Oko. It's another round of what are you listening too. As I have said before, I type late at night, so I am usually just listening to something mellow. That's my excuse. Something that calms me down. Not like I'm that hyper but sometimes Conan O'Brien doesn't help and I am seeing stuff out of my eyes. I just want to sleep, but I have to get this finished. That kind of attitude. Michele does it and I do it too. Fucking perfection people. I have to keep going til I am thru or it will be dead when I come back to it. It's always a one shot deal with me. If it isn't done the first time, it's deleted.

A little more knowledge to you, mein readers, as how FTTW works.

So what were we last listening to when we left you?

What are you listening to right now?

Here is mine.

Common Rider - Rise or Fall

Well, I guess this could've been worse. I mean it's a great song about desperation and being kicked down. You are beat down. You are desperate. So what are you going to do about it? An obscure album that not many people know exist. If you don't know this band, it was a put together group with a few big name underground players. Somehow the lead singer came out of his hiding from Florida and decided to put his words to music and do a little tour. This band is long gone now, but for a brief shining second, we all got to see Jesse from Op Ivy on stage again. Sure it was mellow. Sure he was beat down. Sure he knew the merch ropes. And sure, he was still cool. I never bothered to ask him about his buddhist phase. It didn't matter. He was back. Of course the show sold out quick. I think they did like five shows in total before he disappeared again and the other bandmates went back to their respective bands. But, for that one brief second, you could feel his energy again.

Rise or fall. -T

This time I was listening to a CD and not the winamp, so there was no chance of getting hit with the Air Supply. It will happen, I’m sure. Then you can all point and laugh. For now, I’ve got:

Avail - Not a Happy Man

I was listening to "Short Music for Short People" - a Fat Wreck compilation of 101 30 second songs by punk rock bands. It’s a pretty cool CD with a lot of kick ass bands on it and perfect for a day when your attention span is fried. So what can I write about a thirty second song? Well, let’s look at the lyrics to this one:

Well I’m being tortured
I’m in a cherry orchard
But I can’t pick one
I’m being tortured
I’m in a cherry
Not a happy man
Not a happy man
Not a happy man
Not a happy man
I’m being tortured
I’m in a cherry
Not a happy man

Well. There are probably a few ways you can interpret this song. Or maybe there’s only one. A 30 second, musical metaphor for wanting some virgin high school ass? Well, at least he kept himself from “picking the cherries.” So you could say this is good, moral song about sticking to what’s right even when what’s wrong is so enticing. Or you can say it’s about some guy watching Barely Legal Teens 8 and not realizing that “barely legal” in porn talk means 25.

Or maybe he’s just craving a cherry pie and he’s too short to pick the cherries or something. Who the fuck knows. -M

Michele will be back later in the day with an interesting story about malls and lip syncing. I on the other hand will be watching TV trying to get in a few more hours sleep. I might finish the Disneyland story tonight.

So this begs the simple question.

What are you listening to right now?

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