JANUARY 2013


A new year. A new start. A fresh attitude. Over the years, I've realized that it wasn't just me - a lot of people take that "clean slate - start anew" strategy.  I always thought I was the only one that had to "start over", as if everything up to then was a total failure.

Well, here we go - a new year. Can I keep up the resolutions  - to distance myself from negativity? to get in great shape and feel good? to finally be able to play guitar better?

Speaking of which - although I don't put as much time into it as I should, I am getting better at guitar. I hope to finally excel at it this year.

And, in just days - graduate school starts.  Yikes. Say goodbye to a good night's sleep for the next 3 years, I guess.

My escape is, and always will be...music.  Read on, if you dare....

The very beautiful song by this band called Echo and Drake sits at the top. It's a strange thing when you love a song by a band that you know nothing about.  These aren't the days of youth, with MTV and a more intimate knowledge of your musical heroes!  This goes for Tim Hecker and Telekinesis, too. I just have no desire to do searched on them - that passion is gone.  I would have probably done that as a kid, had we had the internet.

Blondie's "Panic of Girls", a pretty good disc, is still charting much more than a year after its release.  Notice back in 2003 it was all about hard alternative music.  What a great time that never got boring. There was a lot of distortion, yelling, and energy in the multitudinous bands of the era, but they are all different and creative.  System of a Down wasn't much like Korn. Blindside is a Swedish band that is still around. "Pitiful" is the only song of theirs I know.  And the Nirvana song?  I love it - a posthumous release, relative to Kurt Cobain, obviously.  I can't believe its almost been TWENTY years since the end of Nirvana.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, one and all. Be kind to others.

JANUARY 2013

1. "Morning Dove", by Echo and Drake 3, 1, 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC7DaYd_4H0

2. "Irresistible Force", by Jane's Addiction 2, 2, 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVOi5Hdbd7Q

3. "Please Ask for Help", by Telekinesis 4, 3, 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCaQEMcSaQE

4. "Sleeping Giant", by Blondie 5, 4, 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrHvPkxoWgE

5. "In the Fog, Part I/II/III", by Tim Hecker 1, 1, 8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytQLA77X6Qw


JANUARY 2012

1. "Open the Door", by Implodes 1, 1, 3
2. "Midnight City", by M83 -, 2, 1
3. "At the Edge", by Queensryche 5, 3, 2
4. "Horizontal Twist", by Blondie 4, 4, 2
5. "Last Name London", by Theophilus London 2, 2, 3

JANUARY 2003

1."Thoughtless", by Korn
2. "Prayer", by Disturbed
3. "Pitiful", by Blindside
4. "You May Be Right", by Nirvana
5. "Aerials", by System of a Down



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