programming, and that kinda hybrid song that A Little Too Not Over You became. Well, when he approached me, I [said], 'Well, why don't I just call Robbie and well try to write a song together; see if he has time.' And Robbie's really busy, you know, with the High School Musical and the Jordin Sparks thing going. <br><br>So I called him up and we talked about it and we said, 'Yeah, let's try to do this.' And he had to go away the following week, so it was really rushed. Everything was last minute and it was crazy. And then Robbie had suggested, 'Well, let's call Matthew.' Because the three of us had all worked together before on Hayden Panettiere's song called Try. So it was like, 'OK, let's bring Matthew in.' So we wrote this geat song. Then Matthew, Steve Diamond, myself, wrote the other song, Zero Gravity, which never made the record. And then we wrote Somebody Out There. And then we wrote Fighting For You. We wrote and recorded all those song basically over a two-week period. <br><br><b>So were you guys working on it like every day then?</b><br>Well, it was every day for me because I was producing them, and I had to play the instruments and record them. For David –- the writing sessions were probably –- each one was on a different day. So maybe four days of writing sessions for four songs. And the rest of the time was tracking. So because David's schedule was so crazy busy, he'd have to -– I'd be working on the track, putting the track together, and he'd be off at…wherever, someone else who's working on the record, at their place doing vocals for a song. And then he'd come in after that session and do vocals on one of our songs. The poor kid was so tired –- you know, sometimes we were recording at 2 in the morning. <br><br>And then a really cool thing is that I recorded David's vocal for A Little Too Not Over You at Robbie Nevil's house on the same mic and the same set-up as Jordin Sparks used for her One Step at a Time single. So it was kinda neat because David's in the studio like, 'Ah, cool! Jordin sang in here!' You know how he is. He's very excited about other musicians. <br><br><b>Is that why there's no studio listed for that song?</b><br>Yeah, well, the thing with all the songs, some of the programming I was doing on my laptop. I'd go to one studio and do some acoustic guitars and go to another studio to do some other things, editing, and we'd send the files off to a mixer to be mixed. Normally, if we'd have more time, David would have come to my studio in Nashville and we would have just spent the time in one studio, but because of the last minute, trying to get it done, and make sure it was good enough to get on the record, we had to bounce around.<br><center><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-OGkf-zUZYE/SV7QRuOquYI/AAAAAAAAERY/gRUFey8yrTY/s400/studio.jpg"><br>Mike's studio in Nashville.</center><br><br><b>Was ALTNOY ever acoustic?</b><br>Almost always I write on acoustic. So I think all those sessions, we had an acoustic guitar present. And David really likes acoustics. We didn't do it on piano -– well, I think on Fighting For You -- we cowrote Fighting For You with a producer named Guy Roche, who's really good. He played a little piano, but we ended up incorporating piano into the tracks after all the writing was done on guitar. So with A Little Too Not Over You, yeah, that was like a really simple song you could play acoustically, originally. But as I'm producing it I know in my head kinda the way we want it to sound. David had some adlibs and he's always amazing with the adlibs. His dad came into the studio one night and suggested some adlibs for him to do in the bridge and all of it was great ideas, so we tried to incorporate as much of that as possible.<br><br><b>Where'd the 'eh eh oh ohs' come from?</b><br>Oh, the 'eh eh oh ohs'? Well, listening to the song after we tracked the vocal, Robbie and I had a discussion and we were like, 'You know, it just needs something kinda hip at the beginning to draw you in and kinda radioish, but suited the song.' So we came up with that intro. <br><br><b>What’s making the noise?</b><br>It's a person, yeah. It's Robbie Nevil and David doing things and then there's a cool effect on it that gives it that kinda sound. <br><br><b>How much of the bridge was adlibbed? </b><br>Like the falsetto things? Well, a lot of the time when I'm recording vocals with David, I put it on record and say, 'Well, give me some adlibs, give me some ideas. We'll get a bunch of them and cut them in and see which ones work the best.' Some of them, him and his dad had talked about a couple that they wanted to put in there, some of them were random, just him feeling it out, so all that kinda came together at some point. And the way we kinda put it together is kinda the end result of all these neat ideas. And, by the way, I have to say that he is amazing in the studio. He's got great pitch, he's got great tone. <br><br><b>Did you have to guide him a lot, or was it more spontaneous?</b><br>Well, being a producer, you always have to guide it a bit, to get the overall sound that you want. But the great thing about working with David is that he's so pro. He's so, you know, it's second nature for him. He knows what to do. He knows how to take direction. And he has an ear of his own, so he knows what works right for the song. And just as well as he sang on American Idol, he sang in the studio. He's great. It's a pleasure. He's amazing to work with; he's really great.<br><br><b>Has he improved since he was 12?</b><br>Yeah, but, you know, when he was that age, he was amazing. It's just that as he got older his voice dropped, so he's got a lower tone now, but, I mean, he was really, really good. I mean, if you watch some of his videos, his Star Search things, he was great, he was amazing. But I think he needed that much time for him to find 'him.' Every artist goes through this thing where they gotta grow and find themselves and I think he definitely has his own thing and that's awesome. <br><br><b>Do you think David knows who he is as an artist now? He's always saying he's still experimenting, but do you think he has an idea?</b><br>As an artist, you're always going through things and feeling it out and everything. You're always inspired by new things and you hear things that influence you, but I think, generally, he knows where he wants to be. <br><br>When you're doing your first record, coming off Idol, there's always the record company influence and what they want to see you as and what you want to be. So they had to kinda meet in the middle, but I believe, as his career progresses and he does more records, I think it might become more organic. You know, he really likes John Mayer and that kinda thing. <br><br><b>Do you see him going the Mayer route?</b><br>Um, maybe not as bluesy and not so, so raw, but kinda in a more organic direction than his record now. I'm sure he'll be writing more because he's good at it. I think he'll grow as a writer and develop himself as a writer and I think you'll probably see more of that as he does more records.<br><br><b>How do you go into a writing session? Do you have to prepare for it?