R.I.P. Some Girls (2002 - 2007)
R.I.P. Blood Brothers (1997 - 2007)
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
Sportsball
I don't hate baseball. I quite enjoy it on certain occasions. And I certainly don't begrudge those that really get into it. I get excited over lots of things that most people would find boring or insipid, so I have no place to judge what other people find interesting.
With that said...
WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK BOSTON?!? IT'S JUST A BASEBALL GAME.
Seriously. I'm glad you're having a great time, but the world doesn't need to start and stop because the team you're vicariously living through wins or loses. Campus-wide warnings and 'safe alternatives to enjoy the game' should not be required. Cops should not have to patrol the area all night. I shouldn't have to be kept awake until 3 in the goddamn morning because assholes are driving up and down Huntington Ave., holding their car horns down, and yelling "WHOOOOO, RED SOX!!!" We shouldn't have to worry that there will be more needless violence like that which occurred during the Patriots riot or the Red Sox riot in 2004 - both of which led to the deaths of college students.
Maybe I should get into the things I like as much as people get into the Red Sox. You know, I'm still really fucking pumped about that A Wilhelm Scream CD. I'm going to hold it over my head and run up and down the street, kicking over trash cans and yelling my brains out, at 2 o'clock in the morning. I feel that is my prerogative. The whole city needs to know just how much I like them.
With that said...
WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK BOSTON?!? IT'S JUST A BASEBALL GAME.
Seriously. I'm glad you're having a great time, but the world doesn't need to start and stop because the team you're vicariously living through wins or loses. Campus-wide warnings and 'safe alternatives to enjoy the game' should not be required. Cops should not have to patrol the area all night. I shouldn't have to be kept awake until 3 in the goddamn morning because assholes are driving up and down Huntington Ave., holding their car horns down, and yelling "WHOOOOO, RED SOX!!!" We shouldn't have to worry that there will be more needless violence like that which occurred during the Patriots riot or the Red Sox riot in 2004 - both of which led to the deaths of college students.
Maybe I should get into the things I like as much as people get into the Red Sox. You know, I'm still really fucking pumped about that A Wilhelm Scream CD. I'm going to hold it over my head and run up and down the street, kicking over trash cans and yelling my brains out, at 2 o'clock in the morning. I feel that is my prerogative. The whole city needs to know just how much I like them.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Random
I got a call from my dad today, saying that Billy Corgan, the singer for the Smashing Pumpkins, was in his shop today. My dad wasn't there himself, but my grandfather was helming the desk and called to tell him that "William Corgan, who's in some 'something something pumpkins' band" bought a couple thousand dollars worth of furniture. Pretty crazy.
good tunes
2007 has been a pretty amazing year for music so far. There have been some big disappointments, sure - Smashing Pumpkins, Kings of Leon, From Autumn To Ashes. But there have been some incredible albums, some that have just blown me away.
As of last Monday, I was pretty sure what my top album of the year was going to be. It was kind of boring and predictable to pick the new album by your favorite band, but Every Time I Die's newest, The Big Dirty, is pretty great and is another solid evolution of their sound. Then A Wilhelm Scream's new album, Career Suicide, dropped on Tuesday and I was in love after the first listen through. Holy shit do they fucking tear things up. 13 songs, and not a clunker among them. 35 minutes of barn-burning fury. The lyrics, the vocals, the guitars, the drumming - they have delivered on everything. I've loved their last 2 albums, but this is simply beyond them in every way shape and form.
There are a couple records left to come out this year that I'm really looking forward to - Jimmy Eat World, The Hives, Thrice, and The Dillinger Escape Plan. Thrice's sounds pretty bad, but I'll give it a chance. Dillinger and JEW have a chance of being really great, so I'm waiting with baited breath for those. I think all those records have leaked online already, but I still have plenty of already-released stuff to listen and re-listen to, so I can wait. Hell, I've only listened to the new Radiohead album once - coming out a day after Career Suicide didn't exactly work in its favor, haha.
As of last Monday, I was pretty sure what my top album of the year was going to be. It was kind of boring and predictable to pick the new album by your favorite band, but Every Time I Die's newest, The Big Dirty, is pretty great and is another solid evolution of their sound. Then A Wilhelm Scream's new album, Career Suicide, dropped on Tuesday and I was in love after the first listen through. Holy shit do they fucking tear things up. 13 songs, and not a clunker among them. 35 minutes of barn-burning fury. The lyrics, the vocals, the guitars, the drumming - they have delivered on everything. I've loved their last 2 albums, but this is simply beyond them in every way shape and form.
There are a couple records left to come out this year that I'm really looking forward to - Jimmy Eat World, The Hives, Thrice, and The Dillinger Escape Plan. Thrice's sounds pretty bad, but I'll give it a chance. Dillinger and JEW have a chance of being really great, so I'm waiting with baited breath for those. I think all those records have leaked online already, but I still have plenty of already-released stuff to listen and re-listen to, so I can wait. Hell, I've only listened to the new Radiohead album once - coming out a day after Career Suicide didn't exactly work in its favor, haha.
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