2nd wave emo mix

Yes, we could have a debate over what constitutes "emo" and what doesn't. No prizes for guessing my opinion on that girl (or boy... it's hard to distinguish in the above case). Sorry, couldn't resist a little dig. So long as we agree the above thing looks ridiculous then we're on the same page, or at least reading from the same book.* It's probably a good idea to just listen to the mix and see if you like it. Far more fun than nitpicking over genres... I hope.

Tracks:
Texas is the Reason - Johnny on the Spot
Sunny Day Real Estate - Song About An Angel
American Football - Honestly?
Braid - Killing a Camera
Ethel Meserve - West Decatur
The Get Up Kids - Coming Clean
Christie Front Drive - Turn
Cap'n Jazz - Oh Messy Life
At the Drive-In - One Armed Scissor
Mineral - Palisade

Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?5vzfpqt0g5d

Oh yeah and I didn't mention in my (waffling) intro to throw any comments at me. Please do, it gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. I like it. Requests, encouragement, insults... anything to let me know someone's alive out there'd be good.

(*Yes, I do love clichés... and brackets)

Welcome

Ok, it's a Thursday night and I'm bored so I thought "Hey, why not start a blog?". Then I thought of several reasons why I shouldn't. But, as you can see, against my better judgement, here I am making this post. A spectacular one too, don't you think? (Answer this at the end.) See, I'm already getting the hang of this blogging business. You pad out your posts to make it look as though you have something interesting to say when you're probably the most boring person in the world. I mean, let's face it, if you were THAT interesting you'd probably be able to find someone who exists in the real world (yes... there is life outside the internet...) to tell your little anecdotes to. Insulting your target audience isn't such a smart thing to do either, I'm guessing?

Shit...

As it happens, I'm not going to talk about myself that much (maybe because I happen be one of those individuals I eloquently described). I wouldn't want to bore myself by writing about me anyway. I'm going to talk about something much more interesting - music. Everyone likes music. And if they don't then they should do. The smart ones among you may have realised a link between the Pixies (if you have to ask "who?" then leave now) and this blog title. Brownie points to you.

The way this works is that I post a whole load of links to music I like. Maybe if you like the same music as me then this blog might be useful. That's if it isn't dead y next week. I like a lot of shit so the chances are you'll find something to download that you'll like... hopefully. I'll state the usual spiel - if you like what you hear then please support the artists... yada, yada, yada. If you're anything like me (a poor student) then you can't afford to throw away tenners like confetti so you settle for downloading a shitload and then buying records and seeing shows when the next installment of the student loan comes in. Nothing wrong with that in my books. I feel like I could get bogged down in an epic speech about music downloading if I continue right now so I'll stop...

I'll be back soon. With music. Maybe.

NB. The best ideas always come to you in a state of slight inebriation. I'm sure I'll remember about this in the morning though. Whether I still think it's a good idea or not remains to be seen.

Bye for now.