Monday, Monday

I woke up this morning with that sweet, soft tune in my head this morning. The beautiful harmonies from the wonderful Mamas and Papas swaying through my cerebral cavity, igniting a spark befitting a nerd on his first day of school.

I usually wake up on Mondays severely depressed and sad that another week has to begin and the weekend of relaxation and debauchery has to end. Fortunately, there's only two official weeks of class left, meaning I won't have to do this for much longer, at least until summer classes start.

On to a musical train of thought. If you don't have a Grooveshark account, GET ONE! This thing has saved my life many a-time when I thought that some random obscure song by some obscure band from some obscure place would never be found online. Grooveshark seldom lets me down. Seldom, not never. Ha, love double negatives. Seriously, Grooveshark is amazing. I dedicated a day to making more and more playlists from bands whose CD's I want but can't necessarily afford. I have a list of about 75 artists, whose albums I want, but since that would put a deep hole in my spending dough, I gotta settle for the one web site where I know I can find them. Side Note - It was even talked about in an issue of Rolling Stone last year as one of the top-5 free sites to listen to music.

After a long-drawn-out mishap that I don't want to go into, I finally have my first record player. (Depressing, I know. I'm fucking 22) Either way, my long, postponed obsession of buying records can now be salvaged and retained. I've already stolen my records back from my roommate, all two of them. I've borrowed about 6 records from a friend, and recently bought the The Fifth Demension's Greatest Hits on vinyl. It's shaping out to be a good obsession.

No new music news for me except how upset I am that the new Hole/Courtney Love album, Nobody's Daughter, is out, and I haven't even given it a listen. I'm not being good lately. The only song I've heard is "Skinny Little Bitch," and I thought it was pretty good. It has more of the rock n' roll feel of her solo album America's Sweetheart than her work with the original Hole. But, it still took me back to the 90's, when I first became introduced to the magic of grunge. Back in the days when Nirvana was prominent, Babes In Toyland became nonexistent, and Mudhoney was the silent genius in the background who helped pave the way. Those were some good times. But mind you, from what I've read on the web, most fans are disappointed that the original line-up of Hole is not involved, so really, it's just another Courtney Love album. However, it's still an album I'd like to dissect more.

That's all I have for today. Good day and good things!

Just Not Fair...

Don't you just hate it when you have your heart set on a particular purchase, and right before the moment of retrieval, you find out that you lack the funds in which to pay for them. Now, a kleptomaniac wouldn't even blink at the prospect of not being able to pay for something; however, for someone who likes to spend money on objects, no matter how useless or obsolete, it is a pretty upsetting thing. Having said that, I was BUMMED when I showed up at Cheapo's, and went straight for the pop/rock section, delved into the M's, found The Monks Black Monk Time, dashed toward the counter while checking my balance on my phone, only to find out that I had insufficient funds.

Depressing...

I had to walk all the way back, head hanging, place the CD neatly where I found it and promised myself that the second I had enough money, I would be back for it. Unfortunately, I do not see that day in the foreseeable future. I feel like a coke-head who just found out the bag was filled with flour!

Nothing too particularly new in the music world, and if there is, sorry I'm a little below the radar. I found this cool interview on Pitchfork with She and Him, and it seems somewhat appropriate seeing as how I talked about them in my last post. The link is below. Have fun!

http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/7770-she-him/

A Storm's A-Comin'

Well, these past couple of weeks have been busy busy busy. I seriously do not even have a break to breathe. I'm hooked up to an oxygen tank. Okay, that was a lie, but I may very well be soon if something gets added onto the list of things I already have to do. So, as far as what is going on in the music world let's see...

Okay, from what I've read, Crystal Castles is going to be headlining the traveling HARD fest, which is wonderfully making its way through the Austin area on August 11th, so mark your calendars if you are a fan. Also, Erykah Badu made an appearance on the Wanda Sykes show to defend her music video to the song "Window Seat," which is on her newest release New Amerykah Pt. 2: Return of the Ankh. She paid tribute to John F. Kennedy, calling him one of her heroes, and stating that "that's what performance art is all about."

On a personal note, lately, I have been obsessed with the song "When They Fight, They Fight" by The Generationals. I think I play it at least once daily. It definitely has an old-school feel to it, something that would make a lot of people wish they grew up when the days was sunny and the music was groovy.

Also, I recently gave She and Him's Volume 2 a listen the other day on NPR, and I thought it was a pretty good album. All of the songs flowed very well together, and the entire album, as a whole, is very reminiscent of their first release. They didn't really do anything different, merely taking on the same aesthetics and inspiration for their second release. Some of my favorite tracks include "Thieves," "In The Sun," "Me and You," "Home," and "Sing."

Another thing, I recently submitted some work to a music web publication called Jupiter Index, and I have a meeting with the editor tomorrow. Hopefully, I will make a good impression and be able to write some more. But, this will mean that I will be even more busy than I already am, but we have to make some sacrifices to get where we want to go.

I think that's about all I got for today.