Showing posts with label The Maine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Maine. Show all posts
Apr 12, 2013
Mar 30, 2012
Book Blog Tour: Momo's Playlist for the Covenant Series
Hello all! Welcome to the Pure tour here at Books Over Boys! Today my blog is one of the many stops for the Pure tour hosted by the fabulous Valerie from Stuck In Books! I give her huge props for putting together this amazing tour with almost one hundred blogs involved (uh-huh, that's right, we luff JLA!)! It's no surprise that I am madly obsessed with Jennifer and her awesome books so of course, I was and am ecstatic to be a part of this tour as we celebrate the pure brilliance that is Pure, hahaha (I'm laughing at myself and my word genius)! There is so much going on during this tour that I hope you guys haven't missed a second of it - reviews, giveaways, excerpts, various points-of-view, character profiles, and even a very special tournament in honor of JLA and her one of a kind characters! To get the juicy deets on all of these goodies, you must click here to be directed to the Pure tour page for all the direct links and what not!
As some of you know, music is a major part of my reading, so today's stop will involve a few of the songs that were on constant repeat for me when I read Daimon, Half-Blood and Pure! And even if you don't listen to music when you read, here's a chance for you to discover new music! Make sure you read all the way to the end because there are some giveaways going on that you for sure don't wanna miss out on!
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First of all, I'm not even quite sure how these songs came to be a part of my playlist. I remember when I was starting Daimon, I had asked JLA what songs were on her playlist; she gave me two songs which out of the two, only one made it onto my playlist. After I had asked JLA, I went on a new artist/song hunt and I ran across these songs that make up my Covenant series playlist. Without further ado, I give to you, Momo's Playlist for the Covenant Series!
First up, these two songs always bring me right back to Alex and her crazy world of Pures and daimons.
Sixx A. M. - Are You With Me
Nothing mattered
Nothing fazed me
We were younger then
So much younger then
Everything seems rotten through
The eyes of the forgotten
And we were dumber then
So much dumber then
I fear your presence, I'm frozen inside.
Just the title - I will be there - seemed fitting for Aiden, Seth, and Caleb to be there for Alex when she was suffering some very horrible events. I posted the original version but I listened to the acoustic version most of the time.
Jan 12, 2012
Momo's Playlist (1): Missing You
Okay, so I think it's sort of obvious that it's a must for me to listen to music when I read. And I say must because I will not start a book until I have a song to listen to that sort of goes with the book. It doesn't even have to be a playlist of ten songs, 2-4 songs work just fine. I feel like listening to music intensifies everything and when combining that with books and the written word, oh man, my emotions are, for sure, going to be all over the place. ;)
Momo's Playlist will be a new feature here on Books Over Boys. It's not a meme or anything, just really a place for me to share my music with anyone that would like to take a listen and/or for anyone who has similar taste as myself. I was thinking and have decided that songs that I feature will not always tie back into books, although most of the time it will.
If any of you In the first chapter of City of Bones, Clary, the leading female, and her best friend, Simon, are waiting in line to enter this New York club called Pandemonium. As I laid there on my bed reading the first page of this chapter, this song immediately popped to mind and I thought that it would be perfect for this specific chapter.
Note: Majority of the time, songs I post/share, lyric wise, probably won't have anything to do with what's going on in the book.
Tara - Missing You
I thought this song fit perfectly for the opening of City of Bones because I could just imagine this song blaring from the speakers within Pandemonium as Clary and Simon waited in line to get inside the club.
I did not post the lyrics to this song because this song, specifically, I felt was important for it's beat and the music itself and like I said, the lyrics don't have anything to do with the scene from the book.
I am still reading City of Bones and hopefully I'll finish it up this weekend but if any of you have song suggestions for TMI series, please leave a comment and I will most definitely check it out and who knows, I might end up listening to it when I get to City of Ashes or City of Glass...or any of the other books in the series!
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Note: This image will be at the bottom of every playlist post because I love The Maine more than any other band out there and because this is a music related post...I just had to give a shout-out to them! And yes, every single time. <3
What song are you currently obsessing over, right now, in this very moment?
