Best of '10

I believe that the only (barely) consistent thing in this blog is the end of the year music list. With that said, I willingly decided to put off my essays and their looming deadlines to write this. Yes, I am that dedicated. (No. No, I'm not.)

Oh, and this year was kind of a disappointment (musically). But I'm a content cow because The Gaslight Anthem released an album and nothing else matters~

So here goes, (no particular order):

-Champion by Tokyo Police Club

-The Upsides by The Wonder Years
-High Violet by The National
-We Chase the Waves by Sundowner
-American Slang by The Gaslight Anthem -Bang by Empires
-I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone by Crime in Stereo
-Fluorescent Youth by Conditions
-White Crosses by Against Me!
-Real Ghosts Caught on Tape by Fake Problems
-You are Beneath me by End of a Year
-Blue Sky Noise by Circa Survive




Oh, Josh Ritter's album might be up that list but I was too lazy to give it a proper listen. Check out "Lantern" though, it's pretty good. Here.

I Don't Feel That Way

In light of many events in the past two months, I begin to wonder.
Am I devoid of emotion or are people getting more emotionally intense?

Little Devotional

It's been a while since I posted, I must admit I kind of forgot how. I could blame Twitter for conditioning me into expressing my thoughts in 140 characters or less. But I won't. I'm just being lazy, and I've no interest in writing.

That being said, here are some pictures.

First Floor

Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind.

Jeanette Winterson

Away

And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely licensed; we were not compassionate, we were polite; not good, but well behaved. We courted death in order to call ourselves brave, and hid like thieves from life. We substituted good grammar for intellect; we switched habits to simulate maturity; we rearranged lies and called it truth, seeing in the new pattern of and old idea the Revelation and the World.

Best of '09

And they are (in no particular order):

-Meet me at the Bottom by Let Me Run.

-Chasing Hamburg by Polar Bear Club.
-Ups and Downsizing by The Swellers.

-The Kids Can't Lose by A Loss For Words.

-This Will Be the Death of Us by Set Your Goals.
-This is War by 30 Seconds to Mars*
-All I Have to Offer is My Own Confusion by Fireworks.
-Kingdoms by Broadway.
-At Home We Are Tourists by Settle.
-Crash Love by AFI.
-Anywhere But Here by Mayday Parade.
-Goodnight, Goodbye by Ivory.

-Reach for the Sun by The Dangerous Summer.

-Distractions EP by The Loved Ones.

-Living Like This by Skyline's Calling.

* Technically, I haven't listened to it cause my copy isn't here yet. But I've lots of faith in it.

"People think it's an obsession. A compulsion. As if there were an irresistible impulse to act. It's never been like that. I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either."