#1 Sherwood — Californian indie pop. I’ve been listening to Sherwood ever since the band was featured on Absolutepunk.net in the summer of 2005.

#2 GLAY — Japanese rock. I was introduced to Glay during my senior year of high school (2000!).

#3 Acid House Kings — Swedish indie pop. For this, I blame my brother, and I thank him for it. You know who you are boy. 2007.

#4 The Winter Sounds — indie rock from Georgia. These I found out about from Walter. 2007.

#5 Yellowcard — pop-punk from Florida w/ a violin. I must also blame my brother for this album. He gave me the duplicate copy he got as a Christmas gift from his ex-girlfriend in 2003.

#6 Coldplay — Brit pop/rock. Don’t tell anyone, but I bought the album “Parachutes” from some Russians. And they were a bit shady. I originally started listening though when they broke into pop consciousness in 2000/2001.

#7 The Postal Service — American indie electro-pop. Pizzo told me about these guys in summer 2004 at the Jax STP. Now he’s married and impossible to hunt down, but I still love this album.

#8 Puffy AmiYumi — Japanese pop/rock. Found out about these from James while still working for The Man in 2006.

#9 Weezer — California alt-rock. Originally heard them on KTCL 93.3. Back before the station sold out and went to crap. Started listening in the late ’90s (circa ‘98).

#10 Nuuro — Venezuelan electronica. Luebbe, this one is on you. It’s nice, mellow, flowing, and I understand why you’d want to listen to it. 2007.

Categories: Music
Tags: Acid House Kings, Coldplay, GLAY, Nuuro, Puffy AmiYumi, Sherwood, The Postal Service, The Winter Sounds, Weezer, Yellowcard

What’s up? Ok, so I thought I’d post something real. Not significant, not life altering, but hey, why not tell you what’s going on?

I got the newest Yellowcard album yesterday courtesy of my youngest brother’s ex-girlfriend. He’d already bought it but then after they broke up she bought it for him as a Christmas gift. I’ve now inherited it. w00t. Lyrics to Twentythree are posted. The lyrics and style of this song are reticent of the entire album — lots of influence by women and the usual disappointment that comes from them being a pinnacle to which men flock.

I’ve started getting some work done on my English class. I’m currently (although entirely distracted at the moment) working on Lesson 4. There’s a total of 13 lessons and two exams. The exams need proctored so I’m waiting till I get back to Lincoln to do them, but I can get the rest of the writing done now.

So, you’ve probably read the essay I wrote recently. If any of you have comments, please leave them. I’m interested in getting responses even if those comments disagree with me.

(Side note: Phil’s having trouble with his website right now in case any of you wonder why he hasn’t had any new posts recently. It’ll be fixed as soon as possible.)

I bought a couple books from the used bookstore today. They should keep me busy for a while. One is about the “Great Train Robbery” and the other is a fantasy novel by Robert Jordan. That’ll give me something new to read once I’ve finished re-reading Ender’s Shadow and it’s sequels.

The dog rocks. Look at her stretch. She wags her tail when mom is around. She mopes when mom isn’t around. Whatever’s going on though, she’s always up for some frisbee in the park across the street.

Hmm, a song by Demon Hunter is on the radio. Never heard them before. ’80s band? I don’t know.

There’s been news lately about a couple of album mixes. Somebody mixed Jay-Z’s “Black Album” with The Beatles’ “White Album” to create the “Grey Album”. Now, somebody’s mixed the “Black Album” with Weezer’s “Blue Album” to create the “Black & Blue Album”. Interesting stuff, for sure, but I can’t personally recommend Jay-Z. He’s a typical rapper, and by typical I mean plenty of swearing and whatnot.

Categories: Life, Music
Tags: college, Phil, The Grey Album, Yellowcard