Heavy Hearted & Waiting

you're fired, erotica disney style and the world's cheapest laptop

2005-11-01T14:57:00.000-05:00

MOVIE & TELEVISION NEWS: Jennifer Garner to star in a new "erotic Disney thriller." The man of childhood wonders and gumdrop daydreams Disney rolls over in his grave in the meantime. (more)
Woody Allen claims that his marriage has more of a paternal feeling, sending shudders down every stepdaughter's spine. (more)
Jail has done absolutely zero to Martha Stewart's ego. She recently admitted that she had originally conceived the idea that she would be using Trump's catchphrase against him, thus firing him. Yeah, Martha, because everyone would prefer to be up-to-snuff about your latest sunbleached pear hand-knit bedspread as opposed to knowing if Trump is going to be opening up some snazzy hotel down the street. (more)

MUSIC & MISC. CELEBRITY NEWS: Christian Slater fell off of a roof at Paris Hilton's party. Unfortunatley, no harm was done to his ego or caused any improvement in his career. (more)

MONEY & WORLD NEWS: Wal-Mart's Black Friday secrets seep through the cracks, displaying the $398 HP laptop, $39.88 Lexmark Printer/Scanner/Copier and many other goodies that will break your budget at a second's notice. For all people should know, no matter how good the bargain, you're still dipping in your wallet. (more)

smashing of ipods, pregnant 40 year olds & blood thirsty americans

2005-10-30T11:47:00.000-05:00

My other computer is dead. What luck do I have. Wonderful. So no MP3s for a little bit longer. Here's the news post I promised you. Damn I'm slow.

WORLD NEWS: Brother of Iraqi vice president killed by gunmen early this morning; recent military report says that almost 26,000 Iraqis have been killed or wounded by insurgent attacks (1/1/04- 9/16/05). (more)

CELEBRITY NEWS: Celebrities are pushing their ticking inner clocks and getting pregnant more often after their 30s--or at least lots of them are in the lime light about their (possible) children. Brooke Shields, 40, is pregnant. Janet Jackson is still denying her "secret daughter." Angelina Jolie wants to adopt more babies soon. (more)

Star Trek fans may or may not be in shock after discovering that their beloved Sulu (George Takei) is gay. Takei is 68 and has been with his partner (Brad Altman) for 18 years. (more)
WEB CRAZE: New website shows videos of people "smashing" their iPods. Meanwhile, thousands of people wonder who has enough money they can blow, waits for a Donate My iPod webcraze to jumpstart. (more)

Brothers suck & jumpstarting the blog to life.

2005-10-08T10:22:00.000-04:00

Heavy Hearted & Waiting has been on delay because my computer has no internet access, so I can't rip MP3s and put them on the blog. I apologize. I will be back whenever my stupid brother gets our cable cord back from his friends. :)

I'll return with the celebrity news tomorrow. Until then, thanks for sticking around!

Sarah Jeannette

Trump likens self to communism; diaper bombing in Germany

2005-08-22T09:26:00.000-04:00

Donald Trump is all for a capitalist television show in a communist country; plans for a Chinese "Apprentice" are in the works. (more)
Talk about atomic shit... a "malfunctioning diaper" springs bomb alert into action. (more)
Hollywood doesn't have all of the gossip and latest news, after all. Victoria Gotti concealed her cancer from "Growing up Gotti" and her family. (more)
Monroe, both Hepburns and Dean were snubbed with the most famous deceased celebrities; Ball, Wayne and Hope are considered the most popular. (more)
Paris Hilton has no tolerance for dogs that don't mimick her size, ditches Tinkerbell. PETA vs Hilton. (more)
Britney, a bigamist? Or is this guy simply a starstruck fool? (more)
Is she or isn't she? Rumours are that Courtney love is expecting more than a rehab sentence. (more)

hissy fits, drugs, sex and animals..?

2005-08-17T21:25:00.001-04:00

The Forty Year Old Virgin scores 20.6 million and a box office success in it's debut, proving that it really doesn't matter if you're laid before college... women still love you. (more)
The Teen Choice Awards and teenage voters everywhere are proven to have little to no taste by handing away awards to the best "hissy fit" to Napoleon Dynamite (most overrated movie ever) after Heder requested chapstick. Hollywood is at a lack of Richie vs. Hilton and Lohan vs. Duff, apparently. Bring on the chick fights in 2006! (more)
GROUND BREAKING NEWS: Courtney Love fesses up to drug use. Who would've thought? (more)
Cute kitten survives fall, fire and electric shock. Hopefully the other six lives will be a little less rough. (more)

