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(500) Days of Summer begins with the narrator describing Tom Hansen’s belief system, “The boy, Tom Hansen of Margate, New Jersey, grew up believing that he’d never truly be happy until the day he met the one. This belief stemmed from early exposure to sad British pop music and a total mis-reading of the movie ‘The Graduate’….” I love this movie because Tom Hansen has the same belief system as I do.  And just like Tom, when someone showed any indication of liking the exact same thing that I like, …

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Continue from the last post, here are the rest of my top 10 albums of 2009:

Waking Up – OneRepublic
OneRepublic has a somewhat distinctive sound among all the bands. There’s a rhythm in their music, , something that without listening to the voice track, you would know it’s their music. Their debut album has a single that was remix by Timberland that really bring that rhythm front and center, and that was, as we all know, their smash hit “Apologize”.  This time around, they have another collaboration with Timberland, …