The Church of Briontology

You been doing all this dope producing You got a chance to show them what time it is Jon Brion isn’t famous in the sense that most people would recognize... M O R E »

Green Day at Giants Stadium

Two concerts in two weeks: I haven’t done that since college. To my surprise, I wound up at Giants Stadium last night with Amy, the two of us beneficiaries of... M O R E »

Tori Amos at the PNC Bank Arts Center

I just wrote a long review of Tori Amos’ show at the Garden State PNC Bank Arts Center last night, then Firefox crashed before I hit save. It figures that... M O R E »

Anka-fied

I just listened to a story on NPR about Paul Anka’s new record, Rock Swings. On it, he covers (in Vegas-lounge act style) such rock ‘classics’ as Eye of the... M O R E »

Nit-Picking the Postal Service

Does anyone else get a little annoyed every time Ben Gibbard sings, “I will guard the door like a goalie tending the net in the third quarter of a tied-game... M O R E »

Favorite Albums 2004

I was going to try to do a full-on end-of-the-year music wrap-up like I did for movies last week, but a) I don’t have a list of everything I bought... M O R E »

Pat McGee Band at Irving Plaza

I can’t even remember the last time I saw Pat McGee Band live; the last time I mentioned a concert here was July 2002, although I may have seen them... M O R E »

We Ain't Going to the Town...

…we’re going to the city. Interpol at Hammerstein Ballroom tonight. More later. ‘round midnight: Amazing, amazing show. Interpol is so not overrated. Openers: on!air!library! sounded like a Cranberries-Radiohead-Bjork mash-up. Their... M O R E »

This Fire is Outta Control...

…we’re gonna burn this city! I dare you to download a few tracks by Indie sensation Franz Ferdinand and not be totally hooked within a few listenings. I’ve listened to... M O R E »

What I've been doing instead of researching my term paper

The last thing I needed to do this week was download the Jay-Z Construction Set and waste time not doing research for any of my upcoming papers. But I did... M O R E »

Today is Grey Tuesday

If you haven't heard of The Grey Album by now, you've probably lived under a rock for the past few weeks, but here's the short story: a DJ takes the... M O R E »

Listening Today

Via Neil Gaiman: Step 1: Open your MP3 player. Step 2: Put all of your music on random. Step 3: Write down the first fifteen songs it plays, no matter... M O R E »

Into The Sublime Celestial Brine

I saw Carbon Leaf last night at Mainstreet for what was probably the last time of my college career. All in all, a disappointing show: Barry admitted to having a... M O R E »

Because I May Never Get to Say This Again

I bought the new Beatles CD today. The liner notes say this: Thank you for buying this music and for supporting the artists, songwriters, musicians and others who've created it... M O R E »

Unusual Congress

My winamp playlist: the only place where Hootie and the Blowfish and The White Stripes can be found together.... M O R E »

Tori Amos in Raleigh

I mentioned this elsewhere on this site, but only because I want as many people as possible to see it: I have a copy of the Tori Amos show from... M O R E »

Disappointed but Hopeful

So I've downloaded iTunes for Windows, and ran it, and had fun playing all the mp3s I had. I'd love to start creating playlists and stuff, and tracking my song-listening,... M O R E »

One More Day

I know I'm a hopeless Apple-obsessed nerd for being excited about this, and even more so for writing a day in advance about how excited I am, but iTunes for... M O R E »

Emusic Self-Immolates

I gave Emusic a glowing recommendation shortly after I subscribed a few months ago mostly because it was a cheap, easy, and legal way for me to discover new music.... M O R E »

All You Can Eat

So I'm lookingSon, look at all the people in this restaurant What do you think they weigh? And out the window into the parking lot At their SUVs taking... M O R E »

There's Always Someone Cooler Than You

Smile! Like you've got nothing to prove No matter what you might do There's always someone out there cooler than you I know that's hard to believe But there... M O R E »

lottapianos 2003

I was away all weekend with Amanda in Raleigh, NC, where we saw Ben Folds and Tori Amos play on Saturday night. It was hot in more ways than one.... M O R E »

