i find it amusing that "professionals" are the ones that act the most like babies. 

it figures that the year i have an actual outlet for my 10 music picks, there aren't any albums that left a lasting impression on me. albums by Beach House, Fleet Foxes, No Age, Notwist, M83 were all great but none of them affected me the way albums in the past have. So instead i made a list of my top songs from 2008. Check it out at http:// ( Read more... )

Last weekend I took the faraway journey down to Florida to play at the Fest 7 in Gainseville. We left at around noon on Friday, before making stops in Columbus and Cincinnatti to pick up members of the Sidekicks. We didn't arrive in Gainesville until 7:30 in the morning on Saturday and once we got there, our place to sleep fell through. So we ( Read more... )

I wonder when this summer is over if I will feel like I had a summer. Of course I had a summer, just not one like the years that I've grown accustom to. Five weeks of class sort of drain you of the usual summer-like aura. But the rest of the summer will no doubt be bonkers ( Read more... )

the no age album rules. some of it has these moments of kent-ness, in that some parts remind me of old kent feel. noisy guitars with sublime textures. i think im most excited to see them at p-fork fest this year. i want them to be this year's Twilight Sad, but that's too much to ask ( Read more... )

there are always three things that you wish you didn't say, things you wish you said differently or things that you should have said during the course of each day. just the littlest of things. these things are never really of much importance. but if these three things were eliminated from a days worth of conversations, they would generally ( Read more... )

u: "ben, so i heard you've been kind of sick ( Read more... )

Title: Annabel & Tin Armor Tour Spring Break 2008 (aka The "Here's the Thing..." Tour 08 ( Read more... )

i'm about to leave for tour and it doesn't even feel like i'm going anywhere yet. school has mentally distracted me from any of the impending fun i'm about to partake in. i just got out of class one, i have class two in 15 minutes, then i will rush down to Columbus to meet up with Tin Armor before heading to Cincinnati ( Read more... )

comment and i'll give you a letter; then you have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. afterwards, post this in your journal and give out some letters of your own ( Read more... )