CortezTheKiller

It's not me I'm trying to protect.

Hiatus, sabbatical, break, leave of absence, whatever we'd like to call it, please stay there.

The same way Counting Crows should stick to "retirement."

Counting Crows according to Robert Pollard

Some love for the new album on Aquarium Drunkard.

Haven't lurked well enough to know where to place things.

There's only one band that truly alters my heartrate. . . . . The National.

Analogoman has the band pretty well covered. My 2 favorites are Muswell Hillbillies (an all-time favorite album of mine by any band) and Lola Versus Powerman & the Moneygoround.

Quite a pairing.

There is, however, a (ahem!) leaked version floating around cyberspace.

"Drop the Weapon" - Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

Good stuff. Nice to see Pat's scrappy mug @ the top.

Counting Crows are a one album wonder for me. August was a big one in college for me. Every now and again I'll pull out the disc and give it a listen. It stills holds up more than a decade later. But their other stuff does nothing for me. Is Duritz still serial dating the cast of Friends?

With my fairly recent foray into The National, many folks have pointed to these guys as a big influence on The National. I don't hear it and I think these guys have a very, very dated sound. Fingernails on a chalkboard to me.

and now my ears are bleeding

Dave was a college staple on mine in the mid-90's. I started drinking hard alcohol and somehow I was less inclined to like Dave and more drawn to guys like Mick & Keith.

Echo is a great album, but let's not get carried away here. . . . .