its time for you to chose: the bullet or the chapstick

I'm still working on the end of the year list...don't worry. I've just got some fine-tuning left to do.

but i was just talking with a friend of mine about her 365 photo project, and as things generally do between audiophiles, it turned into a discussion about music. I've decided that I'm going to make it a point to listen to one full album from start to finish every single day of this year. I'm probably going to start the 365 photo project, too, and they may coordinate at some points, but this will give me something solid to keep me writing, keep my ears open, and help me revisit some older records in my collection that haven't seen the light of day in a while.

1/1/11~i was cleaning my room yesterday and couldn't settle on a record to clean to, and as i was flipping through the wax, Your Favorite Weapon by Brand New jumped out. pop punk=perfect cleaning music.

I've talked before about my love affair with brand new. although over the course of 2010 my obsession with Jesse Lacey died off to almost non-existent, i will always have a spot in my heart for this band. this record WAS my senior year of college. i have pictures of my housemates and friends singing along to "jude law and a semester abroad" while drinking margaritas made with the use of a snoopy snow-cone maker.

i saw this band for the first time when they were still playing this album, and for subsequent shows after.

not to sound totally pretentious, but this album on clear vinyl is probably my prized possession.

"no seatbelt song" is one of my favorite songs ever..."its only you/beautiful/or i don't want anyone." in my eyes, those are some of the sweetest lyrics ever written...and yes, i am a sucker for anything acoustic.