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Sunday, July 08, 2007

CHEEZE IT, THE FEDS!!!

well, actually - the Police.

who I saw at wrigley field on Friday. Life changing...

They were pretty good seats, the band played flawlessly, the ticket i really can't afford was more than worth it. Stewart Copeland is like a top 5 drummer on my list (jimmy chamberlin, damon atkinson and him probably round out the top 3, actually - and not in any particular order).

To see them playing again in that giant sold out arena setting was just amazing. There really isn't another band that sounds like them - that's not easy to do. Other 80's music that i still listen to, like Tears For Fears (OH YES!!! THAT IS FUCKING RIGHT!!!), have the distinct sound, but does it lead to multi-country sold out arena reunion tours? I think not...

let's see, reunions - they reunited. The smashing pumpkins (kind of) reunited. Genesis has reunited. There's lots of reunions this year.

I got the new smashing pumpkins album - it's okay. Ummm... 2 songs on it are classic smashing pumpkins rock perfection, 3 other songs are in the flavor of the pumpkins, but the weaker pumpkins songs - the ones they normally saved for Bsides. The rest are filler, in my eyes. Billy's voice sounds digitally altered quite a bit - smoother and lighter with more vocal range than before. Jimmy's drumming is (as always) brilliant. The song United States gives him his once/per/album true spotlight for his ability - really, there's a couple of those per album, but this is the lone standout on this one.

I'm still mad at them for snubbing chicago, and releasing 4 different versions of the album to drive more sales - too commercial for me, considering this band said fuck you to the labels 7 years ago when it put its last album out on the internet for free.

I'm listening to music at Argo Tea right now on my ipod. I have my ipod louder when i'm outside, and when i come in I don't always realize that it's as loud as it is, so i turn it down to tune out some distractions... but i find that no matter the volume, it really consumes me - i notice myself playing air drums and air guitar along to the music in public spaces like buses and argo tea - and then i realize why i'm single.

I AM the crazy guy that plays air instruments while out in public. I'm one step away from dancing as I walk while belting out the words to the songs to people walking down the street.

Awesome.

So now i do the work for the report that's due wednesday and the presentation that's due monday. I think i have enough sources. I think I have all the information I need. I think that i'm ready for school to just be DONE! It will be SO nice.

I guess i should get back to work.

xoxo

posted by grey as mike @ 11:28 AM

1 Comments:

At July 17, 2007 2:58 PM, Megan said…

I'm the person that yells help from moving cars so that's probably why I'm single. That, and I'm one step away from imitating a not-more-than 10-year-old girl while walking through the Portillo's parking lot.

Wait a sec..... I already did that.