Recommending Emusic

I may have mentioned this before, but I signed up for Emusic a couple weeks ago. I ran through my 50 free songs inside of an hour, and figured "What... M O R E »

Worries

Does the fact that I have listened to Southdown and Nothing New on near-continuous repeat over the last 48 hours mean that I like country music?... M O R E »

Will Wilson and AJ Schuster - The Wilson Family Reunion

There's way more involved in this particular record than I could ever hope to write here. The short story: At our massive family reunion several summers ago, Uncle Willie... M O R E »

Moulin Rouge - Original Soundtrack

I resisted seeing Moulin Rouge because I disliked Romeo + Juliet. No other reason. Karen asked me to listen to a few songs off of this soundtrack, and I... M O R E »

Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View

I listened to this for hours on end while playing Nintendo with the volume down, learning the lyrics by osmosis. I credit the extensive sing-along sessions with my ability... M O R E »

Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell

I first heard this CD--specifically, Paradise By The Dashboard Light--at my Aunt Ellen's house down the shore. I don't know how it started, but my dad and uncle were... M O R E »

Splender - Halfway Down The Sky

When I saw Pat McGee Band for the first time at Irving Plaza, I saw ads for the upcoming Vertical Horizon concert later that month. The support act was... M O R E »

For Future Reference

Never underestimate the power of music to keep you awake. Interpol is basically singlehandedly saving my ass right now (though Crushing Krisis has been helping, too).... M O R E »

Songs On Cue

I forgot all about Scott and Shannon's insane experiment until about an hour ago, and regret not having been able to follow it all day. They've got one song entirely... M O R E »

Ben Folds Five - Whatever And Ever Amen

I have no story associated with this record. I really don't know how it got in here. I'd kick it out, but I'm not really sure I'd find a... M O R E »

Radiohead - Kid A

Another CD without a single clear memory, but I can definitely associate these songs with walking around campus at night. Headphones blaring Idioteque, walking from Eagle Hall to Dukes... M O R E »

Last Night at Johnny O's

I meant to write about this earlier today, or yesterday, or whenever, but I'm writing about it now. Shit, that was barely even a sentence. Went to Johnny O's on... M O R E »

Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk

Another CD for which I don't really have a single defining memory, I really just remember Amanda's insane excitement about its release. She'd tried before to get me into... M O R E »

Foo Fighters - One By One

I don't have any single vivid memory of this record since I got it, but anytime I'm in my car alone, I crank the volume and scream along with... M O R E »

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP

I hated rap for a long, long, long time. I suppose I never gave it a chance. My brother lent me his copy of The Marshall Mathers LP when... M O R E »

The Beatles - Abbey Road

Now I feel like an idiot. I know I had an Abbey Road-related story when I put it on this list, and I knew it earlier, but I just... M O R E »

Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want

As Everything You Want was just starting to ramp up its radio play, I heard noises on nancies about Vertical Horizon being a great band. I bought this CD... M O R E »

Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience

I used to be a huge Gin Blossoms fan. I have no idea where I heard them for the first time, and I don't recall buying the CD (though... M O R E »

Billy Joel - River of Dreams

I anticipated this release with some enthusiasm, but I think I was still too young at the time to appreciate how big a deal it is when a new... M O R E »

Al Walsh - Son Of Chime

Al Walsh released his solo record while still a member of Pat McGee Band, but quit the band to be with his family shortly thereafter. I bought myself a... M O R E »

Paul McCartney - Off The Ground

I didn't own this CD until sophomore year of high school, but I'd been listening to it roughly since it came out. Off The Ground is one of the... M O R E »

The Who's Tommy - Original Broadway Recording

I was going to put up the actual Who recording of Tommy, but the truth is that I heard this version well before I ever heard the original version.... M O R E »

Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head

I heard Clocks somewhere. I don't know where, I don't know exactly when, but I heard it. I was absolutely taken with it the first time I heard it,... M O R E »

