In happier news, I went to see 10 String Symphony and Tattletale Saints last night. My friend Justin joined me and a good time was had by all. Spent some time catching up with my Nashville pals, collected some soul-nourishing hugs, and got to know a new friend better. Justin is talking about possibly moving away from Portland, likely just ( Read more... )

I hadn't really thought about it, but when the folks at work saw me doing my PT exercises for my neck, it became clear that I look like I'm simulating a blowjob. Except my mouth is closed. The therapist called it the "chicken neck," but really it's just me bobbing my head back and forth. And I've been doing this at my desk all day. Maybe I can ( Read more... )

I don't know if it has more to do with the particular moment in time, or just the age that I was, but the songs that were top 40 hits when I was in middle school (1993-1996) have this amazing staying power -- I can go for literally years without hearing it, and then a song like "Breakfast at Tiffany's" comes on my shuffle, and I can sing along to ( Read more... )

Questions from noodledays. Comment here if you'd like 5 questions from me ( Read more... )

Seriously obsessed with Hayes Carll lately. His music is incredibly twangy, kind of bluesy-country. I just find it soothing. I've been listening to a youtube mix of his stuff at work all morning ( Read more... )

"You be the sinner, I'll be the sin ( Read more... )

I'm still woefully behind on reading my friends list, and updating here about my own exciting times, but before I let life get too far away from me, I wanted to at least post some quick updates ( Read more... )

We knew it was coming, but now that their breakup is official, it feels right to reflect on what Girlyman has meant to me for the past ten years ( Read more... )

It can be really difficult for me to get into new music. Usually I have to be at a live performance to really get into something for the first time, and these days most of the new music I hear comes through my running station on Pandora, and while I like some of the poppy hip hop jams, it's not really stuff I'd share with my friends and say "You've ( Read more... )

I've been on a real nostalgia kick lately, and so I've been surfing YouTube for 90's music videos, and then following the web of suggestions through so many of my old forgotten favorites.

God damn, the 90's were angsty.

I mean, that's not a revelation.  It's easy to tell that from the music alone.  But I guess it's easy to look at that time in my ( Read more... )