( some people were obviously not playing )

copied from chiba* Put your music player on random ( Read more... )

I am so glad I went to the trouble of going down to Jammin' Java last night to see Liam Finn. Liam & EJ were on fire, whether out of artistic exuberance, exhaustion, or endrunkness I don't know. Perhaps a combination. I never remember to take myself out of the moment and write down a set list, but they definitely did Better to Be, Energy Spent, ( Read more... )

I just had an amazing experience. My A&P classmate brought her daughter over because she had expressed an interest in playing the drums. She was so excited - it was totally awesome. Also since my house clearly looks like I've never grown up, she thought I was super cool. Hah! Kid, if you think I am cool, I like your style, but you may be in trouble ( Read more... )

A while back someone posted on the Genesis forums a question about what albums are good from start to finish, that do not have a bad song on them, that you'd happily listen to from beginning to end. Then today whiskey_poptart asked basically the same question, and I was like, wait! I need more data on this! The Genesis forum people are a little... biased, I'd say ( Read more... )

Either it's a normal Friday, or the LJ boycott is cutting into my entertainment-break reading material. Probably the former ( Read more... )

So after all my fretting I had a great time last night. DC9 is like a block from the metro (thank you turbogrrl for explaining what they should on their website!) so that was cake. I walked in and of course there was the immediate "ugh, frowny hipsters" and it was PACKED because they hadn't let anyone upstairs yet so I ended up standing outside the bathroom ( Read more... )

OMG WHO WILL GO SEE LIAM FINN WITH ME AT DC9???!

Also contemplating Rush at Nissan Pavilion. Am I going to loathe going to Nissan Pavilion? I've never been.

Itunes meme: Found at tommxHow many songs total: 7018 ( Read more... )

Discovery: The first recordings of something-like Split Enz (heard on the Enzology podcast part 1, Tim Finn & Mike & Jeff Chunn) recorded in 1969 sound just like the first Genesis album (From Genesis to Revelation) sans strings (added by the producer) recorded in 1969. Maybe a hundred or a thousand other bands made albums that sounded like this, ( Read more... )