I smoked these for about a month. Until someone called me out on why.

Jawbreaker – Chesterfield King
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I walked into the bathroom the other day at school and saw my hair, and my initial reaction was to say to myself, aloud, “Lookin’ good.” Delivery so dry, that when I realized that the person sitting in the stall probably heard me, he probably thought I was being serious. I laughed.

On repeat. Off to Seattle. Have a great time, where ever you are, people. Like, jpk says, it’s not worth it if you don’t.

Your Heart Breaks – Will we ever

Sleep? Who needs sleep?

Iron & Wine – Waiting for a Superman
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I will miss this job.

kid: These computers are so slow.
me: Well, sometimes you just gotta live with it. Life is a disappointment.
kid: (walks away, humming mission impossible theme).

Hey, it’s a podcast! Listen to my morning voice. Enjoy:

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Don’t want my dumbass intro/outro? Here’s the directory, because I can’t be bothered to write it all out: 5 minute mix.

Broken hearts want broken necks.

There’s a short interview with Ian Mackaye in the latest issue of Tape Op, and he talks a little bit about song writing: “To write a song that makes you want to hear it again, a song that you want to hear twice. Fuck once — anybody can do that. Make it interesting enough that people want to hear it a second time.”

Modest Mouse – Broke
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This is one of those early Modest Mouse songs that is just three minutes of two chords, but the rhythm section here is so on, I just want to listen to it over and over again. Jeremiah Green’s intricacy on the drums — It’s so solid and crisp, but not like those drummers that just do fills the whole time. His dynamics are perfect, and the recording is spot on. At the end, it feels a little bit rushed, but it’s lively, something that’s missing from their later records.

I forgot you can embed this stuff. Rick and I worked on this a couple years back, with help from Ben and Owl. I encourage you to give it a terrible (or great!) rating on YouTube.