Piss, pot, horses and "fading" black men

2005-08-17T21:25:00.000-04:00

So Russians will be fed marijuana flavoured steaks next year after Russia feeds pot to their bison supply for the winter months. I expect PETA will be bombing the hell out of their asses within the next year. (more)
Madonna, doing well, will have no delay the release of her new album due to the fall from a horse on her birthday. (more)
Jackson is fined over not appearing at a court hearing. (more)
Three words: urine-powered battery. (more)

times when the music was worth the money

2005-08-15T15:13:00.000-04:00

MP3s
I created a directory of MP3s from the sixties to the nineties of music to listen to once you realize all new music has been done and is more than likely horribly done at that.
MP3s include: Madonna, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, Barry Manilow, The Vapors, Kenny Loggins, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Elton John, Starship, Taylor Dane, Diana Ross + The Supremes, The Doors, The Who and The Ramones.
http://www.savefile.com/projects/712593

IN THE NEWS
Christie Brinkley still a cover girl at 51; considered a wholesome American role model. (more)
EW's top ten most anticipated movies include Flightplan and Corpse Bride. (more)
Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest to co-host the 34th annual New Year's eve bash. (more)
BBC looks back at the Britpop invasion ten years ago. (more)
Jen calls Brad "insensitive" and then reports that they had horrible furniture. (more)
Roman burial grounds found in Austria; dates to 2-3 BC. (more)

Note to Self: Don't Attempt New Things Today & Don't Pay Bills

2005-08-14T10:35:00.000-04:00

Reportedly, a Wyoming woman recently died during her first attempt at sky diving on Saturday. There are conflicting eye-witness reports, so we can just assume that sometimes first times should never happen, and sometimes they're the last. I'll just remember not to sky dive in Wyoming anytime soon.

In celebrity news, Dennis Rodman will not face charges for not paying his bill for gas at a gas station in Colorado. An anonymous bystander paid the bill for the gas and a cowboy hat that he had kept. The moral of the story: if you are a celebrity, you get paid too much, but you don't have to pay for anything.

[more on netscape]

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MP3s will be added on Monday.

Sex Scandal's Sheets Turned Up

2005-08-13T09:31:00.000-04:00

Colin Farrell may not be shy whenever it comes to showing his body off on film, but the judge in his case his continued the ban on showing his two-year-old sex tape with his former playmate girlfriend, Nicole Narain. According to Farrell, his ex was in the works of distributing the tape to an internet porn business. Farrell claims that the tape, if released, would harm his career. Narain claims that she was only wanting to keep her half of the rights to the tape.
[more on netscape]

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That was the first installment of Heavy Hearted News, a new feature on the MP3 blog. I am obsessed with celebrity news--especially the funny kind, and I figured that this will help me stay on my toes with this weblog. Enjoy. If you have any questions or comments to add, let me know.
I'm looking for some MP3 blog/Celebrity Entertainment blog affiliates. If you're interested, let me know.

i could've been on broadway...

2005-08-11T19:44:00.000-04:00

My excuse for no posts lately (yeah, another!)... I've become addicted to vinyls and have had some issues with my friends so I've avoided them (they're online, no one calls for visits). But now I have fixed it so I can listen to vinyls (but unfortunatley not rip them onto my computer) and surf the internet at the same time efficiently. And in appreciation for my favourite type of LP--musicals--here are some of my favourite songs from a few musicals (restricted to movies, the only ones I have on CD...) that I adore most. (I'm skipping the websites this time, sorry if you're a fan of that feature.)

Grease is definitley the word. From the blonde wigs that are adorned during Rizz's mockery of the main female character Sandy, Frenchy's pink hair after flunking out of beauty school and Danny being dumped at the drive in for his lack of chivalry... this movie is as hilarious as your grandmother's underwear hanging on the line--and to some, equally embarassing (to admit to liking).

"Beauty School Dropout" - Frankie Avalon (Lyrics)
"Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee" - Stockard Channing (Lyrics)

A love story for the years. "Far out places, daring swordfights, magic spells, a prince in disguise..." Or at least three of the four. Here is one of my favourite Disney versions of a love story--one with the most obstacles and proof that love can shatter any of those stupid conventional ideas from society that only the beautiful deserve love. Beauty and the Beast.

"Belle" (Lyrics)
"Something There" (Lyrics)

Death in the family--because of a twisted uncle, being banished from your own land and a love that you refuse to admit exists because of arrogance. Doesn't sound much like another Disney movie does it? It's one of the highest grossing Disney movies ever, The Lion King.

