Get it? Music notes? Oh man, I am hilarious.
1. Music Magazines
As of today I subscribe to three music magazines: Spin, Rolling Stone and Blender. I recently subscribed to the last two due to ridiculously low prices at magsforless.com. After reading the three most recent issues in my position over the last two days, I'm ready to crown one of them as my favorite.
Blender was by far the most interesting. Despite having a ton of half-naked influence from its evil step-brother, Maxim, it manages to have smart writing and interesting articles. I loved reading about how Led Zeppelin created the song "Black Dog". Rolling Stone was good, but had a little too much fluff. They have solid writing but are a bit too mainstream for me. Spin has totally dropped the ball. The people who work there are all really nice and talented people, but the magazine lacks cohesiveness. It's all over the place. The only article I found mildly interesting was their "Ten Records You Haven't Heard from 2004" article. Making matters worse, their website is a joke. Do it right or don't do it at all.
Another magazine I have been enjoying but don't subscribe to is Paste. It doesn't really cover any one genre, but it's really entertaining.
2. Spring is Looking Good
I've just noticed that there are a ton of great records coming out over the next four months. Instead of listing them all here, I made a ta-da list. I'm sure this is only half of what I'll buy, which means I'll be poor very soon.
3. I Miss My Car
I'm listening to Weezer's Pinkerton right now and I'm really missing my car. When you ride the subway with your iPod, it's a little tough to be singing along at the top of your lungs. I wonder if anyone would notice? I could do it at home but I have two roommates. I could do it at work, but I'm pretty sure I'd be fired. And thus, I am without a place to belt out "The Good Life". If you know of a good spot, bring it on.
02/02/05 8:24 PM
the good life is one of my favorite songs ever!!!! people dissed on pinkerton soo much when it came out but it rocked.
02/05/05 4:46 AM
just do it whereve., what do you care who looks at you and thinks "what a retard?" you'll never see them again...
02/23/05 4:12 PM
spin is horrible. my subscription doesn't expire until november 2005, so i'm stuck reading it until then because i hate to waste things.
ugh.
i remember when i first started reading it and thought it was brilliant/funny/informative.
now it's a shrine to the same ten bands issue after issue.