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Archive for August, 2009

2001: I Was Maimed by Rock and Roll

What attracted me to Chris Conley was the fact that he’s probably a mass murderer. On Saves The Day’s Stay What You Are Conley details drowning, crucifixion and self-immolation through electrocution. The violence drew me to Saves The Day and propelled them to the top of my ongoing list of favorite bands. The swinging of [...]

2000: I Know I Would Die If I Could Come Back New

The following is the first in a new series I’m working on. For the next nine weeks I will be looking back at the music I listened to during the first decade of 2000.
When I moved back to Zephyrhills, FL in eighth grade, I thought of it as a fresh start. I had been there [...]