365 project:"and dont say 'really are you in this?' cause i can feel you pulling away"

day 12.

artist:stroke 9
album:nasty little thoughts

today when i opened up my CD binder to find something to listen to, a note from a fellow DJ at my college radio station fell out...i haven't been in the station since May of 2003, so I'm going to guess that its been a while since I've listened to this album.

of course i bought this CD because of the song little black backpack. i told the story of my first encounter with this song a few days ago, so i wont get into that again. the fact is, i was in love with it from the beginning and that was all there was to it. however, as quickly as i fell in love with this CD, it seemed to fall out of favor, not because it wasn't good, but because something else came along to take its place. When i transferred colleges, and even more so after my first year at Monmouth, my musical taste took a drastic change. by my junior year at MU i was listening to pretty much non-stop pop-punk and everything else had been left in the dust.

once again, i was surprised by how many of the lyrics i remembered after years of forgetting about this album's existence. i find myself often feeling that way and then wondering why we don't teach kids using music more often...i cant tell you what i did last week, but i can remember every line to a song i haven't heard since i was six. that seems like it could be very valuable in education, but i digress.

i actually listened to today's selection twice; not because i couldn't sit through it but because i couldn't get enough of it. I'm really starting to find, through this project, that i have a lot of really great stuff hiding in my collection that i just don't pay any mind too. at least for a while ill have some stuff to listen to on those days when the stuff i normally listen to gets boring again, as it tends to do. there is a very good chance that i will spin the disk once or twice more before the end of the day.

nasty little thoughts is full of songs that deal with cheating, breaking up, and unrequited love. while the content is dark and depressing, the music tends to be a bit more upbeat and fun...for instance the single little black backpack is totally about beating the tar out of someone that the singer's girlfriend cheated with, but have you heard that song? it is so much fun to sing along and it makes me smile every time i hear the first few chords on the radio.

i suggest that you go into your CD collection, brush the dust off of this gem, and give it a spin. chances are you are going to have as much fun with it today as you did back in 1999.