(fair warning: this is totes mcgotes a 'memory lane' post. i was watching the first season of Scrubs. stellar music. recollections included.)
i vividly remember a phone conversation that i had in the winter of 2000/2001. i'd been living in chicago for about 6 months, and had been "broken up" with the "first boy to ever make me cry" for almost a year. having previously been one of my best friends, we were just (and finally) at the point where we could have random and unawkward conversations. he had called to tell me about a band that he thought i would like. the number of people whose taste in music i unquestionably trust is few, but this guy just knew me. (he was right about the Old 97s, too.)
the other memories i have attached to this music is nearly, if not more, vivid. taking the train to evanston to see Vanilla Sky, stopping by a random record shop beforehand. renting a car to drive home one random weekend, this in the cd player as i parked at the cemetery one snowy afternoon to visit mike's grave. so many thoughts about thomas wolfe....
i once saw Earlimart at the hi-dive. they make the short list of bands who put on PHENOMENAL shows, exceeding expectations set by their albums. big time.
this week i saw a movie called happythankyoumoreplease. while the jury's still out on the film itself, the music was my bag. most was by this chic named Jamie Seeman, who goes by the name jaymay. usually i don't dig girl voices, but she's pretty righteous.
