Jebus McFly's Piously Righteous Hymnal

Mixoff

2008-02-21T17:24:43Z

jebusmcfly @ 2008-02-21T11:23:00

2008-02-21T17:23:48Z

A song I wrote in a four o'clock haze

2007-10-11T08:08:54Z

I'm frightened
to look out the window
And see a face I don't know
I'm scared to see those sharp teeth
Closing in on me

When they come out the sewers at night
I'm not prepared
No one's ever prepared

I'm afraid of the precedents we set
And the way no one will
Stand up
Why won't you stand up?

We're just faces in a crowd
Someone else will help
Unless an unknown voice on the wire
Calls for the kill

Until then I'll just wait
Till they come out of the sewers tonight
I'm not prepared
In fact I'm terrified

WEEE

2007-09-08T01:31:07Z

These Live Journals may not be what's "Hip" or whats "with it" anymore (Just like my Luigi icon, and my engrish background lost their coolness as well) But goddamit if they aren't interesting to peruse when you're waiting at home to go out and get your drunk on.

Especially when you re-read your old entries and they form a kind of road map from the person you were when you started to the person you now are. MY ONLY REGRET, that I deleted all my entries from 03. God only knows what they were about, it would have been interesting. (I don't regret the uber depressed entries that exist here, the uber depressed entries were I tried soooo hard to write about life as if I wasn't a miserable sack of shit crying on my laptop keys)

Still, it's interesting to examine entries made stating my desire to meet new people in boone, and just how I ended up when I left Boone last time. The two years or three years or so that went by in between kinda flew the fuck by. And I am amused at the the knowledge that when I was writing that post I was just meeting a couple of people that ended up being two of my best friends. Or that two people I thought were in pretty solid relationships at the time ended up breaking up.

Also funny, the people you figured you'd end up being friends, never really factored into your life at all.

I only write this, so my sister can peruse something while at work as I often peruse her shit whilst sitting around after school. This is my ultra lame vague pseudo intellectual shit. It's of no substance at all, and no insight.

But it kills the time between beer.

Been Awhile

2006-12-20T06:33:37Z

Haven't posted on this thing in forever.

Haven't had internet access in forever though.

Anyhow, lifes been hectic, but good all the same. I got my grades from this semester and I rocked it out with two A's a B and a C. I feel quite accomplished considering I managed this while working 30+ hours a week to pay for rent, trying to maintain some semblance of a social life, and work on the band.

Which goes quite nicely into the band. Go here. www.myspace.com/vaderbomb

Listen to the new songs.

Comment perhaps.

We're going full tilt come January

SHOWS

2006-08-15T15:00:43Z

This is so I have a handy refrence point of all the shows I want to go to this upcoming year.

Aug 26th at Milestone - Final Fantasy
Mon Sep 18 at Cats Cradle - Art Brut
Sep 29th at Tremont - Sunset Rubdown
Wed Nov 15 at Tremont - The Blood Brothers w/ And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Sat Nov 18 at Cats Cradle - Cursive
Oct 8 at Tremont - Xiu Xiu
Oct 16 at The Rocket Club in Ashville - The Velvet Teen (This ones 21 up... might be tricky)

SO IM A FUCKING RETARD

2006-08-05T08:50:04Z

So it's 3 in the morning.

The leaving on saturday was postponed till today (today as in saturday). Due to some bullshit, none of which involved me.

And here I am on the computer, luckily I pretty much packed except for a few things. But still I'm up till three in the morning, making me fucking insane.

"Well why are you insane" you ask.

And I respond to you. (Hypothetical you, as if anyones reading this PSHAW, RIGHT) BECAUSE, me and my brother are driving THE ENTIRE DISTANCE IN ONE DAY.

So one would think "man maybe you should sleep properly so you can drive without, you know, fucking falling asleep, and into the abyss OF DEATH" But that'd make too much sense wouldn't it? No self destruction and illogical acts are the rule of thumb in my life my friends.

Why am I up? I desperately needed to burn cd's. That's italicized because it's a god damn lie, I know it, you know it, your crazy uncle with IBS he knows it as well. I'm just obsessed with music and I keep thinking "Well without my Ipod i need to have all my favorite cd's!" then of course I end up NOT burning my favorites, but instead burn the things I think I should listen to. Which is fine, you know when you're chilling around your apartment. BUT NOT WHEN YOU NEED MUSIC YOU LOVE TO KEEP YOU AWAKE!

So I fully expect to die. And I plan on going out listening to God Speed You Black Emperor, Minamilist house, free jazz, and Ghost Face Killah.

I'd also like to point the finger of blame away from me (On who it belongs 100%) and shift it onto the real problems here! (And by real, I mean, not at all a problem. But I need someone to blame, so if I DO die I can at least look down from heaven and be like "THOSE ASSHOLES DID THIS TO ME (thus sending me to hell promptly))

The real problem? All three of you homo humpers I talk to late at night! You have sufficently fucked up my sleep patterns with your inticing conversations and musical taste. ESPECIALLY YOU AKWARD MCGEE! You are the worst :(. Not only have you kept me up many a night but you also have ruined my life on a number of occasions ("Oh yeah, James told me about you! You're the hottest girl ever!") I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN!

So I hope you cry when they find me next to a Ghost Face Killa album an energy drink in my hand and a still lit ciggarette hanging from my lips (I'll go out like I lived!)

PS. WU-TANG CLAN AINT NOTHIN TO FUCK WIT

If I survive I'll be seeing all my charlotteans and boonies real soon :D. I'm stoked.

jebusmcfly @ 2006-08-02T13:58:00

2006-08-02T19:18:44Z

So I'm leaving Texas tommorow. This is exciting.

Here's some stuff on music.

1. I made a mix the other day to you send to a friend. I think it's pretty fucking good. Here's a link. http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...70689F063A1F54

I decided also I wanted to do my top ten albums of all time. This has been quite difficult, but here's what I have, though this list is not set in stone.

