Late November Favorites!

Hey guys!
I totally forgot I wanted to do a November faves post XD Oh well, here it is now! I'm actually gonna combine November and December favorites because this month is almost over anyway.

So these past 2 months I listened to a lot of different kinds of music. Lots of classic bands that I had sort of neglected for a good year. Too many awesome bands to listen to!

First band is one that I never really got that into, so I decided to check out their album Elephant Riders. Yep, that would be the band Clutch.
Honestly I'm not sure why I put off listening to more of their stuff. The only song I knew (and liked) from them was The Yeti. I do love that song and it's probably still my favorite Clutch song, but really I dig everything off of Elephant Riders.

I won't talk about Soundgarden even though they were one of the bands I listened to the most lately because I already mentioned them in the October faves post. So moving on, we come to my all-time favorite jam band: Phish.

Phish's album Rift

Oh man, I love these guys so much. My fantastic music teacher Duane got me into them. Phish is probably the most talented group of musicians I can think of that aren't jazz musicians or classical composers. But yeah, been revisiting memories of this past summer with some of my favorite Phish songs like It's Ice, Split Open and Melt, and You Enjoy Myself as well as their new song Fuego (I'm in love with by the way) which they played in Atlantic City when debuting their new album.

Okay, last ones. These two are classic. I have loved them literally all my life; my dad played their music all the time when I was growing up. And they would be RUSH and Yes.
Geddy Lee (bassist and lead vocalist of RUSH) and Rick Wakeman (keyboardist for Yes) were my first musical inspirations.
RUSH I may have neglected to listen to simply because of a certain someone at School of Rock who obsessed over them a bit much (not gonna mention any names, but he knows who he is!). My current favorites from RUSH are Freewill, In the Mood (a really fun song), The Trees and What You're Doing (so badass!).



This album cover is so awesome. I love owls!

And Yes is one of my all-time favorite bands. I was so bummed I missed out on playing Astral Traveler in the School of Rock Psychedelic Rock show, they did awesome!
If you're interested, I recommend checking out Long Distance Runaround, I've Seen All Good People, and the acoustic version of South Side of the Sky (this song is so beautiful, the piano is so gorgeous.)

My favorite Yes record

So here's my list of top ten listens for November and December. :) 

10. Freewill - RUSH
9. Fuel Me - Crush 40
8. I've Seen All Good People - Yes
7. Fuego - Phish
6. Waking Up - Julien-K
5. Bouncing Around the Room - Phish
4. The Yeti - Clutch
3. Summer of the Strange - The Toadies (WARNING: This music video has explicit content. Because boobies.)
2. Sample in a Jar - Phish
1. Halfway There - Soundgarden

Rock on!
~Libby~

Dance Rock Second Casting!!!! ASDFGHJKL;

Guys,
SECOND CASTING.
I honestly love all the songs. All of them. This show is so great.
I wouldn't feel right listing all the songs, but there's one I have to share, because played a Flea bass song has been on my bucket list pretty much since I started playing bass.
That's right.

 

I get to play a Chili Peppers song. Life = made.
Not just any, mind you. MY FAVORITE CHILI PEPPERS SONG.
DAT BASS.
UGH.

But yeah, we rehearsed the second casting songs for the first time last night. I got to yell "WHOO!" a lot. Sadly, my girl Sophia couldn't make it, so I pretty much hung out with Evan, Sam, and Josh a bit as well. Yep, hangin' with the boys.
Most of the songs went pretty well, and we had a lot of fun. There may or may not have been some disco dancing.

So that's pretty much all I had to say. This show is gonna be the bomb dot com.
Rock on,
~Libby~

October Favorites: Music Edition

Hey guys, I actually have something music-related to write about!
I thought it'd be cool to do an October favorites, but instead of reviewing things I've bought I'm going to talk about bands I've been listening to this past October and then link you to my top 10 favorite songs, so let's get started!

Firstly I'd like to say that my taste in music is really broad. I listen to anything from pop to video game music to death metal. I always try to stay open minded about music and give every genre/band a fair opinion.
So the first band I want to talk about is Soundgarden.
Soundgarden is an American rock band from Seattle. You've probably heard of their vocalist, Chris Cornell, who was also in Audioslave and Temple of the Dog. Soundgarden is an old favorite of mine, I've been listening to them for years. My favorite album from them is Down on the Upside.

