Three Things...

I like....
1. Denison Witmer's Music
2. Deli Pickles
3. Ping Pong


I dislike....
1. Jeremy Camp's Music
2. Ingrown Toenails. OUCH.
3. Clogged Showers

My Beautiful Business woman

Giddy Up

Things that I find strange....

1. People who sing harmony when there are 20 people in a room singing worship songs.
2. Ok, that is really the only thing I find strange right now.
3. Sorry to get your hopes up.
4. Man, I can't think of anything.
5. Nevermind.

Music that feels like this.....

There is certain music that fits the theme of fall, the winding down of a year, the reflection that usually takes place during this time, the feeling you get when you walk outside and it's starting to get cold. Here are a few of the things that I enjoy in the fall:

CD's:
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear
My Morning Jacket - At Dawn
Counting Crows - August and Everything After (Makes Sense)
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
Azure Ray - Azure Ray
Denison Witmer - Safe Away

Songs:
Ben Kweller - In Other Words
Pedro the Lion - The Longer I Lay Here
My Morning Jacket - Bermuda Highway
Gin Blossoms - As Long As It Matters
Denison Witmer - These Days
Ben Folds - Magic
Toad the Wet Sprocket - I Will Not Take These Things For Granted
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

Josh's Wedding 

I hate the Strokes for doing this to music.

The Strokes took music in a direction that I wish never would have happened. After the Strokes, Hives, Vines came out all pretty much at the same time music has been doomed for copycat after copycat in the last five years. I'm not against The Strokes, Hives, Vines but tired ot the wearisome copying. I'm so tired of The French Kicks, The Kills, The Libertines, The Shins, The White Stripes, especially The Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Jet, and yes, even Franz Ferdinand. All this crap sounds the same. I'm so bored. Now every song sounds exactly like Last Nite by the Strokes. Come on, you don't believe me? Listen to every song by Jet. I hope they start concerning themselves more on the music than how they look. Yes we know, you're all creative, you wear ties while you play rock music and some of you even wear blazers. Wow! Impressive!
Anyone listening to anything creative these days? I'd love to hear any suggestions.

Good Find From Last Year

The Wrens

I just read about this band so I downloaded a bit from the record and it's very good. Besides having a great cover, the music is surprisingly upbeat, muffled, filled with electronics and original, well, as much as you can be anymore. Check it out.

I'm a Real New Yorker

Tonight it finally happened. I feel like my 2 1/2 years have paid off living here. Tonight as I was walking along 3rd St. and Ave. B I was solicited by a prostitute. She (or he maybe, not sure) was a tall black woman (man, still not sure). She had an unbelievably short skirt on, in fact it was above her underwear (panties, whatever you prefer). She walked straight up to me and said, "How much baby?" I didn't really know what to say so I said, "How's 50 dollars?" Just kidding, I kept walking but it was a celebratory walk. There were actually quite a few prostitutes over in that area.

The night got even better when I was talking on the phone to Kelli standing outside on Ave. A. Five college girls came by and one of them said, "Oh baby, look at you, those tight jeans, that hot shirt, I just want to........................(taken out because it is too dirty to repeat). And then they were all cheering for me as they walked away and one girl grabbed her ass and growled. Wow, I was flying high!

And then as I walked to my building there he was. A man standing in the crosswalk peeing. He wasn't trying to hide it, in fact he was facing oncoming people traffic. Wow, I feel at home here. You can see everything on my block. Come visit, we'll have a good time I promise.

Brilliant!

This whole thing is hilarious. Kind of like The Onion but based on the Church and written from people who know the church pretty well. Oh man, i'm still dying over here.

http://larknews.com

Thought these were particularly funny.
Some of my favs. http://larknews.com/august_2004/secondary.php?page=6

http://larknews.com/july_2004/secondary.php?page=4

http://larknews.com/may_2004/secondary.php?page=4

http://larknews.com/may_2004/secondary.php?page=6

This is really well done. Read through the whole thing.

At Dawn

My Morning Jacket 

This is one of my favorite albums of all time. It is absolutely beautiful lyrically and musically. It is very raw sounding, almost muffled but the more you listen to it you can tell that it is just how this band sounds. It's different. It took me a few times of listening to it for it really to connect with me. It is a band you would like to see in a small bar after a few drinks sitting down. Incredible. I would suggest giving it a listen if you like depressing music as much as i do.

Two Favorite Tracks:
1. Death is the Easy Way
2. Bermuda Highway