I promise, this time it won't be a novel. ;)  Do give me some of your picks!

Shorter blurbs, max three samples and one personal favourite (<) per album. Let me know if you want to hear more from any artist.
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(Two enormous LJ-cuts ahead...)

This year's been a stellar year for music so far.  I enjoyed compiling the giant list last year (which I realise I didn't publish here, but I've just done it now), but the sheer size of that is probably too daunting for anyone to peruse, so I figure I'd split this year's edition into two halves, this one being January ( Read more... )

So I realise I kinda just left my last entry on a negative note, and I really shouldn't have ( Read more... )

Back in Vancouver.

Sigh...it's like my new life was just ripped out from under me.  I suppose things go back to normal now.

After working yet again today (ugh), I now have 42 hours of overtime saved up (yay) from just the past seven weeks.  Assuming I can take an entire week off, where should I jet off to ( Read more... )

Having not had hot water in my apartment for four days and counting now, I've definitely learned to appreciate the little things.  At least my fridge is back to working condition, despite some spoiled food, and the moths are mostly gone, thanks to my roommate cleaning things up a bit.  And at least the water tonight wasn't as freezing cold as it ( Read more... )

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I've abandoned this poor thing.  Oops ( Read more... )

I'm bored, so here's a giant list of the music I've discovered this year, at least what I can think of!

Almost all tracks or even albums should be available on elbo.ws or a good Google search, but I've included links anyway- mostly YouTube, others Songza or random blogs. Some are videos, some are just audio; some are album recordings and some are ( Read more... )

New York City, here I come...again. Only this time it's four months instead of one day. Here's the company: http://www.wirelessgeneration.com

I'm excited, apprehensive, conflicted, optimistic, scared...all at the same time.