January 07, 2016

Get ready for the 25 Best Rock Songs of 2015. Here's a sampler of what to expect. 


Here we are folks, the end of the list. The final 25 songs, and thus, the 25 best rock songs of 2015. It's been a fun ride, and it is exciting to finally bring you the songs I felt were the best written, performed songs of 2015, and possibly some songs that will be the best rock songs of not only 2015, but of the 2010s, and even the greatest of all time in some cases. Time will tell on that one.

As I wrote this list, I felt bad because I realized there were some severe omissions from the list that I should reconsider adding. But I'm young, and statistical mea culpa's are bound to happen.

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1/07/2016 09:22:00 PM

Top 100 Rock Songs of 2015: #25-1

Get ready for the 25 Best Rock Songs of 2015. Here's a sampler of what to expect.  Here we are folks, the end of the list. The fin...
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January 04, 2016

As we continue the list of the 100 best rock songs of 2015, we now move on to the third day of the countdown: numbers 50 through 26.

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1/04/2016 06:29:00 PM

Top 100 Rock Songs of 2015: #50-26

As we continue the list of the 100 best rock songs of 2015, we now move on to the third day of the countdown: numbers 50 through 26.
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December 31, 2015

As we continue the list of the 100 best rock songs of 2015, we now move on to the second day of the countdown: numbers 75 through 51.

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12/31/2015 09:08:00 PM

Top 100 Rock Songs of 2015: #75-51

As we continue the list of the 100 best rock songs of 2015, we now move on to the second day of the countdown: numbers 75 through 51.
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December 25, 2015


For the next four days, I'll be posting a list of what I believe are the 100 best rock, alternative and indie songs released in 2015, or at the tail end of 2014, if we want to be technical. Rock music, to a degree, has become so uncool that it's cool now to investigate and analyze where rock has gone and where it is going.

Much of the 2010s has been dominated by indie pop that was in reaction to the 2000s post-punk revival movement, but we're starting to see some bands pop up in what I called the "New Wave of British Hard Rock", which contains several rock and punk bands such as Darlia, Royal Blood, Honeyblood and Drenge. These bands are churning out a sound that fuses 90s grunge, 80s punk and 00s indie. It's cool, and I'm not sure exactly how it will be labeled.

Anyways, it is on to the first segment: numbers 100 through 76. Enjoy:

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12/25/2015 08:22:00 PM

Top 100 Rock Songs of 2015: #100-76

For the next four days, I'll be posting a list of what I believe are the 100 best rock, alternative and indie songs released in 2015, o...
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October 04, 2014

The Train Ride to Williamsburg


Throughout the day, I took some notes on my experience taking the train from Richmond's Main Street Station to Williamsburg Transit Center. I did for my Uncovering Richmond class to talk about the regional transit. Overall, I was impressed with the speed and reliability of getting to Williamsburg, but what I saw was immense opportunity to bring commuter rail to Richmond, simply by using existing infrastructure. 

Pt. I – Commuting to the Station and In-Station Experience

There's a charm to the station when you first arrive here.There's a charm to the station when you first arrive here.

I'm currently sitting in the waiting room of the Richmond Main Street Station (RVM) waiting for the Northeast Regional train to Williamsburg. I'm doing this out of a mix of a class assignment (write about regional transit and share the experience), and sheer curiosity to see how trains outside of the New England/upper Mid-Atlantic run and operate.
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10/04/2014 11:10:00 PM

Train Ride to Williamsburg from Richmond

The Train Ride to Williamsburg Throughout the day, I took some notes on my experience taking the train from Richmond's Main Street St...
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September 22, 2014

The past few days, I've been engrossed with architecture, and I blame some of my historic and housing classes for that. Specifically, I've been thinking heavily about a bizarre skyscraper that sticks out like a sore thumb in the London Financial District: Lloyd's Tower – easily one of the most idiosyncratic buildings in London. 

I first saw the building during my London Trip this past July and had mixed feelings at first from seeing it. The building had a lot of noise and activity stemming from the external pipework, elevators and spiral staircase that resembled much of a drill bit. The array of items and lack of uniform made it out to eventually be seen in my eyes as one of the most unique buildings I ever saw. The patterns on the building are unusual, and stem not from the framework, but elements like elevators, stairways, corners, and utility lines. Simply put, there's nothing out there quite like that.

Perhaps a final point of noting is the idiosyncrasies in terms of style it seems to exhibit. Looking at the building gives me a sense of playing some dystopian futuristic video game. It has, as a friend from London pointed out (Dannyboy), a "grungy" futuristic look it, rather than a more glossy, glass-centric futuristic look that so many other buildings in London seemed to have. (Cheese Grader, Walkie Talkie and Gherkin, I'm looking at you).  
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9/22/2014 10:55:00 PM

Lloyd's Tower, London

The past few days, I've been engrossed with architecture, and I blame some of my historic and housing classes for that. Specifically, I...
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For months I've entertained the idea of returning to blogging, and getting back in the swing of writing out my thoughts and observations, and well, I've decided to get back into it. With it, I'm hoping to regain a grasp of being able to write and convey my thoughts more professionally, and better thought-out. Also, it might help organize my thought process more effectively, which lately, has been so scattered for the past few weeks. 

Since I've last blogged, my interests, passions, and goals have vastly changed &mbsp; the dreams of journalism, soccer beat writing, music writing and potentially teaching are long gone. Now, they've been replaced with the vague notions of city reform, city design, anti-suburbanism, mass transit, and redesigning the way we travel, and the way we see how we live. Essentially, my interests are the outline of typical urban planning and city design collegiate courses, which should be a given after two years of focusing my studies and investing my energy and interest into this field, and wanting to dedicate a portion of my life towards it. 

Where I am now is the beginning the final chapter of my undergraduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. To sound painfully cliche, it is has been nothing more than a foundation of my learning, and that my studies have only begun. Maybe it's simply growing up, but as I've ascended through college, there is always something more to know, and absorbing the knowledge is not as easy as we all wish it could be. In fact, that's most likely the case. I truly will not really grasp my understanding of the professions within my major (Urban and Regional Planning) until I am entering graduate school, which I am to do at VCU, as well as the entry level positions in the working world, or if I am able to achieve a dream of mine, running a transit company that can transform how we see travel. 

Now that my ridiculous exile return paragraphs have finished, I can now begin this stupid blog. 
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9/22/2014 10:54:00 PM

Back At It Again, Hello

For months I've entertained the idea of returning to blogging, and getting back in the swing of writing out my thoughts and observation...
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November 08, 2011

If it was this time in 2009, and someone gave me their notion that Twitter and Tumblr would, one day, become a site that would bring Facebook to its death knell, I would have naively believed them. Turns out these sites grew slowly in 2010, but became parallel outlets to express ourselves alongside Facebook.

The growth of these sites, I think, came from people's internal desires to vaguely express their innermost desires, without having to broadcast it to a massive, frequently-attentive Facebook audience. The notion to make Tumblr's and Twitter's was not to replace Facebook, but to filter the stream the content that is posted on Facebook. That all started with the rise of people talking about the "Facebook scene" outside of website, and made actions one does on Facebook as critical as actions done in reality.
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11/08/2011 10:32:00 PM

Let's talk about teens, Tumblr and Twitter...

If it was this time in 2009, and someone gave me their notion that Twitter and Tumblr would, one day, become a site that would bring Faceboo...
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November 07, 2011



Joining the ranks of Spotify in the category of "lets brag about our activity" comes the Washington Post Social Reader, a revolutionary online newsreader that allows you to read the latest Post articles without ever having to leave Facebook. Immediately upon the release of this application, I, along with many others have been caught by this application and found ourselves, *gasp*, reading articles!

Wait, the hell is this?! Teenagers reading posts published by the Washington Post? The fuck is this? Kids my age are suppose to be mean to the newspaper and belittle it to nerdcore material, and obtain news from the gossip on TV, magazines and the Facebook news feed.
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11/07/2011 11:52:00 PM

Washington Post Social Reader: The perfect way to attract teens to news (blogs)

Joining the ranks of Spotify in the category of "lets brag about our activity" comes the Washington Post Social Reader, a revo...
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November 04, 2011

Was at the Watch The Throne concert with Brandon last night. For those of you that don't follow the hip hop/rap world, that's these two underground acts called Kanye West and Jay-Z. Concert was, for the lack of better word choice, insane, amazing. Can't believe I got to go!

