1001 Random Thoughts About Music Mostly

Oh, hi there neighbor. George Bush is our president for four more years. I hope that will put an end to the question of "Who do you think I will blame all my problems on for the next four years?"

Has anyone besides me pre-ordered their new U2 cd's? They had a really good deal on it at VH1.com or whatever.
It's called How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.

This I can put on the list of CD's I no longer need to purchase.

I can't really give you a review yet. I have not heard it. I guess you can say I put my faith in the U2 product enough to order it ahead of time. My Bible is Missing. AWOL.

Ironically, I was just listening to a band called the New Pornographers. You'll be relived to know that the song I'm listening to has no pornography whatsoever. I think it is their idea of a clever band name. The band is actually quite talented. If I was going to start a secular band I think I would have an excellent name for it.

The Barely Legal Teens. Or you could call it BLT for short. YOu would always find the records right next to the Barenaked Ladies. You may notice that the 2 band names have something in common: the word "bare" as a root word and the implication of something sexually perverse. Pure marketing savvy. For the kinky crowd, BLT sandwiches might also have that connotation. I am praying for you.

There was a point in time when saying that you were a fan of Belle and Sebastian (the band, not the half-rate anime cartoon from the 80s) was somewhat avante garde. I am declaring that time to be at an end. Move on.

Yesterday, my roommate was really annoying me. Imagine this scenario. We are both sitting on opposite couches and she has the remote as we face the television. She flips rapidly through the channels but waiting long enough to see what is on the screen.

If it was a basketball player, she would say something like "No yellow jerseys". next channel. "No kids with glasses" Next channel "No wet dogs" next channel "no jewish women" next channel "No green cars" and she flipped through the channels pretty rapidly. I even chimed in on a couple because the game was cute for a minute.

But she kept going. "No men with guns" next " No men with red ties" next "no italians" next "no white computers" next "no salesmen with jewels" next "no scrolling letters" next etc etc. The went on for like 10 solid minutes. How? I think she took some improvisation classes in college. She's pretty handy with the free association.

Living with my roommate is really cool. She is messy. She is annoying. But, beneath all that, she's absolutely hillarious.

Finally Her boyfriend pulled an intervention. He stole the remote and put it back on the Pistons Game. Good man.

Does anyone besides me like the Sneaker Pimps? I mean, beyond the name. The name is just cool enough to be likable. But the band is actually quite interesting.

I also like the Fountains of Wayne. what a cool name.

I apologize in retrospect for how random this blog is.

I think I would like Enya more if I had someone to be bored out of my mind with. But alone, its just a soundtrack to a depression.

Am I the only One that thinks Switchfoot's first CD was still their best one? If Shannon actually read this blog, I think he would agree with me. For those who are interested, it is calld The Legend of Chin. Cool name

I think I like My Chemical Romance. It's gonna take a few more listens for the jury to come in.

I'm gonna give more respect to Sunny Day Real Estate. They are a band from "my era" but I never paid any attention to them til recently.

When Rolling Stone said their 1995 self-titled CD was one of the most influential CD's of all time (other than anything recorded by Elvis, Hendrix, Dylan, Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, or Nirvana) I had to give it a listen. They claimed that SDR were the forefathers of modern EMO and Screamo. I think I have to agree. You can totally hear where The Used, Finch, Thursday, TAking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional get their whiny vocals with cool guitars from.

Bjork is cool, but weird.

Third Eye Blind asked us "How's it Gonna Be?" I think we all know the answer at this point. Crappy.

Me First & The Gimme Gimmes covered the song Prince wrote for Sinead O'Connor, "Nothing Compares To You" but they did it with ska. Can I safely say that the whole ska thing has been played out?

The Insyderz covered the Cars Song "Just What I needed". That was actually kinda cool. YOu know why it was kinda cool? Because it didnt really sound like the Insyderz.

Would you laugh if I said I actually liked Brandy's new CD? Ok not enough to buy it, but I do like it.

If you like your music dark and peaceful, I recommend Interpol. Sigur Ros, The STills, Keane, and MOrcheeba.

If you like just cool. Then TRy Sloan, The Beta Band, The Tragically Hip, The Vines, Weezer or a thousand others. Like the New Pornographers.

I think honestly that Chevelle, even though they started out on a Christian Label, and you can still buy their cds at Christian Bookstores, are still a really cool band. The nicely replaced my need to listen to Tool. They are like a slightly less messed up version of Tool. But they have very similar themes and fits of rage.

Someone told me that they dont like the Hoobastank CD. The same person said they dont like the new Jimmy Eat World. I myself am not a huge fan of Hoobastank or the band they try to imitate, Incubus. I am disappointed to hear about the lack of love for JEW. Now I'm hesitant to buy this CD. Can we say file sharing?

I think the STereophonics are so cliche. Wilco is interesting again.

I wish I could get a job declaring what is cool and what isn't. I'd be pretty good at it.