I got to work this morning, and was told. dude. you don’t look alright. you don’t even sound alright.

Correct. I look, smell, feel, sound like ass. All of the senses.

Lets take a quick jaunt at the weekend in retrospect shall we?

Friday morning. Get to the rental car at ATL airport at 11:30. drive fast, because, i was meeting up with guiltyview to provide for him a ticket in exchange for some sweet design work (of which, i have something for you sir. or a request…) got stuck behind a cop north of valdosta (around sparks, ga…) but,…

anyway: the story goes as such. i'm a sap. i've always been a sap. i'm also naive as hell at times when it comes to women and am overly nice. that said: i met this girl at a show in chicago. she's living in detroit. we had mutual friends, but only talked on the internet. we started dating. blah blah blah. 3 months later, she's like, i'm feeling awful, depressed, having a bad night. i thought. well. i'm going to take a 7 hour train ride and surprise her at work. so i took a train to detroit… and it…

No order…

1Bear Vs Shark - Right Now, You're in the Best of Hands
2ATDI - Vaya
3ATDI - Relationship of Command
4Archers of Loaf - Vee Vee
5Ampere - All Our Tomorrows End Today
6Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
7Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
8Autechtre - Untitled
9Botch - We Are the Romans
10Braid - Frame and Canvas (if we're not talking live albums, lucky to be alive slaaaays)
11Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
12Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors
13Cave In - Beyond Hypothermia
14Christie Front Drive - Stereo
15Christie Front…

this normally is 10 artist. but i'm bumping it up because of my. well. proclivity for mediocrity…

1) Brand New: oh, you progressed so well into overproduction land! you also think you're too cool for school.

2) Explosions in the Sky: Think they can play their post-rock card for another few years. They haven't done anything innovative in years.

3) Weezer: Oh god. Rivers Cuomo. You suck. You are the most pathetic trash I've seen since Three Days Grace. I haven't listened to your new album, but if it's as good as Beverly Hills. I aughta…

Okay, so here's the deal.

20 albums of this year.
20 albums from other years that i didn't dig until this year.
10 albums that suck.

first…
THE TOP 20 ALBUMS OF THIS YEAR.
20. Radiohead - In rainbows
Cliche maybe, but at 20? You're probably saying, Dan, you're a prick, you just hate on radiohead. Not true. I think amnesiac was a phenomenal album (which, to most people who tell me, uh, didn't you think that Ok Computer was better? I just laugh). Solid, aggressively radiohead. Which obviously means it's distant, cold, not inviting, but composed with such odd…

My 1,2,3,4 artists have been removed for their lack of interestingness.

So, i skipped to number four…

1. Jawbox
2. Nation of Ulysses (who i'm listening to now)
3. Drive like Jehu (who as i'm posting this, am listening to)
4. Shellac(back to Chicago)
5. June of 44 (I think i can see where i'm heading now)
6. Don Caballero
7. Faraquet(So underrated. Cut Self Not was a supreme track)
8.Burning Airlines(back to Jawbox, ish, without bill barbot)
9. Channels (at this point i realized i was cheating, and wasn't picking the first band on the…

One
Christie Front Drive reunites for a one off in denver in early september.
oh yes.

It's amazing.

I mean. small brown bike is doing one of those in chicago in the same week.

the question is.
who's next? evergreen?, mineral, commander venus?

yeah.
either way.
everyone should take note.

it's not like the texas is the reason show where no one could go because it sold out nearly instantaiously.
the promise ring was better because i mean, i bought tickets the day of. and everyone enjoyed. especially having jim adkins from jimmy eat world come out…

So, I suppose you could basically say that an Alkaline Trio hoodie was the basis of starting what would be a three year long (and still on-going) relationship of rock. If it wasnt for the hoodie, maybe our band wouldnt even be together today. Ok, so thats a stretch. But regardless, I (Brian, guitar) met Nick Mayoral (drums, hoodie-wearer) the first day of Music Theory 101 at the College of DuPage in the fall of 2004. We talked and immediately bonded in our mutual pursuit and, yes, fear, of a career in music, and in our desire to play our…

So, I suppose you could basically say that an Alkaline Trio hoodie was the basis of starting what would be a three year long (and still on-going) relationship of rock. If it wasnt for the hoodie, maybe our band wouldnt even be together today. Ok, so thats a stretch. But regardless, I (Brian, guitar) met Nick Mayoral (drums, hoodie-wearer) the first day of Music Theory 101 at the College of DuPage in the fall of 2004. We talked and immediately bonded in our mutual pursuit and, yes, fear, of a career in music, and in our desire to play our…

you listen to elliot smith more than just casually.

it's the same idea as people who listen to journey only at certain times.

i'm tired. i'm tired.

it's actually quite fascinating on how your mind cannot stop. as fierce as you try to make your mind quit. and change subjects. your trying fails.

i feel very return of the jedi right now.

i can strike.
i have the lightsaber next to me.
the ability to strike the emperor.

just i know if i do. i've falling into a horrible trap. but god, all logical sense is to dive headfirst and…