1. Radiohead - Kid A
2. Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
3. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
4. The Wrens - Meadowlands
5. At The Drive In - Relationship Of Command
6. Cloud Cult - Happy Hippopatums
7. Radiohead - Ok Computer
8. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
9. Joanna Newsom - The Milk Eyed Mender
10. Fall Of Troy - Fall Of Troy

So, IF YOU LIVE IN BOONE. And you want in on a band, get in touch with me

Looking for: Female singers, violinists, pianists, people who can play: harp/bassoon/clarinet/saxaphone/any other instrument in existance.

I'm going home. Im estatic.

OH and heres the best survey ever taken by me and zach. Sadly we never finished and I don't think we ever will so I post this now to let it be seen. It deserves to be seen.

*TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey*
Name:	Jackary Bondurstahl
Birthday:	The dawn of time, wence we emerged from the primoridial soup, and slowly made our way onto dry land where we now reside
Birthplace:
Current Location:
Eye Color:	My eye color varies depending on the breakfast cereal I had, the phases of the moon, if i am wearing wool or cotton socks, and which rapper/singer is being cut from making the band III
Hair Color:	Patty O'Green with a hint of Red Butler
Height:	As tall as the mountains are large, as long as the amazon river, as ...heightfilled as the mighty redwoods, 5'4
Right Handed or Left Handed:	You know, I'm good with both, you know? I be like... ambigious and shit
Your Heritage:	Mollusk
The Shoes You Wore Today:	Bear Slippers, that I made with my own bare hands. GET IT?!
Your Weakness:	I'm as bad as I wanna be
Your Fears:	Being told that I still think Tony Danza is cool, and Who;s The Boss is a good show
Your Perfect Pizza:	Jackalopes, I mean seriously who wouldn't want this on their pizza? http://www.rotten.com/library/cryptozoology/jackalopes/jack.jpg.jpg
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:	To be able to recite every word of every character from the tv show Major Dad.
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:	Kneeling down before the now familiar flesh of your deformed penis
Thoughts First Waking Up:	You Mighty Robot!, 18 Wheels Of Revenge, Optimus Prime, Bitch
Your Best Physical Feature:	Robust strands of pubic hair
Your Bedtime:	Whenever the little asian boys have to go home
Your Most Missed Memory:	See above
Pepsi or Coke:	Coke, only if it's columbian though
MacDonalds or Burger King:	McDonalds, because last time I woke up with the king I got herpes
Single or Group Dates:	No no, I much prefer prunes
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:	Any tea, iced or hot, is great with James Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla:	Obviously Chocolate, because you've never seen a Vanilla covered goober have you?
Cappuccino or Coffee:	Coffee, becauze Crappuccino is for F4gg07z!11!1! LOLLERBLADEZ! ^_^
Do you Smoke:	Only Virginia Slims 110's, I think it's a fine compliment to my ciggarette holder
Do you Swear:	that you have pretty eyes
Do you Sing:	No, but I SINGle out the Inuits
Do you Shower Daily:	I'm not even going to make a jest about, it's just fucking sick if you don't.
Have you Been in Love:	I might as well face it, I'm addicted to love
Do you want to go to College:	I'm pretty sure Jesus didn't go to fucking college
Do you want to get Married:	No, I'm married to the badge
Do you belive in yourself:	I believe in magic, and I hope you do.
Do you get Motion Sickness:	No, I get the oppisote of motion sickness, thats why I'm always moving even in my sleep, like a shark. And why I eat chum, like a shark, or why I'm in a band called The Neptunes, like a shark.
Do you think you are Attractive:
Are you a Health Freak:
Do you get along with your Parents:
Do you like Thunderstorms:
Do you play an Instrument:
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:
In the past month have you Smoked:
In the past month have you been on Drugs:
In the past month have you gone on a Date:
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:
In the past month have you been on Stage:
In the past month have you been Dumped:
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:	Yes, and I still listen to that Wham! album every day.
Ever been Drunk:
Ever been called a Tease:
Ever been Beaten up:
Ever Shoplifted:
How do you want to Die:
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:
What country would you most like to Visit:
*In a Boy/Girl..*
Favourite Eye Color:
Favourite Hair Color:
Short or Long Hair:
Height:
Weight:
Best Clothing Style:
Number of Drugs I have taken:
Number of CDs I own:
Number of Piercings:
Number of Tattoos:
Number of things in my Past I Regret:
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

jebusmcfly @ 2006-08-01T23:47:00

2006-08-02T04:47:39Z

take the WHAT BAD BOOK ARE YOU test.

and go to mewing.net. not as good as reading a good book, but way better than a bad one.

MUSIC POST FORTHCOMING

IM LEAVING TEXAS IN A DAY

HUZZAHHH

Texas peeps

2006-05-13T16:19:08Z

if you live in texas, and you want a job I can give you one. I'm managing the Cold Stone in Grapevine Mills here, and essentially I've been told it's my store to run how I see fit. THat means hirings, firings, scheduling, marketing, etc.

So we need around ten people. I can't promise huge money, but hell you'll get to work in a cool enviroment with ME I know that's a huge fucking deal.

And if you don't need a job (Diana I'm assuming?) tell any of your cool friends who live near Grapevine Mills, ESPECIALLY HOT SCENE CHICKS.

Because right now I'm working with nothing but Jail Bait.

HTB

2006-04-19T02:16:11Z

So last night (being monday night) me and an assorted group of chums went and saw a hardcore show at Tremont. We went for two bands, Fall Of Troy and Horse The Band.

First good event, Matt Roberts was there which was a pleasant suprise, as I did not expect it.

We sat around for a bit, I being exhausted at not having gotten any sleep that day. Some talk was made, some Liggits smoked (Liggits being Two Dollars a box. They taste about as good as one would expect a two dollar cig to taste. Which is to say, like DOG TURDS) and then the opener played.

The opener was Trojan Horse, they were awful. Reasons forthcoming on the awfulness. They played like 20 minutes on one song of basically mindless experimental noise.

