Music & Nail Biting

We are now reaching the halfway point of summer, the time of year where I always find myself spending a month reevaluating my life, getting really whacked out sleeping patterns, dealing with the consequential soul searching depression from staying up for 24 hours straight, biting my nails at 3:52 a.m. wondering why I have made the choices I have made and where I will end up.

And what always helps me cope with the month of fleeting insanity?

New music.

I’m a music junkie. When I can’t sleep and need to pull myself away from the deep emotions that possess me during the month of July, I scour the internet for new bands to listen to. I distract myself for hours at a time (my record being 8 straight hours) by utilizing MySpace, Pandora, Daytrotter, Gnoosic, various blogs, and other tools to find bands that I’m sure no one else has ever heard of before. I usually come away from these sessions with a few new band crushes, and a couple of songs that I can lose myself in for a week. Then the process repeats. But, I’m telling you, I find some good shit. And I always know who is going to be cool in 5 years. Swear to god. I listened to Kings of Leon in 2004. Cat Power was my baby 4 years ago. Tegan and Sara? I practically own them. And Lady Gaga… ollllld news (although anyone in the gay community can claim that one).

So, I’m going to recommend that you click on that YouTube video of Jessica Lea Mayfield residing at the top of this blog so you know which bitch is going to be taking over the world in a little bit.

Right now I’m into a lot of hippie folk stuff, so if you have a distaste for showers, rarely wear shoes, and love you some trees, take a listen to these guys, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros:

And if you want to be really cool, check out The Dodos.

Meric Long of The Dodos. I would like him to marry me. Jus' sayin'.

And I’m proud of these stencils I made:

Yay for me!

 The End (for now).