</b><br>Well, there's no rules for it. We had sat down and planned some things the day he came in to do A Little Too Not Over You. We had some other ideas that we just weren't feeling so we said, 'Hey, why don't we just start doing something?' And that's where we came up with the little intro part. <br><br>Here, let me see if I can grab a guitar and you can hear it. So we sat down and were like, 'OK.' We wanted what they call a 12/8 feel, or a 6/8 feel, which, you know, you notice that song has a different feel than most straight feels. So we wanted to do that but also have a kinda rhythmic aspect to it, so then we came up with this. [plays guitar] You know, that thing. And then someone will start singing something and then David will start humming something and Robbie will start singing something and then it kinda turns into that. So that song just kinda came out of the vibe in the room. <br><br><b>Who came up with the line 'a little too not over you'?</b><br>I think it was a collaborative effort. David was throwing out 'too not over you,' 'too over you.' We were looking for something that was kinda quirky. I don't remember who exactly came up with that, but between everyone suggesting things, that's what came out of it. <br><br><b>So was it you and Matthew more writing the melody, and David and Robbie working on lyrics?</b><br>Well, obviously, I was playing guitar and Matt was playing guitar, so the chord changes definitely came from us playing guitar. And the melody was a joint effort. Robbie and David worked closely on the melody, and everyone kind of suggested a part. It wasn't like, 'Oh, somebody wrote that word!' or, 'Somebody came up with that!' It happened really quickly, and the music part of the song was probably done in about 15 minutes. <br><br><b>Is it usually music that comes first or do people ever have lyrics first?</b><br>Yeah, some people come in with lyrics all finished. With that song, we had the chord changes, we had the structure, we had the melody. And then Robbie and David kinda worked on the lyrics closely together for a little while, and then we all got back together in the room and that was kinda what happened.<br><br><b>So you and Matthew did more of the melody and David and Robbie came up with the lyrics?</b><br>Yeah, well, you can't even really say that. Everyone kinda came up with the melody. Primarily, lyrically, that was leaned more towards Robbie and David, you could say that. But everyone was equally involved.<br><br>But David suggested so many.... Every time we'd play a part, he'd sing a great little thing. Like I think, there's a melody in the second verse that's a little bit different than the first verse. A little change on it. And that was entirely David. That was his. He came up with that thing and we all went, 'Wow, that's really cool, we gotta keep that in there.'<br><br><b>I know David can come across as kinda shy. When he's in a session, do you guys ever have to prod him to get him going?</b><br>He's always ready to go. He is very shy, and I think the songwriting thing with other people is new for him. I know he's written songs on his own and he's used to doing it that way. But I think that the collaborative effort is a new thing for him, so at first he's very shy, but I think that he started to open up and definitely his ideas came out.<br><br><b>OK, this might be an awkward question, but he seems to be unsure as a songwriter. Is his lack of confidence warranted, or would you say he's just very humble?</b><br>I think he's really humble. I think he's overly humble. But every songwriter has the thing, 'Oh, will people like it?' I think he's always really critical of himself, but he's great.<br><br><b>What do you think of Somebody Out There being doomed as a track you only get when you preorder?</b><br>Oh, we were so bummed about that. We hate it. Of course! We want it to be an album track at least, and a single. We have heard rumors that they might put it on sale again. I've heard other rumors that they might press it on the CD. I don't know how true that is. I haven't heard that directly from the record company or anything, but I can tell you this –- that the fans made A Little Too Not Over You the next single and because of the fans and your Web sites and the fan sites, that's why that song is doing so well. <br><br><b>It also sorta got a life of its own on iTunes, didn't it?</b><br>Yeah, but I think, you know, what you guys are doing helped that. I think pumping that song, if you guys pump that song [when people hear it, they'll love it] – I believe it's a great song. I believe it could be a hit. I love it. <br><br><b>ALTNOY and SOT really show off David's voice. Was this a deliberate effort? Is it because he helped write them?</b><br>I think he puts himself into it. I think that no matter what you're doing, he's going to give it your all. You want to make sure the song is in the right key for him, but it just comes out. <br><br>Somebody Out There came really quickly. We did that pretty late in the night after a couple sessions and David, Steve Diamond, and myself sat down and we came up with this chord progression -- [plays] -- and David started singing a melody and we were like, 'Wow, that's really great,' and we started humming a little chorus melody and he kinda just ran with it. It came really quickly. It's really neat. And we really loved it. [recording gets fuzzy here] They were like, 'Ahh, it sounds like More Than Words.'<br><br><b>When you say David hummed the melody, was he just humming or did he use words or how did that work?</b><br>Yeah, just kinda singing some ideas. No words -– well, sometimes words come out, but you kinda just, hum, and mumble, and then –- there was only three of us working on that song. So one of us would be like, 'Oh! I really like that. Let's make that the melody.' And that's kinda how it worked. <br><br><center>PART TWO</center><br><br><b>I wish we could hear them now!</b><br>Yeah, I wish I could let people hear them ‘cause they’re really, really cool. They are really cool. But I think that would have to be, that would be -- we did shop them and we sent them to the record company. We sent them to other artists that have records coming out. I think you can turn it into that Bleeding Love thing where if it doesn’t work for one artist it will work for someone else and David would still have writing credits on it. <br><br><b>Did David sing the demo?</b><br>Yeah, he did sing the demo and we also did alternate versions, too. We did female versions of them and then for Zero Gravity, we had a R&B singing company do an alternate version that is kind of like -- it is really like a Chris Brownish kind of song. And it’s kind of dancey. We do have other singers do alternate versions of it for certain pitches, you know, if we want to go for Chris Brown we need someone to [can't decipher] that. Or if we want to go for Leona Lewis we need someone who sounds, you know, female.<br><br><b>Can you tell me more about Zero Gravity and Fighting For You?</b><br>[Zero Gravity] kind of a dancey track. It’s cool. I don’t know, maybe you could bug David and his dad for a copy of it. Falling For You is very much like…. I actually just finished a new version of it. A new version with new programming and stuff. I really love it. I think that song is awesome. You have the co-writers on it, Steve Diamond and Guy Roche. We all love it. We all think it’s a hit. <br><br><b>I wish we could hear them!</b><br>Yeah. One day I’ll play it for you. We just can’t put it posted or anything. I know, record companies would not be happy, I don't think.