Snow, School, Sfun

Getting back in the swing of things at college. One week down,a whole bunch more to go, but I don't really want to count. Trivializes the whole thing ya know? Anyway, prospects are looking pretty good for some creative endeavors that might become available pretty soon. Think along the lines of a comic with live action, hilarious characters, ninjas, fighting, and naked women. (excluding the last one, most likely). This is what college is for though. Forgot the whole system of learning crap. It's about making stuff! Like comics and music to name a few. Not to mention to watch movies, that's definetly a major part of college.

On to the music. There's a ska show coming up on Feb 3rd at the Agora featuring Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mu330, and Streetlight Manifesto. In preparation for this huge events that I'm sure all of you have scheduled for months in advance, I'm going to release a song from each of the artists leading up to the concert.

First up is Streetlight Manifesto. Streetlight formed after the original vocalist of Catch 22 (think Keasbey Nights) broke up with the band. If you were always hoping for a sequel to Keasbey Nights, then the band's debut album is probably your thing. Great ska rifts breaking into fast as hell distorted guitar break downs with horns up the wazoo and Tomas Kalonky's distinctive vocals. What more could you possibly want in a ska band?

Here's a great song off Everything Goes Numb, entitled A Moment of Silence. enjoy.

You Belive In Authority, I Belive In Myself

Second semester has officially begun, so I think it's time I got back to posting some tunes. It's funny that I have more free time now that school's started, although work and hanging out with Elizabeth and friends took up most of my attention. That and I only have 15 hours of school a week, that helps out to. So anyway, my winter break was great, how was yours? that's good, so on to the music, right.

I bought Against Me! Is Never Going Home over break, and it's one of the best music DVD's I've seen. It's not the same as being at the show, as nothing itself except being there can give you that total sense of energy, but watching certainly feels close to the real thing. Lately, concerts seem like they have a lack of energy... maybe it's the band, maybe it's the crowd, I don't know. But Against Me! is bringing back all that is good in music. Passion. When they play, you can feel the songs pulsating throughout your whole body, you want to sing along, you want to grab the microphone and start singing. You want to take a part in something that is greater than yourself, greater than everyone at the concert. There's something to be said for a group of people that can all get in one room, crammed into a small room, with sweat pouring everywhere and body contact that would never be tolerated anywhere else. Maybe it's just that, the total like of pretentions that turn is into assholes in our every day life. A release, from everything else, for at least a few hours where nothing else matters except the music.

Here's a song by Against Me! - Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious...