Things that are awful:
Jobs
Traffic

Things that are awesome:
Legend of Zelda figurines on my desk at work.

I am in love with the album Every Scene Needs a Center by Tullycraft. Buy it, download it, do anything. get it. It is perfection.

These are the top 5 modern pop albums ever, as decided by me.

5 - Tullycraft - The Singles
Yeah, it’s a compilation album of sorts. So what? Every song on this album is great. I don’t remember when I first heard Tullycraft, but I’ll be damned if they aren’t one of the best bands around right now. The glittery twang of their twee pop sound is great. Many of the songs just hit you with this wall of pop goodness that you can’t ignore. The music is awesome, and Sean Tollefson’s vocals can’t be beat. A band worthy of a place on any top-pop list.
Top tracks: Superboy and Supergirl, Pink Lemonade, Bailey Park, Josie, 8 Great Ways

4 - The Postal Service - Give Up
The Postal Service played in Chicago at the Fireside Bowl one time. It was suggested to me by a friend that I go, but I didn’t get a chance to go. That sucks. Give Up is a great album that no indie pop fan should be without. Sure, Such Great Heights is everywhere in TV/Radio commercials, but it is still a beautiful song. And We Will Become Silhouettes has to be one of the best pop songs ever written.
Top tracks: Such Great Heights, Nothing Better, Clark Gable, We Will Become Silhouettes

3 - Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
John Darnielle is a lyrical genius. The lo-fi sound of the older Mountain Goats albums melts my mind into a quivering pile of goo, and I love it. That’s not to say the not-quite-as-lo-fi sound of his more recent albums isn’t grand as well. It is. John Darnielle has done something few people before him have done - cranked out album after album of great songs. Every Mountain Goats album is a work of art, but none moreso in my opinion than Tallahassee.
Top tracks: First Few Desperate Hours, No Children, See America Right, Old College Try, Oceanographer’s Choice

2 - Go Sailor - Go Sailor
Rose Melberg (Tiger Trap, The Softies) has a voice made of pure awesome. Plus it’s got Paul Curran of Crimpshrine (one of the best bands ever) playing bass. Go Sailor has an amazing sound that I wish I could duplicate, but as I do not have a sweet female voice, nor good bass skills, I never will. Which makes me love them all the more.
Top tracks: Together Forever in Love, Ray of Sunshine, The Boy Who Sailed Around The World, I’m Still Crying

1 - The Mr. T Experience - Alcatraz
Anyone that knows me should have known that I was going to pick this magnificent album as my #1 pop album of all time. Every song on it is fantastic. I remember the first time I heard the album, I didn’t like it. I was way too into the punkier side of The Mr T Experience. I had been listening to Everyone’s Entitled to Their Own Opinion and Night Shift at the Thrill Factory way too much. Both fantastic albums in their own right (especially Night Shift, which ties with Alcatraz as my favorite MTX album) but they don’t fit on this list. Listening to it now however, I just adore it. Dr. Frank has the best way with lyrics.
Top tracks: All of them. But I guess I’ll pick a few. Naomi, Self-Pity, Hey Emily, Perhaps, I Feel for You

I just bought my Shonen Knife tickets. November 30. You should come.

they are playing here

it will be fantastic.

it is about bo diddley, who had a heart attack.

that sucks

he seems to be alright. go bo diddley go. i dont want him to die.

bo diddley, chuck berry. two huge influences in my life. both getting up there in years. heres hoping they both have another 20.

bo diddley bo diddley have you heard
my pretty baby said she wants a bird

Instead it is about EXCITE TRUCK. the video game. the video game made of pure awesome. a game everyone should play.

start the game, pick your track, pick your truck, and you are off. speeding down dirt roads, slamming into your competitors, flying off high cliffs and soaring through the sky, slamming back on the ground in just the right position so you get a speedboost, slamming into your competitors again, sailing through trees trying not to crash, second lap, do it all again. love every second of it.
I feel the EXCITE.

I also really enjoy the lunachicks. pretty ugly a fantastic album. Granted I’d probably rather listen to the muffs or something usually, but the lunachicks are still awesome. Theo’s voice is grand. I should have gone to see her new band the other day, but I was lazy.

I enjoy lots of music, not just the muffs. I also really enjoy Shonen Knife. something about their songs just makes me happy. perfectly crafted pop goodness wrapped up in cute-japanese-girl vocals. female fronted/all female punk/pop punk bands are fucking grand, and Shonen Knife is arguably the best of the bunch. Well maybe Go Sailor is the best, but seeing as Shonen Knife has more than one album (as fantastic as the Go Sailor album may be) gets them the nod.

wake up everybody! it’s now happy hour! wake up! it is now happy hour!

and similar bands. like cub.

thats all

actually thats not all. I wish I could start a band like the muffs. sadly I am not a sexy lady. my voice will forever be doomed to a life of ultimate bad. but someone should start a band with me anyway. we will be fantastic.

i have posted for band members on craigslist now probably 462 times to no avail. craigslist sucks, except the thunder, who i met on there. the thunder is gold. but i want to sing in my own band, con sarnit.

oh well, at least I have that band. we play with altgeld forgotten a lot. if you ever go to an altgeld show, make them play my way. its golden.

Because you should. www.wemakethunder.com

We played at Subterranean in Chicago recently. Pictures will be put up when I’m not lazy. Also I actually update that site once in a while. Check it out.