I'd bet there are people on here that thought I'd never update again. I can't say that I ever thought I would either, but here I am in Mi with surplus time on my hands. For the first time in a year I'm not running around this country trying to do as much as I can in a short frame of time ( Read more... )

Clone Defects are playing a New Year's Eve show in Detroit. Hopefully I'll be there. It depends if I have the funds to do both Chicago and Detroit in one weekend. It is feasable, so we'll see.

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While Christmas shopping this weekend I refused to buy myself anything. Then again, I was in GR, and even though I tried not to (honest), I ended up elbow deep in thrift store records. I'm always hoping I'm going to stumble across some garage gems since apparently Grand Rapids had a good sized garage scene long ago. (www.grandrapidsrocks.com) So ( Read more... )

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Coppens didn't lie. The Gin Blossoms ARE actually good. Their first album is full of great pop songs. It's just people are too bullshit and macho to admit that they are good. I'm really digging them right now ( Read more... )

Zero Boys.

Chicago.

December 30th.

Oh yes.

The new Black Lips record "In Bloom" is now my favorite album of year. Just narrowly nosing out the King Khan and BBQ show. At least for right now ( Read more... )

I had a post and let you guys know about this great site my friend Shelly informed me about. Its called Pandora, and can be found at: http://www.pandora.com/Read more... )

I love nothing more than a good mix tape. One that someone took time with, thought out, and crafted. I enjoy making a good mix tape almost as much as listening to one that was made for me. To spend an evening hawking quality wind with my dog and putting some of my favorite tracks on a tape is one of my favorite time killers ( Read more... )