I've been waiting anxiously for the new Angels & Airwaves CD to come out, and now it's out, and it was totally worth the wait.

Unfortunately, the AMG review of it, by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, is probably the snottiest rock review I've ever read, and that's saying a lot, because rock critics tend to be a particularly snot-nosed bunch. My reaction is, Gee, Mr. Rock Critic, if you know so much, why aren't YOU the one making records? Huh? Huh?!?

(Maybe it's because YOU'VE got no talent.)

Oh, and Mr. Rock Critic, if it's "maturity" you're concerned about (a big deal was made of "maturity" in the review), I'm going to be 45 in 2 weeks and I have a Master's degree in musicology, with a specialy in choral/vocal music of the 15th and 16th centuries. And I happen to love Angels and Airwaves. If it's "mature" enough for me, then what have you got to complain about?

Anyway, the thing I've noticed about rock critics is that they simultaneously want the music they're reviewing to be totally and completely original, like nothing ever heard before in the history of mankind, AND to exactly match their preconceived ideas of what it should sound like. Which, if you think about it for a minute, is not really possible.

So, in short, awesome album, I highly recommend it. 

Mood:  not sure

I like to do the "Shuffle Sync" on Windows Media Player to my MP3 player. Here are ten random songs from the sync I'm doing right now:

Truly Madly Deeply, Savage Garden

Whisper, Evanescence

The Zephyr Song, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Fall Children, AFI (Don't know this one, it's from a CD I ripped that was in Jesse's room; I'll see how it rates but in general I really like AFI)

Holiday, Green Day

Tonight and the Rest of My Life, Nina Gordon

Surrender, U2

Drop in the Ocean, Michelle Branch

Bittersweet Symphony, The Verve

Quiche Lorraine, B-52s 

Mood:  silly

Bought a SanDisk Sansa Express a few weeks ago. Nifty little thing; I use it like an iPod Shuffle - load random songs onto it, it's like having my own private radio station with no commercials, no DJ yak, and no songs I don't like. Love it. Ten songs on it right now, in no particular order (except alphabetically:)

2003, Nina Gordon 

The Adventure, Angels and Airwaves

AM Radio, Everclear

Ball and Chain, Social Distortion

Blue Orchid, White Stripes

Californication, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Call Me When You're Sober, Evanescence

City of Blinding Light, U2

Clocks, Coldplay

Closedown, The Cure

 Next time I do this, I'll list songs from D to F