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Time Machine:

Time Machine: “Backwater,” Meat Puppets

To feel the day break on my face
There’s a blood that’s flowing through the feeling
With a knife to open up the sky’s veins
Woke up to “Backwater” by the Meat Puppets this morning. Off of their 1994 album, Too High To Die. Released shortly after their new found mainstream popularity as a result of appearing on [...]

Time Machine: Death Cab for Cutie

Time Machine: Death Cab for Cutie

Lushing with the hallway congregation, my best judgment signed its resignation.
I remember distinctly the first time I ever heard Death Cab for Cutie. It was senior year of high school and I was sitting on Map’s bedroom floor working on a project for our sociology class when “We Laugh Indoors” came on. I remember thinking [...]

Time Machine: Courtney Love

Time Machine: Courtney Love

Crash and burn, all the stars explode tonight.
I’ll be the first one to say that I’ve never been the biggest fan of Courtney Love. She’s not an easy to person to like. I do think that she gets unfairly slammed for her involvement with Kurt Cobain and I really think it’s one of the reasons [...]

Time Machine: Pink Floyd,

Time Machine: Pink Floyd, “Wish You Were Here”

A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?
“…Either the music comes first and the lyrics are added, or music and lyrics come together. Only once have the lyrics been written down first- ‘Wish You Were Here’. But this is unusual; it hasn’t happened before.” – Roger Waters
This is another song that I [...]

Time Machine: Augustana,

Time Machine: Augustana, “Stars and Boulevards”

I fear, sunrise will come too soon and you’ll disappear.
Seems like I’m always on my own… Back in the frozen District for a week now, following almost two delightful ones in balmy, sunny Florida. Don’t mistake me, D.C. is exciting, engaging and good to me. It’s been an incredible and life changing experience. The sort [...]

Time Machine: Tool,

Time Machine: Tool, “Pushit”

If, when I say I may fade like a sigh if I stay…
I don’t remember the first time I heard “Pushit.” I don’t remember the first time I heard Tool, for that matter. I know that when it came out I hated hearing “Lateralus” on the radio and it took a supreme effort on JLM’s [...]

Time Machine: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club,

Time Machine: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, “Love Burns”

I’d rather die than try to keep her by my side.
Maybe sometimes all we need to get inspired is a change of pace, a different point of view. Took a road trip with my roommate to Charleston on Friday. Eight and a half hours = a lot of music. He drives a stick so I [...]

Time Machine: Falling Farther From Just What We Are

Time Machine: Falling Farther From Just What We Are

Driving faster in my car…
I have been waiting for the right moment to talk about this song. I have come to the conclusion that there isn’t one. Stone Temple Pilots- “Big Empty”. It has been my favorite song since the moment I heard it- when I was nine. It happens to be on the soundtrack [...]

Time Machine:

Time Machine: “Just Where I Was Before You Appeared”…

I’ve written about Weezer before, but I don’t think the first time I really went into how much I like this band. I know that everyone hates their new album and stuff, and honestly, I think everything after Pinkerton was sort of downhill (although the Green album has its finer points) but.. overall, Weezer is [...]