Why Sinatra would not exist today

-Because nobody would be listening.  Crooners are a sound of the past, representing the space between classical and pop that does not, and cannot survive today.  Seth Macfarlane's album Music is Better than Words demonstrates how difficult it is to reproduce that extinct sound.

On Thursday May 17, 2007 Method Man was arrested in New York City on marijuana charges. His Mercedes-Benz convertible was pulled over at the Battery Tunnel en route to Manhattan, and when he rolled his window down the officer noticed a strong smell of marijuana. "It was like something out of Cheech & Chong. He rolls down the window and the smoke would choke a horse." The arresting officer said he noticed two blunts and a plastic bag with more marijuana in plain view. Upon further inspection more marijuana was found under the driver's seat.

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Best Soundtracks of all time

Something about the right combination of sound and picture can be awe-inspiring, jaw dropping, spine chilling, or just simply cooler than Elvis.  It is hard to explain that feeling of a song that gives you goosebumps to someone who does not appreciate music.  But just as it is more moving when it happens in the right place and time in one's own life, such as the quarter dropping in the jukebox at the perfect moment; so too is the choreography of song in cinema much more powerful.
I don't know what came first in my life, but each has inspired the drive for the other, and my insatiable appetite for music and film came at an early age.  My dad decided I was ready to watch Pulp Fiction when I was 7, and though I didn't quite understand it, I could feel the power of it in many ways.  Though I can appreciate the plot more now, the effect of the music with visuals had already been taken note.  Music is part of cinematography in a huge way that may not be prominently apparent to the viewer.  Sound creates atmosphere, and the manipulation of song into a scene can have a huge impact.
Here is my list of the best soundtracks of all time:

1) Ocean's 11

This score by David Holmes and other included songs made you root for the crooks.

2) Kill Bill

Tarantino is renowned for paying homage to the rare and obscure, and it shows no less in his appreciation and interpretation of music to his movies.
3) Pulp Fiction


Released in 1994, most of it's soundtrack songs were nearing 30 years old, but somehow this film made them new again.  Representing the soulful Americana of the 60's, the funk of the 70's and with an invigorated throwback to surf-rock, the soundtrack is seamless with the chronology of the scenes.
4) Reservoir Dogs

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 Trainspotting
  Forrest Gump
Easy Rider
Garden State


excluding: movies about music (Quadrophenia, A Hard Day's Night), musicals, 
Noteworthy mentions: Apoc Now, Godfather, Psycho, Dazed and Confused,