He guys, it's really Matt writing this time.  It's been awhile since my last blog.  Things have been crazy over the past week.  I've been putting my record collection in alphabetical order.  The alaphabet, in case you don't know, goes like this:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 

Any bands with names starting with numbers would go before the letter A.  It is kind of a complex system, otherwise I'd go into it more.

 

During my sorting, I found a hidden gem:  an autographed copy of the 1980 Barnes and Barnes ablum "Voobaha," which contained the single Fish Heads.  Amazing!

Hey everyone-it is actually me really writing the blog today...

 

Yesterday was a good day, even though the weather completely sucked and will be generally awful all week. Yet, I feel guilty to complain-especially when you see what's going on in Missisippi, Alabama, and Louisiana.

After Leslie and I finished the show, I headed over to Atlantic Studios to record the National Radio Special with Death Cab For Cutie, celebrating the release of their new seventh album, Codes And Keys. I met Death Cab in the early 2000's when i was getting on a plane in Seattle after the wedding of ex-Acceptance lead singer Jason Vena. The band was standing in the doorway of the plane and introduced themsleves as fans of 120 Minutes. Ben Gibbard and i sat across from each other  on oppsosite sides of the walkway.We proceeded to turn each other onto music-djing for each other by ...