It’s a race against time to achieve 200k scrobbles by the end of my birthday, May 7, for no particular reason. What else is there to do?

Lengthy albums will assist in the final push of 800 scrobbles (Residents, Minutemen, etc). Even with the minor cheating, I’d bet against me.

Place your bets here (when will I hit the 200k goal: date, time).

Incentive to participate: if you’re right, and I don’t make this unreasonable goal, you choose the music-related penalty.

For instance, if your guess is closest, you could suggest things such as:

1) No listening to music for…

My collection on vinyl, in order of acquisition:

Side note: Groupings of albums imply they were purchased or ordered at the same time.

JFK Memorial Album (my grandpa's)

Panda Bear- Person Pitch

Radiohead- In Rainbows

Born Ruffians- Red, Yellow and Blue

Blitzen Trapper- Wild Mountain Nation

Stars of the Lid- And Their Refinement of the Decline

Talking Heads- Remain in Light
The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow
Spoon- Kill the Moonlight
Junior Boys- So This Is Goodbye

Built to Spill- Perfect from Now On
Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane…

Fri 13 Jul – Pitchfork Music Festival

My most recent adventure included a healthy seven and one-half hour drive to Dekalb, Illinois to visit a friend and ultimately frequent Chicago for a weekend music festival they were throwing. By my calculations, the tolls alone ran me $17.70 one-way. So where was this money spent? Well, I felt comfortable accelerating at a breakneck speed of 80mph most of the way (apart from work zones and heavy traffic). One last note before I begin the musical assessments: Chicago is the antithesis of ultra-clean Denver, Colorado. I guess I'd live there if I…

Tue 6 Mar – TV on the Radio, Subtle

So it has been a couple weeks since I saw TV on the Radio, and since then I've had my wisdoms plucked and I'm now regularly taking ibuprofin (800 mg) along with an anti-inflammatory medicine and sleeping potion at night. I assume these are to prohibit me from rising to action or rebellion as I am currently emotional. As to the reason why, I cannot say. It could be musing over me three missing teeth. But, I'd argue it's these tablets. It's always good to counter-attack pain with over-the-counter medicine. That's…

Mostly alphabetical. No further explanation necessary. If you want to experience more of my usual insanity, stick to my myspace page. This is music, this is serious. Okay, not always. Nothing is serious with me. Seriously. Name the original artists and I'll love you. Really.

Name the original artists without looking it up, if possible.

1) Alien Ant Farm- "Smooth Criminal"
2) Ben Folds- "Bitches Ain't Shit"
3) Ben Folds- "Them That Got"
4) Ben Folds Five- "She Don't Use Jelly"
5) The Boy Least Likely To- "Faith"
6) Cat Power- "I Found a…

So, in 2003, I bought The Strokes ' album Is This Itfrom my local Circuit City store (also where I work). I didn't know this at the time, but technically the US version of this album is supposed to include When It Started as opposed to New York City Cops due to 9/11. So, I have the different artwork, granted. The back of the CD claims it's "When It Started" and itunes even recognizes it as this. So, why have I been listening to "New York City Cops" all of this time? I'm positive it's this song, instead. I…

I write better blogs than I do journals (especially considering this is my first). But, I figure for anyone visiting Tennessee for the Bonnaroo festivus, you may be interested to note the killer bands I'm planning on scoping out (minus the sniper rifle). Here they are, the women of Tennessee. Erm, the bands…

A Definite:

Andrew Bird
Ben Folds
Devendra Banhart
Death Cab for Cutie
Cat Power
My Morning Jacket
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Beck
Radiohead
be your own PET
Stephen Malkmus
Sonic Youth

A Nice Second Place:

Bright Eyes
Tom Petty
The Magic Numbers
G. Love
Lewis Black/…