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!
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