i love cannolis, and cheese.

(this post is long, sorry!)
last night was spent very pleasantly with good friends and good food. nate had us over his house in astoria for a nice home cooked meal. thanks for the good memories timmy andre erica colin and nate. thanks for the good food and great cooking erica and nate. and a thanks to timmy for the awesome desserts. i tore up that cannoli. after some laughs and saying how stuffed we were and colin showing us someone that looked nothing like andre, we said our goodbyes, and i parted alone back to long island. only cause andre was staying over nates because them two were leaving with tC in the morning for a string of shows in virginia, maryland, and jersey. good luck to them in their travels and putting up with a WHOLE weekend with andre. the ride home was a bit lonely and it didnt help that was so tired. but the sweet sounds of ace enders and the rest of the early november crew kept me awake, and company.

i put on the triple disc, "the mother, the mechanic , and the path" by the early november(rip). one of my all time favorites, even tho ive grown out of them a bit. but that cd brings me back to the days of high school, and the first girl i've ever loved. so it was a bit nostaglic.

i highly recommend the triple album by them, because its their latest and it shows so much of the growth i love to see in a band. its a 3 disc concept album. the story goes by 3 chapters and its basically about a boy and his struggles of growing up with a neglecting dad, and running away with his first love at the age of 18. the main character winds up starting a family and having a son, and he realizes he does some of the exact same things as his father once did to him as a child. so its pretty cool.

i love how they separated the album by 3 discs:
-the first disc,"the mechanic", is composed with harder songs the and classic early november angst that their true fans are fond of from the days of "the rooms too cold"
-the second disc, "the mother", has great slower and softer songs which are all great. they end this one end with a clincher of 3 solid acoustic songs that i particularly love
-the third disc, "the path", is simply amazing. its not a regular cd where every track is a song, but its a theatrical telling of the story line of the album. some of it is dialogue between the lead character and a psychiatrist, all roles played by ace enders, the lead singer. the dialogue is backed with awesome airy, spacy like backround music. and some of the tracks are songs, each being a different sort of musical genre, but all songs are connected to the plot. it all flows so so well and it feels like your in the middle of the story. (something that i feel "Razias Shadow" a musical by forgive durden lacked. this cd totally kicked its ass.)

i hope true music fans would appreciate this cd, or atleast appreciate the concept and the effort this band put in creating something different and great.

speaking of growth in a band...a huge factor in me liking a band is the growth they go through in writing their records. a reason why i hold brand new in such high regards is the difference between their 3 albums and how much each member of that band grew as musicians and matured as songwriters. all 3 of their albums are entirely different and amazing in their own way, i think. i am puzzled of how thier new ones gonna sound.
the only reason i bring this "growth" up is based on some ongoing thoughts in my head and a conversation i had with erica after a new found glory song came on in her car. i am all for nfg as a band and at one point i loved them , just like everyone im sure. but after hearing their newest song i think theyve shown little to no progression as artists. i feel like theyre newest stuff is the same as the songs theyve been playing for like 20 years. its a shame that this horrible music industry frowns upon change. but i'll save that for another blog haha, seeing of how long i actually made this one.

hopefully meeting up with my friends, tC, in hamilton, nj on sunday. theyre playing the infamous hamilton lanes. where bands bowl for free. i have some good memories of great jersey fans, horrible pool games, play till you win stuffed animal claw games, trying to sell merch to a busload of italian tourists (who were compiled of mostly gorgeous italian women), horrible sound, and merchguy drama involving the van and a lady (which i thought was hysterical)

so yeah about my day...i woke up, i went to work, ate a sandwich, came home and wrote this.
a good portion of my friends are gone for the weekend, so i need some plans for tonight. or maybe i dont. i could use a night of rest.



peace and string beans,
jay