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Music is the soundtrack of our lives. A song can come on the radio and instantly we are drawn back to a memory and for those few short minutes we are caught in a time warp of what it was to live in that time period- weather it be before we were alive- our parents generation- when we were kids, high school, college, etc.- songs represent each of those times in our lives. 

Recently I caught an episode of Iconoclast on the Sundance Channel in which it featured Paul Simon and Lorne Michaels who created Saturday Night Live. Toward the end of the episode Lorne reflecting back on his life and career stated something to the effect of, “We never know what our best times will be in life. We are told it’s between 18-22, but that’s just not always true. It’s the surprise that keeps me going.

What we have here at Amore Magazine is the chance to influence a generation. We will continue to bring you bands that we feel speak for our time, they may not be the headliners you read about in Rolling Stone, but before long they just may. Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Sean P. of the band The White Tie Affair. The influence of like bands being featured on Amore Magazine with a spin off of other media talking about them is when you know you have succeeded not for yourself, but for the music fans who may never have heard of such great music had we not brought it to the for front. So this is our chance right now to possibly influence a generation. A generation that is reflective of our time in love, politics, and pop culture.

We plan on featuring more up and coming bands that will grow to unknown success. I ask that you give each one of these bands like The White Tie Affair a good listen and we bet you’ll be quite surprised as to how come you haven’t heard of them yet?

It’s pretty cool sitting on the inside looking out at the world. As big as it seems- it’s not really. Especially when a love of music unites us all.

Great bands of our past influenced a generation and like our lives we don’t know yet which bands will become the soundtrack to the best days yet to come. Like Lorne said, “It’s about the surprise.”

Laurent Gilbert, Jr

Do Hollywood celebrities sell out? Of course they do. Once they gain success and how they keep it and make their value rise is based on that core principle. The more incidences of Britney ending up in rehab, or Lindsay making out with a girl the more press they get and money they make.

Then there’s a guy like Perez Hilton (Mario Lavandeira) who played and continues to play off peoples fame often times in a negative way for his own fame. Why is he famous? No reason in particular. He might have had the first right concept at the right time, but lets face it there are a multitude of other celebrity blogs that are better and continue to be better. He does nothing different then a lot in the blogging world do.

An example is Vera Sweeney, a stay at home mom who started ImNotObsessed.com. She and her team of writers report on Hollywood with class that it’s now in the Top 10 of celebrity blogs on the web. It’s a great daily read and I encourage you to check it out.

I could bore you with other examples but will spare you.

All the major entertainment shows from The Insider to Entertainment Tonight as well as most entertainment outlets like E! to the New York Post have jumped on board the celebrity blog bandwagon with their own washed of version. The New York Post with their PopWrap has to be the most boring read since Of Mice and Men was required in grade school.

We here at Amore Magazine want to give our readers something fun, unique and interesting. Not fill you with boring content, but bring you the best this crazy world has to offer in the world of love, pop culture, celebrities, and so many subjects of the like. We may not be the biggest yet, but as we grow we will always keep our same basic principles with us for the ride to the top. Thank you so much for coming on board now. You are of an elite readership to the blog world. You’ll always be a friend and not just another number to us.

Sure we here at Amore Magazine like to on occasion poke fun at celebrates and call them out, but we do it in good nature and often times they are easy targets for the jokes. We have no intention of earning the title like Perez and being “Hollywood’s Most Hated,” we would rather be “Hollywood’s Most Loved.” And just like a good brother or sister we will make fun of you when you deserve it Hollywood, but in the end we’ll both still love each other just like a good brother and sister should.

Laurent Gilbert, Jr

It’s amazing our lives as long and disconnect with our past they may seem are not so much. The famous literary scribe Oscar Wilde who was born in 1854 and died in 1900 has a fair share of quotes used over the years, many on the subject of women and love- many still relevant today. One particular, (though not directly related to love) is all too important of a lesson that we need to remember. He said, “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”

All too often we find ourselves living to be like someone else- maybe our idol such as a Hollywood celebrity, political figure, or professional athlete and many times its to the satisfaction of the opposite sex and our love interests.

Just this week as I was leaving a bar I ran into a former girl who I met a few years ago that told me of how much she wanted to be with her current boyfriend, but yet it seemed as though he does not care as much as she does.

I gave her a ride back to her place and our conversation carried over into the drive. She continued to share that just the day before they got back from a week long vacation together and that they wanted to move to a warmer climate city. She got rid of all her furniture and was planning her next few years to be with him, while he seems to just not care.

Perhaps she was living the life she thought she wanted, she thought she needed, or perhaps the life she thought HE wanted and she changed so much of her life to accommodate his, while he did nothing in return.

Does that make him a bad person? No. He is just living his life, and she not hers. Unfair? Yes, but that’s what happens in relationships and until each person is completely living their own life and can do so and both be happy in that relationship it will never work.

We have all been in this situation before. So be you. Don’t take someone else’s life. Love and happiness will follow.

That was my advice to her that night, and when she got out of the car she told me, “thank you for being honest and caring over the years.”

I was just trying to share with her a little secret that I know.

Her life is hers to live.

So is yours.

Laurent Gilbert, Jr

While I was sleeping one night last week I found myself caught in a dream. I was a kid again at a camp my family had owned when I was young. Being that it is May and the weather is finally becoming warm I was locked away in bliss of summer fun. Waking up on a sunny morning, riding my bike all around the camp ground with friends, going swimming in the lake, barbeque on the grill, and of course campfires at night.

At that time period during childhood I thought life was like that.

