heading home to detroit for the holidays on friday. not a moment too soon. ive yet to miss a christmas at home, and frankly, thats just the way it should be. last year was tough enough missing the big xmas eve miller house festivities, i cant imagine what it would be like to miss altogether.
so its cold and snowy here. i knew it was bound to happen sooner or later...i was just hoping for later. we've had a couple of 6+ inch storms, and were expecting a major winter storm with 8 inches overnight tonight and another 4ish tomorrow night. thats a lot of snow. luckily i live close enough to work that if im "snowed in" i can just walk. i bought snowpants and boots, so i guess im prepared. it would be so awesome to get snow days as adults...but that definitely doesnt happen in the radio world. i got a remote car starter installed last weekend to help me deal with this whole snow/cold thing. i think that maybe come the new year snow tires may become a necessity.
in the new year i may also be looking for a new place to live. the landlords are being ridiculous. apparently i moved into a nunnery and didnt know it. awesome. and i hate moving. i really really hate moving. and the idea of moving in the cold/snow/ice is even worse. we'll see how this plays out over the next few weeks.
listening to blurs s/t album right now. damon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so good.
cant wait to see everyone when im home. think im gonna go have a beer now.
i guess it's official that im a vermonter, i went and got my license and plates today
aut and andy get here thursday. thats awesome
also awesome, rob dickinson doing vocals on a new neverending white lights song. listen to "where we are" here
also awesome, a new rob dickinson song called end of the world. watch video of a live performance of it here
also awesome, the new soulsavers album, mark lanegan does vocals on the majority of the tunes. its dark and soulful and fantastic. check out a few tracks here
this is what im going to be for halloween...hope its as cute in person as it is in the picture
autumn and andy are coming to visit in less than 2 weeks. how awesome is that.
im really starting to get why people are all ga-ga over vermont. the trees are turning and its magical. theyll be here at a great time to celebrate their 1 year wedding anniversary.
went out on a bike ride with my roommate today. and hes cooking dinner right now. having a roommate is cool.
i get to interview half of the foo fighters on tuesday. including dave grohl. any suggestions for questions i should ask? interviews supposed to be at 6pm tuesday night. im way excited to see them live
thinking about songs that would be appropriate alternative-type halloween-ish songs. interpol's 'evil', band of horses 'is there a ghost', smiths 'cemetery gates' come to mind...what would you put on a halloween mix tape?
i got a haircut today. not sure how i feel about it yet.
having to get up at 5:30am on a saturday should be outlawed. especially when you get up as early as i do all week.
on a cereal kick recently. honey nut cheerios and raisin bran for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
unpacking is a giant pain in the ass.
burrr. i might have to turn on the heat tonight. winter is coming. not sure how i feel about it yet.
if i develop acute anxiety like meg white does that mean i can get out of work too?
softball is over. we were undefeated until the very last game. then we lost. we still got a trophy. wanted to join a bowling league, but the mixed leagues are on friday nights. that doesnt work so very well for me. maybe next year. yeah, theres only one bowling alley in a 30 mile radius from where i live.
just got a gym membership. guess that means im going to have to start working out.
i missed interpol on monday night because i was sick. that sucked.
i was not so impressed with the season premiere(s) of its always sunny in philly.
damn, that was a LOOOOONG 7 weeks without the internet. but im finally back up and running. i never want to do that again. between the internet connection, the new directv service and dvr, i may not leave the house for the next week.
random stuff:
so you probably heard about stereogum's ok computer tribute/cover project. pedro the lion dude david bazan has some sort of side project called black cloud...he/they do let down....its fantastic. really. ive listened to most of the songs, and surprisingly dont hate most of them.
cant get enough of the new editors album. it makes me want to cry its so good. its the piece of work i was hoping for from interpol, whose album i just cant seem to get into. but im going to keep trying.
this saturday is cracker, the lemonheads, the fratellis....should be good.
next wednesday i hop on a plane and come home. cant wait.