Then the second band came on. Can't quite remember their name. They where an enjoyable emoish group, a few songs were really catchy and cool, the rest of the set wasn't displeasing to the ear either. Here's the catch, fucking Hardcore Charlotte Scene bitches BOOED them. I guess if the lead singers up there not slamming on three chords and screaming himself to throat cancer, it's not worth it. I hate Charlotte.

Anyways, it didn't matter because next up was HTB. They opened with Birdo. It was awesome. I must admit to getting chills when everyone in the crowd was screaming "Throw it back". They were awesome live, the nintendo keyboard sounds AMAZING and I wish I had been the one to think of it. But alas, they got to it first.

The singer was fucking insane on stage, playing the mic cord like it was an instrument, jumping all over the fucking place. The guitarist was a lot more prominent live, and he's really fucking good. I never realized it. Plus they where HYSTERICAL. So much brilliant dickish back and forth stage banter I was cracking up.

Sadly after that the concert went down hill. We expected Fall Of Troy to take the stage next, and I was f'n stoked, but they weren't there. And Posion The Well came on, and they quite simply are garbage. So me and Zach and Matt Roberts tried to hunt down the reason Fall Of Troy weren't there. We ended up seeing two of the three band members, and talking to the lead singer of HTB about why they weren't there and then just shooting the shit with him for a bit. He was pretty cool, told us the lead singer had a personal problem and had to go back to seattle, and that he doesn't really like hardcore kids (as we were making fun of the douschey hipsters in the club) nor hardcore itself really.

Ended up at Steak And Shake, where me and Zach's buddy Jason (I believe is his name? Christ I think that's it) and me ended up engaging in some of the most disgustingly evil jokes I've ever been a part of. I honestly feel rather dirty.

Good times all around, but god dammit I wanted to see Fall Of Troy.

Transmet

2006-03-01T08:10:29Z

Did you ever want to set someone's head on fire, just to see what it looked like? Did you ever stand in the street and think to yourself, I could make that nun go blind just by giving her a kiss? Did you ever lay out plans for stitching babies and stray cats into a perfect new human? Did you ever stand naked surrounded by people who want your gleaming sperm, squirting frankincense, soma and testosterone from every pore?

If so, then you're the bastard who stole my drugs Friday night. And I'll find you. oh yes.

Bonnaroo Is For Lovers

2006-02-03T00:17:12Z

SO yeah. June 16-18 is going to be the defining moment of my life.

Why you ask? (Well obviously you don't really ask, I'm hypothetically answering your question.)

BECAUSE MOTHERFUCKING BONNAROO (a giant festival) HAS THE BEST LINEUP EVER

Not ever. That's a lie. Coachella 2004 had a better one. BUT, Coachella was impossible to go to. This ones not. It's in fucking Tennesee, a hop skip and a jump away. PLUS look at the artists there.

Most Important-
Radiohead (thats right, Radiohead is headlining. I promised myself I'd do anything to see them if they came near again.)

Second Most Important-
Stephen Malkmus

Everything Else That's Rad to the max-
Bright Eyes
Clap Your Hands
Beck
My Morning Jacket

Acts I'd love to see (and shall) but aren't my favorites-
Elvis Costello
Death Cab For Cutie
Cat Power
Son Volt
Devandra Barnhart
Magic Numbers
Dios (malos)
Andrew Bird

Stuff I'm not going to complain watching-
Dungen
Atmosphere
Rusted Root
Blues Traveller (Hey it should be fun, same with Rusted Root)
Nickel Creek
Ben Folds (and if he plays Ben Folds Five stuff I'd up him to love to see)
Robert Randolph
Tom Petty

It's only 170 all together. Plus that includes camping and parking. PLUS a lot of people I know are going. And so now shall I.

If you read this and you're going, or are interested in going leave me a comment or get in touch with me. THe more people going the more awesome it will be

Back In Chartown

2006-01-27T07:14:00Z

so here I am agian, back in charlotte.

I'd feel like I gave up on boone, but I am going back in may, so you know.

First night back I had a great time. I got to hang out with my sister, and her friends, plus mat. Living with mat should be awesome. All in all I'm looking forward to being back.

jebusmcfly @ 2006-01-06T00:46:00

2006-01-06T06:55:06Z

Shows I Am DEFINETLY Going to see this coming up semester.

The Silver Jews - March 14th @ Cats Cradle
Animal Collective - March 20th @ Cats Cradle
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - (It's been taken down from Cats Cradle, not sure if it's still on)

Shows I would LOVE to see, but am not sure on. (I'll prob end up going)

Stereolab - March 22 @ Cats Cradle
Metric - March 12 @ Cats Cradle
Mogwai - March 8 @ Cats Cradle
The Wedding Present - March 4 @ Cats Cradle
Of Montreal - Feb 28 @ Cats Cradle
Nada Surf/Rouge Wave (I really want to see Rouge Wave, Nada Surf... eh) - Feb 10 @ Cats Cradle
Ted Leo - Some day - @ Tremont

Tremont has just about the worst lineup I've ever ever seen.

The 15 Best Albums Of 2005 (Boy was this a beast)

2005-12-30T11:09:38Z

God this was an epic undertaking. One I'm not even sure why I undertook. Last year I spent a good amount of time in one day writing up my best of, but I pretty much knew which albums I wanted when I sat down to make it. This year, I had some of the same idea, but I felt I should listen to everything I could before making a decision. After all this year was an amazing one for music, as when I decided to narrow down the list I had some 30+ albums I thought where good enough to be on it. Insanity. Whereas I spent one day working on last years, I spent somewhere around two weeks working on this one. (In my defense, those two weeks have been spent in Texas with little to do)

So here it is. I have no idea why I wrote it except for I like writing, I like music, and I like to write about music so it seemed logical. Also, I want to document these things for some reason.

First off the albums I wanted to put on, but just couldn't fit (even though I did put 15 albums instead of 10 this year)

Akron/Family - Akron/Family
Beck- Guero
Bright Eyes- I'm Wide Awake And It's Morning
Constantines- Tournament Of Hearts
Deathcab For Cutie- Plans (It's much better then it's given credit)
Doves- Some Cities
Franz Ferdinand- You Could Have It So Much Better
Gang Of Four- Return The Gift (If it was a new album, It'd be in the top ten. As a quasi greatest hits though it's still wonderful)
The Go! Team- Thunder Lightning Strike (I didn't put this on because I heard it really last year, however it came out in America this year. If I had heard it first this year it'd be top ten easily.)
Gorillaz- Demon Days
Hot Hot Heat- Elevator
The Joggers- With a Cape And A Cane
Laura Veirs- Year Of Meteors
Maximo Park- A Certain Trigger
The Most Serene Republic- Underwater Cinematographer
The Mountain Goats- The Sunset Tree
My Morning Jacket- Z
Rouge Wave- Descended Like Vultures
Silver Jews- Tanglewood Numbers
Sufjan Stevens- Come On Feel The Illinoise

Alright, away we go. Starting in reverse order.

15. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock And Roll - Essentially the Indie Rock version of The Darkness, but god damn if they don't rock as hard and write better songs then 95% of bands out there. Lyrically they are consistently brilliant. Be it the satire of "Bang Bang Rock & Roll" in which they take shots at bands aping The Velvet Underground, the sophomoric humor of "Good Weekend" (sample lyric in regards to a new girlfriend "I've seen her naked, TWICE!"), to the sheer irony of "Formed A Band" (In which he insists, it's NOT irony). This album would have placed higher but it has a few clunkers. Still all the same, it shows great promise, and is really one of the most fun records to come out this year.

14. M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us - This album taught me a lesson on music I should have learned a long time ago. Pitchfork are a load of pretentious ass hats. The description of one of the singles (not sure which one) on Before The Dawn Heals us as "sounding like Journey" scared me away from this album until about a month ago, when I heard Teen Angst for the first time. Here was a song that combined the electronic beauty of M83's last album with what was essentially a pop structure complete with vocals. It was gorgeous. I was blown away. Quickly thereafter I listened to the whole album and realized something, it's better then DeadCities,RedSeas&LostGhosts. (Note: I deleted the god-awful Car Crash monologue immediately. I suggest to anyone who listens to the album to do the same.)

13. The Decemberists - Picaresque - Though Colin Meloy has always written songs that essentially where stories, he's never, to me, been as direct in his story telling as he was on Picaresque. In such songs as "The Sporting Life", "We Both Go Down Together" and especially "The Mariners Revenge Song". The songs of Picaresque have such beautiful wordplay, and poetic flow I am astonished every listening as to how great a lyricist Meloy is. The music is also equally as pretty, flowing with varied instrumentation, it's a beautiful work, and I'm anxious to see where the band goes next.

12. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema - I'm afraid I really have to eat crow here. For almost 3 years, I've held strong to an inherent dislike of The New Pornographers. I'd listened to their first two albums numerous times and never came away with anything but distaste for the band. I swore up and down I'd never ever change my opinion and refused to give Twin Cinema any due. But there was a problem, two songs had wedged their way into my head and refused to come out. "Jackie's Dressed In Cobras" with it's pounding piano, and manic vocals, and "Sing Me Spanish Techno". Those two songs had done so much damage to my former stance, that upon a forced second listen I realized that not only did I like what I was hearing, I loved it.

11. Architecture In Helsinki - In Case We Die - Pitchfork has decided to label the bands music as Hyper Prog. Again I return to my former point that Pitchfork have ceased to be worthwhile, and should go ahead and bury themselves in Master P's next release and never write about music I care for again. I don't hear a single bit of prog in In Case We Die, what I do hear is some of the finest indie pop to come out in a long time. The songs bounce happily along horns, ooooo's, sha la la la's, and girl/guy harmonies. It's sugary, and saccharine, but never to the point where it doesn't go down wonderfully. Also they put on one hell of a live show.

10. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy - There's a very good chance that if I had heard this album months ago it'd be parked in the top 3. I haven't given it as much time as the rest of the albums that sit in the top ten, but it is that good upon first impression. The album is racked with emotion. It reminds me of The Wrens "Meadowlands" (One of my favorite albums of all time) in that the music just oozes with raw passion and anger, and all other kinds of emotion. And just like The Meadowlands it tip toes the line as to what could be considered Emo. If this is emo though, I'll go ahead and toss on girls jeans, cause this is one of the finest records I've ever heard.

9. Sigur Ros - Takk - I've always liked Sigur Ros, but I've never really considered myself a huge fan. The ir music always seemed so sad and depressing I couldn't give it more then a cursory listen. All that changed with Takk however, as it's an album that just bursts with joy. I don't know if anything monumental occurred in the bands life in the interim between () and this album, but the music is so powerfully moving that the happiness on songs like Hoppipolla is almost tangible even with unintelligible lyrics. All the while the music still manages to sound like Sigur Ros. A beautiful album.

8. Animal Collective - Feels - Seems almost as if this is a theme this year. Here's another band I liked alright, but didn't give a great deal of time to. In Animal Collective's case, I loved a number of the songs of off Sung Tongs, but never felt as a whole that the album delivered. Too often they seemed to be weird and inaccessible simply for the sake of being weird and inaccessible. With Feels however they took their sound and put a little bit of sheen on it. By no means are these songs radio ready pop, what is different this time around however, is that stripped of a few layers and shined up a little they COULD be Radio ready pop. I'm not saying that’s what I want from the band, but it just shows the strength of the pop melodies on this album, and the change in songwriting.

7. Stephen Malkmus - Malkmus is my idol. Seriously. How he managed to be in one of the greatest and most influential bands of the 90's (if not ever) and then continue to put out albums as consistently strong and fun as this one, I'll never know. It seems like Malkmus is challenging himself harder on his own then he ever did with Pavement. The song writing is all over the map, electro pop like "Pencil Rot" sits next to epic guitar jams like "No More Shoes" and throughout the album Stephen pushes his voice all over the place as far as it can go, through every range possible, and it's never sounded better. He may have been the quintessential slacker in Pavement, but it certainly doesn't seem that way anymore.

6. Spoon - Gimme Fiction - The sheer quality of the first seven songs on this album is such that no matter what came next it would place on my top ten. From the opening of "The Beast And Dragon Adored" with it's squiggly noisy guitar lines, to "I Summon You"'s brilliantly catchy acoustic jaunt it's impossible not to be captivated. After all in between those two songs you've got two more of Spoon's best work "I Turn My Camera On" a brilliantly minimalist dance song, and "Sister Jack" which is essentially a perfect pop song. As well as three excellent songs packed in. It would be unfair to ask more of any album, but the final four songs aren't bad at all, they just have the misfortune of trying to compare to near perfection.

5. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - I missed the Clap Your Hands show that came to Chapel Hill. This was a sad day, because the album is top to bottom the finest pop release of the year. In fact the only thing holding this back from being higher up in ranking, is simply that it is nothing more or nothing less then a pop record. It doesn't aspire to be difficult, or revolutionary. The band wear their influences on their sleeves (Talking Heads anyone?) but it doesn't matter because it speeds along like a freight train never slowing down once and delivering brilliant song after brilliant song. In the end though a lack of depth holds the album back. However even if Clap Your Hands never gets any deeper in their music, they'll always hold a strong place in my heart if they deliver this much fun.

4. Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary - Wolf Parade had a lot to live up to. The hype on this release was insane. The album speaks for itself though, delivering on much of the hype (obviously no band ever fully delivers on it). Upon first listen Wolf Parades music bears resemblance to Modest Mouse among others, however unlike Clap Your Hands, after repeated listens the band quickly sheds the obvious influences and builds a sound all their own. Songs like "Dinner Bells" and "I'll Believe In Anything" sound uniquely their own, and are some of the finest of the year.

3. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene - From top to bottom this album is flawless, the songs are varied while still belonging together, and they push the boundaries of where the band has gone before (for instance on Windsurfing Nation they rap, and well). It's only on the strength of the following two albums that this isn't number one. However regardless of that, this has quickly worked it's way into being one of my favorite albums of all time. As well as made me near rabid to see Broken Social Scene live. Better then Feel Good Lost? Yeah, I'd say so.

2. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm - The fact that Bloc Party's debut came out in January, and is still this high up the list should say something about how good it is. Anyways this comparison might get me some shit, but I stand by it. Bloc Party are going to be the next Radiohead. If one is to take a look at The Bends and this album (obviously skipping Pablo Honey, because it's shit) I think the comparison is a fair one. Both albums find the bands making intelligent slightly skewed guitar music. Like Eating Glass opens the album with a buzz of dissonance and ambience like Planet Telex. From there one could draw more parallels, for instance the straight ahead rock of Helicopter to Radioheads The Bends. Mostly though it's the spirit of Silent Alarm. As so many critics have said this is a great rock album, what I think they've failed to see is the more forward thinking nature of it. Songs such as "She's Hearing Voices" or "So Here We Are" are much different then what’s being put out by bands in the same scene, as well as really most bands today. To me it seems like Bloc Party are set to explode and take a place as one of the more progressive bands (in a good way) of our time. I could be wrong, and I'm sure most will say I am. However wherever Bloc Party go from here, it doesn't change the fact that Silent Alarm is an amazing album to launch from.

1. Cloud Cult - Advice From The Happy Hippopotamus - I never saw this one coming. It came completely out of left field, I had never heard of them, and really only downloaded them on a whim. After repeat listens of the top four over and over to narrow down which I loved best, this won out. Why? Because it's an epic, huge album (some twenty songs I do believe) and only ONE of them is mediocre. And that's mediocre not bad, because that one song musically might be lacking, but lyrically it's one of the best I've heard as well as having the albums best lyrics. Stylistically it's all over the place, but it still manages to draw it all together in a cohesive whole. I didn't pick a single song from this album for my favorite single songs because they should all be viewed in the context of the album. It's a masterpiece, and one of my favorite albums of all time. Because of this it beats off all those nipping at it's heels.

So that's it. If you read through all of this, I love you. Also PLEASE PLEASE leave some comment. Anything, anything at all. So I know that this was worth somewhat of an effort.

Also, if anyone reads this and wants any of these albums to listen to, give me an im or something and I'll send any of them your way.

David is my comedy king

2005-12-12T05:44:24Z

DaddyWarbucks97: i had a classic smart ass moment tonight
Stahl James 11: hahaha
Stahl James 11: what was it?
DaddyWarbucks97: i went to see the narnia movie
DaddyWarbucks97: and during the previews
DaddyWarbucks97: one of the coke commercials with the polar bears and the penguins came on
DaddyWarbucks97: and this woman beside me (probablly mid 40's) talked about how cute the commercial was and jokingly said she wondered if penguins and polar bears really did get together to party when humans dont see them
DaddyWarbucks97: and i turned around and said: "Mam, excuse me. I couldnt help but over hear your question about the frateranization of polar bears and penguins...
DaddyWarbucks97: ..and i have to tell you that the answer is no, they do not party together. It is impossible, penguins live at the south pole, and polar bears live at the north pole.
Stahl James 11: AHAHAHHA
Stahl James 11: you did not, I don't believe! thats fucking hillarious
DaddyWarbucks97: ...Therefore it would have to take place in a zoo or controlled habitat, and based on the look of the commercial that didnt seem to be the case.
Stahl James 11: AAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Stahl James 11: AHAHAYHAHHAAH
DaddyWarbucks97: In all honesty i think that those animals are actually computer generated, as well as the fantasy environment created by some fool who would make it possible for penguins and polar bears to meet."
DaddyWarbucks97: her and her husband got up and moved
Stahl James 11: THATS AMAZING

Something Kate Wants Me Doing

2005-12-09T11:35:06Z

Letsee Kate wants me to put the songs I like. Theres more rules apparently, but I can't be assed.

