anyone who knows joey from brandon want to come his crucial moving away beach party in st. augustine tonight? ashley & john are coming straight from lakeland now, so me + sean + you = ROADTRIP. i had the chance to meet some st. augustine kids after modest mouse [which was amazing] monday, and they are a blast.
leave me a note or call my cell!
also, thanks to shannon and ariel. i had an amazing time thursday with all the old crew, and can't wait for this potluck biz to get started. i've been trying my hand at cooking all kinds of crazy vittles the last few weeks, so brace yourself for whatever i conjure up next. hummus from scratch, eggplant parmigiana, and thai spicy peanut chicken satays have been notable successes; pretty much everything i've tried thus far involving tofu being the low points. i'm sure there's some sort of secret to the dark tofu arts i have yet to master, but i'll be damned if it hasn't bested me every time so far.
the shins - chutes too narrow
black eyes - s/t
death cab for cutie - transatlanticism
cursive - the ugly organ
outkast - the love below / speakerboxxx
the postal service - give up [yes, it too makes me cringe when i hear it now, but i think very little else screams '2003' in quite the same way. so many good times.]
the blood brothers - burn piano island burn
on the might of princes - sirens
m83 - dead cities, red seas & lost ghosts
envy - a dead sinking story
honorable mentions, most of which would be just as likely to be on the above list if i was asked the same question a few different times over the space of a week:
the rapture - echoes
belle and sebastian - hello catastrophe waitress
ted leo & rx - hearts of oak
lightning bolt - wonderful rainbow
electric six - fire
alkaline trio - good mourning
enon - hocus pocus
hot hot heat - make up the breakdown
rachels - systems/layers
the jealous sound - kill them with kindness
interpol - turn on the bright lights
the strokes - room on fire
decemberists - her majesty
the mars volta - deloused in the comatorium
single of the year:
two way tie between outkast - hey ya! & the rapture - house of jealous lovers.