<br><br>I wanted to tell you, too, the production credits for -- nobody knows for Somebody Out There. I produced that but it was also co-produced by Steve Diamond and a guy named Greg Pagani.<br><br><b>Would you work with David again?</b><br>Oh, for sure. I hope, I hope he calls for me to work with him. Yeah, I try to keep in touch with him through text. We send each other texts back and forth sometimes.<br><br><b>Does David come up with the falsetto bits on his own or are those suggested in production?</b><br>Oh, definitely on Somebody Out There. He’s the one who came up with the little break in the chorus. Definitely, yeah, I mean, that’s his voice and how he sings. Yeah, I would say that’s David. For sure. <br><br><b>Jeff mentioned to us in Atlanta that the writers of Somebody Out There were really good about bringing it back to David. I guess that would be you?</b><br>That would be us, yeah. It was definitely a collaborative effort. The guitar part was the first part to be played and David started singing and it was like, you know, what you hear is pretty much what kind of came out of what he sang. It kind of, you know, I have the rough tapes of it and it’s pretty much the same song with just no words really -- just the melody and him humming the melody. And both those songs kind of did the same thing. But, yeah, it was obviously collaborative.<br><br>When you co-write, like when a song -- when you go into a room with the intention of writing with people, then it is collaborative. If he sits at home and writes it by himself and takes it to somebody, he’s writing it. It’s like we want to write a song together, we want a great song for David that works for him and that he can be proud of and that he loves, but that he is very much a part of. We’re not just writing a song and giving it to him and saying “Hey, sing our song.' He’s equally involved in it. <br><br><b>Did David use an instrument or just his voice?</b><br>No, he just kind of had a pen and paper and his singing.<br><br><b>He says he's not very good on guitar. Have you seen him play?</b><br>And he actually called me from his video shoot and he was like, 'Can you tell me the chords for A Little Too Not Over You?' and he was playing it over the phone for me. Yeah, he can play. He plays piano great and he plays guitar. He is very talented.<br><br>I think it would be really cool to see him get up and bust out a guitar to play Somebody Out There. I think that would be way cool if he did that actually. <br><br>I bet if it was ever made an album track or a single, I bet you he would do that. I’m sure he would at some point. Just like he does with the piano for Crush.<br><br><b>How involved was Jeff in the process?</b><br>Those sessions, he was there. He goes everywhere, like with those sessions he would always come by and would always listen -- he is very much involved. I think he likes to make sure that David is getting what he wants ‘cause David doesn’t always, you know -- he’s very quiet. So he doesn’t always say it and I think Jeff is really great at knowing how to communicate what David wants and I think that’s really important. So, yeah, he was definitely, definitely at the sessions. He came for the vocals of A Little Too Not Over You when we did the adlibs and the bridge. He was there for that. When we actually wrote it, he left the room for ‘A Little Too Not Over You.’ When we actually wrote it, he had to go meet with David’s A&R person. So he wasn’t around for most of that. But he came in and out, like he was there for the start of it and then he left and went and had a meeting with the A&R person and came back. Somebody Out There, he was in the studio but he wasn’t in the room exactly when we were writing it, but he’d come in. He’d come in and see the progress and he definitely. So, yeah, to answer your question, yes, he’s there. <br><br><b>Did David ever say if he didn't like something?</b><br>Sometimes he’ll say that and sometimes he’ll feel it out of it. Fortunately for the case of those two songs he happened to like them and they happened to be recorded and one happened to be a single and I’m very happy about that. <br><br><b>What do you do if you think something sucks?</b><br>Well, sometimes you just say it sucks. I mean, hopefully everyone is cool enough -- nine times out of ten, everybody is cool enough where you can just go, “Are you kidding me? That sucks.' Just joking around. Or you can just be like, 'Well, how about this instead?' But those sessions went, they kind of went really quickly and there wasn’t a lot of disagreements. It was just like, “Wow. Okay, I like that. I like that. Okay, let’s do this.” It flowed, the chemistry was really good. <br><br><b>Would you say David was good to work with?</b><br>Oh, very. He’s one of the best. He is really, really cool. He’s the real deal. A lot of people don’t know this, but he’s for real. He’s very talented. He’s very musical. He knows his crap, you know. <br><br><b>Can you give me an example of something he did that show off his realness?</b><br>Um, I mean. I don’t even know how to answer that. He’s just for real. He’s just, you know, he can sit down and he can write a song on his own. I think that he has to be more confident overall when he is writing with people, but that is only going to come with doing it more. But I mean, he’s a pro for real.<br><br><b>Do you think David will write more of his second album?</b><br>Well, unfortunately with the music business, I think it’s always going to have to be -- like if you look at the best artist, there’s always hit writers that cowrite with them. All of them. I think that he’ll write a lot. I’m sure that he’ll write songs on his own. But part of it’s fun, too. Part of it is really fun to write with other people. So I think the record company will always push for hit writers to be a part of it, but there will probably be a happy medium.<br><br>I mean, the way the writers look at things is if you cowrote it then you’re a writer. Nobody really picks apart, 'Oh, did this person write that or did this person?' It’s like you write it, then you wrote it. I’m a cowriter, but I wrote it. And if David is a cowriter, then he wrote it.<br><br><b>Do you like all the songs you write, or are there some that you just hate?</b><br>I think everybody has their song that they write and they go, “Ugh, what was I thinking?” Or because it comes from inside sometimes things don’t always work out. You have bad songs and you have good songs. You have to have a bad song to have a good song. But yeah, you kind of have an emotional attachment. Even if you’re doing it for a living it’s still comes from some place. Even if you’re writing for an artist, it still comes from somewhere. So, yeah, it is always some kind of attachment. You know, I’m totally guilty for it. I go on and look at all of the fansites to see how all of the songs are doing.<br><br><b>So you visit fansites?</b><br>Oh, for sure. You want to know how it’s doing. And David’s dad called to tell me that they were switching Touch My Hand for A Little Too Not Over You and I was completely excited. <br><br><b>I was so excited!