"Be Prepared" - Jeremy Irons (Lyrics)
"I Just Can't Wait to be King" - Jason Weaver (Lyrics)

A book and movie that have recently been rejuvenated and brought back to the big screen and public lime light with the assistance of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp (along wth a nice cast), the Chocolate Factory has never been so loved. I'm a very large fan of the older screen version of the movie, so here are a couple of my favourite tunes from the Oompa Loompas and Co.

"The Candy Man" (Lyrics)
"Cheer Up, Charlie" (Lyrics)

Pre-ordered Redemption

2005-07-20T21:46:00.000-04:00

In the land of the free, religion is anything but oppressed. Here are a few bands and artists' views on religion or matters that tie in closely. (Or simply songs that have a title that hints to Christian religion... because they were the easiest to find in my CD collection.)

"Martyr Me" - The Get Up Kids (Website, Lyrics)

"Who Will Save Your Souls" - Jewel (Website, Lyrics)

"I'm Not the King" - Audio Adrenaline (Website, Lyrics)

"You're a God" - Vertical Horizon (Website, Lyrics)

"Divine Intervention" - Autopilot Off (Website, Lyrics)

"To Our Savior" - Midtown (Website, Lyrics)

Return the random, unrelated MP3s with reviews or keep the amount of MP3s with a theme each update?
*** Link back if you place any of these MP3s on your website. I ripped them all from CDs I've bought.

The Years When Top 40 Radio Reigned

2005-07-12T19:13:00.000-04:00

Do I have to scream out loud that I love you?

2005-07-12T18:12:00.000-04:00

So I decided that since I don't tend to update much, I'll just skip the commentary for a while and post a few songs as often as possible. A collection of 90s songs are coming soon (as in like two hours).

Laziness is a horrid habit

2005-06-28T17:39:00.000-04:00

Sorry for the delay in posts, it's been a distracting summer. Here we go with the posts... Requested MP3s coming next week, I have to find them again. I went through the MP3s on my PC and absent mindedly deleted them.

So it was 1999, I believe, when I fell in love with chick rock and ska (mainly through two of my favourite movies at the time). (Which faded a few years later with the Backstreet Boys and pop acts of the like.) I was completely enthrawled in everything that was Save Ferris, Letters to Cleo, No Doubt, The Donnas... and then the Ten Things I Hate About You soundtrack fueled that flame for a while. Here are a few tracks from that CD that still make me want to dance around infront of my mirror, with a hairbrush as a microphone and violently shaking to the music (my idea of a proper dancing technique for chick rock, of course)...

"I Know" - Save Ferris (Website, Lyrics)

"Cruel to be Kind" - Letters to Cleo (Website, Lyrics)*

"...Not Forever" - Tsunami Bomb (Website, Lyrics)

*I didn't rip this MP3.

And to keep you all happy, here are two random quotes from two of the greatest teen movies ever that support the idea of chick rock in some manner, ha...

"Prince charming is a dick, bring on the frogs." - Nicole, Drive Me Crazy

"All right here's this... Likes, Thai food, feminist pros and angry girl music of the indie rock persuasion. Here's a list of CDs she has in her room..." - Cameron, Ten Things I Hate About You

A subtle type of punk that brings you a warm, cozy feeling--well, as warm and cozy as punk can get.

2005-06-03T16:58:00.000-04:00

So every few days I decide to share with you a selection of three MP3s that have either made an impact in my life or amaze me how different these artists are. Next week will be dedicated mainly to requests, but today it's all about three bands that remind me of Warped Tour, summer and friendships that almost slipped away.

This band isn't what the typical "punk rocker" would call "punk rock." But then again, punk rock is about rebellion and being different. This song has a sort of pop fuse in it, but it's definitley not a main-stream "pop-punk," cliche song. "Aside" is about doing things you had promised you would have never done and generally feeling like you've lost it all-but not in an emo sense... It's a nice find from the Hopeless Records samplers that you can find for cheap almost anywhere.

"Aside" - The Weakerthans (Website, Lyrics)

Last year at Warped Tour, my best friend Lilly and I were walking to see the Matches' set and then hopefully interview them afterward (which fell through, we left early to watch Tiger Army), but as The Matches were preparing their stage, there was a strange band playing off the side. The members were dressed in astronaut's clothes, or somewhat similar. Their music was eery, but funny. It was a sort of "what the fuck am I seeing" moment. Lilly and I couldn't help but bounce along for the song that we witnessed. Since, I haven't really listened to this band much, but it still puts a smile on my face everytime I see this band's name or hear one of their unique songs.

