Introduction

Not that I think I'm cool for it or anything, but I've always kind of been the guy who friends ask from time to time, "What should I listen to?" I have always been on a never-ending quest to find the best bands, and I often derive more pleasure out of finding a new band than actually listening to half the stuff I've found. From the early days of mp3.com and being the music director of a radio station, to the days of friends-of-friends myspace band hunts and purevolume charts, to the new world of blogs and "listeners also bought"s on itunes, I waste ridiculous amounts of my life trying to find that one in a million band that either does something new and interesting, or just does it right. On the advice of my last roommate, I decided to follow in his footsteps and have an internet presence. I spend my life reading the thoughts and suggestions of others, now its my time to be part of the problem. Even though there are 80 billion music blogs, and this one might not ever be read, at least I can now tell my friends when they ask me what to listen to: "Just go to my blog dude, just go to my blog."

While I listen to a lot of different genres, I tend to most enjoy, as I've often said, "music that makes me want to kill myself, or music that makes me want to kill other people." Of course, some of the stuff in between is fantastic too. At least for the beginning of the blog, I'm going to focus on the more melodic, pretty, (dare I say) EMO side of my tastes. I hope someone enjoys this blog and finds a new favorite band they would have never heard of otherwise.