Disappointment, Frustration, and Ice Cream

This has nothing to do with music, but just my frustration venting out...

Really, after listening to a rather discerning interview with Dallas Mavericks' Tyson Chandler today I am getting rather impatient and sad about the cancelled first two weeks of the NBA season. But at least it's at a time when the Mavericks are NBA champions, so I guess I'm just an impatient fan awaiting their follow up to an amazing season.

Monday Morning Live

Just to liven up my Monday mornings, I've decided to start this weekly forum of my favorite live performances past and present.

I suppose I'll start with the most obvious and work from there. My least favorite Beatles song followed immediately by one of my most favorites.

Cowpoke Sunday

So I think I'm finally over the newest Javelin EP, Canyon Candy. True, I've kept this in steady rotation for the past month or so, but it's high time to retire it..at least for the time being.

I don't know why I like this duo so much. They're strange blend of hip hop, classic R&B, and electronica is just fun really. That's the best I could do in adjectives, fun. Like a Tarantino film, they blend modern pop with strange nostalgic rarities from the past. Their music is fresh, albiet a bit familiar. And their latest EP, a concept album, doesn't lack in any of these. I don't normally enjoy concept albums, but this is different. Classic westerns and modern pop electronica? Count me in...well, yea, not exactly. On paper it looks rather meh, but it's fun. What else can I say?

Italo Disco Thursdays

I am really going to try to make an effort to bring back my weekly dance-a-thon that is Italo Disco Thursdays. It faded over the summer, and I think now that fall is upon us, it's time to bring this dusty old forum out of storage...

What better to reinstate Italo Disco Thursdays than the classic, and perhaps my most personal favorite jam of all time, Charlie's "Spacer Woman". This song can quite possibly be the audio definition of what classic Italo-Disco is to me. Granted, Charlie never really released anything else worth noting, but this song was certainly more than enough contribution to the genre for me.

Sealed Fresh

I have so much to blog about, but as busy schedules demand, this will have to tide me over until time permits me...

I don't normally like this brand of indie-beach-surf-pop stuff, but this song has a quality I can't quite put my finger on as to why it makes me express enough interest in to share with you. Kinda like candy corn...

I've Got Nothing Tuesdays

Introducing my new forum ladies and gentlemen. Similar to slow news days, this will be my weekly Tuesday entry. Nothing special. Nothing groundbreaking. Nothing noteworthy. Just a man and a blog entry. So take that. No, I just need more material really. This has been kind of a slow year in music. Nothing new on the horizon that has been really grabbing my attention. I've heard a few great songs, albums, and artists, but nothing that has stuck with me for more than a few days. I miss the days of perusing the cd and record selections at local music shops. Another modern day victim to the convenience of internet music downloadery. Purchasing and finding great artists used to be a real challenge, but now kids, the entire process can be done literally in minutes. And, can be quite forgotten just as fast. So no wonder nothing's really grabbing my attention lately. I have succumbed to the ease of downloading and it has in turn created a form of musical ADD.

Well, just to show that I still retain great music once heard from the days of yore (in this case, the days of 2010...whoa), California's White Fence still eases their way into weekly rotation. A bit of The Kinks, mixed with perhaps the artistry of The Fall, I have found some great pleasure in listening to this band, and perhaps may venture out into the sunshine to maybe pick up their music the old fashioned way...

Happy Monday

Here's to Monday...