Make way for the Cripple Creek Ferry...

You know who's awesome? Neil Young. Beyond awesome in fact. There is perhaps nothing better to just kick back and chill to. Thanks for being the shit, Neil.

You know who else is awesome? Third Eye Blind. Yep. If you want to make fun of me for loving Third Eye Blind, then fuck you. haha They are the shit. If you haven't listened to their new stuff (Red Star E.P.) do so as soon as possible. "Non-Dairy Creamer" is my personal favorite. I am going to see them at a rib burn-off in Cleveland at the end of May. I am incredibly excited. Though I think it's a bit of an odd pairing. (Bret Michaels is playing the same festival the following Monday.)

This opportunity allows me to scratch another act off of my list of those that I need to see before I die. Actually, it's not that pressing. It's more of a list of bands that I would really like to see. There are bands that have a few good songs and then there are bands that I can't get enough of and like everything I hear. Those are the ones that are on the list. Let's see if I can write it out...

Third Eye Blind
Sam Roberts
Alkaline Trio
Poison
Pearl Jam
Andrew W.K.
Radiohead
Wilco
The Rentals

I think that about sums it up. There are several that I've already been able to scratch off the list, (Weezer, Oasis, Eve6, Ozma, etc.) and Third Eye Blind and Poison will both hopefully come down this summer. Sam Roberts actually played Pittsburgh last weekend, but I unfortunately had no way of getting there. Bummer. Hopefully I will again have an opportunity to see him. Oh well, I'd rather see him in Canada anyway. There's just something about hearing "The Canadian Dream," in the States that just wouldn't feel right.

...flyin' Mother Nature's silver seed to a new home in the sun...



While we're on the subject, I'd like to take a minute to plug an upcoming album that I'm personally jacked about--Ace Enders and a Million Different People. Ace is the former front man of the Early November, who were kind of hit-or-miss for me, but his solo stuff knocks my damn socks off. He put out an E.P. a while back that absolutely rocked, and started streaming the entire album (which comes out this Tuesday, I believe) on his myspace this week. It's rad.  Check it. (Update: as of this posting the entire album is no longer streaming, so check out what's there and buy the album on the 17th.)

...I'm livin' in a dreamland...



Peace.