Wherein I do a meme about music..

The thing here is that you are supposed to fill in the blanks with the titles of songs from a particular band you like.
If you'd like to do the same in your own blog or on the back of a piece of scrap paper or wherever, please feel free to do so. Then, if you want me to know what you picked, let me know about it, and I will read it. Such is the nature of the internet.

Pick Your Artist:
>>Sloan

Are you male or female:
>> The Other Man

Describe yourself:
>> I Can't Sleep

How do you feel about yourself:
>> I'm Not a Kid Anymore

Describe where you currently live:
>> Money City Maniacs

If you could go anywhere, where would you go:
>> Losing California

Your best friend is:
>> Stand By Me, Yeah

Your favorite color is:
>> Blackout

You know that:
>> I've Gotta Try

What's the weather like:
>> It's Not the End of the World

If your life were a tv show, what would it be called?:
>> The Rest of My Life

What is life to you:
>> So Beyond Me

What is the best advice you have to give:
>> Take Good Care of the Poor Boy

If you could change your name, what would it be:
>> Chester the Molester

I'm going to lay down in the sun..

If you don't already have Sloan's album, "Never Hear the End Of It", you can get it from their label's website for 2 more days for only $5.

You are the shadow of fear..

Even more pre-release Sloan goodness thanks to Fluxblog and Said the Gramophone.
Fluxblog has a nice review of the new album and the track "Witch's Wand", and StG has a musing on Sloan's place in Dan's life and "Cheap Champagne".
Get 'em while they're still up and awaiting your listening pleasure.

Would you please pretend..

Stereogum has my favorite track (I'm Not A Kid Anymore) from the upcoming Sloan album, Parallel Play, available for free (and legal) download!
Doesn't get much better than that.

Too many people...

If you're not new around these parts, you're probably aware that Sloan is one of, if not my favorite band.

They just announced they're releasing their 9th album in June.

This is very exciting to me.

Even more exciting is you can already listen to the entire album for free.

I won't talk about it too much, but I've enjoyed it so far with a few songs really standing out and one I think will be one of my all time favorites. Sometimes it seems like this band is writing songs just for me.

This is all real-time.

This is my X-Men : Evolution Cyclops maquette. I've never seen an episode of that (no longer airing) cartoon, but I love Cyclops and I got an insane deal on this, so here it is.
Again, this picture has a few notes should you click upon it.

As I mentioned in the last post, I saw Sloan last night.
It was incredible.
Incredible.
I'll have pictures soon.
Until then, enjoy a new edition of my Top 25 Most Played Songs..

Some definite movement from the last time, but Dethklok and Sloan continue to dominate the charts.
There were a few new challengers this time though.
How much longer can the biggest band in the world and the boys from Halifax maintain their control?

Can we agree on that?

This is my animated Boba Fett maquette. It's basically one of the raddest things ever. This picture has a few notes should you decide to click on it.
I'm slightly obsessed with maquettes and statues as of late. I've got a problem.

Speaking of Sloan (I'm not now, but I was in the last post), I'm going to Nashville to see them tonight!
Whoo!

Things can happen if we stay...

Check out my pictures on Sloan's website.

A symbol of truth and hope..

So this guy I work with told me to draw Bart Simpson's head on Superman's body.
I got a little carried away.

So, long, long overdue, but here are the rest of the pictures from Tara and I's trip to Cleveland to see Sloan.
Enjoy!

I continue on my Sloan kick.

Enjoy some live Sloan from their album 4 Nights at the Palais Royale courtesy of Neiles Life.
Coax Me - One of my favorite Sloan tunes, and a song that contains one of the best lies I've ever heard in a song "it's not the band I hate, it's their fans"
Everything You've Done Wrong - Possibly even more fun live since the horns in the album version are replaced with vocals.

2-Minute Music Review

Some of you may have been coming here long enough to remember when I used to write these.
I've decided to bring it back, albeit in a slightly more thorough fashion.
You can thank me later.

SLOAN "Never Hear The End Of It"
2-Minute Music Review by chrishaley!

Who's this for? : Imagine if Weezer had gotten together in '91 instead of '94, were four guys from Canada that could all write good tunes and sing, and had grown and gotten better with each successive album instead of worse. If that sounds good, you're in the right place. Later Beatles mixed with the best of 70s hook-rock and the honesty and sincerity of early R.E.M.

How Crescent Fresh? : Pretty "Super Cres" (or 9 out of 10)

Thoughts : 30 songs. No kidding. I hesitate to call this album an epic, but I think it's very safe to call it grand. In scope, subject, and execution. Songs range from less than a minute to almost six minutes and from mildly trippy to sincerely sappy, from a star-gazing lilt to daylight punk-esque. If you don't like a song on this album, just wait two minutes and you'll probably hear something completely different. One of the band's greatest strengths is the variance in their vision that comes from having four equally contributing singer/songwriters. This album was designed to be listened to straight through, and you'll enjoy the individual songs more later if you do listen to it from start to finish a few times. Obviously an experimental album for the band, but an experiment that succeeds with far more hits than misses.

Highlights : Depends on your mood.
Upbeat - "Set In Motion", "Blackout", "Can't You Figure It Out?", "Will I Belong?", "Another Way To Do It", "I Understand"
Mellow - "Even Though" (downloadable bonus track), "Love Is All Around", "Everybody Wants You", "Light Years", "Last Time In Love", "I Know You"
You must listen to - "Fading Into Obscurity", "Who Taught You To Live Like That?"

Memorable lines : "ana lucia, you're the belle of the ball, you really don't owe me that much, and i really don't know you at all"
"we can make it like we never met, keep in mind that you'll never hear the end of it.."
"sounds a bit offside, judgin' who just died, who'll be the first to speak?
the piano was upright, attendants were uptight, countin' the days of the weak
but 'round about midnight, your comments were highlights, the party spilled into the street"

Yes or no? : If you can find it, and you like good music, you should definitely buy this album.

The same music meme.. only different..

In honor of the new Sloan album that came out yesterday, I wanted to do this music meme again using only my Sloan playlist.
Let's see what happens...

Opening Credits: Median Strip
Waking Up: The Good in Everyone
First Day At School: Nothing Left To Make Me Want To Stay
Falling In Love: Nothing Lasts Forever Anymore
Fight Song: Hollow Head
Breaking Up: I Wanna Thank You
Prom: I Understand
Life's OK: Waiting For Slow Songs
Mental Breakdown: I've Gotta Try
Driving: Two Seater
Flashback: Someone I Can Be True With
Getting Back Together: A Long Time Coming
Wedding: Worried Now
Amazing Hot Sex Porno Scene: Never Seeing the Ground for the Sky
Birth of Child: Bells On
Final Battle: The N.S.
Death Scene: Fade Away
Funeral Song: People of the Sky
End Credits: Seems So Heavy

That seems like a pretty good little soundtrack. I have to say, I like it a lot better than the other one.

Never Hear the End of It.

The new Sloan album should be in a store somewhere near you today.
I'd recommend finding it, and buying it.
I'd highly recommend doing that.
I mean, it's what I plan to do.