IT'S ON NOW. WWW.ELASTICHEART.COM GO THERE NOW. MY NEW SITE. THIS IS THE OLD ONE. THAT IS THE NEW ONE. SEE YOU THERE. THIS SITE IS TAAHM'S NOW STAY TUNED FOR SOME SERIOUS TWEENESS.
posted by Aaron at 6:56 PM

Hey all, I'm off to San Francisco for the week to hang out with some old friends. Nothing going on up here except some sort of snow storm. This week was horible for me for personal reasons and it's going to be so nice to get out of here and go to my favorite city for a while. On the brighter side, I saw the Breeders on Saturday. The show was at a place called the Magic Stick which is basically just a big pool hall with a stage. The shows there are always intimate, making it one of better venues in Detroit. The band was quite tight, playing all of the old stuff and the new material is hot. I got to talk to Kim Deal for a little bit after the show which was damn exciting for me (the Pixies are my all-time favs). The whole meeting with your musician-heroes thing is always weird and ackward. Seems like all you can say is the cliche stuff (because its true) and hope that the person you're talking to doesn't get pissed. I resisted becoming one of those screraming girls in the footage of the Beatles concerts fairly well, but let a "your music completely changed my life" slip out. Anyway she was too nice and gave me a sweaty hug, making my week much more bearable. Kim is cool.
posted by Tom at 8:59 PM

Well, my new and improved site is up and running. Until the new name gets registered the IP address is http://64.21.132.246/ after the name is finished registering it will be located at www.elasticheart.com. Come and visit my new blog ya ya!! Please bookmark me!! Anyone with a link to me please update it to the new site!!
posted by Aaron at 6:07 PM

Hi Taahm. Hi everybody.
posted by Ryan at 12:26 PM

Sorry there hasn't been anything posted lately. I'm sure there are at least a couple people that are used to my incesant (sp?) blogging and wonder where I am. Well, I am working hard and heartily at the design for my NEW SITE that should be up in the next day or two. Taahm and Ryan will just have to keep you guys company whilst I finish and fine tune elsewhere, c'mon guys blog for me. The new site will most likely be www.elasticheart.com so check it out please.
posted by Aaron at 1:33 AM

It's the news that Craig Patak and myself have been waiting for, Paul Westerberg is going to be releasing an album in April and going on tour this year! Actually it's even better than that on both accounts. The record is actually going to be a double record. One will be called "Stereo" and the other "Mono". The former will be similar to "Suicane Gratifaction" and the latter will be old school thrash in the style of Paul's alter ego, Grandpaboy. The titles reflect the method in which each was recorded. There is a big rumor swirling around that a couple of Replacements may have played on "Mono". The sweet news with the tour is the unconfirmed rumor that Tommy Stinson will be playing with Paul. This almost makes up for the absolutely destructive news I heard today (oh boy). Belle and Sebastian are going to be playing Detroit in the middle of May, when I will almost certainly be gone for the summer. I am being tested. Regardless, if you want the skivy on Paul, here is a link to prove that I am not making this up. Whoopy!!!
posted by Tom at 8:13 PM

Song In My Head As I Get Ready For Work:

You'd better stop dreaming of the quiet life
cos it's the one we'll never know
And quit running for that runaway bus
'cos those rosey days are few
And stop apologising for the things you've never done
'cos time is short and life is cruel, but it's up to us to change
This town called malice. Ooh yeah.

posted by Aaron at 9:15 AM

George has been a busy man, besides saving us from evil that is.
posted by Aaron at 12:34 AM

O.K. one last thing tonight. The subject of poetry vs. song lyrics and the argument that lyrics are less pretentious than poetry came up and made me think of songwriters whose lyrics could carry the weight without the sound. This said, as much as I get annoyed by sites full of song lyrics, this song came to mind. Can you guess what he's singing/talking/writing about?

