3.22.13

(Editor’s Note – In an effort to get caught up, the next few posts, 3/21-3/25 are gonna be like my underpants… brief! Between my MP3 player deleting 140 gigs of music, thank you ghost of Steve “Hand” Jobs, being five days behind in write-ups, and still having to make a playlist for April, the next 15 records I listen to will be lucky to get a line written about them.)

On March 22nd I listened to Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind, Creed My Own Prison, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra II. It was D-Bag Day!

I can honestly say I never listened to a Third Eye Blind album, but the first six songs on this album are all hits! Love ‘em or hate ‘em I know almost every word. I wonder if Stephen Jenkins hates Adam Levine? I think a valid argument could be made that Maroon 5 stole Third Eye Blind’s career. No?

The second six songs on this album suck pretty hard. Is “Motorcycle Drive By” some kind of emo anthem, like a Fall Out Boy song?

I’m definitely not saying I hate this album. Catch me in the right mood and I’ll sing along with “Semi Charmed Life” like it’s the only song on earth. “Those little red panties passed the test,” indeed!

Creed’s stunning debut puts a moral compass on the stained ethos of a divided nation and finds its true north inside a hyperactive conscience.  Think about that.

I think Scott Stapp says it all when he sings “Only in America are we slaves to be free.” That shit’s like Ice Cube’s dick! It runs deep.

I use this website called Best Albums Ever for suggestions for new things to listen to. It’s a pretty cool site. They rank albums by year as they come out. Granted, it’s a wee bit too cool for school, but it’s given me good suggestions. So far this year, according to Best Albums Ever, the My Bloody Valentine album is the best record of 2013. On what fucking planet? I totally need a new place to look for cool shit.

This Unknown Mortal Orchestra is currently ranked No. 11 on the BAE chart. I could barely get passed the name. I don’t have luck with bands that have “orchestra” in their name, except OMD of course.

It’s funny because I don’t hate it. “Swim And Sleep” reminds me of Belle & Sebastian. “So Good At Being In Trouble” sounds like a serious song that Ween might have recorded. And then “One At A Time” is a loud and somewhat funky little number.

I'll spend some more time with these stupidly named bunch of dicks, but I'm calling them UMO from now on. 

Tomorrow I will listen to Ween Pure Guava, Primus Pork Soda, and Dutch Uncles Out Of Touch, In The Wild. 

Check out the March Playlist!