</b><br>Oh, yeah. When it happened he called me from the Carrie Underwood show and I guess David was backstage there and was like, “So, they are gonna make your song a single.” And I’m like, “Oh, that’s great. So after Touch My Hand?” And he’s likem “No, they’re canceling the video for Touch My Hand. They are canceling the video for Touch My Hand and your single is going to be the next single.” And I was like, “No way.” I thought he was kidding at first. I e-mailed the record company a couple of times and I wanted to confirm it and we had to wait a week to confirm it. Then it started to become real when they shot the video and it was like, “OK, cool.”<br><br><b>Did you think the video fit with the song well?</b><br>I think so. I think they did a great job. <br><br>Yeah, oh yeah, the mix. The video mix is like the radio mix. It’s the same thing. <br><br><b>Someone wanted me to ask if he snacks a lot in the studio.</b><br>Does he snack a lot? No, I don’t think so. I think I snacked way more than him. Well, it depends, sometimes we’re in the studio and there is always sodas or Cokes somewhere and some places you order food in if you’re recording. Writing sessions are pretty quick. I think we went out to dinner. We went out to an Italian place when we were writing A Little Too Not Over You. <br><br><b>Did you get any inspiration from the Italian restaurant?</b><br>The song was written by then. I think we went out after the fact. <br><br><b>What's your favorite song you've worked on?</b><br>That’s a good question. I don’t have one, though. I have different ones for different reasons. Obviously A Little Too Not Over You is one of my favorite songs that I’ve written right now. I’m really proud of it and I hope it’s going to do really well. <br><br>So that and Somebody Out there, I’m really proud of those. Every time you write a new song – well, if you don’t hate it -- then it can be your favorite. <br><br>Yeah, it’s like the new bike. Or the new toy. When you get a new one, it’s like, “Oh, yeah. I really love that one.” Or when the new single comes out, you always like the new single. Well, not always, but you know what I mean.<br><br><b>Do you think it'll fare well?</b><br>I think it will. You never know how people are going to respond to it but so far, so good.<br><br><b>Would you say David's a natural songwriter, or does he have to work at it?</b><br>He definitely is a natural songwriter, but even being natural songwriter, you always have to work at it. You know what I mean? Like you’ve just always got to be better and there [are] so many things that make a great songwriter. Having great melodies, great lyrics, being able to write it in a perspective that people can relate to and not be to cryptic. I think that what makes a great song is that it can be played simply, you can play it on a piano or on an acoustic guitar and it will come across the same as if it was fully produced. [If] you can just sit in a room and play it and people like it, then that’s a good song to me. <br><br><b>Can you say 'David is greater than all boy bands'? It's a Snarky tradition!</b><br>Oh, gosh, I don’t know. I have to work on some boy band stuff. I have to be careful.<br><br>Well, you know, everyone is trying to write for the Backstreet Boys now 'cause that’s like the new Jive pitch and I think they have a new record coming out. <br><br><b>So would you say that David is greater than or equal to all boy bands?</b><br>Oh, yeah. He’s by far a superior singer than most boy bands.<br><br>Yeah, he is. He’s a real singer. He’s a really great singer. Some boy band singers are really great. I mean, Justin Timberlake is really great. And then there are some boy band singers who aren’t so great. <br><br>But David’s on a whole different level than a lot of singers.<br><br><b>No one denies that David's a great singer, but he doesn't really get credit for being an artist. </b><br>I think in time it will come across. Like to me David is an artist. If you get to meet him and you know him and you know how much he loves music, then you know -- he’s a walking jukebox. He knows every song by everyone and he loves music. He’s a music lover.<br><br><b>Do you have any final words?</b><br>Yeah, here, make Somebody Out There a huge hit. Just promote it. I think people will like it if it’s pushed. <br></span>Snarky Archieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278918820345764444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-37247872680481851572008-12-13T23:01:00.000-08:002011-02-06T23:02:17.043-08:00I love Lady GaGa and Air Force Amy and Priscilla Presley(Yes, I am still on this.)<br /><br /><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Uw_M6ZbloQw/SUMpB2Mg0BI/AAAAAAAADDI/M7VrplRtSP8/s800/0e3.jpg" alt="" border="0"/><br /><br />Just by posing in pictures with David, in mildly inappropriate ways -- hanging off him, David, king of sweetness and innocence, while they are either a) dressed in underwear, b) a porn star, or c) Elvis's ex-wife -- they are giving him such...cred. I don't even know. Like, it's funny as heck, and it's something NON-fans would find funny, and actually gets him really great publicity, because they might see the pics, which have been posted ALL OVER CELEBRITY GOSSIP BLOGS, which get HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS hits per day, think, 'Isn't that the cute kid from Idol? Ahahaha, what is this chick doing hanging off him?' and heck, they might even start YouTubing him in amusement, and once you start YouTubing David, you don't stop.<br /><br />IT'S WILD. I ADORE IT. I LOVE YOU, LADY GAGA. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HANG OFF OF HIM.<br /><br />Do you know how much better he looks with these people posing with him (AND T-PAINE, and can we get a pic of him and KANYE?) than, say, Miley Cyrus or some Disney Star? I can't even accurately express why I'm so excited. I JUST AM.<br /><br />ALSO. BRITNEY SPEARS OR CHRISTINA AGUILERA -- PLEASE POSE WITH DAVID.Snarky Archieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278918820345764444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-40288318224437967892008-12-07T23:08:00.000-08:002011-02-08T14:44:43.309-08:00'A THOUSAND MILES' video at Tree Lighting!<center><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8N44lYfmffk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" width="500" height="405" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></center><center><b>Credit:</b> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N44lYfmffk&feature=player_embedded">jwipe</a></center><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ICsVj2Xmx8">Video 2.</a><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfPKGiIlBVk">Video 3.</a><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niam8svQa3k">Video 4.</a><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DOCPbhw-UE">Video 5.</a> (good quality)<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5svjZHFUu60">Video 6.</a><br><br /><br />I LOVE HIM. THIS. THIS IS PERFECTION. THE VOICE. THE PIANO. AHHHHHH.<br /><br />Oh, my heart. MY HEART! This is just amazing. Idek, guys. KABOOOOM.Snarky Archieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278918820345764444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-31053096313817202392008-12-03T22:54:00.000-08:002011-02-08T14:10:04.480-08:00Dark Widow Of Graceland Feeds On Virginal ElvisSETH. ILU.<br /><br /><center><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-OGkf-zUZYE/STbHDfXWFbI/AAAAAAAAC4U/a0qSJY4d5jE/s400/9.jpg" width="275" /><img src="http://neonlimelight.