When You Come by Neil Finn

When you come across the sea
Me like a beacon guiding you to safety
The sooner the better now
And when you come the hills
Will breathe like a baby
Pulled up heaving from the bottom of the ocean
The sooner the better now
When you come to cover me with your kisses
Fresh like a daisy chained up in a lion's den
I'll know you by the thunderclap
Pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions
And that is why
I stumble to my knees
And why underneath the heavens
With the stars burning and exploding
I know I could never let you down
When you come like an iceberg floating in darkness
Smashing my hull send me to the bottom of the sea
I should know you better now
When you come your majesty to entrap me
Prince of light receding
The sooner the better now
And when you come to cover me
With your kisses hard like armour
The sooner the better now
I'll know you by the thunderclap
Pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions
And that is why
I stumble to my knees
And why underneath the heavens
With the stars burning and exploding
I know I could never let you down
She came out of the water
Into my horizon
Like a cumulo nimbus
Coming in from the distance
Burning and exploding
Burning and exploding
Like a slow volcano
When you come
Cover the ground with ashes
When you come
posted by Aaron at 12:22 AM

On the subject of poetry, of which I am only a mediocre fan, I would like to share one of my favorites and the only poem I have memorized (everybody should have one).

Politics by W.B. Yeats

How can I, that girl standing there
My attention fix
On Roman or on Russian
Or on Spanish politics
Yet here's a travelled man that knows
What he talks about
And there's a politician
That has both read and thought
And maybe what they say is true
Of war and war's alarms,
But O that I were young again
And held her in my arms.
posted by Aaron at 12:04 AM

I heard Johnette Napolitano sing "Joey" tonight and can therefore die a relatively content person. I just got back from seeing Concrete Blonde in Detroit and am still buzzing a bit. The original lineup got back together a couple of months ago and they still sound fantastic. They were one of those bands that I really loved growing up but never got a chance to see live. I was bracing for the absolute worst (as is what I've come to expect from when bands normally get back together), but was utterly captivated by Johnette's stage presence and voice. There are certain bands and songs that you hear and they instantly remind you of who you were and what you were doing when they came out, and I guess Concrete Blonde has always been that way for me. It is sort of like seeing a really good friend from high school that you haven't thought about in years. I got more than a little choked up when they played "Tommorow Wendy", but then again I am a bit of a Twee-baby. Color me impressed.

Sorry to edit you Taahm, but I just had to help you by tagging that elusive "e" onto the end of Concret and Blond. I is Obsessive Compulsive.
posted by Tom at 12:03 AM

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Disorder	Rating
Paranoid:	Low
Schizoid:	Low
Schizotypal:	Moderate
Antisocial:	Low
Borderline:	Low
Histrionic:	High
Narcissistic:	Moderate
Avoidant:	Low
Dependent:	Moderate
Obsessive-Compulsive:	High
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posted by Aaron at 1:28 PM

When I was young boy I played that silver ball. I also played basketball, and while everyone was wearing the new Air Jordan or other ultra-cool shoe of the day, I generally had to settle for the "Shopko special". I used to have a theory that a persons buying attitudes and consumerism ideals in general somehow sprung from your parents buying attitudes for you as a child, but after having a conversation with a friend of mine I have to second guess my theory. As a person who didn't always get all the goodies he wanted while lots of people around him did, I developed a nasty sense of posession jealousy (which I still have to battle to this day) but at the same time I don't value things for their price-tag but just whether or not I like them, $100 or $1, Banana Republic or Thrift Store, doesn't matter. But my friend, having grown up with the same "Shopko special" mom, developed a need to seek out that better/quality deal and purposefully snub the upper-tier, chain companies. These ideals must have more of a political or anit-political birthplace, I don't know where but I just find it interesting. How's that for resolution? It's posts like these where I realize I must be doing this more for myself than other peoples entertainment, could anyone possibly care? Do I use too many commas?
posted by Aaron at 1:13 PM

Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey

Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaut on the moon and you fear that your partner has been turned into Dracula. The next time he goes out for the moon pieces, wham!, you just slam the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the radio and say he's not Dracula, but you just say, "Think again, bat man."
posted by Aaron at 12:38 PM

Song In My Head As I Get Ready For Work:

Easy ready willing overtime
When does it stop, where do you dare me to draw the line
You got the body now you want my soul
Don't even think about it say No Go
Now I'll do anything you want me to
I'll do almost anything that you want me to
But I Can't Go For That
No Can Do
I can't go for being twice as nice
I can't go for just repeating the some old lines
Use the body now you want my soul
Oo forget about it say No Go
Yeah I'll do anything you want me to
I'll do almost anything that you want me to
But I Can't Go For That
No Can Do.

posted by Aaron at 12:27 PM

Vice-President Dick Cheney as Gollum in: "Welcome To My Lair"
posted by Aaron at 11:23 AM