There will always be songs that reach the state of sacredness in a person's life. Sacred, meaning, worthy of respect or dedication. In fact, some songs' meaning truly intertwine concurrently with the life the person is living. If one were to ask me if such song exists in my world, I'll have to say yes.

The Trashcan Sinatras are a group of Scottish lads that originally did covers of fabulous songs and formed in the mid 80's. "Obscurity Knocks" is the one song that I'm referring to and the one I'm going to dissect today. It comes from their debut…

Released in 1999. 22 singles including original B sides. 127 tracks in total. Includes limited edition numbered booklet. This one's number 3154. Only 7,000 pressed/made in the world. Very Limited Edition. It's perhaps my most prized possession.
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Pretty good show; considering they've just flew in from Europe. This is the first leg of their North American Tour.

I saw them perform at the same place, The Casbah back in May of 2005. This year's performance despite their possible jet lag, is splendid. They seem to be much more composed and confident with their music and performance in comparison to the prior gig in 2005.

Noble amazingly took time to put up the flags all over The Casbah's stage. Loud as usual, and they played late as usual. A little too late for my bedtime!

Colour Music and…

December 7, 2006

We are sad to announce that we're breaking up. We want to thank our friends, fans, and family for all the support you gave to us. Thank you.

Shelby, Jenny, Katie, Debora, and Shmoo.

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The saddest news I've heard this year. (I'm a little over a month late upon hearing the news as well)

They are too good. They are too nice.

They even posted the photo I took of them when they played in Solana Beach on their website, complete with them crediting my name!

We Love You, The Organ!

My favorite song fromMark Kozelek & Co.

{I can listen to this song over and over and over….forever. It has become my cure for a broken heart. It has served me well, and solaced me throughout the years. This song and I, have a looooooong history. It will always remind me of the strength I've gathered being a 20 something living alone in my own apartment, trying to mend a broken heart. This song has made me stronger. I hope you find yourself in it as well. - a.}

"Medicine Bottle"
The Red House Painters.

Giving into love…

If your life was a movie, what would the soundtrack be?

So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button

Opening Credits: Used to Be a Sweet Boy, Morrissey

Waking Up: Closer, Low

First Day At School: Sonnet, The Verve

Falling In Love: Dirty Little Secret, Sarah McLachlan

Breaking Up: Journey's End, Roddy Hart. (perfect!)

Prom: Imposible, Rivermaya (haa haa)

Life's Okay: Silverfuck, Smashing…

September 9, 2006

My most favorite Scottish Indie Band in the universe has disbanded. Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton's fantastic group, Arab Strap has disbanded.

I don't know how to express my deep deep sorrow about this.

If there were any bands left that I have some respect for in this world full of regurgitated music notes and rhythms, it's Arab Strap that fills that void.

It's a sad news for me to hear this, just as turn on my laptop.

Your two separate works from each other (Lucky Pierre and Malcom Middleton) are great, but won't share the…

I love Trashcan Sinatras and this is the first week that they were not on my top 10!

So my plan is, this whole week, I WILL ONLY LISTEN TO TRASHCAN SINATRAS until my ears fall off.

Mwaaaaa Haaaa Haaa Haaa.

I have 22 albums of Trashcan Sinatras, including their rare B sides and Bootlegs….those should all give me my TCS fix.

What a challenge….Woooo Hooo.

We'll see how far I'll get!

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R.I.P., Steven Paul Smith. (aka Elliott Smith)

*and I thought I was really sad on April 1994, my senior year in high school, when Nirvana's Kurt Cobain died. Elliott Smith's death really made me teary-sad. The passing away of two of our generation's greatest artists.

I only listen to The Velvet Underground when I'm feeling like this….

The Post-nervous, Post-highly anticipated, Post-worrisome, stage, that after going through that bag of assorted emotions, you just feel, blah, indifferent, down but not sad, alone but not lonely…