popped!

my blog cherry is being popped as i type this. unfortunately, there were no booze involved, nor was i ruphied. i clicked on the orange n white "B" on my own free, sober will. well, that's not totally true:

cathleenp25: its really weird. im pretty bored, yet i don't want to do anything.
cathleenp25: conundrum!
ewalsh83: yeah!
ewalsh83: start a blog?

oh how i love the power of suggestion. and ewalsh83.

so, here i am - blogging. i'd like to think i'm an early adopter, but clearly, in the realm of blogging, i'm part of the late majority. oh well - not everyone is a clutch hitter. so without further ado, i will dive right into the general focus of my blog: music. basically, i live and breath music. i'm snobby, i'm particular and my opinions are not easily influenced when it comes to music, bands, artists, production and song writing. and i'll admit it, if i didn't discover a musician/band on my own, i tend to dislike it at first. i was recently talking to a friend of mine who's been in and out of the music industry for years. he claims that the hanson brothers are some of the most talented musicians around. yes, you read that correctly. he's lucky i'm open-minded. but now as i reflect on that conversation, i wonder if i should believe him. i mean, who am i to say? especially, since their family unit has produced a few hit singles and i've had none...

i'd like to say i'm pretty hip when it comes to music for my age group. i'm well read on all the hip/cool/arrogant music blogs. i torrent albums. i subscribe to local musical venue email blasts. so, my plan for this blog is to just let you know what i'm listening to and/or to let you know what new music is out there and/or what upcoming shows i may be attending. it's also an easy way to share my new fave songs/albums of the day/week/month/year. disclaimer: i may throw you some curve balls and write about something totally unrelated to music, but i will always come back around.


okay. so this is what i'm enjoying "this week":
- fleet foxes - fleet foxes
- css - donkey
- bodies of water - a certain feeling
- erykah badu - new amerykah part one (4th world war)
- music go music

and after i get bored with those albums, i plan on spending some time taking a long-overdue listen to:
- delta spirit
- brett dennan
- beirut


i tend to have a very short attention span when it comes to music. because there is so much good music out there, i choose not to stand still with the same album/genre for too long. this is what i was listening to "last week":
- kleerup
- air france
- sam sparro
- the black kids
- beck
- hercules and love affair
- she and him




crap. my blog is kinda boring. oh well. i'll improve on that. you'll see!