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11/04/2011 10:50:00 PM

Photo of the Day: November 4, 2011

Was at the Watch The Throne concert with Brandon last night. For those of you that don't follow the hip hop/rap world, that's thes...
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October 25, 2011

I never previously blogged about my HIST 201 paper, primarily because it is a boring subject to blog about, and in our day and age, blogs are by far the most boring thing to read. But if I'm still keeping your eyes glued to your glowing screens, here I go: There was a paper in HIST 201 that focused on two articles arguing about the Great Depression. I had to analyze them and see which article made the stronger argument.
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10/25/2011 02:51:00 PM

75's across the board

I never previously blogged about my HIST 201 paper, primarily because it is a boring subject to blog about, and in our day and age, blogs ar...
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October 10, 2011

It's about fucking time some random...shenanigans occurred in my dorm. To be fair, in a suite style building that's 17 stories tall, that's no easy task, yet this fearless trio did just that.

It was technically today, since it was a hair past midnight, but my roommate's friends came by to see if my roommate was there. He was not, and before they could head out, we heard this loud crash in my suite's common room. Naturally, I slowly get up off my computer, and lunge to the door. Instantly, I see a guy fall down screaming, wearing a banana suit. Attacking the poor banana dude is a another guy in a gorilla suit, and he is just outright relentlessly mauling the guy in a banana suit.
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10/10/2011 08:34:00 PM

Gorilla man, banana man and cameraman

It's about fucking time some random...shenanigans occurred in my dorm. To be fair, in a suite style building that's 17 stories tall,...
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To keep this prolonged and cruel story all short and sweet, some inconsiderate, likely drunk, fucking asswipe dipshit, thought he was an invincible badass and pulled the fire alarm at Brandt Hall. Located in downtown Richmond, the residence hall stands 17 stories into the sky, and likely houses well over 1,200 kids. Adjacent to Brandt, is an 18 story, rather older dorm named Rhoads Hall, housing an additional thousand or more students.
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10/10/2011 08:22:00 PM

2:30 a.m. fire drill

To keep this prolonged and cruel story all short and sweet, some inconsiderate, likely drunk, fucking asswipe dipshit, thought he was an inv...
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October 06, 2011



I suppose at VCU, it is a necessity for everyone to have that half-a-dozen clan of indie/hipster friends that you can show of your ability to be sarcastic with, and make a fool of yourself citing stereotypes of the label for the label-less. With that, there is going to be that one dude, who is just an artsy person, but doesn't exhibit hipster rhetorics. For now, we're going to just go with the name "Dan" to describe him. One: because that's his name. Two: because it's only his first name.
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10/06/2011 04:43:00 PM

Trolling Brandt, one piece of paper at a time

I suppose at VCU, it is a necessity for everyone to have that half-a-dozen clan of indie/hipster friends that you can show of your abi...
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October 05, 2011

Lane Stadium, the home (American) football field for the Virginia Tech Hokies. W.K. and I spent two hours and 45 minutes looking for our friend's tailgate. We never found it.

This past weekend, me and Mike Willis ventured out of central Virginia outward to the Appalachians, specifically the Blacksburg area, which is an informal term given to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (lets be real, this place exists because of the school), which itself is a formal term given to Virginia Tech. And at Virginia Tech, often abbreviated VT, which thankfully saves paper when typing blogs, nearly every single one of my friends decided to go there for 13th grade.
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10/05/2011 02:40:00 PM

Virginia Tech Trip '11

Lane Stadium, the home (American) football field for the Virginia Tech Hokies. W.K. and I spent two hours and 45 minutes looking for our f...
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September 26, 2011


Evidently, it all begins with the lifestyle of living in a city, since Virginia Commonwealth University is an urban campus right in core (Mr. Foster would pretend to be proud/impressed) of Richmond. Growing up in the sleepy, semi-fringe zone of Clifton, moving in a dorm that overlooks downtown Richmond is an outrageously contrasting difference. Seriously. The reality of seeing more buildings than trees on a daily basis is something foreign to me. Actually, when I think of it. If I look in the horizon I see more trees, but that's for a different day of sharing tree tak. That's not exactly something that stirs of interest, and in this context environmentalists would snore to this paragraph.

To focus more, let's talk about the negatives first, since that's what everyone these days has a talent for, complaining. And to sound more friendly, I will say, venting since that's apparently healthy: elevators. Going up and down the elevators are a trip of their own. Especially in a 17-story building, where stopping six or seven times on the way up or down the elevator or nothing out of the ordinary. It now causes me to leave for class slightly earlier thanks to the elevator trip that sometimes takes three to four minutes. That's not necessarily long, but for an elevator ride, that's rather lengthly.

But the advantage is, since it's an urban campus, everything is condensed into a few city blocks making the longest walk to a class take about five or six minutes, if you exclude the journey on the elevator. More time is probably spent just waiting for an elevator or the crosswalk signal to turn into the white walking figure than walking to class itself.

Next, I guess I'll delve into food. The food in the dining hall is nothing worth bragging about, other than probably the pizza. The rest? Not necessarily bad, but bearably edible. That's all I have to put forth about that topic.

At this point, I am at a loss of what else to really say, that sums up the major talking points about VCU for now.
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9/26/2011 05:42:00 PM

An average day at VCU thus far

Evidently, it all begins with the lifestyle of living in a city, since Virginia Commonwealth University is an urban campus right in core (M...
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EVERYONE IS GOING TO SKIP THIS SECTION BECAUSE SOCCER IS BORING.

An my God, do they! Perhaps the largest blessing in disguise getting that wait list ticket from George Mason University had to been this. Granted, there are probably a fair share of soccer fanatics like myself that trot the campus of Mason, but I have never seen so much love for clearly the best ever sport (half joking) in one condensed area. In fact, soccer might be more popular than American football here, and that's something that even I cannot believe. Now that I have said all that, someone will say VCU is full of hipsters and soccer is the hipster sport.
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9/26/2011 05:41:00 PM

VCU/Richmond loves soccer

EVERYONE IS GOING TO SKIP THIS SECTION BECAUSE SOCCER IS BORING. An my God, do they! Perhaps the largest blessing in disguise getting t...
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September 16, 2011

The album no one has been waiting for is looming, but in the mean time I coincidentally found some b-tracks for it.
From the moment Jack White and the Insane Clown Posse announced their collaboration project through Third Man Records, White's record label, I, like many of you, have just been amused through the actual fact the two are working together, and in awe at White's ability to troll the fuck out of ICP.

And if it was not enough to have ICP cover Mozart, with White contributing some background instrumentals, how about an Primus-inspired country song, entitled "Mountain Lion". Only this time, it does not suck in the good way. Instead, it's ridiculous vocals churn laugh upon laugh, upon...laugh.

Here's the audio, you will be laughing through Monday morning.


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9/16/2011 11:28:00 PM

Insane Clown Posse and Jack White b-side "Mountain Girl" leaks

The album no one has been waiting for is looming, but in the mean time I coincidentally found some b-tracks for it. From the moment Jack...
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September 11, 2011




Since there was little MLS action over Labor Day Weekend, I decided to hold off on the Power Rankings for a week before churning out a new list. It in itself, felt like a miniature vacation from league action, but it’s nice to return what will be an extremely heated playoff race, as well as a neck-and-neck Supporters’ Shield race. 
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9/11/2011 02:39:00 PM

MLS Power Rankings: Week 26

Since there was little MLS action over Labor Day Weekend, I decided to hold off on the Power Rankings for a week before chur...
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September 09, 2011

An example of the flooding in Northern Virginia. Photo via Fairfax County Government's Flickr. Yes, they do have one.

While I was busy studying my ass off at Virginia Commonwealth University, the sky opened for hours, upon hours, in Northern Virginia. While there was flash flooding and just outright flooding in general, a natural disaster became natural joy. At least for this unidentified man rafting down the eastbound lanes of Fairfax Boulevard near a Sunoco gas station.

VIDEO: Man tubing down Rt 29, In Fairfax VA



Initially, I couldn't help but be like everyone else an laugh at the sight. And, just like many of you, I had to click on the play button a second time, and hell, a third time. Took awhile before I picked up on someone yelling for him to get out of the road. Looks like some YouTubers already filled in the blanks to whatever the tuber comes back with, in response. But looking down the road where the tuber inevitably runs out of water, looks as if there are some vehicles blocking off the flooded area. Now I wonder what happened to him, and if he got in any sort of trouble for, well, I'm not sure what charges it would be to tube down a flooded street.
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9/09/2011 09:14:00 PM

Guy tubes down Rt. 29 in Fairfax, VA during floods

An example of the flooding in Northern Virginia. Photo via Fairfax County Government's Flickr. Yes, they do have one. While I was...
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