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/david1.jpg" width="302.5" /><br />'<span style="font-size:130%;">At a Cedars-Sinai benefit last night at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, the animated woodland creatures that typically accompany David Archuleta wherever he goes were shooed away by idol-feeding succubus Priscilla Presley, who quickly drained the rosy tint from his cheeks. Hours later, he arose from a shallow dirt grave to take on his new, immortal form -- as ELVISULA, Hip-Gyrating Prince of Darkness</span>'<br /></center><br /><a href="http://defamer.com/5101519/dark-widow-of-graceland-feeds-on-virginal-elvis">Source</a>.<br /><br />The Defamer was inspired by the <a href="http://blogs.nypost.com/popwrap/archives/2008/12/archuleta_attac.html">NY Post</a>, which also covered David's near-death experience:<br /><blockquote>I'm sorry to all the Priscilla Presley fans out there, but there is something so 'I need the blood of a young virgin' about this photo, I couldn't help myself. I mean, the claws nails, how she appears to be going right for David's jugular and of course, the catlike way with which the now feline-looking actress seems to have appeared out of nowhere to pounc on the adorable Archuleta.<br /><br /><b>But even in the face of being sucked dry, David remains a total pro - never grimacing or showing fear since it was all in the name of charity anyway</b>.<br /><br />Archuleta was 'attacked' at the fourth annual Road To A Cure Gala last night in Hollywood, which was in honor of David's 'American Idol' brother from another mother, Ryan Seacrest.<br /><br />I wonder if the real reason Ryan likes hanging around David is because the 17-year-old's one of the only stars in town that makes Ryan look like a giant?</blockquote>Snarky Archieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278918820345764444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-20746668630507584282008-11-24T23:03:00.000-08:002011-02-08T14:10:16.714-08:00David and a prostitute.<img src="http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k461/danaduck0486/z9.jpg"><br><br>Should I ship David and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Amy">Air Force Amy</a>, a legal prostitute in Nevada, pornographic actress, and adult model, considered one of the top earners in Nevada's legalized brothel business?<br><br>Dang, Dave. Nice. Nice. I see you have a real smile goin' on there. They make such a lovely couple!<br><br><b>Edit</b>: BAHAHAHA, ANNIE.<br><br><b>David</b>: '[singing under his breath as photo is taken] What if God was one of us? Just a slu...uh, slOB like one of us. haha. Sorry! Flubbed the lyrics again, happens AAAAALLLL the time, dangit. haha'<br><b>Air Force Amy</b>: 'Why, aren't you adorable? You know, I could teach you how to never flub anything ever again...'<br><b>Jeff</b>: 'CUT!'<br><b>David</b>: 'Wait! What do you mean?'<br><b>Jeff</b>: 'OUT! OVER! FINIS!' *drags David home*<br><b>David</b>: 'But Dad!'<br><b>Air Force Amy</b>: 'Le sigh.'Snarky Archieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278918820345764444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-22641706077712005462008-11-12T23:18:00.000-08:002011-02-08T14:20:17.795-08:00Excite's David Day!Not only did she keep us updated yesterday, but she EVEN FORMATTED HER WRITE-UP FOR ME. SHE BASICALLY IS QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE. BOW BEFORE HER. <333333 to Excite!<br><br>Click the photo to read her awesome recap!<br><center><a href="http://snarkyarchies.blogspot.com/2011/02/excites-david-day.html" width="630"><img src="http://i37.tinypic.com/205cady.jpg"></a></center><br>(Notice the note from Mom on the billboard.)<span class="fullpost"><br><br><span><br>Before I share the stories, pictures, and videos, I just wanted to say that I feel incredibly blessed and honored to have spent the whole day on 11/11 following David around NYC. I felt so emotional on the train ride home after the day was over. I wish it never ended. On the morning of 11/11, however, I was thinking, 'what the heck am I doing?' I woke up at 2:30 AM, because I was too excited to sleep anymore and I was on a 5:00 AM train to see David. If someone had told me last year that I would be following a teenager around for a whole day, I would have thought they were crazy. But only David has that kind of effect on people. He has certainly captured my heart and is so very dear and special to me. David is such a great inspiration who has definitely changed my life for the better and simply put, he makes me happy. <br>I can remember the first time I heard David when he sang Oh Holy Night and what he has accomplished so far is really quite phenomenal. He's waited for this his whole life and now it's finally happening for him. He has a gift and in my opinion it is a gift from God. His spirit was amazingly contagious and the Archuglow was out in full force! Seriously he was gorgeous and BEAMING. He looked like a superstar and I am so unbelievably proud of him! Throughout the day, and especially at the Virgin Mega Store CD signing, I felt like I was at a huge holiday party where everyone was having a great time sharing a lot of happiness and laughter. It warms my heart just thinking about it. <br><br><b>Waiting in line to get the wristbands at the Virgin Mega Store: </b><br><img src="http://i38.tinypic.com/2zo927d.jpg" width="630"><br>The first person on the line was actually a guy that arrived at 8 PM the previous night. I was amazed at the amount of guys that were waiting in the morning. They came in groups of 2-3 and I was instantly enthralled. I spoke with a bunch of them and they were just as excited about meeting David as anyone else. Apparently, guys in the NYC metropolitan area are not afraid to claim their love for David. I was squeeing internally. <br>The crowds were so huge that people walking by were amazed and kept asking why we were waiting outside in the freezing cold. and yes everyone got frost bite and my body still hurts SO BADLY from yesterday, but it was all worth it. So the responses were incredible when we told them we were waiting for David Archuleta and that his CD was coming out today. New Yorkers are probably one of the toughest group of people to impress, so I was happy when people were saying things like, 'oh yeah, I remember that kid from American Idol. He can sing!' or 'He should have won. Do you think he was robbed?' or people were just honestly interested and favorable towards David. <br><br><b>The Today Show:</b><br>After we bought our CD's and got our wristbands, we ran to the Today Show which was a few blocks away. We were relieved to find out that David hadn't performed yet and that there were a bunch of screens where we could watch him perform. He came outside after he finished singing and the look on his face was of pure joy. He was waving to everyone and was so incredibly happy!!!! David only signed autographs for half the crowd and of course my side was the one he didn't go to. But it was all good, because I was content just watching him interact with the crowd and I knew there would be other opportunities throughout the day to see him again.