A Lyric I Wish I Had Written
“The radiators and the floorboards will argue while we sleep”
-Jonathan Coulton, “Glasses”
Oh, awesome! I played that show and bought their 7-inch that night. They may be responsible for re-kindling my record collecting habit…
Good Lord There Are A Lot Of States
I spent Memorial Day driving back to Columbus from Rochester. Long car drives can be boring - especially by yourself - so I figured I’d play the good ol’ License Plate Game to keep me entertained. Well, it turns out that Memorial Day is a good day for the License Plate Game: I saw 22 different states (There was a 23rd, but I couldn’t see the state name so it didn’t count. I think it was Alabama…) and two provinces (Ontario and Quebec) during my six-plus hours behind the wheel. The farthest state from my trip was California, with Texas in second place. Only two New England states showed up - New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Strangely enough, two border states were absent on this trip: New Jersey and West Virginia. The rare sight of a Nebraska plate kinda made up for it, though.
Moral of the story: When you merge onto a highway behind an RV with Arkansas plates, your trip just might be a good one for The License Plate Game.
My favorite (to this point, anyway) track off the new Meshuggah album. Unbelievably heavy and grooves like crazy. Friggin’ awesome…
Startling Revelation In The Supermarket
Billy Joel’s “Leave a Tender Moment Alone” is a terrible song.
Columbus Has Everything, Part Q
This weekend, I finally got to check out a specific record store that piqued my interest around here. It’s a punk/hardcore/metal-centric place called “Dreadful Sounds”, so I just had to go at some point. Of course, I had to actually FIND the place first, but I eventually did. Not easy to find a shop that’s located on the second floor of an old building…
So, what did I discover in there? Well, as luck would have it, I found Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid”… in pretty darn good shape, no less. SOLD!
One Thing I Learned Last Night
Listening to a playoff hockey game while playing Mortal Kombat at the same time is kind of a strange experience.
THIS is why we go to record stores. I had completely rotten luck on the Record Store Day exclusives, but this find - A promo copy of the first King’s X album in mint condition - more than makes up for it.
Fun Stuff With Progressive Metal
I got an email while I was at work from our friendly little Tumblrbot. It told me Last Chance To Reason started following me. Sweet! I like it when stuff like that happens.
To LCTR: Thanks for the follow back! You guys are amazing!
To everybody else: If you haven’t heard their album “Level 2” yet, you’re missing out on one of the best metal albums of 2011. Great stuff.
