A Cry for Help

I’m constantly noticing signs that I’m getting old*. All the Red Sox rookies are younger than me, I think the kids these days are degenerates, and WBRU’s “retro lunch” is completely comprised of singles that I distinctly remember being “screamers of the week” (new music). And today I ran across a good one:
Greg, he writes [...]

So I was thinking about posting on Mondays about whatever I’ve been listening to most over the the previous week. That was Sunday. Now it’s Wednesday, and I’ve spent the last 2 days meaning to write about how amazing Sufjan Stevens is, and how his album Illinois has been by far the most played playlist [...]

I miss Billy’s site. I still check it every day. It’s turning into a ghosttown…just like the OLD WEST!!!!!
Anyhoo, i probably should write more, but i’m at work, and, while that wouldn’t normally stop me, i just can’t think of anything else to say.
I just wanted to say hi. So, [...]

I’m a sucker for horns anyway, but this song by the Decemberists is wonderfully infectious. Made me rush right out and get the album Picaresque (hooray for vocabulary rock. See also Pavement and Bad Religion), which I’m getting into between TV shows and hive-painting. Good stuff.
The question I have is why haven’t Mike or Nightwing [...]

I also have been listening to Motion City Soundtrack’s I Am the Movie which has made me realize I have no idea whether or not it’s good. All this emo-crossover stuff has ruined everything. Usually I just wait until Nightwing gets around to sorting it out for me (I can wait, I have about 300 [...]

It’s practically 2006, but here is my much anticipated (by Bil) best of 2004 music list. At first when I looked back I thought that 2004 was a great year for music. Upon further examination I realized that 2004 actually was a misstep - what actually increased was my love for music. [...]

Check out the video for “We Will Become Silhouettes”. [from Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess, no less -bil]
I’m in love with Jenny Lewis. Her and the chick that sings with Broken Social Scene. If you don’t know Broken Social Scene; run, don’t walk to the record store and buy “You Forgot It In [...]

Since we’re voting today I thought it would be a good time to mention that The Presidents of the United States of America have a new album out and it’s got my vote.
I heard the single “Some Postman” on the radio a few weeks ago, and now that song makes me want to jump around [...]

Weezer recorded some great pop songs back in the day. That’s reason enough to dig the band, but that doesn’t tell the whole story on my enjoyment and devotion to Weezer. I continue to follow Weezer even as their recent albums lag, because of their enigmatic frontman, Rivers Cuomo. Sure he has [...]

One of my standard comedic lines is “Music is the soundtrack to my life”. It’s meant to be funny, but at this point I have said it so much that it is starting to have real meaning.
Less than Jake, my favorite band in the world, released a handful of songs from their upcoming b-sides [...]

Before the thread gets too far down, I wanted to link some of the things mentioned in the comments.
Matt recommends Music Plasma. Search for a band you know you like and it gives you a 3D representation of other bands that are similar, or inspired by, your band. It also shows, by size, how influential [...]

A common complaint about the current state of music albums is that people don’t want to pay $15 for a couple of good songs. I’m not sure if this is a true complaint or just another justification for illegal downloading, though it’s probably a valid point. When I was in high school I used [...]