1.) Xiu Xiu- I luv the valley OH!
We went and saw Xiu Xiu yesterday. It was a great time. I learned that Xiu Xiu is pronunced kinda like "Jew shoe" except the same opening sound. The show was really good, I only have one complaint. No I Luv The Valley OH! My favorite song by him. To make up for it, I've been listening to it a lot. It's amazing, the guitars sound loud and powerful, and the singer puts so much emotion into his voice it's quite impressive. I especially like when he screams "OH!". If you haven't heard this yet, you should.

2.) The Strokes- You Only Live Once
Holy crap is this song good. It's air tight brilliant guitar pop by the masters of it. Plus the "boom boom boom GET UP!" hook is brilliant. However, sad to see I've heard the rest of the album and it's not very good. If only they had crafted 12 songs like this, they would have had a masterpiece on par with the first two. One of The Strokes best songs, and one of the only really memorable ones on the release.

3.) Stephen Malkamus- Freeze The Saints
One of two songs on this list by Stephen Malkamus because the man is fucking genius, and I'd kill to see him live, (I don't know what I'd do for a Pavement reniuon tour though) It's a really really pretty song, driven by a short piano part, and Malkamus excellent singing. Plus I like the lyrics. Sample "Nothing lasts for long, except the earth and the mountains, so learn to sing along and languish here."

4.) Fall Of Troy- F.C.P.S.I.T.S.G.E.P.G.E.P.G.E
I've listened to Fall Of Troy more in the last few months then any other band. I can't stop myself their addicting. The music is just the right balance between hardcore and melody. Plus the guitarist is fucking APESHIT insane. This is noticeable on this song, but even more so on others. I listen to this song often times when I'm driving and hardcore sream to the part where he sings "I'm rewinding rewinding rewinding REWINDING" often. It never fails to get my heartrate going.

5.) Spoon- Anything You Want
This one I've been obsessed with for two reasons. Number one it's musically great, it's very... not pretty too me. But something about it just pulls at the heartstrings. And I love it. However whats especially important about it (Or what was, actually) is the lyrics "And now time is my time
Time is my own
Never felt so alive
Yet I feel so alone"
I felt like that for awhile, cause I was emo as fuck. Now however I'm quite the oppisote, and am amazingly happy.

6.) The Unicorns- I was Born A Unicorn
All you need to know are the lyrics. Cause they are amazing (so is the song) I was born a unicorn, I missed the arc but I could have sworn, You'd wait, for me!
I was born a unicorn, I could have sworn you believed in me. Then how come all the other... unicorns are DEADDDDDD

7.) Pavement- Box Elder
We cover this song so I listen to it constantly. Partially to learn the words and rythm perfectly. Partially because it's just an amazing song.

Everything Hits At Once

2005-11-25T07:57:10Z

I haven't updated this bad boy in a long time.

I'm in texas for one. My life is crazy, I have no idea whats going on in it. This is not a bad thing persey, but I am confused as to where I'm going.

Obviously however this is better then being confused as to where I'm going as well as wanting to curl up into the fetal position and die.

This things going to be helter skelter, hold on to your hats. Especially if your wearing a derby, because those are awesome and should not be lost.

"And now time is my time
Time is my own
I feel so alive
But I feel so alone" (Spoon - Anything You Want)

That's pretty much how I feel. Things are crazy, I'm out of a very very unhealthy relationship, but part of me still wants to cling to it. Thankfully it feels as if that part is growing smaller by the day. I recognize that it was shitty, and I didn't deserve to be in that position. But still, it's hard to not have the comforts. The love.

SO! I suppose a rundown on events.

I've been keeping busy. I've been going out just about every night and it's really helped. I've met a ton of new people and it's like at this point in my life where Im breaking out. I couldn't or didn't put the effort into making a ton of friends last year because I was content. But now I'm not. I'm really happy in Boone, irregardless of heartache or anything else, I still am happy. Thats something I have to take the time to stop and realize, that even though shit hit the fan I am still happy where I am and having a great time.

I saw Spoon and Hot Hot Heat since last I updated I think (?) both where excellent. At spoon I got to meet a friend of Zach's who was really cool, plus to spend time with josh, stephanie (Who is awesome to the max) and Zach. It was also a fantastic show. I have had spoon songs stuck in my head constantly since.

I kind of hit a rocky period after spoon, lots of drama, and pretty much the death knell in my feelings for one person, but I'm actually pretty damn glad it happened. Especially since because of it I was encouraged to call Becca and ask if she wanted to hang out. This was a good thing because I prob wouldn't have otherwise, and that would have been sad because she is awesome to the max of the max. She's seriously one of the coolest people I've met in a long time. Also her best friend is also really cool, though I haven't spent as much time with her.

I've also hung out with Mary a lot since everything went to pot. This is also a supremely good thing, because Mary is swiftly becoming like one of my favorite people EVER. I'm very sad we didn't get to meet last year when I first met Phoebe (Who is also super de duper cool) because I would have liked to have known her earlier. All the same, I will not complain, because no point in looking at the past in regret.

This entry is so fucking gay :-P. It's rather late and Im tired. I will trug on for all two people reading it however.

Hot Hot Heat was one of the funnest concerts I've ever been too. However the driving experience was crap as I almost killed everyone in the car. I believe Becca's exact words where "Oh my god I'm going to die". It was a good time had by all ( I THINK) however. And I'm glad I attended it with zach becca and mary because they are all awesome. (Also because Zach is my hero, and like the bestest buddy a guy could have)

I think Im a little drunk writing this. ANYWAYS. I am now in texas, and tonight I got done hanging out with Sarah (Sara? Forgive me if mispelled) A broken record I may be, but she is the coolest. ONe of my favorite people. We had a grand time, and she makes me feel like the comedy king because she laughs at everything I say/do. Not sure however if this is pity or not :-P.

I am confused a little bit about how I feel as far as dating goes. I don't know what I want right now. Part of me wants to have a girlfriend again, but another part is not ready and wants to just have fun. I don't know which side will win. This is the worst entry ever.

HERE subsequently is a list of the songs I have become obsessed with recently. All are worth a download.