"Mission" - The Phenomenauts (Website, ~~Lyrics~~)

I used to pop this CD into my radio when I carried it out on wobbly legs to go rollerblade in my garage. The tunes on it would always keep me upbeat and laughing as I sang along. When I was down, there were a few particular songs that would bring me right back up as I skated my way through circles of grease and random cats that would jump infront of me (I still apologize for running over their tails). So, I was a poor rollerblader, but the ramp that I skated on was my safe zone for a few months last year, too bad it's gone now, and this song kept me thinking that maybe people do suck, but who really cares?

"Bring Me Down" - Useless ID (Website, Lyrics)

All songs for now on will be in MP3 format. :) Request any songs you want to hear. I have two requests already.

Better than those scorching hot sun burnt live sets at Warped Tour, well... almost

2005-05-30T10:36:00.000-04:00

If you're attending Warped Tour this year, make sure you walk by the Maurice Stage to check out a few bands, specifically Motion City Soundtrack. Last year when I watched their set from a distance, I was still heavily effected by it. The show was grand. My friend Lilly fell head over heels in love with their moog-rock style and has been a huge fan since, just from hearing the two or three live songs that we were able to watch. Here is a preview of what you might hear if you watch this band live, but an MP3 is a well under-stated form of their amazing performances.

Capital H" - Motion City Soundtrack (Website, Lyrics)

Not much to say about this track, except for that this one of the hardcore bands that I love most. I didn't even know much about them until I won several contests from Equal Vision records last fall and discovered this band. In one contest I won a CD of them live and fell into "heart" with it. So here is your peak into the blank-core that is Fear Before the March of Flames...

"Whiskey is Alright in it's Place, But it's Place is in Hell" - Fear Before the March of Flames (Website, Lyrics)

In spite of their recent Spiderman 2 fame, Dashboard Confessional was once a cozy little not-so-mainstream emo band. Chris Carrabba's music wasn't filled with pop-infused hooks and it was sketchy at most. However, it was what many loved. What gave MTV the idea to do an Unplugged set with them (which then set them into fame originally in the emo craze a few years ago, before it faded into pop-punk). Personally, I find his voice at it's best when he performs his older tracks live. If you don't already own this CD or haven't heard Dashboard Confessional live, I'd suggest downloading this track, which is a personal favourite.

"The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most" - Dashboard Confessional (Website, Lyrics)

I just couldn't stay away...

2005-05-27T14:41:00.000-04:00

This CD was quite a nice treat while waiting for a delicious pop-punk band's next release, which was only recently debuted. It features all acoustic songs, of which only one was previously released. Make Yourself at Home also has live videos of the band performing songs that were to be released on their newest album... This song gives me great memories and makes me remember that things can always be better when you think of the ones you care for most... no matter who they are. So if you like the Starting Line's pop-punk style or not, acoustic is always a nice change for a band and is hard to disagree with... Here is my choice pick off of their 2003 acoustic EP release, Make Yourself at Home.

"Lasting Impressions" - The Starting Line (Website, Lyrics)

Another random pop-punk song. This time, it's from a classic band that is hard not to love. This song is basically mindless, but it's fun nonetheless. All about complications and confusions of the teenage mind. Politics, politics... That's all it's about. Why should you care, anyway? An anthem for any "rebellious" teen... Or any MXPX fan who has the power to withstand the wait for new music by them, for the label war, for the strange collaborations on their last album or the lack of powerful lyrics in their older music...

"Teenage Politics" - MxPx (Website, Lyrics)

Soulful. Powerful. Beautiful. Three words that only but sum up the wonder that is this queen of music. She's been around for years and is still considered one of the greatest recording artists of all time. Provided she may have fallen into a trend that many artist tend to nowadays (lipsynching, but I believe it's only due to age and deterioration of energy of some sort), she is still a great artist and a model for generations to come. She is the symbol that looks should not matter whatsoever in the music business, any size is beautiful, and skinny white blondes are not the only women capable of holding a recording contract. In one of her most powerful songs ever about being used and moving on... Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools."

"Chain of Fools" - Aretha Franklin (Website, Lyrics)

I do hope that you enjoyed today's edition of the blog. I think that I'm going to start hosting on rapidshare or something. Which do you prefer: YouSendIt or RapidShare? Should I do away with the reviews and just post songs or...? Any suggestions?
Robert, I'm going to post your request next time. I already had these songs prepared...

Welcome to the land of ice & snow.

2005-05-26T09:56:00.000-04:00

How many of you remember the movie Ten Things I Hate About You? How many of you still worship it? Whenever I was around eight years old this movie was released and I watched it with my brother in the theater. I bought the soundtrack a few years later because I could never find it back whenever the movie was released. I then discovered my love for Letters to Cleo. I'd always adored the music that was played as the background tracks on the movie, and I'd finally found a face to the music. I swiftly found their album Wholesale Meat and Fish (which is one of the few albums that had "dirty" cover art that I owned at the time), and fell in love further. So I extend my love to you today, listen to the Letters to Cleo that I love.