Paul McCartney - Tripping the Live Fantastic

My first Paul McCartney CD, care of my membership in the BMG Music Club. This is how I heard a lot my now-favorite Beatles tunes for the first time,... M O R E »

Pete Yorn - musicforthemorningafter

This is the other CD that we rocked out to with Amanda last summer. Actually, we mostly rocked out to For Nancy. I found this CD at the same... M O R E »

Blues Traveler - Four

Here's another one that was recommended by my uncle. About the same time Run Around came on the radio, he mentioned that I might enjoy this CD. I went... M O R E »

Ben Kweller - Sha Sha

Last summer, Dan and I visited Amanda in Pennsylvania. While there, she played two CDs in her car; one was Sha Sha. I'd heard of Ben Kweller before, and... M O R E »

Ghostbusters 2 - Original Soundtrack

My brother and I were insanely into Ghostbusters when we were little kids; we had all the toys, watched all the cartoons, drank the Ecto Cooler Hi-C...you name it.... M O R E »

The Eagles - Hell Freezes Over

While I consider myself a moderate Eagles fan, and I do throroughly enjoy this record, I'm not including it on this list because of any association I have with... M O R E »

Jeff Buckley - Grace

Amanda played this for me during the week when we weren't yet quite going out, but there was definitely something going on, so listening to this reminds me of... M O R E »

U2 - Pop

This was the first U2 record I ever bought, and I still don't understand why some people consider it their worst effort. Granted, it's different, but that's hardly an... M O R E »

Harry Connick Jr. - She

Before Napster, I'd hear songs on the radio all the time that I didn't know. Occasionally, I'd hear it often enough to do some research and find out what... M O R E »

Counting Crows - August and Everything After

Heyhey, this is Dan; I'm guestblogging, too! Sticking with the theme of albums, I'd like to hereby declare my love for "August and Everything After" by Counting Crows. This album... M O R E »

R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi

This is the first record that I recall really getting excited about before its release. According to Amazon, it came out September 10, 1996. All I remember is that... M O R E »

Tori Amos - from the choirgirl hotel

Hi, I'm Amanda, and I've decided, at AJ's request, to do some guest-blogging on this auspicious day. Anybody that knows me knows I love Tori. Practically every Tori fan... M O R E »

Weird Al Yankovic - Off The Deep End

In fifth grade, my friend Brandon got into Weird Al and brought this CD into school. Mr. Cancro was cool enough to let us listen to it during snack... M O R E »

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

And now we come to my current soundtrack, and the newest record of this list, Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights. I've got this one on in my car... M O R E »

U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind

The other half of my soundtrack for summer 2001 is by one of my all-time favorite bands, U2. All That You Can't Leave Behind kicked major ass in consecutive... M O R E »

Train - Drops of Jupiter

The Summer of 2001 did not have a single soundtrack of its own; it had two. The first was Train's Drops of Jupiter. The songs on this record I... M O R E »

Santana - Supernatural

If Third Eye Blind was the soundtrack of the summer of 1998, Supernatural was the soundtrack of the summer of 1999. I saw Santana open for Dave Matthews Band... M O R E »

David Gray - White Ladder

Dave Matthews started his record label with one artist: David Gray. Surprisingly, I didn't buy this record because Dave Matthews liked it. I heard very good things about it... M O R E »

Howie Day - Australia

In keeping with the theme of "Artists I found directly or indirectly through my obsession with Dave Matthews Band," I submit Howie Day. I'd never heard of him when... M O R E »

Pat McGee Band - General Admission

During my insane Dave Matthews Band obsession phase, I was a member of the nancies listserv. I can't find any information on it now, so I assume it's since been... M O R E »

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Left of Cool

While there isn't a story behind this CD beyond the one I already told, it's made this list because of the many ways it can be listened to. In... M O R E »

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Interestingly enough, I found about the Flecktones through my obsession with Dave Matthews Band, and my admiration of the Flecktones has outlasted my facination with DMB. I didn't know... M O R E »