Nov 22, 2011
The Maine Presents Pioneer :)
Oh my gosh! I love these guys to death. They're amazing, awesome, down-to-earth, chill, and...so many other positive adjectives, anything that you could come up with. I found out about these guys during the summer of '10 and I've been a loyal, honest fan ever since. I was immediately hooked because of John Ohh's voice. Seriously. Then I spent a lot of time looking them up online, trying to find out more about them. In doing so, I found out that they were on their very first headlining tour during July of 2010. I was so mad that I found out about them a little late because I wanted so badly to go see them. And of course, their first stop was San Francisco. I was even more mad. That whole summer I couldn't stop listening to them! When October rolled around, I found out that they were going to tour with Never Shout Never in their Harmony Tour and so I got my tickets, asap! That was my first time ever seeing them. It was awesome although I felt out of my element a bit because 3/4 of the fans were there for NSN. Anyway, it was still an awesome experience! Then about eight months later (I totally counted on my fingers just now), I found out that they were going to tour again. This time with the awesome band, Augustana. I was stoked because it was going to be during the summertime and you know why that's awesome...because I don't have to worry about missing school, lol! Within those eight months, I converted my oldest sister and her husband to a MAINEiac too, haha, so they were my ride to SF to see The Maine and Augustana together. THAT concert blew my mind; it was totally out of this world.
The audience, the bands, everything was charged with so much energy, it was insane. A good insane, of course. Augustana is mind-blowing live. Dan Layus has such a beautiful voice! I was completely and utterly starstruck. Aaah, I almost forgot to mention, this time around, I got to meet 3/5 of The Maine. *gasp* I know! For this concert, we spent the night in SF because the night before the concert, we attended this book signing with Maggie Stiefvater, Libba Bray, and Meg Cabot. That morning we all woke up around 9-10 and shortly after I got up, I received a tweet from Pat saying that they were going to be at the Mancave Memorabilia at noon. I did a double take at the time and realized we had two hours to get ready. Ha, you should have seen us! We got ready in record time and we showed up to the Mancave Memorabilia thirty minutes before noon. I was so anxious and excited and nervous all at once to meet them.
Never in a million years did I think I was going to get to meet my most favorite band on earth. I thought it was going to be the whole band but only John Ohh, Jared, and Garrett showed up. I was bummed that Kenny and Pat weren't there but all that mattered to me was that John was there. Haha, clearly I'm a John Ohh chick. ;) They came out and did a little Q&A with the fans there and it was super intimate. There were probably only like thirty fans present which was nice. OMG, my fangirl moment coming up. During the Q&A, John was talking and then he was looking out at the crowd and we (me and him) were only like five feet apart and then we locked eyes for a good thirty seconds and *fans self* I'm pretty sure my heart died and it came back after our eye contact was broken. It was...definitely the best moment of my life. After the Q&A, the three of them did a little meet and greet with all the fans and oh boy, was I nervous or what?! I stood in line by myself because out of the four of us there, I was the craziest and the most MAINE addicted. My sister went and got all of my stuff out of the car for them to sign and when it was my turn to go up, I didn't know what to say at all. Looking back, I could have said a whole bunch of stuff but in the moment, I was just overwhelmed that I was even in their prescence. It happens all the time. I just stood their and commented on their height because I was a freakin' midget standing next to them. I mean, look at the picture: ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
The audience, the bands, everything was charged with so much energy, it was insane. A good insane, of course. Augustana is mind-blowing live. Dan Layus has such a beautiful voice! I was completely and utterly starstruck. Aaah, I almost forgot to mention, this time around, I got to meet 3/5 of The Maine. *gasp* I know! For this concert, we spent the night in SF because the night before the concert, we attended this book signing with Maggie Stiefvater, Libba Bray, and Meg Cabot. That morning we all woke up around 9-10 and shortly after I got up, I received a tweet from Pat saying that they were going to be at the Mancave Memorabilia at noon. I did a double take at the time and realized we had two hours to get ready. Ha, you should have seen us! We got ready in record time and we showed up to the Mancave Memorabilia thirty minutes before noon. I was so anxious and excited and nervous all at once to meet them.
Never in a million years did I think I was going to get to meet my most favorite band on earth. I thought it was going to be the whole band but only John Ohh, Jared, and Garrett showed up. I was bummed that Kenny and Pat weren't there but all that mattered to me was that John was there. Haha, clearly I'm a John Ohh chick. ;) They came out and did a little Q&A with the fans there and it was super intimate. There were probably only like thirty fans present which was nice. OMG, my fangirl moment coming up. During the Q&A, John was talking and then he was looking out at the crowd and we (me and him) were only like five feet apart and then we locked eyes for a good thirty seconds and *fans self* I'm pretty sure my heart died and it came back after our eye contact was broken. It was...definitely the best moment of my life. After the Q&A, the three of them did a little meet and greet with all the fans and oh boy, was I nervous or what?! I stood in line by myself because out of the four of us there, I was the craziest and the most MAINE addicted. My sister went and got all of my stuff out of the car for them to sign and when it was my turn to go up, I didn't know what to say at all. Looking back, I could have said a whole bunch of stuff but in the moment, I was just overwhelmed that I was even in their prescence. It happens all the time. I just stood their and commented on their height because I was a freakin' midget standing next to them. I mean, look at the picture: ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ 
Of course, I got a solo shot with John, which if you follow me on twittah, it's been my profile picture ever since then.
