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Fairly often I have a conversation that goes something like this:

Newcomer: “Well if your sooo into music what is your favorite band?”
Me: “That’s not really a fare question for me. It’s too hard to narrow it down to just one band.”
Newcomer: “Ok, then name your top 5.”
Me: “Still not enough, I could maybe come up with a list of 30. And even then the bands wouldn’t be in any specific order.”
Newcomer: “Ok, who are your Top 30 favorite bands?”
Me: “Is this like, the top 30 bands that I could only listen to for the rest of my life, like if I were on some deserted island? Or is it my Top 30 that I’m feeling today? Or, my Top 30 I recommend? Or, Top 30 bands that I like and you might have heard of?”
Newcomer: “Ughh…never mind.”
Me: “Ok…fine. I’ll do my favorite Top 30 if I could only listen to these bands, and these bands only”
Newcomer: “Whatever, I’m not interested any more”

So with that, here’s my list. Note: It only includes 22 bands because the piece of paper I was writing on only had 22 lines of paper. Also note: This list is definitely subject to change…possibly daily.

Preface:
The bands listed here are bands that I consistently buy their albums. Bands with whom I am constantly keeping up with and following. Some of the bands were choosing because of their lyrical creativity (Death Cab, Thrice, Further Seems Forver). Others were choosing for their musical ability (The Mars Volta, Coheed and Cambria). Others because their just interesting and/or fun.

UPDATE: I made this list a day ago and I’m already seeing things I’d change. But for simplicity sake, here’s the original.

1. The Get Up Kids
2. Thrice
3. Death Cab for Cutie
4. Saves the Day
5. Coheed and Cambria
6. MxPx
7. Further Seems Forever
8. Underoath
9. Armor for Sleep
10. Bayside
11. Name Taken
12. Mae
13. Something Corporate
14. Brand New
15. The Early November
16. Rx Bandits
17. System of a Down
18. The Mars Volta
19. The Postal Service
20. Motion City Soundtrack
21. The Used
22. Taking Back Sunday

Pretend to enjoy.

Amy and I just got back from canoe-ing in Cuba. Yep, you know what that means another weekend away from home. I haven’t been home for a weekend in over a month!!

It’s miserable here. Currently 95F (feels like 107) and 51% humidity.

Listening To: Death Cab for Cutie - A Lack of

Recent Album Purchases:
The New Amsterdams - Story Like a Scar
The Early November - The Mother, the Mechanic, the Path

I thought this was clever:

[postscript:] Cuba, MO not the country