emery - studying politics

a powerful track off of their 2nd studio album, the question. this is a live acoustic version.



favorite line: "your words always cut when they're cliche, but here's my knife because i came for the buffet."

the bigger lights - closer (time stops breathing)

a catchy tune off of their 2nd EP, Fiction Fever, released last year.



favorite line: "tonight, i'll pour myself around you, come light, i'll learn to live without you."

weezer - pork and beans

a cool song off of their 6th and latest self-titled album.



favorite line: "im'a do the things that i wanna do, i ain't gotta thing to prove to you."

third eye blind - faster

just saw them at the bamboozle festival in east rutherford, nj on saturday. they were the best act of the day by far.



favorite line: "i wanna get off one time and not apologize, you gotta steal the time of a life that's passing by."

idol of the day

renzo rosso

why:
-he created a clothing company > diesel
-he was nominated for entrepreneur of the year by ernst & young
-he was named gq man of the year in 2005

lupe fiasco - handcuffs

good rhymes in this track off of one of his mixtapes "fahrenheit 1/15 part ii".



favorite line: "i'm damn near a busta, no laws i break, money i never see, guns i didn't hold, drugs i never sold, calls i didn't make".

dave matthews band - the best of what's around

a song off of their first, ridiculously successful, studio album "under the table and dreaming" released in 1994.



favorite line: "see, you and me have a better time than most can dream, have it better than the best."