3.21.2007
"a lifelong walk to the same exact spot..."
this morning i listened to the new modest mouse record on the way to work (i bought it yesterday along with that lcd soundsystem and the newly reissued ruff draft by the late j dilla).
johnny marr (formerly of the smiths) is now a member of modest mouse. as i drove, i tried to see if i could hear his guitar sound on the record. i'm not as well acquainted with the smiths as some people i know, so i wasn't very successful. while i had my ears peeled to my buzzing honda speakers, i couldn't help but be reminded of the first time i ever heard the smiths.
kim, courtney, gina and i had driven out to the six flags in western mass as part of one of their visits to massachusetts. i can't remember if kim and i were living in ashland at the time or if i was still living at home and kim was living in brighton. either way, it was years ago. anyway, on the way back from six flags, a smiths tape was put on and all of a sudden, all three girls started singing their hearts out. they knew every single word of every single song and it kinda blew my mind because i had never heard any of them mention the smiths and i was so unfamiliar with them myself. it was cool to see them so into the songs and the smiths will always remind me of them.
listening to the new modest mouse also reminded me of buying their previous album, good news for people who love bad news (you know, the one with "float on"). it was released april 6, 2004 and was the first cd i bought as a new york resident.
i don't know what's going to happen. i truly don't. but i do know this:
[shoulda saved this for the notebook. stop crying, kevin. not that notebook.]
this morning i listened to the new modest mouse record on the way to work (i bought it yesterday along with that lcd soundsystem and the newly reissued ruff draft by the late j dilla).
johnny marr (formerly of the smiths) is now a member of modest mouse. as i drove, i tried to see if i could hear his guitar sound on the record. i'm not as well acquainted with the smiths as some people i know, so i wasn't very successful. while i had my ears peeled to my buzzing honda speakers, i couldn't help but be reminded of the first time i ever heard the smiths.
kim, courtney, gina and i had driven out to the six flags in western mass as part of one of their visits to massachusetts. i can't remember if kim and i were living in ashland at the time or if i was still living at home and kim was living in brighton. either way, it was years ago. anyway, on the way back from six flags, a smiths tape was put on and all of a sudden, all three girls started singing their hearts out. they knew every single word of every single song and it kinda blew my mind because i had never heard any of them mention the smiths and i was so unfamiliar with them myself. it was cool to see them so into the songs and the smiths will always remind me of them.
listening to the new modest mouse also reminded me of buying their previous album, good news for people who love bad news (you know, the one with "float on"). it was released april 6, 2004 and was the first cd i bought as a new york resident.
i don't know what's going to happen. i truly don't. but i do know this:
[shoulda saved this for the notebook. stop crying, kevin. not that notebook.]
