2009: a year in Music

So yeah 2009 is basically over, and a few records made me smile. Here is 25 of them in no order. Only thing I know is that Pearl Jam - Backspacer is my record of the year.

1. Tombs - Winter Hours
2. Sylosis - Conclusion of an Age
3. The Sleeping - What It Takes
4. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
5. Set Your Goals - This Will Be The Death Of Us
6. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Links Pt. 2
7. Poison The Well - The Tropic Rot
8. Placebo - Battle For The Sun
9. Pearl Jam - Backspacer
10. A New Found Glory - Not Without A Fight
11. Morrissey - Years of Refusal
12. Mew - No More Stories are Told Today, I'm Sorry, They Washed Away
13. Living Colour - The Chair In The Doorway
14. Kylesa - Static Tensions
15. John Mayer - Battle Studies
16. Irepress - Sol Eye Sea I
17. God Fires Man - Life Like
18. Gallows - Grey Britain
19. Frank Turner - Poetry Of The Dead
20. Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive
21. Converge - Axe To Fall
22. Clipse - Till The Casket Drops
23. Between The Buried And Me - The Great Misdirect
24. Behemoth - Evangelion
25. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster

"Say goodbye to part of me I miss with a drive-by kiss."

I have found my self listening to a mixture of Dixie Chicks, The Dambuilders and Liz Phair lately. The quote above is from The Dambuilders. I dunno where this has come from, but I have been very accepting of it. It is really relaxing, and mentally stimulating music.
So week one of the tour is over, and we have a day off is Kearney, NE. It's a quiet lil town, and everything is along one street. But my hotel does have a water slide, and that rules.
The band is pretty cool, the crew the same, and the bands we have been playing with are the same. All in all good times. I do feel a lil burnt, but it's nothing I can't handle. Tomorrow starts the string of dates with Puddle of Mudd. Should be good times. I think Wes is an good guy, and the music is pretty good.
Actually the most relaxing part has been the money counts at the end of the night, which I handle with ease. All of the shows so far have been in lil towns in red states. Places I have never been before. Seriously, Harrison, AR. A town of about 15,000. And a dry county on top of that. Really odd. Surprisingly some of the most fun I had on this tour was in Hammond, LA. Which is a really tiny town, but the venue was freakin awesome.
Hardest part of being out here is the downtime spent alone, thinking too much about what isn't here. The friends, the music, the shows, and her. At least one of those will be happening again soon.

And how long would it take me to walk across the United States, all alone?

Been listening to alot of Jimmy Eat World today, along with the new Girl Talk, and Pearl Jam. The Pearl Jam stems from one of the best concerts I have ever been to. Last week PJ played 3 hours of songs that brought memories, and I sung my heart out to ever song. I knew every word, and listened intently to every note played. They didnt even bother to play some of thier biggest songs, instead they trotted out some fan favorites such as Release (which they opened with), Garden, Rats, and many more. It was brilliant.
The GirlTalk, is because of my buddy Justin's insistance that it is brilliant. He is correct, the new disc is just great. It intruiges me how the dude behind GT comes up with these ideas to mix certain songs seemlessly.
As for JEW, it was played in the car last night and just makes me smile, so I decided to listen to all of the discs and smile more.

As for life, Juice and I spun a great set on saturday at Royal Oak. Seriously great. I don't think I have had that much fun spinning in a long time. All of the songs were chosen carefully, the people were dancing all night long, and i just fely right. Minus the asshole bartender.

At the moment I am trying to figure out the rest of my summer after Thursday night. Thursday night Juice and I are spinning again, this time at Angels & Kings. But after that, I might be getting on a plane and leaving for tour. Need to finalize this part of my life by tomorrow morning.

Arg, Decisions.