Wolf Parade- I'll Believe In Anything
Rilo Kiley- Portions For Foxes
Maximo Park- Wasteland
Interpol- Not Even Jail
Broken Social Scene- Ibi Dreams Of Pavement
Bloc Party- Tulips (Minotaur Shock Remix)
The Streets- Turn The Page
Stephen Malkamus- Freeze The Saints
Radiohead- I want None Of This (This song is great, though gives no indication at all as to where they are going with the next album)

Sometimes I wonder if she reads this journal.

jebusmcfly @ 2005-11-08T03:58:00

2005-11-08T08:58:40Z

Another late night, another stupid live journal post.

I was going to post something about how for some reason I'm insanely optimistic about life right now, and all the revelations that follow with that. But one, that's silly because theres no point. Two I might have sunk to the polar oppisote tommorow night.

INSTEAD, im going to rant about Vader Bomb. My band. At this moment it's really nothing. Theres me, there's Josh, and there's Zach. Then there's potentially other people who might play and have expressed some interest in it, but not especially a lot.

BUT, that having been said. We are going to be huge. We don't even have a fully formed song, but we are going to be huge. Why? Because I know of the three people listed above we all have a drive to be in a band. Especially me and Josh.

Obviously 95% of bands that start say this. And prob about 5% of them actually make it. But I promise you, yes you reading this right now, someday you will hear a vader bomb single on the radio, and you'll be all "I KNEW THAT KID" (and perhaps the other two kids as well)

Josh is a ridonk guitarist right off the bat. I... not so much. But I want this more then I want crack, and I certainally am a man who fiends for crack.

Just wait and see. Bitches.

Yeah it is

2005-11-06T22:46:08Z

"That's how it feels, that moment when it's just starting to dawn on you and there's nothing you can do and it's already over and your vision blurs and you just stare off into the middle distance trying to think of something to say. "I can't imagine my life without you and me/ There's things I can't imagine doing, things I can't imagine seeing," says Mike Skinner in his talking-to-a-girl-on-the-phone voice, a fragile wheedle. Your friends tell you it's all for the best, but it still feels the same. "Dry Your Eyes" is the one great standalone track on A Grand Don't Come for Free because it's about the moment that the world stops, the only moment that matters."

From Pitchfork. Maybe that rag has some merit after all.

Stupid Survey From My Sister

2005-11-06T10:51:26Z

100 THINGS.... repost this with your answers:

1: First grade teacher's name: Mrs Atkins

2. Last word you said: dude

3: Last song you sang: Major Label Debut (Fast)- Broken Social Scene

4: Last person you hugged: My sister

5: Last thing you laughed at? The Chuck Norris movie

6: Last time you said I don't remember: I have a steel trap of a mind.

7: Last time you cried? In the blockbuster parking lot, about two months ago

::PRESENT::

9: What color socks are you wearing? None

10: What's under your bed: My roomates bunk bed

11:what time did you wake up this morning: 1:15 PM. So more like this afternoon.

12: Current taste: The taste of SUCCESS.

13: Current hair: Dark Longish Brown

15: Current annoyance: Feeling sick to my stomach, which has been like four days in a row.

16: Current longing: Meet new people

17: Current desktop background: N/a

18: Current worry: Grades

19: Current hate: Someone I know

20: Current favorite article of clothing: My grey blazer

21: Favorite physical feature of the preferred sex: Eyes, hair, other things that won't be listed

22: Last CD that you listened to: Broken Social Scene

23: Favorite place to be: In boone

24: Least favorite place: Charlotte

25: Time you wake up in the morning? Fluctuates. A lot

26: If you could play an instrument, what would it be?: I do play an instrument. Guitar

27: Favorite color: Blue/Red

28: Do you believe in an afterlife: yes

29: How tall are you?: 6'3

30: Current favorite word/saying: Get out my face niggah

31: Favorite book: Catch 22

32. Favorite season: Fall

33: One person from your past you wish you could go back and talk to: Me. When I was younger. So I could tell me what to do to not make mistakes I've made

[number 34?]

::FUTURE::

35: Where do you want to go for college?: The moon

36: What is your career going to be: Rockstar

37: How many kids do you want: 4

[number 38?]

::HAVE YOU EVER...::

39: Said "I love you": Yes

40: Gotten in a fight with your dog/cat/bird/fish: I fight animals all the time. We place bets. I usually lose.

41: Been to New York: The state? yes. The city? no

42: Been to Florida: Yes

43: Been to California: yes

44: Been to Hawaii: No. Fuck Hawaii

45: Been to Mexico: No

46: Been to China: no

48: Dreamed something really crazy and then it happened the next day: no

52: Do you have a crush on someone: Yeah

53: What book are you reading now? Not

54: Worst feeling in the world: Broken Heart

55: What is the first thing you think when you wake in the morning: Am I still tired? If yes then go back to sleep. If no then get the fuck up.

56: How many rings before you answer: Hard to tell. I have a song for a ring

59: Do you sleep with a stuffed animal: No

64: Do you do drugs: Perhaps

65: Do you drink: Yes

68: What are you most scared of: People I love getting hurt, People I love betraying me.

69: What clothes do you sleep in?: Boxers and a t-shirt

70: Who is the last person that you called? My parents

71: Where do you want to get married: Dunno

72: If you could change anything about yourself what would that be: more confidence

73. Who do you hate: A person I'm not going to disclose

74: Been In Love: yes

75: Are you timey or always late: Depends. Class, late. Meeting people? on time

76: Do you have a job: no

77: Do you like being around people? Yes

78: Best feeling in the world: Making someone laugh, Love

79: Are you for world peace: The ideal, but not the actions to get to it because they are bogus and will never work. Not that I'm a hawk.

80: Are you a health freak: No

81: Do you have a "Type" of person you always go after: I don't think so

82: Do you want someone you don't have?: Yeah

83: Are you lonely right now: Semi-sorta

84: Ever afraid you'll never get married: no

85: Do you want to get married: Yes

86: Do you want kids? Yes, lots of illegitmate ones.

::IN THE LAST 48 HOURS, HAVE YOU...::

87: Cried: No

88: Bought Something: Ciggarettes, yes

89: Gotten Sick: Semi-sorta. I've felt sick.

