a song with a mission

i should really post more often. things to come to mind that id like to write about, but just as quick as they come they are gone.

i like music. playing. listening. watching. which i guess kinda goes along with listening. whatever. i like music. like anybody else i have some bands that i listen to pretty often (offspring), some bands i hear once in a while (mae), some bands i heard, liked and forgot (man alive), and the bands i never got around to (queens of the stone age). there are also the times where a band i like comes out with a new album, but i overlook it in favor of the current album that is a known good (yellowcard).

so, over the last 26 days i decided that i would switch things up a bit. rather than sticking with my "go-to's" i opted to play only things i didnt hear often or hadnt heard at all. to bring some sort of organization to this whole thing, i figured id go through the alphabet. in order. alphabetical order. well, thats only partially true. i didnt have anything for x so i skipped to z, but having a numbers day made it all balance out.

when everything was said and done, the results were pretty all right. the little experiment was quite beneficial all around. it brought back some good memories, opened a few new doors...closed a few doors too.

a few highlights:

tigerbot hesh: my first taste of getting into 'the local scene.' that guy had an amazing voice and with the help of his bandmates put together some nice songs. the last time id heard them was probably live at the new brooklyn tavern in columbia, south carolina. ah...good memories.

underoath: im not sure why, but in my mind underoath was awesome. when i got to "u" i thought, "ill take this chance to hear some underoath since i like them and never listen to them." i shouldve taken that as a sign. their music...its not for me. i like a song. maybe two. likely, one.

queens of the stone age: someone played a song of theirs at work once. i couldnt make out the song, but mistook it for 'death from above 1979' and complimented their band selection. the guy replied, "hell yeah, qotsa, man." at the time, i didnt know them other than for 'little sister' so i just acknowledged their statement and moved on. when i got to q i was q-rious (see what i did there) as to what id listen to. i went with queens. and they are pretty good. good enough that they should find their way into my standard rotation.

one last note...i need bands that start with x.