Here is a Waiting Room That Wants to Save Your Life

Tuesday. Sorry for the no post yesterday. I really meant to have something out there. It totally bugs me when I miss a day. I even wrote over half a post, but it just didn't make it onto the blog. I was pretty busy all day. It being the first of the month, I got slammed with a bunch of reports I had to put together along with a bunch of manual and summary billing that had to be out the door by yesterday afternoon. Fun times. Today I am working on about five different spreadsheet reports and dealing with other issues that keep popping up. I'm still pretty busy, but there's no way I'm missing two posts in a row, especially since I won't be posting on Friday because I have the day off (more on that later this week).

I have been fairly lame lately as far as new music goes. To correct this issue, I went to one of my favorite music referral sites, Live Plasma, in search of new musical acts to review. Even if they weren't "new" per se, they would at least be new to me. So, I did the usual search by typing in "Modest Mouse" and seeing what bands/artists the cluster chart brought up. I jotted down a couple of the names and viola! I have today's music choice: You Forgot it in People by Broken Social Scene.

Broken Social Scene is a Canadian band apparently made up of members of other popular but now-defunct Canadian bands that I've never heard of (Lisa V., are you able to enlighten us with your vast Canadian indy-rock knowledge?). At first, I thought the album was ok, but not too overly impressive. After the first couple of tracks, things started to pick up. Then they got downright enjoyable. There are several instrumental tracks that provided an excellent backdrop to the morning commute. Most of the other tracks change up in style, which also helps keep the album from becoming too monotonous. My only complaint is that some of the tracks kind of sound like songs from other bands. There is at least one track that I swear sounds like U2, and there's another one reminiscent of G.Love and Special Sauce. That being said, however, I liked the album overall. I even went back and listened to the first few tracks, and they didn't sound too bad the second time around, either. Recommended tracks: Looks Just Like the Sun, Pacific Theme and Cause=Time.