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i have officially been to the record store
3 times, and didn’t tell you.
i’ve been cheating on you, blog.
jesse’ james-ing your sweet ass.
i’m sorry.
i’m back now.
and my love is strong.
and my list is long.
here it is…
the latest jam-a-lams i’ve
spent my almighty dollar on.
(whoa.. that WHOLE THING rhymed!)

ke$ha- animal.
i figured i’d come right out with this one first.
no use hiding.
it took me awhile, but i’m kinda in love…
(or at least i WAS in love, a month & 1/2 ago
when i bought it.)
“your love is a drug” alone is worth $10.

miike snow- miike snow.
mark and marshall raved about this record
when we were in the studio last month.
a few of the guys in the band produced a bunch
of hit jams… including brit brit’s ‘toxic.’

shout out louds- work.
i sweat the shit out of the first shout out louds record.
i perspire lightly over their second.
this is the third.

beach house- teen dream.
yum-ass-yum!

ABBA- the definitive collection.
inspired by their induction into the
rock and roll hall of fame, i have decided to
love me some abba.

living colour- times up.
getting my high school ON!

frightened rabbit- the winter of mixed drinks.
i haven’t been railroaded by lyrics like this in a long time.
this kid just bleeds when he writes. heavy.
when i listen to their last record, ‘the midnight organ fight,’
it feels like a bus is parked on my chest.

the boomtown rats- ratrospective. (VINYL)
‘i don’t like mondays’ is 1 of my top 5
favorite songs of the last 30 years.
hands down.
rips me in half. every time.

madness- the rise & fall. (VINYL)
i have been slowly collecting all the madness
records on vinyl… cause a boy needs to SKANK!

echo & the bunnymen- songs to learn and sing. (VINYL)
i just want to BE this record.
i want to eat it. digest it. and have it come out
through every one of my fucking pores.
almost makes me wish i had been a goth growing up,
instead of a metal head… almost.

neville brothers- yellow moon. (VINYL)
daniel lanois’ produced this in 1989.
i actually have never owned it.
i know… for shame.

madonna- madonna. (VINYL)
perfect record.

elvis presley- elvis presley (VINYL)
perfect record.
i totally understand why elvis was
people’s everything. this record is sex-punk-
acoustic-soul greatness.

jesse winchester- jesse winchester. (VINYL)
he was on elvis costello’s spectacle show…
which is a rough watch, cause elvis is so up his
own ass. but jesse was a find.
i had never heard of him.
his voice is unreal. lousiana perfect.
buttery and soulful.

charlie sexton- pictures for pleasure. (VINYL)
‘BEAT SO LONELY,’ BITCHES!!!

pat benatar- get nervous (VINYL)
not only does this record have ’shadows of the night’
but it has her in a straight jacket on the cover,
looking deranged and UBER-foxy!
ugh… what is wrong with me?!

night ranger- midnight madness (VINYL)
my favorite song on this record is NOT ’sister christian’
or ‘(you can still) rock in america’…
my jam is ‘when you close your eyes.’
takes me back to 5th grade dances.
i was the one standing by myself
along the back wall… reading.

for those of you who missed it, here is me getting my star spangled banner on last week as part of san francisco giant’s opening day. enjoy.

recording the follow up to ”some mad hope” in los angeles. round 1.

this is where the magic happens.

matt’s world. note the chord changes on the music stand. classy!

drums!

aaron&john making the rock&roll.

chu talkin’ to me?!

i know next to nothing about sports.
i never watch them…
except for the olympics.
and i never played them…
well, there were a few exceptions: