The End?

Spring...has sprung. Is there much more to say about that? Well yes, frisbee at 5pm in the park, be there or be square.

After ten months of research, outlining, drafting, editing, re-editing and re-re-editing, my senior thesis is in the books! While there still may be weeks left in the semester, relaxation has commenced...With San Francisco but five days away, and the Langorne Slim show this evening, life does not get much better than this...oh wait, I watched Empire Strikes Back last night! This viewing was a direct result of a lightsaber sparring match I had with a resident of mine a few nights ago (see pictures bellow).

Not much else to update, just enjoying the days as they come. Apartment hunting, job searching, existential exploration...sometimes I feel like a neo-urban cultural circumnaviagtor of experiences...with a rockin' soundtrack. enjoy life...

Current Song -- Breakin' Up -- Rilo Kiley

Over done, not cajun style...

Good morning...This post has been a long time coming, and I due apologize for the lack of presence throughout the month of March. But here we go with some heavy duty updates...

Since I've been here last, I've enjoyed all those shows I listed before, geeked out at a comic book convention, and have reached near completion on the year-long thesis. We've been uber-busy at admissions as well (hence the lack of posts) with tons of events for incoming students. Its been great having so many prospective students on campus, nothing better than being busy at work...

As always, there are some amazing shows on the horizon! Saul Williams, who you may know as a spoken word artist is playing at the Paradise next Tuesday in support of his hip-hop record. If you are a fan of TV on The Radio, Williams is in the similar vein. Folk/blues/raw/rockin' Langhorne Slim and dirty/funk-filled Aggrolites are playing at The Middle East next Thurs and the following Tues respectively. Excellent evenings of relief in the midst of final papers and real-world planning.

I just found out that I will be doing an awesome trip to San Francisco with the admissions office, working a national college fair. While I'm there, Rilo Kiley is playing downtown. I love that city, I love to talking to people and I love that band, it is truly a win, win, win situation.

As you've heard throughout the year, I've been diligently scribing away at my honors thesis, and we are all happy to hear that it is nearing completion!! Come Monday, the paper will be finalized and turned in for review. To describe the excitement to come would fill a novella and still would not come close to fully articulating said excitement...perhaps I will embark on the great American Novel. Thoughts?

Back to footnotes, bibliographies and title pages...be back soon, I promise! enjoy life...

Current Song -- I Love To Dance -- Langhorne Slim

Who Listens to Music?

Tuesday is as Tuesday does here in Boston...its been a good morning so far, and the day holds promise for the hours to come. I left last week with excitement for the Limbeck Band show, and I come to you today riding still on the wave of lovely lovely times had at The Middle East. The opening bands weren't bad for what they were...which were opening bands. House of Fools pulled some toe-tappin S. Carolina rock, which prepped the scene for The Travelin' Limbeck Bands S. California breed of shoulder-shakin jams. This kicks of what's going to be a Spring filled with one dance band after another...

Spring Break yields three shows in one week - Bad Manners being supported by The Allsotonians (some two-tone ska for midweek skankin), followed by The Honorary Title (Indie-rock duo that promises to pull on my heartstrings) and finishing with the icing on the cake...Tilly and The Wall! If you don't produce smiles with the sounds of Tilly, you're not appreciating the finer things in life.

Later in the season, The Aggrolites will grace The Middles East downstairs. Aggro is one of the top reggae acts this side of the Atlantic, and it will be their ultra-funk dirty reggae that will fill anticipations until mid-April. Plus, there are rumors of Toots and The Maytals playing the Paradise Rock Club (2 nights worth!), which will be the highlight of the semester! Toots Hibbert is the premiere survivor of reggae's golden age, with decades of performing under his belt, this will kick off spring in true Moon-Stompin' Fashion!

With all this music flowing around, I've had to buckle down on some serious thesis work. With only one month to go before my final draft is due, it's crunch time! Things are right on track, and I am more than looking forward to getting this year long project off my hands as to allow myself to focus on the uber-pertinent matter or securing an occupation come summer's end.