"Pizza Cutter" - Letters to Cleo (Website; Lyrics)

I suppose I chose this song out of inspiration (well, what lack thereof) from American Idol last night. What do you mean, you might ask? Well, aside from the major lack of talent on the show in the past few years and the wrong contestants winning every year since the first, there was a decent performance that was overlooked last night. It was by Bo Bice and Led Zeppelin, it was the only one that didn't manage to make my ears well up with blood. Even my metal head friend, Robert, agrees (his sister and parents watch it every episode, which is the same that I can say for my own parents). I may even hate the song that they performed, but I can never deny a good performance no matter who it is by. So in honour of one of the guests on American Idol last night, here is a song by Led Zeppelin, one of the very few songs by them that I enjoy--not that I'm saying they aren't a good band, they just don't venture into my musical taste that often.

"Immigrant Song" - Led Zeppelin (Website, Lyrics)

In my freshman year, briefly before the pop-punk frenzy burst into full force, I discovered an EP at my local record store after my friend Katie had been talking nonstop about this band. So I bought the CD and listened to it on repeat for months. Then, out of nowhere, the Yellowcard frenzy had been set onfire. There were teenyboppers everywhere screaming for that poor Ryan Key. I hadn't even known they had released a new CD in years. I had only had their Underdog EP and One for the Kids. I bought their new CD to be let down into dissapointment, they no longer had their unpolished rough underground pop-punk sound, but instead a mainstream collection of hooks and made for radio lyrics. However, I stayed loyal to them. I'm still a minor fan of the new, but a major fan of the old. So here is "vintage" Yellowcard from their Underdog EP for all to hear.

"Avondale" - Yellowcard (Website, Lyrics)

I apologize for the fact that I do believe all songs are in .mp4 sound format. I will make sure the rest are in .MP3 or .WMA format from now on. If you want to request songs, just leave a comment.
ALSO! A million thank yous for the support goes to Jack at Revolution in the Head for the featured blog post you made with us in it! :)

There's a Meaning I Can't Memorize

2005-05-22T01:03:00.000-04:00

I'm sure basically all of you may have heard this song by now, but it's a timeless Bright Eyes song. From the quivering of Conor Oberst's vocals, to the melodramatic attitude of the lyrics and the catchy chorus this song has you enraptured in everything it is from beginning to end.

"Lover I Dont Have to Love" - Bright Eyes (Website; Lyrics)

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A nice pop-punk song to get caught in your head and drive you insane. This band was introduced to me a few years ago, and quite honestly I never cared for them until around two months ago when my brother presented me a mix CD that had songs on it that weren't titled or anything so I couldn't have a prejudged impression of a band by their name, which is something I tend to do occasionally. I must thank my brother for the wonderful gift that was Saves the Day.

"Through Being Cool" - Saves the Day (Website; Lyrics)

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A band that I fell in love with the summer before my freshman year. It was a year of changes in not only my personality but my musical taste. I stumbled upon a Drive-Thru Records DVD in our area Hot Topic (yes, I shop there on occasion, so shoot me--it's not like I'm dressed in their clothes from head to toe, just for music, band shirts & a pin or two at times) and picked it up. I went home and discovered I already knew over half of the bands on there and then I found them. The Early November... I thank God every night in my prayers for Arthur Enders (ACE) and that band, they helped me through so much in my freshman year... and helped me regain sanity when I thought I might unleash an evil bitch-mode attack as most females frequently do. So in my deepest gratitude, I present to you a song from TEN.

"All We Ever Needed" - The Early November (Website; Lyrics)

Stage Fright... what a wonderful feeling

2005-05-22T00:14:00.000-04:00

So this is the world of Sarah Jeannette. I will share with you my passion--music. I would like to introduce you to bands that I enjoy listening to.
The MP3s I will post are merely for previewing purposes. The music may vary from emo to hardcore, punk, indie or R&B... whatever I'm listening to at that moment. Also, you may request, but don't be offended if I don't post the song you want to hear.
(FYI: My favourite bands include underOATH, Bright Eyes, Azure Ray, The White Stripes, The Goo Goo Dolls, Frank Sinatra, The Supremes, The Ramones, and various other artists...)
I'm only going to use MP3s ripped off CDs I own (usually). I'd prefer not to steal other MP3 blogs (it makes the blogs dull and monotonous), but if I see a song that I don't own, but really feel the need to share with you, I will ask for permission then if given, I will post it.
I'm not sure how many posts I will make each week, month, etc.

Accepting requests.