What I’m listening to
So Nick has a car, which significantly cuts down on the amount of time he spends on trams, metros, and other public transport environments. This means less reading of books, magazines, and the emotional state of street hobos. So Nick has been listening to music!
Specifically I’ve been listening to old music. My new car doesn’t like my old iPod; I have to wait for a special cable to make the modern wonder cough up some tunes. On the CD front, I don’t think i’ve legally purchased an album since 2001. This leaves me with a bunch of Aerosmith, Santana, and Foo Fighters songs to rock along with during my traffic-addled journey home.
And guess what? Foo Fighters are a bit boring. Santana is old hat. Even the original Weezer felt a bit too much like a pale rehash of ninth grade. But in the battle between Czech talk radio and Third Eye Blind, paleo-Emo wins every time.
Except I found an album that rocks! Yes, Weezer’s Pinkerton is shockingly great. And it’s one that I hated when I was a kid, mostly because it wasn’t the Blue Album. I don’t think that i’ve changed very much since I was 15 – maybe some additional body hair and fat deposits. But how could I actually change my mind about a specific album? I have no idea.
Needless to say, the Green Album is still a dopey, disappointing follow up to Pinkerton. I’m pretty sure I won’t be enjoying that one until I’m spending most of my day in a nursing home and inhaling horse tranquilizers.