<br>Some little tidbits: A lady asked Jeff why David didn't have a warmer coat on and he said something like, 'This is nothing. He's used to the cold since we are from Utah.' Someone made a poster about David being Captain Crunch and he thought it was so hilarious. There was a little girl standing on our side who kept yelling, 'David!' like a banshee. It was funny how that kind of voice came out of such a little person. We met Al Roker and the lady host whose name I can't remember. It was cool to see the behind the scenes things that were happening. The crew seemed like they had a blast working with each other every day. <br>After David left, we went in the back of the studios to see if we could catch him before he went in his car. Instead, we found an amazing surprise waiting for us in the back. THE BAND!!!!! They were just about to get in their van, but they came out and took pictures for everyone. Someone asked them what they thought of David and they said that he was a great kid and that they really liked him. The look on their faces when they talked about David was really genuine and I could tell that they really did care about him. All of the guys were so incredibly nice, nothing pretentious about them at all. They seemed really fun and like guys you would hang out with every day. I don't believe in coincidences and feel that David is meant to have those particular guys in his band. I can't wait to get to know them better! <br><img src="http://i35.tinypic.com/f3gsn4.jpg" width="630"><br><img src="http://i36.tinypic.com/105biqd.jpg" width="630"><br><img src="http://i35.tinypic.com/155lztk.jpg" width="630"><br><img src="http://i33.tinypic.com/1tljme.jpg" width="630"><br><img src="http://i36.tinypic.com/29e41gx.jpg" width="630"><br><b>TRL:</b><br>We had a break until TRL, so we went to get some food and drinks to warm up. The bulk of our day was spent at the TRL studios. Sometime in the afternoon, two girls saw David Cook walking down the street and got pictures with him. No one knows if both Davids saw each other yesterday, but I'm thinking probably not since our David was so busy throughout the day at various events. So David arrived in the back entrance at around 1:00 PM and he looked so happy and shy coming out of his car. It's like he still can't believe that people are waiting outside just to get a glimpse of him. <br>One of my favorite parts of the day was when the huge crowd of Arch Angels kept chanting 'Da-vid, Da-vid, Da-vid' and 'Ar-chu-leta' and 'Who do we want? – David – and when do we want him? – Now!' haha you get the point. All of these chants were led by really enthusiastic guys that loved David. It was awesome! The Arch Angels were taking over Times Square. We created quite a stir!! <br><br>Again, people were stopping and asking what was going on, because it's not like this every day in NYC. Tons of people don't just gather around and stop for just anyone. The Naked Cowboy was across the street and New Yorkers didn't even so much as bat an eyelash as they walked past him. Another guy had a snake around his neck and no one gave him a second thought, but when people are there for David, it's like they can't help but be pulled in by the Archuforce. <br>The lady that was handling the tickets for TRL was really strict and didn't let anyone in that was on stand-by. All we could do was watch David on the big screen across the street. There was no sound, so everyone sang along with him! People were asking what the name of the song was and saying that it was catchy. haha and they haven't even heard David sing it yet. The cameras were being panned around and I was shown on TV! That was cool. I was also on TV during the Today Show. <br><center><img src="http://i37.tinypic.com/rm5mh2.jpg" width="630"><br><img src="http://i36.tinypic.com/20uzc7a.jpg" width="630"><br><img src="http://i37.tinypic.com/205cady.jpg" width="630"><br><img src="http://i36.tinypic.com/2ens0gx.jpg" width="630"></center><br>After TRL was over, David was taping miTRL and then another MTV show whose name I can't remember right now (it might be MADE or True Life). By this time, everyone's hands and legs were cramped and frostbitten. Some girls even started crying because it was hurting them so badly. They still didn't want to leave though, because they wanted a chance to meet David. Everyone kept screaming every time the double doors opened, because we thought it was him. In the meantime, we were talking with the police officers that were there to control the crowd and protect David from the crazy fans. It was really hilarious because T-Pain was also taping for TRL and he had 3 people waiting for him outside while there was a mob of David fans. <br>When T-Pain came out, he rushed into his car and didn't even acknowledge his fans. The police officers were saying that David would do the same thing, but we kept telling them that David is not like the typical artist. He cares about and loves his fans and they were in for a surprise. One of the security guys told us that David was coming out soon and that we better behave ourselves or else. LOL We were so delirious from waiting out in the cold for so long that this was the end result when he finally came out: </span><br><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W9IpQxpx764&hl=en&fs=1" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" width="425" height="344" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br><br>I was so happy, because I had the chance to give David the letter that I wrote to him. When I met him in Bridgeport, I gave him a 4 1/2 page letter on stationery paper. This letter was 4 pages, so I am getting better at writing shorter letters to him lol. But it's like I have so many things I want him to know about how he has changed my life. <br>ok my body is still trying to recuperate from yesterday, so I will have to write about the Virgin Mega Store tomorrow. I also have 4 more videos to share, 3 of which are of David singing along to his own songs. I was seriously elated, because we know how David is when he hears himself sing. There was nothing stopping him on that day from being completely ecstatic. You could feel it in his whole being. I have never seen him so excited and happy before.</span>Snarky Archieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10278918820345764444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649773672005945870.post-22747031782468315022008-11-08T00:00:00.000-08:002013-11-04T10:50:46.786-08:00Amy's album review.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.59375px;"><br /><br /><b><u>Barriers</u></b><br /><br /><b>Voice</b>: AHHHH. Don't even -- I don't even know where to START. From the first "yeeeeeeah, mmmmmm" -- AHHHH. "Chokin'" "hittin'" "broken'". AND HE PUTS THIS REGGAE TWIST ON "eyes." EYESUH. And then, and then -- "WELL, THERE'S A TIME FOR GIVIN' UP, DIDN'T WANNA HAVE TO SAY IT." And "LOCK!" and "CRIMES!" and "TEARS!" and the "ooohoooh" before "BARRIERS." Like, this is AWESOME. And "creepin' in the doubt." Oh my gosh. "But, baby, I don't THINK so." And then he says "car" all British-like, and the second "didn't wanna have to say IIIIIT." He put in all these little runs and David twists, and it makes the song SO HIS, even if it's not a song you'd normally think he'd sing? And -- AND THE WAY HIS VOICE CRACKS -- "Now we keep runnin' into, been tryin' just we JUST can't break through, I know I'm gonna keep wishin' I was with yooou, but we just gotta STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP." OH. SO EMOTIONAL. And it "feeeeeeeeeeeeeels so gooooooooood." And his "tooooOOoooOOOOOO many liiiiiiiies" at the end reminds me of his part in "Seasons of Love." Like, really, I think this is PERFECTION. PERFECTION. His voice is AMAZING here.