So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a leading role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after…

No, I can't seem to get it,
And in my mind I'm bettin'
My time's made up, I gotta' go…

And it's alright if you want,
To see through your tomorrow,
But right, now I gotta' go…

If you want to stay then you can be here with me,
But I can't let go of all this love, oh no, so easily…

I said, if you want to stay then you can be here with me,
But I can't let go of all this love, oh no, so easily…

No I can't seem to forget,
And in my mind it's…

I work in the dead of night
When the roads are quiet
No one is around
To track my moves

Race in the end of lights
To find the gate is open
She's waiting in the room
I just slip on through

You get in
You get done
And then you get gone
You never leave a trace or show your face
You get gone

Should have turned around
And left before the sun came up again
But the sun came up again

Enter the morning light
To find the day is burning the curtains and the wine
In a…

Everything But The Girl "Before Today"

I don't want excuses
I don't want your smiles
I don't want to feel like we're apart a thousand miles
I don't want your attitude
I don't want your things
But I don't want a phone that never rings
I want your love and I want it now
I want your love and I want it now

I don't want your history
I don't want that stuff
I want you to shut your mouth
That would be enough
I don't care if you've been here before
You don't understand
Tonight I feel above the…

We all have a weakness
But some of ours are easy to identify. Look me in the eye,
and ask for forgiveness.
We'll make a pact to never speak that word again.
Yes, you are my friend.
We all have something that digs at us,
at least we dig each other.

So when weakness turns my ego up
I know you'll count on me from yesterday.

If I turn into another
dig me up from under what is covering
the better part of me.
Sing this song
remind me that we'll always have each other
when everything else is gone.…

I like listening to the music I like. Who doesn't?
I hardly ever listen the actual radio. Any new music I find out about is via magazines, the internet, and friends. I still buys CDs and vinyl and I download MP3s. I prefer box sets and really well though packaging over the regular jewel case. I like my music to be as much an art as possible. I'm comfortable that the music I do love and enjoy may not be appreciated by others. I don't hold my tastes up as a barometer of compatibility or intelligence. I like the variation,…

If this is any indication of music in 2008….I'm going to be one happy man. NIN has given us TWO new albums, The Roots have put out what is arguably their best album to date, and then to add icing to the cake, I get my hands on J Dilla's Pay Jay album (the unreleased MCA joint). My ears couldn't be happier. Hell, I still can't stop playing Radiohead's In Rainbows from late last year. Here's wishing for a miracle: if only Tool would put out an EP this year.

NIN
The Roots
J Dilla
Radiohead
Tool

Seriously. He let us know he was in town helping out Jay-Z with the tour, but no details. Then he gets us to post up on a first come, first serve basis to get a "gift" of sorts.

The group of us met at Zeke's on Lincoln for beer and then walked over to the Fillmore (Jackie Gleason) to meet up with the rest of the people. As it turns out, ?uest gave us free tickets ($70/tkt) to see Jay-Z perform with awesome seats. We're were like 5th or 6th row on the front/side of the stage and could see…

The albums are at 45rpm. The packaging is gorgeous. They printed the lyrics for the first disc (not the second disc though).

I can't wait to hear this loud & clear for once without the lossy format rip.

I will still be getting a V0 rip asap via LAME though.

RadioheadIn Rainbows