Album Meme

Think of 15 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life or the way you looked at it. These are the albums that no matter what they were thought of musically shaped your world. Get the idea now? Good.

1. Steve Martin, Let's Get Small
2. Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath
3. The Doors, The Doors
4. Public Image, Ltd., This Is What You Want . . . This Is What You Get
5. The Misfits, Walk Among Us
6. Black Flag, Everything Went Black
7. Hüsker Dü, Zen Arcade
8. R.E.M., Murmur
9. Elvis Costello, This Year's Model
10. The Minutemen, Double Nickels on the Dime
11. The Who, Quadrophenia
12. Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
13. Creedence Clearwater Revival, Green River
14. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Electric Ladyland
15. Nick Drake, Way to Blue

I know the Steve Martin record isn't music, per se, but the album had just as much of an affect on my life as any other and his routines and riffs echoed through my young adolescent head just like any song did.

(via vee_ecks)

Hot damn! Baseball is back!

I know it's just Grapefruit League play but it feels good to be watching baseball again. It makes you feel like, maybe, if you looked out the window, instead of snow and ice, you might see bright green grass, lush leaf-filled trees, and the soft light of a summer evening.