The Must List, July 22

 This week's Must List will take you out to eat, to your nearest book store, shopping at iTunes, and relaxing with sweet music.

1. "Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia) by Patrick Stump
I cannot get enough of this song! Yesterday, I posted the music video, and since then I've downloaded the song from iTunes for only .99 cents and have been listening to it like crazy! I love it!!

2. Sunday breakfast at Hooper's
Hooper's is the replacement restaurant for Flat Iron... which basically means it took a different name in order to get more business. Stuart swears it's the exact same menu. Papa's Pizza tried the same thing, poor dears, and became Mike's. They're now closed. They barely lasted two months. Thankfully for us, Hooper's is open and has the most amazing sausage patties and the fluffiest pancakes known to man!! A trip to Sylva is in order just to try their amazing pancakes. Watch out though. Hooper's knows how amazing their food is, so prices are a bit high!!

3. Goodreads
Goodreads is a website dedicated to books and book lovers. You can rate, write reviews, talk about books you own, connect with your Facebook and Twitter, participate in giveaways, take quizzes, add friends to see what they're reading... If you love books, this is the place to be! This morning alone, I updated my progress in Ghost Dogs of the South and participated in giveaway contests.

4. Ghost Dogs of the South by Randy Russell and Janet Barnett
What an amazing book rich with stories of detail, true puppy love, and history!! Pick up this book today and never put it down! You will fall in love with each amazing tale of a dog that loved its owner so much that it either returned from the grave or protected him or her from the evil of the afterlife!! There was even a story about why cats and dogs hate each other that was set in a town just a few miles from us!!

5. 1940's playlist
Build yourself a playlist of music from the 1940's. It's relaxing music. It's dinner music. It's dancing music! It's sitting on the couch on a Sunday blogging on your laptop music!! Be sure to include:

• "It Had to be You" by Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest
• "As Time Goes By"
• "Autumn Leaves" by Nat King Cole
• "Come Fly with Me" by Frank Sinatra
• "Moonlight Serenade" 

6. Adam Lambert's Trespassing album
There are only a few songs I can't get into on this album. The rest are Adam Lambert GENIUS!! "Pop That Lock," "Cuckoo," and "Kickin' In" are fun, booty-grooving songs. "Underneath" is raw beauty and truth exposed through song. "Never Close Our Eyes" and "Better Than I Know Myself" have already become huge pop favorites! "Outlaws of Love" is the last track that will leave you wanting more... so you better buy the extended version!

Movie Minute: Patrick Stump - "Spotlight (Oh Nostalgia)"

This is one of the most beautiful, amazing music videos I've ever seen... and not because it has this insane dance sequence or it tries to be a mini movie with a plot line and celebrity guest stars. No, it's just real with real, outstanding talent from ordinary people. YOU COULD BE YOUR OWN SPOTLIGHT!!! So, rock out and listen!

Play On and On and On

It is the beginning of summer, which means it is time to jump in the car and go on a...

ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!

But, you can't go on a road trip without the right music!!! You have to have the right tunes to get through

• awkward silences
• when the conversation runs out
• when the road trip games take their toll
• when you can't stand to hear anymore about your dad's five-step success plan (as in Little Miss Sunshine)
• and just in general!

So, here is a list of 25 MUST HAVE SUMMER ROAD TRIP MUSIC (in no particular order) that you should definitely consider downloading before your next trip to the beach, Grandma's, or the nearest national monument. You can thank me later! Also in the list are hyperlinks that will take you to one of the many YouTube lyric videos for the song!!! There are some new songs that just came out and some oldies! Prepare and enjoy!!!

IT'S SUMMER!

1. "Paradise" by Coldplay
2. "Underneath" by Adam Lambert 
3. "Blow" by The Prom Kings
4. "Los Angeles" by Sugarcult
5. "Trespassing" by Adam Lambert... which has a very Queen vibe
6. "Starships" by Nikki Minaj
7. "A Thousand and One Nights" by the SMASH cast
8. "Boogie Wonderland" from Happy Feet... because you've got to have something from a musical, as if SMASH wasn't enough!!! Give me some credit, I didn't include anything from Glee
9. "Wild and Young" by American Bang 
10. "Blackout" by Breathe Carolina
11. As much as you can get from the Adventureland and Elizabethtown soundtracks!
12. "Touch Me" by the SMASH cast
13. "Never Close Our Eyes" by Adam Lambert
14. Anything by Carbon Leaf
15. "Let's Don't Call it a Night" by Casey James... in case you're into that country stuff
16. "Dulaman" by Celtic Woman
17. "You're Not Thinking" by Drake Bell
18. "Any Way You Want It" by Journey
19. "You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi... from Barney's Psych Mix (How I Met Your Mother)
20. "Never Leave this Bed" by Maroon 5
21. "The Cave" by Mumford and Sons
22. "This City" by Patrick Stump
23. "I Don't Care" by Fall Out Boy
24. "Cuckoo" by Adam Lambert
25. "We are the Champions" by Queen... because you can't take an awesome road trip unless you're a champ!