I Have Returned... With Music.

So I'm back in Madison after spending spring break in my hometown. I didn't write over break, not because I don't have a computer, but because A) I was busy, and B) Most people say they read this when they are bored, so I figured that if you were like me you were never bored over break because you were busy catching up with friends that you rarely have a chance to see during the school year.

The consequence of spending so much time with people was that I didn't get any work done, with the exception of getting Allison a summer job and paying $130 to take a stupid ACT-type test called PRAXIS I that I have to take to get into the School of Education. That's like paying $130 to get punched in the face. But getting back on subject, I didn't read the 300 page book I was supposed to read on Louis XIV to write a six-page paper on it by Thursday. My progress tonight? 30 pages because I am easily distracted, especially considering the fact that I gave up video games for Lent and have been itching to get to the March Madness 2004 game that I purchased for $2. Guess what I spent two or three hours doing instead of reading about a dead French guy that no one liked.

On the bright side I have a lot of new music to help me get through the rough times. While in the Milwaukee area I went to CD Max, the used CD store in Brookfield. I picked up Version by Mark Ronson which features sweet brassed-up, funky covers of popular songs in England featuring guest vocalists. Highlights include "Oh My God" (Kaiser Chiefs cover) featuring Lily Allen, "Just" (Radiohead cover) featuring Alex Greenwald of Phantom Planet, and my personal favorite, "Stop Me" (The Smiths (a favorite band of Radiohead from the '80's (You may have heard of the lead singer, Morrissey) )cover) featuring Daniel Merriweather, who has a fantastic voice. Additionally I picked up the Knock Knock Knock EP from Hot Hot Heat, which is pre- Make Up the Breakdown, their first LP (aka it doesn't suck like their newest album).

Additionally, I cashed some checks that I forgot I had this week. Thus, I treated myself to some music from iTunes. I picked up Kings of Leon's newest album, Because of the Times, which features the song "Charmer", which was the song of the day on an earlier post, and "Fans", which there is an amazing live version of on YouTube.

But the album I'm most excited that I purchased is Georgie James' Places. Though it might be easy to assume Georgie James is a person, it's actually a band, featuring the dual vocals of former Q and not U drummer John Davis and Laura Berhenn. They produce bubbly pop songs that fans of Headlights will enjoy, but which feature more guitar and less keyboards. The song that attracted me to them is called "Need Your Needs", which is the song of the day for today.

Need Your Needs by Georgie James at YouTube.