My god.   This is what it's come to, blogging, where creativity comes to die.  Have I truly used up every other means of self-expression?  If nothing else I'll consider this an exercise in "creative writing", something I haven't done for a while.  Wow, I'm already having doubts about this, how do I phrase things?  Do I take a coloquial style or should there be an air of formality?  Do I admit I've spent the last ten minutes trying to think up a joke sentence for the comedy rule of threes, or just move on with the writing process?  These are the questions that gnaw at men's souls.  

I feel almost compelled to start taking notes in everyday life, it's a strange thing that's just come into my head recently.  I want to start documenting what's happening.  The irony here is that my life isn't actually interesting enough to warrant documentation, the ongoing life of a 27 year old who spends as much time doing laundry as he does anything else does not make an engrossing read.   So why the compulsion?  Why the sudden feeling that I should start writing again?  

Re-reading what I've already gotten down it feels choppy.  My style hasn't changed much since the days when I used to work on a high school newspaper.  I guess writing is a muscle, if you don't use it then it atrophies and you're left wondering why you're writing in the first place and hoping no one ever sees this terrible mess you've made.  Oh what a mess it is.

So what do I do?  Do I start carrying a notebook around, looking like either the worlds biggest creep or a 1950's newsman?  Do I attribute this all to a misplaced fancy of becoming a writer?  I suppose only time will tell.

favorite albums of 2008:

1. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound

2. Alkaline Trio - Agony and Irony

3. Frank Turner - Love, Ire & Song

4. Dillinger Four - C I V I L W A R

5. No Torso - Ready Already

6. Hold Steady - Stay Positive

7. Murder By Death - Red of Tooth and Claw

8. Dead To Me - Little Brother

9. Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Susquehanna 

10. Old Crow Medicine Show - Tennessee Pusher

favorite movies of 2008

1. Wall - E

2. The Dark Knight

3. Burn After Reading

favorite human being of 2008

Stephen Colbert

2008 mix tape

Frank Turner - I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous

Ben Folds - You Don't Know Me (w/ Regina Spektor)

Murder By Death - Fuego!

The Gaslight Anthem - the '59 sound

No Torso - Suffering in Stereo

Chuck Ragan & Austin Lucas - Bloody Shells

Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Hi & Low

Smoking Popes - The Corner

The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

Austin Lucas - Go West

The Measure (sa) - Drunk by Noon

The Slackers - Estranged

Tim Barry - South Hill

No Use For A Name - The Trumpet Player

Dead To Me - Little Brother

Jolie Holland - Mexico City

Dillinger Four - Gainesville

Alkaline Trio - Ruin It

Captain Squeegee - The Plan

Old Crow Medicine Show - Next Go 'Round

Watch TV or Maybe Listen to Some Husker Du

Good lord I'm a poor blogger, haven't updated since the first of the month, GASP!

So The Ergs! are breaking up, that's a damn shame right there, even if you listen to their music and don't enjoy it you have to admit dorkrockcorkrod is the best album title ever!

So I've been working on this new HP2 song for about two weeks now, which is usually a terrible sign... From what I've come to understand that is usual with most song writers, but I found that with me at least once I work on something for over three days that's when I start to over think and the song goes down the suck drain.  I really like the concept of the song, it's about things that really shouldn't make you happy yet they do (based on a Tara poem), like the comforting skip on your favorite record, you know it's coming and while it should annoy you but you've come to accept it not only as part of the album but it's own unique and wonderful part of the experience.  Every time I hear that skip I smile.  Other examples include run on sentences. 

But yeah, it's a pain in the butt to write and I'm about to give up on it, it sounds like a Loved Ones song and we're not from Jersey so I don't think we can pull it off.  

(FUN NOTE FOR READERS: as I made the Jersey comment Springsteen came on the iTunes, IRONY MUCH!)

 Okay go listen to some pop punk friends!!!!

xoxo,

Dave

Today I had the good fortune to stumble across this link right here.  I suggest everyone click this link and listen, but keep in mind, you're going to need about 2 and a half hours to kill.....

here have a good blog:

http://marmadukeexplained.blogspot.com/

that's all I've got for today

TOODLES!

For Those Who Remember R.O.V

Suburban Legends - I Want More

Chris Era SL, now that's a daily dose of awesome.....

Suburban Legends - High Fives

Damn I miss amazing public access television shows....

So last night I decided, "you know what, I'm tried of being the only person on the planet earth who hasn't seen the Dark Knight (FUN FACT: until last night I was the last person on earth who hadn't seen the Dark Knight), I'm going Imaxin'!" Now remember my last post where I was exalting my own nerd-ness, this is another case of that: the movie started at 7:45, which put it's ending time at about 10:20, upon walking out of the theater I was in a daze, completely blown away by what I had just seen.  I looked up at the marquee and saw the movie was playing again at 11:00 so I said, "that movie was amazing, I'm going to see it again."  That's right, I watched the Dark Knight twice in a row, both times on the Imax screen (given the second time I did get a better seat making it a much different movie going experience!)

Tonight hasn't been quite as interesting, most of my night has been spent drinking Red Stripe and listening to Ken Boothe/Alton Ellis/Byron Lee records, JAMAICAN SKA FTW!!!!!  But it's been a very relaxing evening, I even posted on the HP2 blog (although I forgot to sign in, I'll let you guess which post is mine [hmmmm.....I wonder which it could be?]). Those Jamaican songs are such beautifully crafted pop-songs, memorable melody's, simple yet universal structure, and easily some of the most danceable music on the planet.  

Right now I'm taking a trip down the opposite end of the "ska?" spectrum and listening to the new captain squeegee album, a solid album to be sure.  I sure the term "ska" very very very loosely to describe this one, these guys pretty much did away with the little ska influence they had on their music for this one if favor of a much more progressive rock/punk sound, way hard?

That's all I've got for now I suppose.