a shout out to the city of wind

One of my favorite bands is on the rocks. I don't like to hear the word 'hiatus' from a band. Especially when its preceded by the word 'indefinate.' Lucky Boys Confusion, a pop-punk band from Chicago has yet to announce fall shows, and according the the band, they most likely won't be any. Granted they've played for around 9 years, (I remember Bossman and Fred Astaire from Junior year of HS, and they were already pretty popular.) Vikas sealed the deal my Freshman year of college w/ tracks like Saturday Night, One to the Right, and the Power (acoustic only up until a year ago). Commitment could be one of the better ALBUMS in my entire collection. But above all, these guys ROCK a live show. Heavy drinkers, especially when on stage, they thrive on the bar scene. I can only wish to put on a show as bad-ass as LBC. As a side note, I've never disappointed anyone by reccomending LBC, they've almost got as good a track record as Speechwriters LLC.
Favorite LBC tracks (in no particular order):
1. Medicine and Gasoline
2. Saturday Night
3. The Struggle
4. Atari
5. Closer to Our Graves
6. Breaking Rules
7. 40-80
8. Arizona Stand
9. Dumb Pop Song
10. Broken

Take your time, guys. Don't force it.
Here's to you, the good life, and me.

Raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens, etc.

Things I'm hooked on recently:
1. Lost
2. Imogen Heap (of Frou Frou)
3. Pickup Switch setting 5 (towards the neck)
4. Scrubs re-runs on Comedy Central.
5. The Office.
6. Half-Life 2

Things that piss me off recently:
1. Blogger and its inconsistency.
2. U/W's who think I'll do their work for them.
3. Losing an entire post that you really like.
4. Mislabeled iPod songs.
5. Teenagers who tYpE LiKe ThIs on overdone blogs w/ more lights, moving backgrounds, and sparkles than a 4th of july parade. K.I.S.S. (wikipedia it if you have to)

Top 25 Most Played

After Roscommon posted his top played songs on shamROCK, I was compelled (and possibly coerced) to do likewise for Love Is A Stream... So here they are, only 5 months old, my most played singles. (For the record, I also listen to alot of CD's/Full albums at work, so White Stripes, John Mayer Trio, Carbon Leaf, and the like are probably misrepresented here.)

1. Love and Memories - Of A Revolution (OAR)
2. Lay Down - OAR
3. Spaghetti Streetwalker - Speechwriters LLC
4. The Sound of Settling - The Postal Service
5. Follow - Incubus (live @ Red Rocks)
6. The Warmth - Incubus
7. All Mixed Up - 311
8. Gracie - Ben Folds
9. Who Did You Think I Was - JM3
10. Heard the World - OAR
11. Solar Flare - 311
12. I'll bet that you look good on the dance floor - Arctic Monkeys
13. Landed - Ben Folds
14. Speak Easy - 311
15. Amber - 311
16. Homebrew - 311
17. The only difference between martyrdom and... - Panic! at the disco
18. The Struggle - Lucky Boys Confusion
19. Save Your Last Breath - Towncrier
20. Classic Heart-breaking Bitches - Speechwriters LLC
21. Take the $$ and Run - Stever Miller Band
22. Protection - Damon Dotson Band
23. When the president talks to god - Bright Eyes
24. Amber - Towncrier
25. Don't Let Me Go - Little Mojo

Congrats to locals Damon Dotson, Little Mojo, and TC for making the cut with the bigwigs. Next September I'll report back... See you then.

ask the axis (he knows, he knows)

When it rains it pours. Life is a roller coaster. When things are good, its tough to make calls on which opportunities to jump on, and which to pass up. Similarly, when things are bad, it seems like they're never be good again. Work is going really well, a new responsibility and new project almost every week; meeting with supervisors and directors, being offered opportunities to expand and grow after only a few months. Work is work, but at least I don't dread every day of it. There are much worse jobs out there. But. BUT, I feel like I'm leaving a BIG part of me behind. I need to have music in my life. I think I can have both. I will. Then, when I'm at my most distressed about my lack of musical direction in my life, I get an offer (more of a heavy suggestion, request) to be road manager of a band I've become friends with. These guys are really good guys, and of the bands I know, these guys have a chance to really do well. Plus, I could open occasionally, getting priceless experience in both performing and the whole music life routine. Can I balence both? I'd be BUSY (I just typed 'busty' and made myself laugh out loud at work) and that's an understatement. I can't see how I can pass up the opportunity to make valuable connections with Towncrier and the Nadas.
I've been playing alot more lately. Playing with the 'less is more' style. Straight 12 bar blues, pop-style progressions w/ only 3 chords and the like. And the occasional hendrix song. John Mayer makes me realize that I need to practice more.