Recent Music Discoveries

I'm always on the prowl for new music. Sometimes I go on a "discovery binge" and download four or five albums/bands at a time. I would say 54% of the material is basically junk, but I really can't support that percentage because I never entirely listen to everything I download. Many songs get lost in the mix and somehow never get played in my itunes. Alas, I seem to find some really great stuff. Some of it is referred to me from people here and there and I much appreciate it, even though inside I wish I had discovered it myself. Well, in no particular order, here are some recent findings/new material that have come my way.


The Tallest Man on Earth - I Won't Be Found
Tarkio - Weight Of The World
Gomez - Airstream Driver
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
We Are Scientists - After Hours
Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band - Nikorette
Annuals - Springtime
Frightened Rabbit - Keep Yourself Warm
Blind Pilot - The Story I Heard
Bon Iver - Blood Bank
Griffin House - Better Than Love
Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
Feist + Ben Gibbard - Train Song
Great Lake Swimmers - Your Rocky Spine
Iron & Wine - Belated Promise Ring
Matt And Kim - Daylight
The Mountain Goats - San Bernardino
Razorlight - Wire To Wire
Seabear - I Sing I Swim
Shearwater - Rooks
Sunset Rubdown - The Mending Of The Gown
Jon Knowles - Horatio Hornblower

Old Prejudices Resurface

A recent study found that 24.6 percent of Americans attrubite a moderate amount of blame to the Jews for causing the economic crisis. Anit-semitism has flared up again and again in tough times throughout history, and especially in cicumstances that are hard to understand. 

Meatatarian

Due to Kim's recent irresponsible and irrational life choice of becoming a vegetarian, I will double my efforts as a meatatarian and consume two animals for every plant that she eats. I will also continue to eat candy on a regular basis to offset any healthy activity that I have done in the past 24 hours. Also, I would like to begin marketing a restaurant idea that some of my compatriots at school and I have come up with. Yes, it's the endangered species restaurant because hey, some of these animals won't be around very long so you better get em while they are hot! As a bonus, if you are the lucky customer who eats the last individual of any species gets a dessert for free!

Meat, it's whats for dinner

Vegetarian.

This is it, kiddos. I am going vegetarian. Here's the thing... I've been pretty close to calling it quits with meat for a while now but have never really had a problem with it so I never did. This gave me the option of consuming poultry whenever I felt like it (which was only once every week or so). I have no problem with animal hunting or anything of that nature. I do not support PETA. I don't care if my friends choose to eat meat. I physically feel a lot better not eating meat and it forces me to choose healthier options. That's it. What pushed me over the edge was my cousin's kid puking up chicken at Easter brunch today. Something about that... ew. So here I am. I fully well know that it's not going to be easy but (like everything else in life) the best things require work. Here's to vegetables!

What Groups Discuss

A new study shows what we all know to be true: groups talk about redundant information. The study determined that groups spend most of their time discussing information that is already known by all members, and that they are unlikely to transmit information that is unique to only a few members. This explains why every bonfire we have turns into an hour long Seinfeld quoting session.