OMG, you don't know how ecstatic I was that he wrapped his arms around me. I was dying! Look at my smile - I don't think I've ever been any happier in life! Afterwards, we left the Mancave and we went wandering around SF until the concert started. Like all concerts, they go by waaaaaay too fast. I was on a high for the rest of....the week that followed. Then, two nights ago, I went and saw them again on their Pioneer tour. This tour was my favorite but not my favorite either. We didn't leave to SF until 4 in the afternoon; we arrived in SF at 5:15 and we headed straight to The Bottom of the Hill. The line was long already, some people were there since 2 in the afternoon. It was freezing and really dark already because of the time change and stuff. Anyway, by 6:40-7:00 we made our way in and man, that venue was so tiny. We went and stood to the far right of the stage, close to where Jared was. They came out and played all the songs from Pioneer and it was really quiet at first because we didn't know 7 out of the 9 songs, haha! Then they had a little intermission where they played this video that showed how far The Maine has come. :) When they came back out they played a bunch of their older songs that we knew and the energy was crazy! And they were just so chill and relaxed. It was very low-key and...nice. After the concert ended, my sisters, my brother-in-law, and I headed to the bathroom and little did we know, in doing that, we ended up at the front of the line to meet the guys, which rocked. Before the concert, I made this super sparkly t-shirt that said The Maine, on the front, in glitter, and on the back it said, Pioneer, their M logo, and 11-20-11, all in glitter. Then I went back with puff paint and wrote their lyrics all over the shirt. Anyway, when I went up to meet them, they were all amused by my shirt, haha! John signed my poster and said, "You're sparkling!" <3
I haven't taken a picture of the shirt yet but when I do, I'll come back and add it to this post. If you guys have ever been to one of their concerts, before John starts singing, he always gives us a little background about the song and now looking back on the whole night, I got a sad vibe from the guys. I felt that they were extremely thankful for all the fans and Colby (the co-producer of Pioneer) but...there was an underlying sad feeling to everything. My brother-in-law, my sister, and I talked and talked and talked about it and we felt like The Maine has been through so much and their fan base is huge but not as huge as other bands like Boys Like Girls, or 3Oh!3, or you know, those big time bands and that's sort of why they changed their sound this time around. John also mentioned that their previous record label, Warner Bros didn't sign them for Pioneer, hence Colby, and I just felt so sad for the guys. I wanted to give all of them a ginourmous hug. I want to buy a hundred copies of Pioneer to support them. I hope that whatever hardships they come across that they don't ever give up because I will be dead without them. No joke. I was talking to my sister about it and I got all choked up already. Seriously, they can't stop doing what they're doing. I'll die. I will follow The Maine wherever they go, to the end of the world.
If you want to check out my videos from the tour, you can find all the ones we recorded here: my TUMBLR. <3 But I'll post my two most favorite here.
The Maine - Ho Ho Hopefully
May 10, 2011
Facebook and The Maine - Contest!
OK. So, I'm probably late on this because I just found out about it not too long ago but here I am asking a HUGE favor of my readers and followers!
The Maine is hosting this picture contest on facebook where the image that gets the most likes will win an acoustic set just for them! :)
I am super duper excited about it! The only thing about it is that it might be a little hard to find my picture, lol!
The contest ends tomorrow! EEK, I know! I'm trying not to panic, lol! So, I'm calling in all my uber forces and I'm going to try and get as many likes as possible! PLEASE like it; it would mean EVERYTHING to me! With the looks of it right now, I'm trying to aim for 50, at least. Right now I'm at 12...wah, waah, waaah. LOL ;) HELP ME!
Now, without further ado, here's the link - http://bit.ly/lhgC45! You must have a facebook to like the image! And since it might be a little difficult to find, here's the picture I submitted: → → → → → → → →
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| Not one of my best pictures EVER, but I rushed to get it taken, lol! |
I am super duper excited about it! The only thing about it is that it might be a little hard to find my picture, lol!