Dave Matthews Band - Under The Table And Dreaming

For the longest time, I was almost violently anti-Dave Matthews Band. Though I'd never listened to them extensively, I wasn't a fan of the stuff on the radio, and... M O R E »

Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot

First time I heard this record was on the way back from Seaside Heights in Spencer Stone's car on the day before junior year of high school started. I... M O R E »

Genesis - We Can't Dance

Almost everything I've done to this point was really just an attempt to prove that, yes, my taste in music is pretty decent. This is where I tear all... M O R E »

Radiohead - The Bends

Shortly after I discovered the internet, I got on USENET and quickly gravitated to rec.music.rem. Everybody was talking about this band Radiohead, a band that I'd never heard of... M O R E »

Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs

I probably listened to this record over a hundred times before I ever knew what I was listening to. Freshman year of college, Dan and I had an unspoken... M O R E »

Barenaked Ladies - Stunt

Another flashback to the summer of 1998. My brother, Dan, had gone away to bowling camp that year and came back with knowledge of the summer's hottest song, One... M O R E »

Billy Joel - Greatest Hits

The first double CD set I've ever owned, this was also one of the first CDs I ever ordered through the Columbia House music club (to which I have... M O R E »

Reel Big Fish - Why Do They Rock So Hard?

For New Year's Eve 1998, a bunch of friends and I went to upstate New York for a Lutheran (yes, it's true) retreat. While I actually had a pretty... M O R E »

Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind

The soundtrack of my life during the summer of 1998. I doubt if a day went by when I did not listen to this record from start to finish.... M O R E »

Independence Day - Original Soundtrack

I'd been excited about Independence Day from the first time I heard about it, probably sometime in late 1995. I'd loved Stargate (still do) and, really, what could be... M O R E »

Buddy Holly - Greatest Hits

I never actually owned this CD. My parents had it on cassette tape, and I discovered it when I was way too young to know anything about it besides... M O R E »

R.E.M. - Eponymous

If you know me, you could probably have guessed that this would be the first on my list. The first CD I owned, I was given this by my uncle,... M O R E »

I Am A Rock Star

I went to Johnny O's on Wednesday night with Dan, Jess and Joanna to catch the Willies Unplugged and catch up in general. I played a few tunes solo and... M O R E »

'The Scientist' Video

I caught most of the new Coldplay video for The Scientist last night on Fuse (nee MuchMusic), and it is awesome. Like Memento, it's a story that's only interesting backwards,... M O R E »

I Think I Love You...

I got the oil in my car changed today, so I had to spend 45 minutes in a waiting room with other people waiting for their cars. The TV was... M O R E »

Woodcliff Middle School Concert

Amy's school had a concert tonight, and she sang in the chorus and played flute with the band. The feature of the evening (for me anyway, bookended by shitty songs... M O R E »

Radiohead Synchronicity

A post on Audioscrobbler mentions that Radiohead records played at the same time work together. I didn't believe it, so I opened up two instances of Winamp and loaded The... M O R E »

Tired of You

I can be your liar I can be your bearer of bad news Sick and uninspired by the diamonds in your fire Burning like a flame inside of you... M O R E »

My Life in Song Titles

Amanda came out of hibernation yesterday with a nifty survey that could only be answered in a band's song titles. I posted in the comments, but figured I'd share my... M O R E »

Foo Fighters at the Patriot Center

I tried to Audblog from the concert, but I couldn't get a signal inside the building. I was going to say something about it afterwards, but I was driving home... M O R E »

Audblogging the Foo Fighters

I'll be at the Foo Fighters show in Fairfax tonight, and I'm going to do my best to blog during a few songs with Audblog. I don't know how it'll... M O R E »

Ben Kweller at the 9:30

Dan, Amanda and I arrived at the 9:30 about ten minutes after The Kings of Leon began their set, and we kind of wandered around the venue a bit. I... M O R E »

