I would just like to state that I really love
music. The ony time that I have come even close to spending a long time without
music was this recent summer, where I attended a camp where we spoke nothing but
German for a month, and weren't allowed to hear or speak any english. But we did
hear German music (which left me with a strange, unnatural attraction to the
80's German pop star Falco, but that's another story entirely) Anyways, as you
all have probably seen from the main page, my favorite band that I think are
just the most wonderful musicians to ever walk this earth, are Dave Matthews
Band. But, as of now, all my DMB CDs are on a temporary sabbatical in my CD
racks, because they have been abused by me and listened to WAY too many times
(they were the only ones that I could stand after my German experience...but as
I said, that's another story) Anyways, I wanted to devote this weeks column to
my second favorite band (well actually there are three of them, I love them all
a lot exactly the same amout :-) , They Might be Giants, Crash Test Dummies, and
Jars of Clay. Quote of the
Week! Aleigh's
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They Might Be Giants-- TMBG.COM
I have gotten into this group only
recently. Well, not exactly. I did buy John Henry a little while after it came
out, listened to it incessantly for a little while, put it down on a table one
day, and promptly lost it. I guess it would be the beginning of this summer,
about June, when I got Factory Showroom and Flood. I would say Flood is the best
of the TMBG CDs I own, but the other two were both wonderful in their own ways.
I like TMBG because their music style isn't mainstream, and it's catchy and
cool. I'm just upset right now because they're having a concert near me this
weekend and I'll be out of town. Sigh. next time.
Crash Test Dummies--
CTD
I got God Shuffled His
Feet a little while after the single mmm mmm mmm mmm came out, I thought the
song was okay, but not all that great. It is definately not the best one on the
CD, but the whole CD is just great. I guess I have a lot of memories that go
along with this CD, I can remember 3 years ago when I was in Germany with one of
my friends, and we stayed at my aunt's house, and we sat on the floor of my
cousins room when he was at a party, and drank a beer, and played cards, and
listened to this. :-) Also, in 7th grade, on a camping trip with a bunch of
people from my school it was listened to frequently.
God shuffled his Feet
isn't the only CTD CD I have, I have all three of theirs, but it is the best.
The Ghosts that Haunt Me, their first CD, and A Worm's Life, their latest which
came out last year, are both good too. I like CTD cause of Brad Roberts
distinctive voice, and the wonderful variety of random instruments they play,
the bajo, accordion, mandolin, harmonica, and lots of others. The lyrics also
sound like he was high while writing them, they're very offbeat. :-)
Jars
of Clay-- Much Afraid
Jars of Clay are a christian group, but I don't really listen to christian
music, actually the list stops at them :-) Their 1st self titled CD is really
good, and their second, Much Afraid, which just came out, is pretty much the
same. I really like the lead singers voice. The only thing that bugs me is their
kind of cheapified CD, which has AOL software on it. But nothing's perfect :-)
Okay, those are my 3 second favorite music groups, a little about them
and why I like them. All the web sites are pretty good, so visit them!!! That's
it for this week, come back next week! Later!
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I liked this site, it's great for fans of the hitchhiker
books, and even if you've never read the books, the quotes are pretty cool
anyways!! Inspirational
Quotes from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
No Pic of the week this
week, it's a long story...but till next week!!!!