New Moon soundtrack and the death of indie music as we know it
After I saw the first Twilight movie, and yes, I’m admitting to actually seeing it, but anyway, as I as walking out of the theatre, yeah I paid to see it in the theatre, I was thinking that this movie is so bad that there is no way that this fad could infect more of my life. I was wrong. Somehow this romance novel for teens has spread it’s influence beyond the throngs of single women and infected the music industry, more specifically the indie music scene. The last person I want to be is the hipster music fan who thinks that the more popular a band gets, the worse they become musically. I think radiohead and the white stripes have already proved that wrong.

Musical Competition
Why is it that whenever two music lovers meet and start talking about bands there is all of a sudden this competitive tension that grows between the two of them. I don’t know how many times I have been talking to someone about music and as soon as I mention a band that they haven’t heard of, it’s like they stop listening to what I’m saying and start thinking of obscure bands they can try to stump me with. This goes back and forth and grows until all that we are saying is “Have you heard of Blah Blah? No? Well they are awesome.” “Cool, do they sound like Blah Blah Blah? Oh, you haven’t heard of them. You should check them out.R

Wild Beasts: Two Dancers
Hayden Thorpe is two people, he has to be. When I first listened to Wild Beasts’s new album I thought, “Wow, what a great guy/girl combo of singers this band has.” It wasn’t until my second time around that I started to realize that the girl’s part sounded a little odd. Looking it up on wikipedia, it was confirmed that there is only one singer in Wild Beasts, and he is a god among men. Two Dancers is a showcase

The Pocket Watch
There was once a young man who’s prized possession was a gold pocket watch. Everyday he wound it, polished the gold and kept it safely in his coat pocket. One day, a traveling salesman came to town. He rode in on a beautiful white carriage and all the townspeople, including the young man, lined up to see what he had to offer. When it was his turn to go inside the tent, he was surprised to see that there was nothing but wooden boxes piled around the walls. “You must be wondering what it is that I sell,” said the salesmen, glancing down at the breast pocket of the young man. “I se

Coffee Shop Heartache
Is she? No, there’s no way, I’m just imagining things. Well, there she goes again with that little smile. Just go over there, stop thinking about it. Ok, I’m gonna do it. Next time she looks over here I’m going to smile back, look away, look back and then if she is still looking she totally wants me. Oh shit, she just looked at me while I was drinking and I missed my double take chance. Go over there already! Dammit, she pulled a book out of her bag, now it’s just rude to bother her. No it isn’t! You’re thinking too much. It’s only rude if she doesn’t like you. It’s like the ultimate litmus test for attraction. Ok, I’m going to go over to the newspa