I haven't looked to see what anyone's said yet (about anything, actually), but I just finished the first, proper run-through and I'm a little shaky. I get now what the long-time Green Day fans were talking about feeling when they first heard American Idiot, how it clicked on the level that the band's music used to for them and hadn't been recently ( Read more... )

I haven't posted on GDC in so long that I'd completely forgotten what quote I'd used in my board signature. But I *had* to thank janewt for her recap of the Little Rock FBHT show, because that is, in all seriousness, exactly the sort of obsessively detailed accounting that I love to itty bitty pieces - clear and descriptive enough for me to be able ( Read more... )

I has cards. *pleased* For those of you who haven't bought yours yet, might I suggest Winners (aka TJ Maxx in the States)? Seriously, I discovered a couple of years ago that they carry really nice ones that won't break the bank. Some of the handmade fancy type too, if you need/prefer such. Now watch me find the cards I bought last year in the next ( Read more... )

A brief CD review of decemberunderground, because I was finally able to listen to it today - I waited till I could *really* listen and devote my attention to it, repeatedly, and I'm in love. It's brilliant ultimately because it's twelve brand new songs by a band I love that SOUND like they're by the band I love. There are some changes, sure - the ( Read more... )