K-to-the-weller

Like Dan says, I'm going back to DC tonight. I'll report on it afterward provided I'm not too beat.... M O R E »

The Final Straw

R.E.M. is back with a vengeance. They've released a new song called The Final Straw and made it available for download on their website. Unfortunately, it's not available in a... M O R E »

What I'm Hearing

I've been wondering for awhile now when I'm going to get off my lazy ass and actually set up some sort of sidebar that lists my most recent Winamp tunes.... M O R E »

Radio Loves Norah Jones

The radio has been on in the office since 9 AM, and I'm listening to Norah Jones sing Don't Know Why for the second time already. Other notable songs I've... M O R E »

Hearing In My Head

Some songs I can't stop listening to right now: Tori Amos - Spark Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over The Strokes - Last Nite Pete Yorn - Closet... M O R E »

Music Industry's Year's End

Another presentation of the world's most useless awards, the Grammys, has come and gone. I could care less about most of them, because I don't expect my favorite artists to... M O R E »

Here, There And Everywhere

To lead a better life I need my love to be here Here, making each day of the year Changing my life with the wave of her hand Nobody... M O R E »

A Musical Discovery

Dan is taking account of the bands to which he has been introduced in the past. I'm happy to have made the list, for my contributions of David Gray (who... M O R E »

The End of Music Trading?

The Boston Globe is running an article on plans by Clear Channel to record and sell live music within minutes of the end of a concert. What impact wil this... M O R E »

Flogging Molly

From time to time, a CD grabs me by the balls and says "Listen to me nonstop, motherfucker!" When this happens, I do it; seriously, who wants to argue with... M O R E »

And I Love Her

I give her all my love That's all I do And if you saw my love You'd love her too I love her She gives me everything And tenderly... M O R E »

Lennon-McCartney-Lennon

Amanda and I were looking at Why Things Are's section on the Beatles last night, and it deconstructed the Lennon-McCartney credit down to which had a larger hand in the... M O R E »

Something

Something in the way she moves Attracts me like no other lover Something in the way she woos me I don't want to leave her now You know I believe... M O R E »

Monsters of Celtic Rock

Just got back from the Carbon Leaf show at Mainstreet. The setlist: Toy Soldiers Desperation Song How I Feel Shine Mari Mac Smells Like Teen Spirit Raise the Roof Blue... M O R E »

Useless Flash Time-Wasting

Someone has put together a montage of pictures to go along with Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire. It's like a history lesson in five minutes.... M O R E »

All My Loving

Close your eyes and I'll kiss you Tomorrow I'll miss you Remember I'll always be true And then while I'm away I'll write home every day And I'll send... M O R E »

It Lives!

Way back when I was first starting to learn guitar, I'd download tablature after tablature of R.E.M. and Third Eye Blind songs. I got my 3eb tabs from all over... M O R E »

Howie + Tori = Out of Control

Tonight (or last night, depending on how you want to look at it) was the Tori Amos concert in Fairfax. Howie Day opened. First, Howie. Sorry, So Sorry Morning After... M O R E »

Concerts I Never Thought I'd See

For a long time, I hated the Dave Matthews Band. Hated with a capital HATED. Then someone, probably Dan, gave me Under the Table and Dreaming to listen to and... M O R E »

In the Future, Howie Day Will Be Sent to Distant Lands Through Beams of Light

Howie Day popped the Grand Ballroom's cherry with style tonight. The first show ever in the new ballroom was very well attended, and one of the best concerts I've ever... M O R E »

Howie Day at JMU

Howie Day is playing a show at JMU tonight. If you're in the area, I strongly suggest you check it out. I've been following his career since May 2000, and... M O R E »

Choices, Choices

November is looking like it will be a good month for concerts. A few weeks back, Amanda told me that Howie Day would be opening for Tori Amos on her... M O R E »

Rock Stars Are People, Too

The NY Times ran a story yesterday about one of the greatest American rock stars of all time, Billy Joel. He's sad. And it mentions one of the most underrated... M O R E »

