American Idiot...the movie?

Listening to: Green Day. All of it.

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Can Tom Hanks do for American Idiot what he did for Mamma Mia!??

American Idiot: the Movie. Just imagine! There actually are talks in the blog-o-sphere that Hanks may produce a film version of Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening)’s new hit Broadway musical. That would rock, as long as it doesn’t suck.

I wasn’t a fan of Mamma Mia. The cheese was overwhelming and sickening at times. The movie version of Rent didn’t make me want to puke as much as Mamma Mia did. Tom, please go that route, or better yet, more like Tommy (The Who)...thanks.

Anyway, more recently concrete news about A.I. - the 64th annual Tony Award nominees were announced yesterday. The only show out of the list that I’ve seen is American Idiot. Actually I’ve seen it twice: first on the very first night of previews (March 24, when Billie Joe and Tre were also in attendance), and again last week. 

American Idiot received 3 Tony nominations: Best Musical, Best Lighting Design for a Musical and Best Scenic Design of a Musical.

Music in Video Games

Listening to: Owl City album "Ocean Eyes"

This weekend my roommate and I moved from a 5th floor walkup to a 4th floor walkup. That totals probably tens of thousands of stairs - 8 hours of the best Stair Master workout anyone could ever ask for. Luckily we have many great friends and family that were able to help us, otherwise we would NEVER have gotten it done in one day! Thanks guys, we love you!

Anyway, since that's over I now have had the opportunity to get excited again about the Green Day Rock Band game coming out on June 8. I just today got an amazing deal on a used xbox 360 and bundle off craigslist (I won't lie, the whole reason I got this system is just so I can play Beatles and Green Day Rock Band). It's gotten me thinking about music in video games in general, so I did a little research to find out more.

Video games have come a long way since the primitive simplicity of such games as Pong, and the musical contribution to the games has kept in line with these advancements. In the days of Pong, technological restraints limited every aspect of a game’s presentation. Today’s games have extraordinarily dramatic, complex and sophisticated music accompanying the action on screen, even with full soundtracks similar to those in movies.

Introduction - Hi!

First post! Time for an introduction. 

My name is Angela, your new friendly NYC music blogger. Right now I'm listening to Green Day's Dont Want to Fall In Love from 'Shenanigans'. I like to know what the writer is listening to when reading music blogs, so I'll try to remember to share that with you. I've been listening to a lot of Green Day lately. I'm going to see American Idiot on Broadway for the second time next week too... 

Anyway, about me - music has always been and always will be my passion, my father is a music teacher and it all started for me with violin lessons at five years old. Since then I kept at it, resulting in both a Bachelors and a Masters degree in Music. I've been out of school for a few years and I'm working in the industry currently, in Manhattan.

I go to a lot of concerts in NYC of ALL types of music (everywhere from Carnegie Hall to Santo's Party House) and I started this blog to share some of my thoughts on music and concert-going experiences with all of you. I entirely love living in NYC for all of the music and events happening here. I never ever have a reason to be bored! It's amazing! 

So I'd love if YOU would share with me what concerts you are going to (or want to see) in and around the city, or any thoughts on shows you've been to lately. I'm always up for discovering new good music!

I look forward to writing and reading your messages.


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"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness." -Maya Angelou