The contest ends tomorrow! EEK, I know! I'm trying not to panic, lol! So, I'm calling in all my uber forces and I'm going to try and get as many likes as possible! PLEASE like it; it would mean EVERYTHING to me! With the looks of it right now, I'm trying to aim for 50, at least. Right now I'm at 12...wah, waah, waaah. LOL ;) HELP ME!
Now, without further ado, here's the link - http://bit.ly/lhgC45! You must have a facebook to like the image! And since it might be a little difficult to find, here's the picture I submitted: → → → → → → → →
Apr 25, 2011
Daily Dose (11)
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The idea of making a playlist of the music I've been listening to a lot lately was from Alice over at The Reader Room! I think this idea is awesome because our blogs don't have to be just about books, lol!
Slash - Gotten feat. Adam Levine
Within Temptation - A Dangerous Mind
The Maine's newest song (Title unknown)
I know, the quality REALLY sucks for this video, BUT it seems to be the only one that I can locate for the moment. If you happen to know the title of this song, please let me know!
I AM SO EXCITED FOR THEIR NEW EP!
Happy Monday and happy reading everyone!
Enjoy!
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UPDATE!
So, I was browsing tumblr this morning and FINALLY - here is a better quality of the song above! ALSO, here's a song that The Maine covered! :) I'm squeeing so loud right now!
The Maine - I'm Sorry (We think that's the title!)
The Maine - Big Jet Plane (Cover)
AAAAHHHHH! ENJOY!
The Maine - Big Jet Plane (Cover)
AAAAHHHHH! ENJOY!
Feb 21, 2011
Daily Dose (9)
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I less than three John'O! :)
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The idea of making a playlist of the music I've been listening to a lot lately was from Alice over at The Reader Room! I think this idea is awesome because our blogs don't have to be just about books, lol!
Snow Patrol - Open Your Eyes
Easton Corbin - I Can't Love You Back
A Rocket to the Moon - If Only The Knew
Jan 24, 2011
Daily Dose (5)
"I love that so many people have taken this meme under their wing and are enjoying the theme. It's brilliant to pop over to random blogs and catch some inspiring images. If you'd like to participate in Daily Dose, simply make a post on Monday with a bunch of images you find magical and hope to inspire your readers with then share the link below."This weekly meme is hosted by Good Golly Miss Holly :)
This week's Daily Dose is yet again, highly inspired by The Maine! :)
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The idea of making a playlist of the music I've been listening to a lot lately was from Alice over at The Reader Room! I think this idea is awesome because our blogs don't have to be just about books, lol!
- Dear Agony by Breaking Benjamin
I have nothing left to give
I have found a perfect end
You were made to make it hurt
Disappear into the dirt
Carry me to heaven's arms
Light the way and let me go
Take the time to take my breath
I will end where I began
I have found a perfect end
You were made to make it hurt
Disappear into the dirt
Carry me to heaven's arms
Light the way and let me go
Take the time to take my breath
I will end where I began
- Without You Breaking Benjamin
Say something new
I have nothing left
I can't face the dark without you
There's nothing left to lose
The fighting never ends
I can't face the dark without you
- Give Me A Sign by Breaking Benjamin
Dead star shine
Light up the sky
I'm all out of breath
My walls are closing in
Days go by
Give me a sign
Come back to the end
The shepherd of the damned
I can feel you falling away
No longer the lost
No longer the same
And I can see you starting to break
I'll keep you alive
If you show me the way
Forever - and ever
the scars will remain
I'm falling apart
Leave me here forever in the dark
Light up the sky
I'm all out of breath
My walls are closing in
Days go by
Give me a sign
Come back to the end
The shepherd of the damned
I can feel you falling away
No longer the lost
No longer the same
And I can see you starting to break
I'll keep you alive
If you show me the way
Forever - and ever
the scars will remain
I'm falling apart
Leave me here forever in the dark
This week's Daily Dose of Music is all about Breaking Benjamin! I absolutely LOVE these three songs!
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ENJOY!
Jan 11, 2011
Daily Dose (3)
"I love that so many people have taken this meme under their wing and are enjoying the theme. It's brilliant to pop over to random blogs and catch some inspiring images. If you'd like to participate in Daily Dose, simply make a post on Monday with a bunch of images you find magical and hope to inspire your readers with then share the link below."
This week's DD was highly inspired by The Maine! I he♥art them with all my LOVE!
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