90: Sang: Yes, constantly

91: Said I Love you: Yeah

92: Wanted To Tell Someone You Liked them: Not really wanted to, no

93: Met Someone: Yes

94: Moved On: Been in the process for about two months

95: Talked To Someone: Yes, I should hope everyone filling this stupid thing has

96: Had A Serious Talk: No

97: Missed Someone: Yes

98: Hugged Someone: The pope

99: Yelled at Someone: No

100. Someone You Can't Be without: There's no one I can't be without. Something I've come to realize. There's people I don't WANT to be without, but in the end all you have is yourself.

Random Shit

2005-11-04T11:08:24Z

It's 5:31 in the morning. I have nothing to do because I slept from about 8 to 2 in the morning. Consequently, I am wide awake. So why the hell not update this stupid thing that no one reads.

I'm really ready for my life to just stop being a rollercoaster ride of emotions. It's like a mega ultra lame rollercoaster, like Gold Rush. It's not fun, in fact it's rickety and feels like it might break down at any second, and at the last second theres a low hanging tunnel and you feel like you're going to be depicated, which might make another rollercoaster fun, but not this one, oh no sir, this one is just bound and determined to suck ass. And it's succeeding pretty damn handily. If nothing else from all this nonsense, I'd like to single handedly go around and punch EVERY person in the face who romanticizes being upset and being depressed.

It saddens me that I let one person have so much effect on my life, that I was so severly upset. The upsetness has dwindled, but in it's place now is white hot searing metorite that killed the dinosaurs kind of rage. A lot of it. Any time I think on it, I start getting all pumped up and angry. Perhaps I should take up a contact sport. Like Rugby, or Bounty Hunting, and channel this anger into something constructive. It amazes me though how much I can be altered by such simple thoughts. But it's understandble and in my opinion perfectly legitimate, especially after all the shit. I've never really hated someone in my life, nor did I want to, but I don't think I have much of an option here. Oh well at least my mother doesn't think Hurrican Katrina was started BY A COMPUTER VIRUS (Count It)

Sometimes I have no hope for 95% of the human race. Then I realize how douschebaggy and nihilistic that sounds and I snap out of it, because really how douschebaggy does that sound, don't even answer, because it's a whole lot. Also I have faith because the friends I have are awesome, the people I've met lately also have seemed super awesome. I feel like I'm on the cusp of breaking out and a lot of things changing so I'm pretty excited about that, and It'll make the past a lot easier to deal with.

Anyways... because I'm bored heres a quick run of lists

Things I miss
1. Buzzes From Cigarettes (This could be the most ridicolous item ever, but I DO)
2. Gas prices being low
3. Being in love (cheesy...? Yes. I am a tool)
4. My guitar
5. My family
6. Home

Top Ten Albums Of 2005 (so far)

1. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
2. Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
3. Cloud Cult- Advice From The Happy Hippopotamus
4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
5. Architecture In Helsinki - In Case We Die
6. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better... (With Franz Ferdinand)
7. The Decemberists - Picaresque
8. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
9. Broken Social Scene- Broken Social Scene
10. Bright Eyes- It's Wide Awake And I'm Morning

There was a ridicolous amount of good music out this year in retrospect. Like I mean a RIDOCLOUS amount. First off Wolf Parade's album is fantastic. It really grows on you, and every song is great. Bloc Party however is number one because it came out so early in the year, and it never got old. I still listen to the songs constantly, and am amazed at how well crafted they are. Out of a movement in Britain that spawned such awesome bands as Franz Ferdinand, The Futureheads, Maximo Park, etc, Bloc Party are head and shoulders above them all. The rest of the lest came pretty easily after those two, but I still didn't have room for the following releases : Surfjan stevens' Come ON Feel The Illinoise, Stephen Malkamus' Face The Truth, Sigur Ros' Takk, Of Montreal's Sunlandic Twins, Maximo Park's A Certain Trigger, Hot Hot Heat's Elevator, The Gorrilaz' Demon Days, The Fall of Troy's Doppelganger, Doves' Some Cities, Beck's Guero, Art Brut's Bang Bang Rock And Roll!, Animal Collective's Feels, and other stuff I'm forgetting.

PLUS I still haven't listened to a lot of the acclaimed stuff that's still out there. So like I said. This was a ridiocolously good year for music.

Also apparently I look "aneroxic" and my arms are sticks. I'm not really seeing it.

Meeting People Is Easy

2005-09-26T06:23:27Z

Oh Radiohead with your deliciously ironicaly titled documentary that I have yet to see. Meeting people is decidedly not easy, as I have found in the last week.

Well scratch that, meeting people is easy. Meeting people can be as easy as going out on a weekend and meeting new people. I met a whole group of people this weekend and they where all cool and I'm glad for it.

But meeting the kind of people who share the same interests as me? Not so much. There's nothing wrong with meeting people who don't share the same ideas and ideals as you, it makes you more of a diverse person. However even though I enjoyed the weekend, the idea of going out every weekend and party hartying is just not my thing. I mean I suppose I could make it my thing, but why try to turn myself into something I'm not.

The main culprit in this post? Fucking facebook. With the facebook I can do a search of a obscure indie band I love and find like 20 people who share that interest along with many others. There profiles all seem cool. They all seem like super cool people. But who the fuck signs up to facebook to meet new people?

Most likely about 99% people don't. Thus all I can see is that there are tons upon tons of people, both males and females, who seem to be awesome. I will never meet them. This sucks a butt. I can't really IM random people off facebook either, because any instance where I have randomly imed someone to meet a new person has resulted in what I'm sure is them being put off.

So if partying, that's my only way to meet new people, then that's what I'll definetly do. Part of this new found freedom I've got means I need to take advantage of it, have as much fun as I can and meet as many people as possible.

Also the fucking Panthers make me sad. They only lose because they make stupid mistakes.

Also also I have a fucking cold. This makes a single tear form.

jebusmcfly @ 2005-09-24T15:31:00

2005-09-24T19:31:41Z

"Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love."

Neil Gaiman