<br /><br /><b>Music</b>: I can't even pay attention to the music because I'm too busy listening to David. I like the underlying piano. And the rat-tat-tat drums Kim mentioned in her review. And I like what sounds like a triangle in the background -- a little "ping" "ping" and then a random...it sounds like a violin? I don't know instruments; all I know is this song is AMAZING.<br /><br /><b>Lyrics</b>: OK, some of these lyrics are a bit cheesy, BUT IT MATTERS NOT, because he sings them SOOOO emotionally. Like, he could be singing nonsense to me, and I would think this is amazing. This is so good that I don't even pay attention to the lyrics. However, the subject matter makes me think of "Burn" by Usher -- you know a relationship isn't working even if you don't wanna leave that person. I will say, though, that some of the lyrics imply a...deeper relationship than I would have imagined David singing about. For example, "lying here" and our "last final goodnight"? I will assume they are lying in a park, underneath the stars. Yes. And singing together is what "feeeeeeeels so good." :)<br /><br /><b>Highlights</b>: THE ENTIRE SONG. But the BIGGEST highlights might be his runs at the end and the way his voice just BREAKS with emotion on the bridge. Huzza huzza!<br /><br /><b>Any gripes?</b> NONE. A+++++++++++++++++</span><br />
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<span class="" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.59375px;"><br /><br /><b><u>My Hands</u></b><br /><br /><b>Voice</b>: I love his voice here. It's kinda husky, and again, you can feeeeeeel the emotion. He brings the perfect amount of feeling to the subject matter. He comes across as kinda flat, sad, matter-of-fact -- and then the chorus happens and it's like "OHHHHH, please hold on to his hands, girl!" I love the "caaaaaaaaaaan." I really believe he tried every way he can. I love how he says "clock" and "channel-uh" and the random "uhs" throughout the song. Mmm, yes. And the second verse, "I'm outside in this cold, still lookin' for you, oohhhhhhh." OH. GOSH. SOMEONE, HUG HIM. BB IS HURTING. I DO NOT LIKE BB TO HURT, BUT HIS VOICE IS INCREDIBLE WHEN HE IS HURTING.<br /><br /><b>Music</b>: Love the music! Love it. This is my kinda song, the tempo and whatever is going on here, it just -- it's the kinda of music that draws me in, and I think it blends beautifully with David's voice. Nothing really stands out to me, though, except for the guitar right as he's saying, "It's harder to hold on." It's kinda frantic and awesome.<br /><br /><b>Lyrics</b>: These are amazing lyrics. They tell a story. The time metaphors in the first verse, all about stopping time. A lot of people missed that because of the sorta ridiculous nature of the time stoppage -- watch behind the tire? Alarm clock inside the fireplace? But the lyrics actually make it very clear in the second verse -- "anything to show time has gone." I feel like this is a song anyone can relate to, as well, especially a senior in high school, or anyone else on the verge of a new life. You're afraid of moving on and losing what you already have and love. It's really kinda of beautiful.<br /><br /><b>Highlights</b>: The Weather Channel reference and chorus, ahhhhh. Actually, all the lyrics. So amazing.<br /><br /><b>Any gripes?</b> None. This is definitely one of my favorites. I adore it. It gets me every time.</span><br />
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<span class="" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.59375px;"><br /><br /><b><u>You Can</u></b><br /><br /><b>Voice</b>: I love the tone and warmth of David's voice. I love his enunciation -- the way he says "tomorrow" and "askED" -- hard consonants. And his voice is so vulnerable and mellow and sweet and sincere and it just fills me up inside. There's no over-singing here. Just simple, clean...and the vulnerability. It's not raw, it's too smooth to be raw. But there's a rawness here.<br /><br /><b>Music</b>: There's so much I love about this song. I love the guitar. It's absolutely gorgeous. I'm really surprised Jive let such a pure acoustic song on the album, but it's really a dream. David's voice is just so FULL against an acoustic backing. I'd love to see him sitting on stage, playing the guitar.<br /><br /><b>Lyrics</b>: This reminds me of the concept behind "One Sweet Love" by Sara Bareilles. It's not about a certain person -- it's about that perfect love. It's about waiting on that perfect love and being afraid and vulnerable about maybe not finding that love that you want so, so bad. Basically, it's perfect for David, who's said before that he doesn't really GET high school relationships, that he's waiting for the right time and person. I am just so impressed this song fits that so well.<br /><br /><b>Highlights</b>: My favorite parts...oh gosh, definitely right at the beginning, the opening. It just fills me. The "mmmmmm" is so delicate and warm, and the opening lines are just spectacular. I ADORE this part: 'Cause if anyone can make me fall in love, you can... Baby, when you look at me..." How the chorus flows into the verse? Oh GOSH. The falsetto at the end is spectacular because it's riding on the smoothness of everything else. And the ending line, meeting the opening lines? Oh oh oh, spectacular.<br /><br /><b>Any gripes?</b> I have issues with "sailing in your deepest eyes." This makes no sense. It's sung beautifully, but sailing is a poor verb choice. Floating would have worked better. You don't sail in someone's eyes...?</span><br />
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<span class="" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.59375px;"><br /><br /><b><u>Running</u></b><br /><br /><b>Voice</b>: I love his voice on this kind of music, mostly because I think this is the type of song all those naysayers would say he couldn't do. Any song that starts out with the word "maaaaaafiaaaaa" does not seem like a David Archuleta song. But he owns this. I don't really feel the emotion here, like I do in My Hands and Barriers, but his voice sounds kinda rough and raw here, too. He also enunciates less here, but it goes with the feel of the music. I don't really have any specific vocal parts that stand out to me. I like the falsettos and his voice. I think it's awesome how well his voice blends with this kind of music, too. OH. I like when his making all the "OOOOOOOOOOHS" at the end. It kinda gives me chills.<br /><br /><b>Music</b>: I really love the music here. It seems very simple to me -- piano and guitar. But the beat is R&B or something.<br /><br /><b>Lyrics</b>: "I got my good shoes," "I'm about to navigate straight to your heart" -- AHAHAA, LOVE IT. I love it! I love how some of the lyrics don't really scream DAVID to me, but neither did "With You" and I loved David on that song. At least there's no "lil mama" and "boo." I'd love a "boo," though, not gonna lie.<br /><br /><b>Highlights</b>: "I'm gonna navigate straight to you." AAHAHA.<br /><br /><b>Any gripes?</b> None!</span><br />