I got older and though my life has changed my dreams haven’t- rather than camping now summers are about going out drinking with friends, a Dave Matthews concert, and most importantly girls.

We all had these same experiences when we were younger.

I don’t know when or where my life story will end or how the chapters will be written but I do know one thing for sure in my mind and in my heart I have Amore and everything the brand stands for reflects my dreams as a kid.

How many adults to you know dislike their job? I get to everyday have fun writing about celebrities, pop culture, life, and most importantly love.

You as a reader get to come along with me for the ride through this blog.

From a young age my same wants and desires never changed I just got older but I’m still the same kid I always was and I always will be.

I wouldn't’t want it any other way.

Laurent Gilbert, Jr

This month we re-launched the Amore Magazine website as a blog site. Since launch we have had a great deal of positive email about the new look, new content, and fresh attitude that the Amore brand continues to represent. As we continue to grow and set the trends in this unique niche market we look forward to bring you compelling posts, sex appeal with sophistication, intriguing readers all across the U.S. and world.

All of our previous and future successes will be based on you, the readers of Amore. So we are glad you are here, please come back, and spread the word to your friends about why Amore is a must visit daily for girls and guys. And that’s Amore!

Thank you so much,

Laurent Gilbert, Jr

We go places in life where we can’t go back.

As your life progresses you meet new people- take on different tasks that define your life and who you are as a person.

Look back at a photo from when you were a child. Imagine being back at that moment in your life. One filled with innocence where nothing could happen to you. You could do no wrong, and yet you had your whole life ahead of you.

What happened since then? What choices did you make in life that put you where you are now? Some good- some not so good- some of us will get a chance at fame and fortune. Some will work hard to achieve it, others may wake up someday not knowing how they became famous over night but they did.

In this MySpace / YouTube /Google world way of life it can be a quick ride to the top and right from under you comes the red carpet where all you’re left with is a bruised knee from the fall to the asphult that lies under.

Life, sometimes easy- yet so complicated- we all keep trying. We all share the same goal. To live the best life we can, and to leave this world a better place then when we entered it for those who come after us. Most go about it the same way. They are happy. Some take a different path. Not always the easiest way, but if successful, can be very rewarding.

The problem with life is that you can’t go back.

So what do you do? Where do you go? What decisions do you make? Are you going to be famous?

I remember years ago seeing a build board for Studio 54 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas that stated, “It’s your life, star in it.”

Don’t wait, do it now. Take a photo of yourself today that you will look back at and be proud of. One where you know this time in your life was one to cherish. Only you have the power right now to influence the outcome.

The best days of your life have yet to have come. So how will the chapter be written?

Here’s the pen.

Write it.

-Laurent Gilbert

I look at love in a much different way then I did some five years ago. Not to say that some of my core ideas have changed but I’m not so eager to hook up. It’s a switch from quality to quantity. If on a given night I find myself with out a date I’m not apprehensive anymore. In your late twenties I believe this “take over” if you will has all the power. With age- I feel older- more mature- there’s more meaning involved. I recurrently run into friends I went to elementary and high school with. It makes me think back of my school days and seeing them in the hallway- who they were as people then- what their aspirations were- who they dated. The sports they played and the people they hung out with on Friday and Saturday nights.

Most of the indigenous types are now the clan who are married and have a kid(s). The quite crowd are still quite but successful in their occupation. They all seem to have found their way well in life. They all seem happy and accomplished. Flying along in life at a decent altitude and speed allowed them to find their destination.

I feel I’m stuck in a holding pattern. Not ready yet to land. Not sure if I ever will be. The views up hear is much too nice for me to land and face the realities that wait on the ground.

I’m curious to see how the weather is down there. Reality is so boring anyway… I bet it’s raining.

I've read a vast amount of books over the years on the psychology of love. What I've come to realize is that most all of them share the same information. Sure each author has his or her own perspective on the subject but most all share the same theories. I've read what makes a guy attractive to a girl. He has to be confident, not cocky. He has to make the girl laugh. Girls love a chase but too much and she's turned off. Be romantic- the guy brings flowers on a first date and pays the bill.

Shall I go on?

Love is a subject not any one person has the answers to. What really makes me attracted to one particular girl over another? Does it really go beyond looks? Is it something she does or says? Maybe the way she plays with her hair or the crinkle of her nose when she laughs?

As much as we can't explain love we all seem to follow patterns when falling in love. There are no written rules. No guide to follow. No googleing how to BEST fall in love.

When did this common set of steps start? With Adam and Eve- maybe is that how they met? Then again, how could they when they were the only male and female on earth?

Is it possible to avoid the norm and reinvent how we fall in love? I've never played by the rules when it comes to the game of love. Most all girls I have fallen for lived by "the rules" and you either have to play by them or she won't participate in the game with you.

Will I ever meet an exciting girl, (I've written about her before- a girl that can hold my attention) a girl that doesn't want to play by the rules? They all say the same thing. That's just the way it is.

We as a society say we don't lie, but we do. We say we don't speed on the highway, but we do. We say if saw money fall from someone's pocket we would tell them rather then pocket it ourselves, but we do. We say we want to play by the rules of love. Do we really though? Is it just a front? Do girls really say that, but deep down want to play by a different set of rules?

The most exciting, fascinating relationships I have ever been in were when rules did not apply.

Desert before dinner.

Sex before commitment.

Everybody does it. She doesn't want to admit to it. In her mind it's wrong, but yet in love it's so right.

We'll have the apple pie- two forks. and I'll take the check please!

It's standard that the guy picks up the check, right?

Laurent Gilbert