So Saturday night, I go to the Modern Life Is War show at the local VFW. I bring with me my "distro" (read as: two crates full of CDs I want to get rid of) and set up on the table closest to the girl taking door money. We get to talking, and somehow it comes out that I work at AP. At this point, a different girl who was sitting nearby perks up and ( Read more... )

I want to write to you, but I have nothing to write about.

I want to talk to you, but I'm afraid of what I might say.

I want to confess to you, but I don't want you pitying me.

I want to thank you, but I don't want to look weak.

I want you to read this and think it's about you, but I worry that you won't care.

Fuck you, internet!

NEW SOMERSET SONG POSTED!

Hear "Rhyme Over Reason" at Purevolume or MySpace right now! Plus, both "More Than Answers" and "Peppermint Gunpowder" have been made available as free downloads! Check it out!

The band will be debuting a new song off Pandora every Monday until the record's release, so keep checking back for new music!


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In the new issue of Spin, they had a special listing their choices for the top 100 albums since 1985 (the year of Spin's inception). I've provided the whole thing below, with the bolded releases being the ones I own.

100. The Strokes - Is This It99. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen ( Read more... )

Tonight, as I was heading out of my apartment to watch the fireworks down at Lakewood Park, Julie called me up and invited me over to watch the fireworks display from her house, where we could see both the display from Tower City and the display from Jacobs Field. I took her up on the offer.

So, without further ado:

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Oh, by the way: July 1st was the one-year anniversary of me moving to Cleveland (well, Lakewood, to be precise).

If you had still planned on getting me a housewarming present, it might be a little late now.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the best website ever:

AWKShare.com

Your one and only source for rare Andrew WK audio and video. I've been snagging stuff off here all night long, but by far the best thing is this.

What is it, you ask?

A FULL VIDEO OF THE AWK SHOW IN PITTSBURGH BACK IN MARCH THAT ME, KIRBY, P FRESH AND CRAZY CIATTI ALL ( Read more... )

I learned today that Lakewood, Ohio -- the city I live in -- is the most densely populated city between Chicago and New York City.

I thought that was kinda neat.

Also, I broke my big toe on my right foot (same one I broke last year) at about 3am last night.

How did I break it?

I tripped on a pillow.

Awesome.