don’t be sad.

Julian says don’t be sad.

I’m listening to his new album, Phrazes for the Young as I am writing this post and my next post. It’s a bargain for only $4.99.

good news.

One of my favorite musical acts from the past decade or two is reuniting. Faith No More, who has influenced countless bands, have been confirmed to reunite for a tour this year. Booyah!

the blues are dead.

Just kidding. I love the blues. But I also love the green.

An old old old old friend of mine turned me on to Wheatware, a company that makes bio-friendly guitar picks and drum sticks.

Did I mention that Live Earth musicians rocked out with these?

2 nails+album jacket=listening station.

I wanted to re-create the record store experience at my home by constructing a poorman’s listening station.

The only things I had were nails and a hammer. So I hammered in two nails, and placed the jacket on top.

Now I have a place to prominently display the cover work of whoever I am listening to.

Have you realized how frugal I am yet?

paul says peace.

For those of you on Facebook, you may already know about the group “Sleeveface.” I don’t have a Facebook account, so I just recently found out about this trend. Pretty neat.

Since I don’t have an account, I am going to make you guys suffer through my Sleeveface. And Sir Paul, I mean no disrespect whatsoever (great album). Check out CubeMe for some more clever faces.

in with the old.

I wanted to set up a sweet 2 channel audio system so I could listen to my righteous tunes. I also didn’t want to blow a grand on a redundant Onkyo or Harman Kardon system. So I opted to go the vintage route.

I remembered that my dad had an old school receiver that wasn’t being used anymore. He happily gave it to me since it was just taking up space at their place. Good deal for both of us, plus that’s one less Kenwood receiver in the trash.

Let me tell you, they don’t make ‘em like they used to. Although my receiver is rated at only 40 watts per channel, you would think that there was a lot more power driving that ground shattering audio. As for the aesthetic aspect, I think it accentuates my credenza quite nicely.