I knew Aaron. He was a good guy. He and I dreamt of making music over coffee at the Waffle House on 54th (or was it 52nd ST?). I loved him more than I love my own brother. He and I kept in touch for a long time. Damn.
Yeah, that is my mom's maiden name and it may become our soon to b eborn son's middle name as well. Who knows, we may be related.
I still keep in touch with Hugh pretty regularly and have had some contact with others like Gid and Lanny and Matt and Brian.
Thanks man. It's a lot of fun. We are just about finished with our first studio recording. It should be ready in December.
What are you doing in Denver? How long have you been there?
Arular - MIA
Alright, Still - Lily Allen
Parallel Play - Sloan
Cold & Kind - The 1900s
The Hazards of Love - The Decemberists
Robyn - Robyn
Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? - Of Montreal
Tallahassee - The Mountain Goats
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon
T…
seconding 'the oughts,' except it is properly spelled 'the aughts,' as the ou-spelling meads 'should have' while the au-spelling means 'nothing' or 'zero.'
no list here.
off the top of my head the records that stay with me over the past decade:
W…
I love procrastinating with this kind of stuff. Here is a start, no order or top 10, but what I would place in the top 100 or so:
Boris, "Pink" and "Smile" and "Amplfier Worship"
School of Seven Bells, "Alpinisms"
Keren Ann, "Keren Ann" and "la Disp…
Futureheads- debut, Area ep
Hives-Vedi Vini Vicious , Tyrannosaurus Hives
Exploding Hearts-Guitar Romantics
Jay Reatard-Blood Vision
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds-The Lyre of Orpheus, Dig Lazarus, Dig!!! No More Shall We Part
Hope Sandoval & the Warm In…