This brings back memories of that Matt Lauer / Tom Cruise interview…

Check out the full line up for The Today Show below.

May 1: No Doubt
May 8: New Kids On The Block & Special Guest
May 15: Jennifer Hudson
May 22: Fall Out Boy
May 29: Taylor Swift
June 5: The Dave Matthews Band
June 12: Black Eyed Peas
June 19: Jonas Brothers
June 26: The Fray
July 3: Rob Thomas
July 10: Rascal Flatts
July 17: The All American Rejects
July 24: Katy Perry
July 31: Kings of Leon
Aug 7: Jason Mraz
Aug 14: Flo Rida
Aug 21: Natasha Bedingfield
Aug 28: TBA

[Via Billboard]

In the song “Gives You Hell” by The All American Rejects, lead singer, Tyson Ritter is talking about the drastically different lifestyles that he and one of his ex-girlfriends are now living. He’s not afraid to be bitter about the whole situation. In verse one he draws contrast between his lifestyle and hers by the lyrics:

“I wake up every evening
With a big smile on my face
And it never feels out of place
And you’re still probably workin’
At a 9 to 5 pace”

The pre-chorus is a little funny because it is very deceptive-one moment talking about loss and missing someone but then flat out admitting that your lying.

The chorus is Tyson’s way of saying “You had me, your loss…oh and I hope your pissed about your decision” . He’s communicating that he lives the life of a rockstar and she decided to leave and now he hopes she’s miserable about it.  In the second verse Tyson is pointing out  that material things can’t buy love. He hopes that she deeply regrets her decision to leave him and in the hook he tells her how it is:

“Now you’ll never see
What you’ve done to me
You can take back your memories
They’re no good to me
And here’s all your lies
You can look me in the eyes
With the sad, sad look
That you wear so well”

The Meaning of the song “Gives You Hell” from the album When The World Comes Down

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Part I

Part II

Part III

Say What? Yeah, you heard me right. Michael Mayer, director of Broadway’s Spring Awakening, and Green Day decided to get together for a musical. The entire theatrical production will be based off of Green Day’s American Idiot. “It doesn’t make a lot of sense,” front man Billie Joe Armstrong told the NYT, “but that’s what I love about it. When people see it, it’s going to be my wildest dream. The American Idiot musical will open September 4th at California’s Berkeley Repertory Theatre and run through October 11th.

[Via RollingStone]

This song primarily deals with the change that T.I. has gone through over the past few years. From living the rough life to fortune and fame, T.I. has grown a lot as an artist and a human being-“The old me is dead and gone”.  At the beginning of his music video you’ll see a bible verse proving this:

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put childish things away. – 1 Corinthians 13:11

In the  first verse T.I.  reflects on how his old days were. He uses it to express how people make stupid decisions all for nothing and how this is childish behavior. He makes a pledge at the end of the first verse that he will no longer have anything to do with this lifestyle.  In verse two he brings up his best friend Philant Johnson, who was killed in 2006 in a highway gun fight after T.I’s show. This is a tough topic for him, and he still blames himself for Philants death.

The hook is a medaphor about him looking in all directions and those old people he used to hang with not being there for him anymore.

T.I. was recently sentenced to a year in jail.

Buy TI’s latest Album Paper Trail

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Bout time Metallica is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, right? I think their 2008 release Death Magnetic makes me feel more comfortable with the induction. The ceremony is scheduled to take place on April 4th at the legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. You can tune in with your TV on Fuse.

view the Fuse promo video below!

Wrist sweatbands and headbands are all pretty amazing things, but the real question is: what else can these wondrous items be used for?

This article will take you through just about everything a sweatband can be used for, from a company who knows- SerTop has been designing and producing custom sweatbands for clients around the world for the past few years and is not afraid to tell you how to use them. Some ideas on the list will seem obvious; others may be a complete surprise to you.

Band Merchandise – Sweatbands are great when it comes to a product for your band to sell. They sell better than T-shirts and the profit margin is bigger. Plus you don’t have to worry about size because ONE SIZE FITS ALL! That means no more ordering 6 small, 6 medium, 6 large and realizing that all your fans wear either Extra Small or Extra Large. What a bummer!

Sports Team apparel – This is a classic use for wrist and head sweatbands. They are great for sports like Tennis, Basketball, Baseball, Beach Volleyball, Wrestling, and I could go for an hour but I’m going to stop. The best part about sweatbands for your sports team is having the ability to customize them, and now you can with SerTop.

Promotional Product – Most people we talk to use these as an amazing promotional product. They put them on their bartenders, pass them out on the sidewalk for a cause, use them for a product launch, and more. It’s surprising how a simple logo and a website on a sweatband can go. When it comes to promotions not one is going to want to put on a T-shirt when you give it to them, but they’ll slip on that sweatband right away.

Sweat Absorbent- We are talking specifically for sweat absorbent, not for show. That means if you’re working at a construction site, you should invest in some custom headbands. This way sweat will stop getting in your eyes when you clearly need them the most. If you are running sweat headbands are also great to keep your head up, hands not full of sweat, and your air flowing smoothly.
A Product at Your Store – This is probably one of the best uses for sweatbands. Why? Well because number one you are branding and number 2 you are getting money for doing so. If you have your own shop than I would highly recommend investing in some custom sweatbands that you can put your logo or name on. Sell them as merchandise and watch in a few months how everyone seems to want one because their friends at the skate park have them.

Koozie – Have a cold drink? Wrap a sweatband around the drink and call it good. It’s one of the most unconventional uses for sweatbands yet, it works great.

Hair band – Headbands for your hair work great and you ladies probably have about a thousand of them. If you want to get creative and make your own design I would recommend SerTop.

An Accessory for your Pet – This one’s is always hilarious. “What’s that thing on your dog’s leg?” Oh, that’s his initials on a sweatband. Your pet is a pretty important thing to you, so you might-as-well make him happy with some cool accessories.

A Fashion Statement- Take yourself back to the 80’s, that’s right tube socks and sweatbands. Alright, now bring yourself back to now, anything goes. We live in a world were companies do not choose our fashion, but the individual does.

9 great uses for sweatbands, can you think of anymore? We would love to hear your ideas, send them to contact@stbands.com. To customize your own sweatbands visit SerTop on the site below. It’s a very easy and rewarding experience.

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Joaquin Phoenix is tripped out on acid or something. He can’t even pull off a normal interview, this is a little hard and awkward to watch. Through all this, we end up learning that his music is going to be hip-hop, or so he mumbled out. Letterman shot him down when he said he would perform!

It’s that time of year again, time for nostalgia at halftime. Every year lately since the Janet Jackson boob-show we get to see historic musicians. I know that it’s for the family but can’t we get a good rock band up there like Linkin Park or Metallica. Lately it’s been Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Prince, and most recently Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers. They are all great musicians but come on! Get me some rock in this stadium! Opinions?

Springsteen’s Super Dream