Music is my king-sized bed . . .

I can’t think of a better way to get over the pain of watching a national championship bid slip down the drain over the weekend than to hit up an awesome concert in a classic venue on a snowy Monday night. I’m off to Cleveland in a few hours to see Jack’s Mannequin, an amazing piano rock band that I was recently introduced to, performing live at a sold out Grog Shop.



Jack’s Mannequin is fronted by Andrew McMahon, formerly of Something Corporate, and recently released their second album, The Glass Passenger. More info HERE.

I’ll post some pictures from the show later this week. Hope everyone is having a good one.

The Wizard Awaits . . .

Things I Am Not:

1) Dead
2) Missing
3) Giving up on blogging.

I have, however, been ridiculously busy. My past two months have featured a brutal work schedule in September and a bulging social schedule in October, leaving me precious little time to goof around on here. I do, however, have some stuff that I’m hoping to throw up here en route to posting regularly again. If you’re still around, awesome. If not, I’ll probably drag you back kicking and screaming by badgering you to check the site out because I’m so totally gonna update regularly this time, seriously though, I totally am, and, like, I mean it for sure this time, etc etc etc.

Anyway, by way of previewing coming attractions, over the past several weekends I have: traveled to Indiana to catch Penn State on the road against Purdue with my dad; camped and hiked through Hocking Hill State Park, near Columbus, Ohio; carved Halloween pumpkins and watched Penn State potentially seize the fast track to the MNC game; ventured, once again, into the Canadian wilderness for the annual fishing trip; purchased a new vehicle; and, on a less ambitious note, learned to shred on Guitar Hero. My every intention is to post some pictures and stories from each of these things as time allows, so kick back, refresh your browser now and then, and prepare to be amazed . . . eventually.

As for this coming weekend, the novelty of Halloween falling on a Friday inspired me to get a few friends together to dress up and go out. The Wizard of Oz-themed cast of characters will feature my best friends, Joel and Allison, as the brainless scarecrow and a flirty but cowardly lion, myself as the heartless man of tin, and my girlfriend, Sarah, resplendent but slightly scandalous as Dorothy. We are, of course, off to see the Wizard, but we’ll be checking in at a few downtown clubs first!

And now, by request, here’s a long overdue Friday Weekly Top Ten:

1) Stuart and the Ave. - Green Day
2) Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man - Concrete Blonde
3) Dudley - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
4) Teenagers - My Chemical Romance
5) Swim - Jack’s Mannequin
6) Thirty One Today - Aimee Mann
7) Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
8) If U C Jordan - Something Corporate
9) Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
10) Phenomena - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Weekly Top Ten

I thought it might be a fun Friday topic to post the ten songs I played the most on my iPod this week. I'd love to hear what anyone who reads this is listening to, so please drop a comment if you've heard anything amazing lately.

1) The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
2) Unless It’s Kicks - Okkervil River
3) Something Is Not Right With Me - Cold War Kids
4) Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex - CSS
5) Plus Ones - Okkervil River
6) Sequestered in Memphis - The Hold Steady
7) In the New Year - The Walkmen
8) White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
9) Becky - Be your own pet
10) 66 - Afghan Whigs