June 2010
64 posts
listening to "The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Wake... →
Make it right.
May 2010
50 posts
listening to "Bouncing Souls - The Ballad Of... →
Pax nobiscum.
listening to "streetlight manifesto... →
Sunday, thoughtful Sunday.
listening to "Nico - The Fairest of the Seasons" →
Do not understand.
Ford to kill Mercury →
That was the Mustang for old people. What am I supposed to drive when I’m 70 now?
listening to "Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around" →
Behold! A pale horse.
And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true. →
listening to "the Pogues - Body of an american" →
Blood calls to blood.
listening to "Social Distortion - Story Of My Life... →
Breathe deeply.
listening to "Hoboken - OPERATION IVY" →
Here we go again.
listening to "Mighty Mighty Bosstones - So Many... →
Sometimes you need to shut up and do.
listening to "WAX - California (A Spike Jonze... →
Criminally underappreciated band from the ’90s. Look up “Just a Visitor” for another great track. This is my favorite video ever.
listening to "Bouncing Souls - Lowlife" →
Too true.
listening to "Suicide Machine - I Never Promised... →
If this is the new world, we might as well go meet it.
listening to "Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming... →
Sundays are for families.
listening to "Chasing The Sun Away" →
Il ne fait pas pleut.
Punic religion, Astarte & prostitution →
This is one of those things I thought I’d swiped from other civilizations for Citizen X, and then it turned out it was already well-established exactly the way you’d figure, i.e. The Temple of Astarte acting as county brothel.
listening to "The Dandy Warhols →
Veronica Mars is smarter than me. But really, who isn’t these days?
listening to "Rainer Maria - Life Of Leisure" →
Late April, apparently.
listening to "The Ramones - The KKK Took My Baby... →
Can you imagine being Joey and singing this song about your bandmate for three decades? Jeez.
listening to "Joaquin Phoenix →
Things have a way of circling around.
listening to "Violent Femmes - Please Do Not Go" →
Le sigh.
listening to "Tomorrow Belongs To Me- Shane... →
Shane, you’re always there for a pick-me-up.
listening to "Phantom Planet - California (With... →
Sometimes it is dying.
listening to "fun. - Be Calm" →
I am not a man of great musical taste, but I know what I like.
listening to "Grand Theft Auto Liberty City... →
And, what the hey. Make a GTA sweep.
listening to "The Soviet Connection Theme" →
I love how this song creeps and slinks along like a spider walking its web. The rattle at the end, too, is the perfect cap.
Anyone want to go? →
listening to "Fetts Vett" →
I will MAKE you be happy, dammit. There’s too much comedy to prep today for frowning and fear. You…you CAN force someone to be happy, right?
listening to "Nobody Move, Nobody Gets Hurt-... →
But in truth, everybody gets hurt.
listening to "Snow Patrol - Run" →
Things are different now.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/706366?tag=boards;... →
listening to "Weezer Keep Fishin on ukulele" →
Gorgeous day in the city requires an elevated chin and a ball to kick around.
listening to "Bombshell - OPERATION IVY" →
Writing tonight.
listening to "The Impossibles - 03 - Connecticut" →
The studio version’s a little more wistful, but what the hey, at least this take’s clean and tight.
listening to "Career Opportunities" →
I’m running on plasma. Give me an hour to work up to running on fumes.
listening to "GREEN DAY - Nice Guys Finish Last" →
Punk reactively rejected Green Day for succeeding at their jobs, but anyone who helped co-write “Radio” for Rancid is okay by me.
listening to "Handlebars - by Flobots (Lyrics and... →
I’m declaring war on comics this summer. I’d declare war on life, but why pick fights with someone bigger than you?
listening to "Rancid - Black Derby Jacket Live" →
I’m not even kidding you; this song kept me alive a few years back.
listening to "Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps" →
You want to be careful listening to this.
listening to "Johnny Cash - I see a darkness" →
Thank God I have a full desk this week.
listening to "The Clash - Police on my Back (with... →
I’ve been asking “What have I done?” too much lately.
