God, the Silver Jews are great. And they never tour. That's the one I'd recommend.

In a little fit of synchronicity, the Silver Jews' "I Remember Me" just popped up on my ipod. Man, David Berman can write the hell out of a song. The story of the song is pinned on a near-ridiculous coincidence, but the way he talks about love and regret is so beautifully observed that you can forgive the man just about anything.

He almost walked into a wall
Oh, man, she was a sight to see
And at the party down the hall
He said, "you are the highest apple in the tree"

Out the window, in the harbor he saw a little ship
The moon was worn just slightly on the right
And they slow danced so the needle wouldn't skip
Until the room was filled with light

And I remember you
And I remember me
The sunshine walking inside you
And the man you could see in me

So I remember me
And I remember you
So many beautiful days in a row now
And the nights were perfect, too

Hand in hand down a waterslide in Chattanooga
They did not hide from love, you see
A winter's plane flight to Aruba
Where he threw a boombox into the sea

One day they were cutting flowers for something to do
On the bank of the road 'neath the cotton woods
And he turned to her to ask if she'd marry him
When a runaway truck hit him where he stood

So I remember you
And I remember you
And I remember you

And I remember me
And I remember me
A blackhawk nailed to the sky
And the tape hiss from the trees

Everybody said she needed to move on
That he was all but lost, so deep was his coma
When he finally came to the girl he loved was long gone
She'd married a banker and gone to Oklahoma

He bought a little land with the money from the settlement
And even bought the truck that had hit him that day
He touched the part where the metal was bent
And if you were there you wouldn't hear him say

I remember her
And I remember him
I remember them
I remember then
I'm just remembering
I'm just remembering
Just remembering
I'm just remembering

I'm also planning on going to The Hold Steady/Drive By Truckers. Because they are made of awesome.

Saw Leathermouth tonight.

We were front and center. If I'd been murdered tonight the police would have a hell of a time figuring out who the killer was, I have the spit and sweat of about six people on me. The blood, however, is mine (elbows have too much damn skin anyway).

Has anyone found the lyrics to the FOB/Gym Class Heroes song, "Catch Me If You Can/Proclamation of Emancipation" online? It's from the CFOB mixtape thingie.

We are seeing Quasi and Built To Spill at the troubadour on Wednesday night. BTS is doing the entire Perfect from Now On record. Can't wait!

I have not, Amy.

BTS is doing the entire Perfect from Now On record. Can't wait!

"The Plan" popped up on my iPod the other night, and that's a hot slab of indie-guitar perfection right there. I don't remember the last time I listened to it consciously before that, but it really struck me how well they synthesized the Flaming Lips and Dinosaur Jr. and something uniquely BTSish.

I have a song on my playlist that has no title or artist and I really really like it, and want to find more by this artist/group/collaboration. It's a singer and a rapper, some mellow grooving beats, and the standout lyric is "all over the world".

Starts out, "In New York they want me, and I'm gonna be there. The city's calling, and I'm gonna be there. Ready to ?fight? All over the world." "In Paris/West Indies/Mother Africa, wants me/loves me, and we're gonna be there, etc." and the rap starts out "all over the world, spread the vibe...mi amigos at my side, ready to take the world on, do or die"

ring a bell for anyone?

Rascalz/Barrington Levy/K OS, "Top Of The World"