i am always saddened when i remember that burning airlines isn’t a band anymore. especially when listeing to mission: control or remembering the concert they played on september 12th of last year — saying, “let’s just play some music and have a good time,” in the aftermath of such a tragedy.

i feel like lots of my favorite bands are no longer together, and i worry about what that says about me as a music fan (aging? nostalgic? mired in a musical moment whose time has passed? old and jaded and uninterested in recent offerings?). instead of growing outward i’m almost as often pushing roots further inward, such as picking up old jawbox cd’s at amoeba and telling myself the new stuff i bring to the listening station isn’t worth the money. check out this song of the week though, and tell me there isn’t a quality that’s hard to match, then or now. it’s called consolation prize from the cd grippe and it’s smashing. then afterward, email me and recommend some new stuff because i’m feeling out of the loop these days.

[now hearing this: roommates playing halo on my tv.]