My First Carbon Leaf Concert

The Improv Workshop went late tonight, so I didn't get to Mainstreet until close to 11:15, and Carbon Leaf was already well into Torn & Tattered. It didn't matter; I... M O R E »

How I Spent My Summer...Paycheck

Seeing as I'm going back to school in only eight days, I treated myself to a final trip to the record store this evening. In no particular order, here's what... M O R E »

Eminem at Jones Beach

Just got in ten minutes ago after an 11:10 PM concert finish. Sat 70 minutes on the Cross Bronx Expressway from exit 3C to the bridge. Need sleep. First, impressions... M O R E »

Peace Out, G

Off to the Eminem concert. Wish me luck.... M O R E »

The Weekend

I've had unusually small amounts of sleep for the past five days and not been home all that much, which explains my lack of blogginess. I've simply been unable to... M O R E »

What You're Missing

The PMB show tonight in Brooklyn was out of control. 2:20, very small venue, long-ass Identity, Pat/Brian/Ghegan on Midnight Rider, close with Sympathy, and, most of all, no Haven't Seen.... M O R E »

Eminem

My brother and I are now the proud owners of a pair of tickets to Eminem's Anger Management Tour, featuring Papa Roach at Jones Beach, Friday, July 26, at 6:30... M O R E »

Johnny O's Recap

As will be the case for the last Wednesday of every month for the rest of the summer, my Uncle played at Johnny O's tonight. As will likely be the... M O R E »

The Eminem Show - Full Review

I've been listening to Eminem's latest release, The Eminem Show, for a couple weeks now. I have been so impressed that I went out today and picked up an actual,... M O R E »

Live from Johnny O's

To all my fans: I'm back! My uncle is playing at Johnny O's in Westwood on Wednesday night at 9, and I'm heading down there to play some tunes of... M O R E »

The Eminem Show

The new Eminem record doesn't come out for another couple weeks, but I downloaded it the other night. I burned myself a copy Monday morning and have had it on... M O R E »

Paul at MSG

First, the setlist: Hello Goodbye Jet All My Loving Getting Better Coming Up Let Me Roll It Lonely Road Driving Rain Your Loving Flame Blackbird Every Night We Can Work... M O R E »

Final Preparations, and a Correction

I realized that I left Beautiful Ways off the setlist I posted last night; I must have been tired. I think its placement was after Can't Miss. I'm now packing... M O R E »

PMB Recap

Got to Starr Hill at around 9:10 to see Kristen, Dena, Avi and Fetus hanging outside. "The show sold out. We need two tickets." -Kristen and Dena. Wonderful; maybe we'll... M O R E »

Sing Along

This is my right A right given by God To live a free life To live in freedom We're talking about Freedom Freedom I will fight for the right To... M O R E »

I AM Going to see Paul McCartney

After much hand-wringing and hand-bashing, I have committed to seeing Paul McCartney LIVE! I can't afford it, but I also can't afford to miss it. Section 63, Row K, Seat... M O R E »

Sold Out?

Checking the status of Paul McCartney tickets online, and I'm unable to locate any available for the first night, and they're only sporadically available for the second night. Maybe I'm... M O R E »

Desperately Wanting

Over the past few weeks, amazingly, I have come to be somewhat wishy-washy about the Paul McCartney concert at MSG. Seeing as how I still don't know if I have... M O R E »

Keep It Up, Keep It Up, Hot Damn

Five white boys with a go-go plan. VaCo rocked. I didn't win an iPod. And I am very tired. If you meet a person from another planet, and he sticks... M O R E »

Paul McCartney. MSG.

"Busy. Currently too many users are trying to process transactions. Please continue to hit the Refresh button on your browser until you get through. (253)" Yeah, Ticketbastard. So the best... M O R E »

Fighting Gravity

First things first: if you see a show advertised at the Highlawn Pavillion for doors at 8, music at 9, don't even think about getting there until 10:30. That being... M O R E »