http://endofthealbumwars.today.com when records were listened to in their entirety Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:30:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those of you unfamiliar, this is an album of Japanese disco tunes. And it's fantastic. When I showed up for the WDW College Program, I was put in an apartment with five other guys.  Apparently the only rule is that you have to be enrolled in college, and so there ... http://endofthealbumwars.today.com/2009/02/16/mirrorballism-3-new-generation-dance-classics-2000/ This was the soundtrack to my last semester of college, and the girl that went along with it.  We met during speech class and bonded over my t-shirt accusing George W. Bush of being a terrorist.  Afterwards we sat and discussed just about everything over a couple of fruit smoothies.  ... http://endofthealbumwars.today.com/2009/02/15/the-promise-ring-very-emergency-1999/ It is just a little sad that something which seemed to be so cool and so bad-ass when you were a child, ends up looking silly and lame - such as this band. One year for Christmas I received a My First Sony tape player/recorder that had a microphone attached to ... http://endofthealbumwars.today.com/2009/02/14/poison-flesh-and-blood-1990/ When I went to Florida to do an internship at Walt Disney World, I figured there would not be many metal kids on the program.  Thus when Slayer came to play at the House of Blues Orlando (which is on Disney property...the idea of slayer at disney always makes me ... http://endofthealbumwars.today.com/2009/02/13/slayer-god-hates-us-all-2001/ In college I had a correspondence with a girl who I was rather enamered by.  We met while working at an internship together.  One night she mentioned/sang part of a song from the musical Oklahoma.  I had never seen the film or play, but knew it from my father's singing ... http://endofthealbumwars.today.com/2009/02/12/oklahoma-1955/ I have only had the pleasure of seeing Nile live on one occasion, but it was memorable, as were the events that occured afterward, which are intimately tied to this record. My friend Josh and I headed out one summer night to see Nile play at a small club in the ... http://endofthealbumwars.today.com/2009/02/08/nile-black-seeds-of-vengeance-2000/ One of the most beautiful records ever made.  This needs to be experienced in its entirety, preferably through headphones. During college I dated a crazy girl who would do things like cry whenever I left her dorm room, even if we were on great terms and I was just going to ... http://endofthealbumwars.today.com/2009/02/07/last-days-of-april-angel-youth-2001/ I was first introduced to this band when my brother-in-law joined sometime prior to this record.  Immediatly I loved the idea of a vegetarian metal band singing about treating humans how we treat animals.  They have had some great album art, but this is my favorite. Some years later, in my ... http://endofthealbumwars.today.com/2009/02/06/cattle-decapitation-to-serve-man-2002/ Way back in my freshman year of high school I went to my first show ever.  It was in a kid's basement somewhere in the Chicago suburbs.  I did my best to act cool but I was extremely excited and this was just about the greatest thing ever. I believe Landmine ... http://endofthealbumwars.today.com/2009/02/05/baxter-discography-2003/ After college I didn’t know what to do with myself and decided to move to Florida and fulfill my childhood dream of working at Disney World.  With me on the twenty-some hour long drive was my good friend Bob. We had initially bonded over shared love of punk rock and ... http://endofthealbumwars.today.com/2009/02/03/the-muppets-music-mayhem-and-more-2002/