The next band I want to cover is Megadeth. They're a metal band from Los Angeles, California. They were formed by their lead guitarist and vocalist, Dave Mustaine. Like Soundgarden, I've been listening to them for quite a while. I think the first song I heard from them was Sweating Bullets. Megadeth is a great band to listen to in October, since they have lots of creepy, dark songs. My favorite record is Countdown to Extinction.

 

This next band is actually a new favorite of mine, and they are Panic! At the Disco. These guys formed in Las Vegas. They're mainly a rock band, but have some beautiful mellow stuff too. I also really love their costumes in their music videos. From what I've heard of them, so far my favorite album is Pretty. Odd.

 

So now I'm going to give you the list of my top 10 listens throughout October. Clicking on them will link you to a YouTube video where you can listen to them!

10. Knights of Cydonia - Muse
9. Octavarium - Dream Theater
8. Ghost of You - My Chemical Romance
7. Chasm - Flyleaf
6. Trust - Megadeth
5. Blow Up the Outside World - Soundgarden
4. Symphony of Destruction - Megadeth
3. Misery Business - Paramore
2. Climbing Up the Walls - Radiohead
1. Girls/Girls/Boys - Panic! At the Disco

That's all for today!
~Libby~

Halloween Costume!

Happy Halloween!
So even though I didn't go trick-or-treating, I'm still dressing up because the Dance Rock rehearsal is tonight so we all agreed we were going to go in our costumes! (I know right, best rehearsal ever.)
Thought I would post some pictures of my costume, enjoy!

The edits were all done using the app "PhotoStudio"



 



So yeah I hope you have a perfectly mad Hollow's Eve, here's my Halloween playlist!

 

White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

Where is My Mind? - The Pixies

Madness - Muse

Brain Damage - Pink Floyd

Mad as Rabbits - Panic! At the Disco

 

 

Rock on,

~Libby~



Thom Yorke Inspired Outfit!

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So today's outfit is inspired by Thom Yorke in the Lotus Flower music video by Radiohead. My "artistic" poses are based off of Thom's dance moves in the video. So yep, enjoi.


Button-down shirt is from Kohl's I think(?) and jeans and bowler hat are from Target
 

Taking these shots was kinda tricky, I had to jump up on the wall before the timer went off



Posing for these was really fun XD

Like I did with some of the grunge shoot photos, I added a black & white filter in Photoshop Elements.



Nope, still not model material

 

Rock on,

~Libby~

 

Maltose

Hello my lovelies,
So I have an exciting thing to share!
My band Maltose released our first single, Barnyard Requirements!! (I wrote the lead line and the keys solo!!) And since we're awesome we put it up on YouTube so you can listen to it for free! ;)

 

Hope you like our song, and if you do please spread the word and share it with your homies!

So yeah while you're listening to our rad tune here's a little insight on our band:

Our lead guitarist and vocalist is Zach Schwartz (my brother). He handles the technical end of things as well, setting up our recording equipment and mixing our tracks.

Phoenix Spinozzi is our drummer, he designed the album cover for our EP-in-progress, The Banana Massacre, and he also runs our YouTube channel and Soundcloud.

And then there's me. I play bass and keys and manage our Facebook page.

So that's all for now, if you have any questions about our equipment, music style, or want to hear more of us, you can leave a comment below. Thanks!

 

Rock on,

~Libby~

Cards Against Humanity

Ohhhhh Lord...
Today I'm going to talk about some interesting online adventures I had last night, starting with
Cards Against Humanity.

What is Cards Against Humanity? It's basically Apples to Apples for adults, and it may or may not make you feel like a horrible person after you've played it.

Some examples of cards in the game o_O

This all started when I was messaging my best friend Justice. He wanted me to play it with him and Evan, another good friend of mine (we set up a Skype call too so we could laugh at each other's cards). I had no idea what I was getting into, so I said I would. Hoho, if only I knew.
We played about 6 or 7 rounds of this terrible, scarring game. It's a really fun game, but definitely not for people who can't handle dirty jokes and disgusting humor. It was about 2am by now, so we all talked about Pokémon and music for roughly another hour until Justice said he was going to bed and ended the call. Well, Evan and I had decided already that at this point, neither of us were getting sleep (because as he said, sleeping is for the weak), so he called me back and we talked about cats, bands and School of Rock experiences until around 4:30, when we switched to Facebook chat for fear of waking up our parents and continued chatting until 5:15 when he had to get ready to leave for college. As you can see it was a brilliant idea--pulling an all-nighter on a Sunday night. I think I'm gonna check on Evan when he gets home XD So yeah, I hope you learned from our stupidity!
Guys, don't play Cards Against Humanity.

Rock on,
~Libby~