i miss mix tapes. mix cds aren't the same. i miss trying to figure out how to get the most out of the 45 allotted minutes per side. and trying to create the right flow from one song to the next. but this awesome site, mixwit (link is there below the tape) lets you make mixes and customize them and post them here, there and everywhere. and it ( Read more... )

odd title, eh? this week, cmt debuted a new episode of crossroads with robert plant and alison krauss. i already knew the record was excellent, but the performance was jaw-droppingly good. the band was led by the album's producer, t-bone burnett, and featured guitarist marc ribot. it was some of the best music on television i've ever seen/heard. ( Read more... )

how awesome is a two-disc collection of hall and oates going to be when the first song is "she's gone". sure, there's going to be some songs that i've never heard, but when you come out of the blocks with *that* song...you know there's two whole discs of goodness ahead ( Read more... )

lazy sundays are always notorious for my couch, somehow, as if with some sort of beam, pulls me towards it and magnetizes me to it for the bulk of the day. maybe a real world/road rules marathon will be on. even if i haven't seen a second of it before, i all of the sudden can't leave the tv because i have to see how it turns out. or i just get ( Read more... )

i've kinda been sucked into just writing down my thoughts on myspace; it just seems easier since i use it for things other than blogging (mostly listening to music). i also started up a page for an online magazine i hope to get up and running by the summer. you can look at it here, all the content is in the blog section. right now, it's mostly ( Read more... )

truly one of the best things of the week. a whole night of hockeyness. from 6:30 until 1:00-1:30 when the postgame show is over. good good stuff ( Read more... )

i end up just putting everything on my myspace blog instead. i have been neglecting here, i shouldn't ( Read more... )

after years of driving halfway across a big city anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes just to get to band rehearsal, it's so nice to have to drive less than a mile to practice. but both commutes include driving past a smattering of prostitutes. i made that comment when i got to troy's house and he was like, yeah, but that's a dude. either way, seemed ( Read more... )

my carolina hurricanes just won the stanley cup. the greatest trophy in all sports. we almost lost...but in game 7 of a 7 game series, we won. big. rookie goalie cam ward won the playoff mvp award. i went to common grounds and sang "we are the champions" with troy and floyd and shushter and collins and brink singing along ( Read more... )

considering what a bummer it was at the beginning, being down two games and losing both those at home. a place the canes lost at 8 or 9 times all season. now, a rookie goalie has won seven games in a row (tying an nhl record) and the canes are ahead 3-0 over the stinkin' new jersey devils. playoff hockey is so much fun when your team is winning ( Read more... )