Life is good, Manchester United is on point to take the top of the Premiership table, by the lead of the Rinhaldo/Rooney powerhouse...and summer=frisbee is right around the corner!

Current Song -- Countryman Fiddle -- The Aggrolites

Hi, My Name is Drew, and I'm a Blogaholic

Twice in one week, we're coming out of that blogging ebb and entering an era of constant updates! Life is still good, still rollin along. Everyone around me seems to be counting down to something. My buddy is counting the days till graduation, a friend back home waits for spring break, and a girl a work anxiously twiddles her fingers at the prospect of the up coming weekend. Me...I'm not counting at all, but instead trying to enjoy this minute, leading into the next minute, and will hopefully ride that wave for as long as humanly possible. Until I learn to surf (which is goal #2 in my life after developing a solid sense of self, philosophy major remember?) I'm going to ride out good vibes, if you're not expecting anything, then there is no way to be disappointed...and life therefore, is good...always. (That's a metaphor for life up there, dude surfing...ponder that hombre.)

I suppose this will be a life-long effort, for as I sit here, I find myself very excited for the Limbeck show I am going to this evening. Limbeck...a wonderful band from Orange, California. I've been listening to them since high school, and seen them countless times, and they never disappoint. They're playing The Middles East Upstairs, and I'm bringing some friends who have never heard them before. I am thoroughly jealous of their ability to experience Limbeck for the first time, for we all know that everything from music to love to burritos, are experienced best the first time around. (That's Limbeck there...cute right?)

Hopefully this weekend will yield even a fraction of the good times of last, but I have no expectations, so no doubt good times will be had. Life is rapidly approaching, real jobs, real apartments...luckily I'm not expected to learn how to tie a tie anytime soon - enjoy life...

Current Song -- Julia -- Limbeck

I'm Not a Suit, I Just Wear One...

This inconsistent blogging is as much an issue for me, as it is for you...trust me! So much happens, and it's all so fleeting, there is no way to remember all the wonderous moments that comprise my day, regardless, we must try...

My love for B&S (see post bellow) has yet to wane, though I have discovered Amy Winehouse's first record, Frank, and my iTunes has yet to play much else for the past week. (Though I give credit to the newest Rilo Kiley record Under The Blacklight and Saul Williams' self-titled release, where credit is most obviously due.)

I enjoyed a weekend of surprises...no plans were made, just good times. Late night food is soon to become a tradition for this "barely-eat-anything-after-9pm" dude, as it is hard to resist crab rangoons at any hour, though once spring is fully sprung, I may need to institute a ban on Chinatown as too not OD on MSG.

I started today with a nice early morning knock from my Assistant Director in the res hall...as it is RA Appreciation Day, and he was appreciating me, it was hard to complain. Plus, he brought bagels...Honey-oat wheat bagels : )

I am a big fan of appreciation, I feel I spend most of my day appreciating the ability to do most of the things I do. This being my third RA Appreciation day, it has yet to lose its charm, its always nice to love the ones your with...even (and perhaps especially) your co-workers.

So I know I've proselytized about these fellows before, and their banner is at the end of this page, but this incredibly sexy group of Illinois dudes rocks this quartet, Snowsera, and they are in the running for Best New Band in Urbana-Champagne IL! Check em out, www.myspace.com/snowsera , and if you like what you hear, place those votes, http://www.cumusicawards.com/2008/awards/vote From one purveyor of music to another, thank you.

So the day is packed, there's a tour under my belt, an RA lunch to come, a bit more time in the office, a lecture on international communism (w/free Thai food! are we seeing a pattern in this blog, music & food?) a possible game of GO and the Suffolk Rams lady basketball team have their last home game tonight! Then home for some good ol' fashion homework. Hopefully I'll keep you posted (no pun intended!) sooner than later! enjoy life...

Current Song -- The Moneymaker -- Rilo Kiley