Music Review-Enema of the State Pt. 1

Disclaimer-This album is old as hell. I know. Shut up.

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Enema of the State, in my humble, worthless opinion is one of the best albums of all time, and may be the best punk-rock album ever. Enema of the State shows the greatness of Blink 182, and steered the course of modern punk in a new direction.

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Essential Info:

Artist- Blink 182

Album-Enema of the State

Release- June 1, 1999

Songs- 12

Duration- 35:20

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Track-by-Track overview

1) Dumpweed: Blink 182 decided to start this awesome album with a fast moving track. Filled with energy, the track sets the mood for the rest of the album. Dumpweed is a serious ballad delivered in a format fit for immature teenagers. In the song, Mark repeats “I need a girl that I can train.” Get used to this subject. You’re going to hear about teenage romance in the next half hour.

2) Don’t Leave Me: This may well be my least favorite track on this album-which isn’t a bad thing by any means. I just don’t care for the tune/rhythm and the song doesn’t seem to fit the mood of the lyrics. The lyrics tell the story of a guy who’s worried about whether his girlfriend still likes him. Wow…another song about teenage romance...

3) Aliens Exist: This track gets my vote as the most unique track of the album. The content of the track is obvious. Mark sings about how he believes in aliens, but nobody believes him. The tune is good and the song flows nicely (as do most all songs on this album). Aliens Exist is just your typical enema-era blink song in pretty much every aspect.

4) Going Away to College: This song may well be one of my favorites, if not my favorite Blink song. I love this song. The lyrics (I haven’t been this scared in a long time, and I’m so unprepared, so here’s your valentine, a bouquet of clumsy words, a simple melody, this worlds an ugly place, but your so beautiful to me) are awesome, and as is rare for Blink, they really capture the emotion behind them. This song integrates the melody and lyrics perfectly; to create an inspirational song that really puts a smile on your face. Going Away to College may be yet another song about teenage ‘love,’ but is done extremely well.

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Movie Review-Transporter 2

I went to see Transporter 2 this past Saturday with some other peeps, little did I know what a waste of my time it would be.

Transporter starts out with the 'transporter' beating up some random dudes in a parking garage; I personally thought it was the best part of the movie. My advice = leave now; you’re not missing anything...

Transporter then moves on to introduce a family (mom, dad, kid). The parents have hired a 'transporter' to pick their kid up from school and just carry the kid around places. The audience then learns that the father is some famous dude that’s meeting with international leaders sometime in the near future. These first 15 minutes are supposed to be comical and lax; unfortunately it's just a bunch of bad acting and is plainly, not funny.

The movie finally starts laying out its plot when the transporter (martin) takes the kid to a doctor's appointment. The bad guys kill the kid's real doctor and then try to give him a shot of a deadly artificial virus. Their intention is to spread the virus to the kid's dad, and then on to the international leaders that the dad is going to be meeting with in the near future.

At the doctors, a bunch of random shooting breaks out and the movie starts to loose all dignity. The next hour consists of a bunch of unrealistic action, and people randomly running around and shooting other people. Martin miraculously escapes death at least twice in every single scene, and his car is somehow completely indestructible. The screenwriter/director also found ways to defy the laws of physics and make fun of the French every 30 seconds.

To make a long, boring story short, Martin owns all the bad guys and saves the good guys. The entire movie is a complete copy of James Bond/ the Matrix, with an IQ of 3. At least it’s only mildly predictable. I give this movie a 1 out of 5 just because they blew stuff up.

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