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<span class="" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.59375px;"><br /><br /><b><u>Desperate</u></b><br /><br /><b>Voice</b>: His voice seems deep and lush on this. I love how he sings "IT'S TIME TO FAAAAACE IT." "You can't go back, you'll fine your way" makes me think he could sing rock surprisingly well. Rock out, sugarplum!<br /><br /><b>Music</b>: ...not a huge fan of the music. Sounds like a really dramatic video game, though! It just seems to dramatic to me, but the song is dramatic, and I do like to hear what David sounds like on this kinda song. But it seems soooo dramatic. Best example I can come up with is it seems Linkin Parky to me.<br /><br /><b>Lyrics</b>: I am curious what David uses to relate to this song. I bet a friend. That is usually all I can think about when listening to the song -- "I wonder what David is thinking about."<br /><br /><b>Highlights</b>: Nothing really stands out too much to me.<br /><br /><b>Any gripes?</b> Maybe just how dramatic the music is, but I think I'm the only one who feels this way. :)</span><br />
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<span class="" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.59375px;"><br /><br /><b><u>To Be With You</u></b><br /><br /><b>Voice</b>: I love how simple and contained his voice is here. Very little embellishment, and it brings a very real sweetness to this song. He's singing so delicately, but strongly, and it's gorgeous. I almost must confess I love the way he sings, "Wonderin' how you look in this light." It sorta gives me chills. It's really beautiful. I like Kara's voice, too. She's a great singer. OH, and I LOVE how he says "restless road." Ohh, chills. And he says "journey" beautifully, too. OH, and "HOLDING YOU FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, NEVER LETTING GO, WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE TO FEEL THAT WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYuh." OH. That WAAAAAAY. The way he ENDS it. It's so RAW and ohhhhhhh gosh, it gets me every time. I can feel the power right there.<br /><br /><b>Music</b>: Simple, gorgeous.<br /><br /><b>Lyrics</b>: I like this the same way I like "You Can." It's a beautiful love ballad, but not one that David can't fully relate to, because it's about that future, perfect love, and again, it reminds me of "One Sweet Love" by Sara Bareilles. It's gorgeous and moving and touching and everything amazing about David wrapped in a beautiful, simple package.<br /><br /><b>Highlights</b>: "Way." "How you look in this light." "Restless road." Oh gosh.<br /><br /><b>Any gripes?</b> None.<br /><br /><b><u>Don't Let Go</u></b><br /><br /><b>Voice</b>: Kim pointed out he sounds like JC here and I ADORE IT. He sorta groans out the lyrics in a lot of places, and I had no idea he could do that so successfully. It's awesome.<br /><br /><b>Music</b>: I really like the music. The piano's lovely. That's pretty much all I have to say.<br /><br /><b>Lyrics</b>: I like the lyrics a lot! I love how in the first verse, "feel your heart beat through the door" becomes "heal your heart break through the door." CLEVER.<br /><br /><b>Highlights</b>: The JC-esque voice!<br /><br /><b>Any gripes?</b> None!</span><br />
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<span class="" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.59375px;"><br /><br /><b><u>Your Eyes Don't Lie</u></b><br /><br /><b>Voice</b>: Ahahaha, oh my gosh, I love his voice here. It's so snappy. I love the "mmmmmm" in the background! I love how is voice is, like, ashy David, but strong and SASSY and "speshul" and "jell-us, OH" and he draws out the "s" and "ussss" and "you were never really out of love with me" and the falsettos at the end and the random "mmms" and the "YEAH, BABY, I WUH-ILL" and "and you never wuh-ill, girrrrrrl." AH. Best line EVER, it gets me every time.<br /><br /><b>Music</b>: Oh the music! I'm a bit fan of the whistle, not gonna lie (these eye don't lie). I can whistle along!<br /><br /><b>Lyrics</b>: The lyrics are fine. Don't do too much for me, except that it's amazing to hear David singing a song like this.<br /><br /><b>Highlights</b>: "And you never will, girrrrrl."<br /><br /><b>Any gripes?</b> No!</span><br />
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<span class="" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.59375px;"><br /><br />Forgot <b><u>A Little Too Not Over You</u></b><br /><br /><b>Voice:</b> I always love his voice, but I REALLY LOVE IT HERE. Again, I'm getting a lot of emotion out of this. The same way I was getting emotion out of "My Hands." It's kinda, "I'm trying to be indifferent, but I can't." I ADORE THE WAY HE SINGS, "And I turn around, you're with him now." Like, there is more power in that NOW than there is in half the junk I hear on the radio. And the bridge! OH! All the "OOHHHH" and "YEAAAAHH" and "UNDERSTAAAAAAAAAAAND." Just -- kill me now, David, you're amazing. I could listen to this on repeat forever. Actually, I already have done that. It's the song I kept going back to. I just love it more and more every time I hear it. It's sweeping and emotional and blunt and in your face and amazing. And his voice. David's voice at it's best, possibly. Up there with "Barriers." There's so much David here.<br /><br /><b>Music:</b> I've had issues with the "eh eh oh ohs" before, but after repeated listens, I've sorta almost started to like them? Shocking. Other than that, I love the -- I don't even know what's making that noise in the background, but it goes perfectly with his inflection and it's awesome. I love how the music explodes on the chorus, on the "TELL ME WHYYYYYYYYYY," because it never overpowers his voice -- it lifts it up. Amazing, amazing.<br /><br /><b>Lyrics:</b> It's actually an interesting song, content-wise. I don't know how many songs I've heard from a guy's perspective that follow this subject matter? It's sorta -- I missed the boat, I missed the chance, we've moved on, but I'm a little too not over it. It's fascinating, because there never was a relationship -- just the possibility of one? Just a smidgen, just some longing. Maybe sorta like "Teardrops On My Guitar" by Taylor Swift. It's like a guy's version, with no names and much stronger, manlier lyrics. I really love it.<br /><br /><b>Highlights:</b> "And I turn around, you're with him now." Seriously? I also really love the "And I really don't know what to do" at the end. It seems very spontaneous, the way he sings it. Like -- just this bubble of EMOTION popping out of his mouth.<br /><br /><b>Gripes?</b> None. It used to be the "eh eh oh ohs," but now I have accepted them and moved on.<br /><br />I'm not going to review Crush and Angels. However, I think they are the perfect bookends to the album. I'll also add the bonus tracks once I've heard them. :)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.59375px;">Added "ALTNOY"! I forgot it the first time. D:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.59375px;">Also,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.59375px;"> </span><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081112054626/http://www.snarkyarchies.com/2008/09/kims-word-is-law.html" style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.59375px; text-decoration: none;">Kim's awesome review</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.59375px;">. Hers is tons better than mine.</span></div>
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