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Best Music for Savannah?

I love summer. I'm actually not a super big fan of Savannah until the summer hits. Last winter quarter was unusually cold and rainy, so it is nice to finally have some sunshine. Savannah is a special kind of place to drive. Like, I bet if you got a decent areal shot you'd realize the whole design is like one of those mazes in those travel books your parents gave you to keep you quiet. You know the ones.

Even though I'm not a super big fan of Savannah outside of Summer, I am a huge fan of Drayton street. I've witness three or four wrecks there the past couple of months. Nothing major, but I have noticed the same formula keeps happening. Guy (or girl - probably girl, they can't drive*) gets on Drayton. Looks at the cars in front of him/her. Realizes he/she is going the wrong way on a one way street. Finally, this person pulls the whole "get off the effin road as fast as I can" move where they go flying into the sidewalk. Or into a tree. Or something like that. It's pretty funny (after the fact - I don't laugh till I know people are safe). I kind of empathize though. It took me awhile to figure out what's what with Savannah streets.

So anyways, me and a friend were discussing the best music to listen to while in Savannah. You know, what fits the mood. We both thought Five for Fighting, Battle for Everything was excellent for the atmosphere around here, especially the track: "If God Made You..."

I actually haven't given this album a listen in awhile. I think the fact that it was a 2004 album and it's now 2010 makes me feel old - so that's why I avoid it. It's a pretty solid album. I also think the track NYC Weather Report and The Devil in the Wishing Well are pretty fitting for this side of Georgia. Another good artist that fits Savannah (to me anyways) is Andrew Bird. Particularly Armchair Apocrypha, which is one of my favorite albums lately (the best track off there has got to be Plasticities)

So I thought I'd leave this open-ended and ask, to whomever might read this, what you think. Best music for the Savannah atmosphere?

*Kidding, of course.

ATHell

Atlanta is pretty much the worse place to go, especially around 5 PM. I understand that that's sort of obvious, but you never appreciate Atlanta traffic until you experience it like I have the past couple of weekends. You could probably drive the state of Georgia from bottom to top in six hours. Bet on it being nine hours if you hit that dreaded time where everyone's trying to get home. On top of all that, it's not just traffic. It's dangerous traffic. I'm pretty appalled by some of the drivers on the road that I have witnessed going through Atlanta. I'm sure there are plenty of bad drivers in other parts of the state, but it seems like they show up to Spaghetti Junction when I'm over there.

Something I'd really like to know: do dogs count as passengers? I've got a golden retriever (Captain Awesome) whose sometimes with me when I'm driving down I-75. I'm pretty sure I'd have a convincing case if I ever got pulled over in the HOV lane. Whose to say a dog doesn't count? He's family enough. Are they going to really tell me that Capt. Awesome isn't a person?

So, this is apparently a blog about music too. I'm going to say that if you ever get stuck in Atlanta you need to pickup some kind of electronic music to keep you awake. That's what I do anyways.


Last time I was in Atlanta, Passion Pit got me through the unbearable traffic. It was actually really nice. I was listening to "Moth's Wings" while in non-moving traffic and got to admire the architecture there. I had a few architecture classes in another life and It's amazing to think that those buildings started out in someone's head. I really like that large church (I have no idea what it is called) right there on I-75 once you get out of downtown. I really wish I knew what it was called so I could upload a photo.

As for the song, I have no idea what it is about. It sounds like some kind of friend giving advice to someone. Probably someone the band knew.

Also, on the music front - check out Sea of Dogs. They're a new small-time band out of Athens, GA. I haven't decided how I feel about them yet. They are very folksy, which isn't always my thing. Hmm.

Also, I'm still not getting blogspot. I'm not content with the layout, but hopefully I'll get the hang of it and come up with something better.

First Post - O. M. G.

Well here's my first ever blog post. I'm stoked. Are you stoked? I've actually put a lot of thought into this and I'm still not quite sure what I'm going to do with it (it took me long enough just to come up with a title). I've never thought about having a blog - so this should be interesting. I'm probably going to do a lot of music reviews. If you're clever, you'll notice my banner has stolen some Arcade Fire lyrics. If you don't know who that is, we might have a problem. If you do know who they are and don't like them... well... we're not going to be friends.

Before I say anything else I feel I need to call blogspot out on their lack of themes. It was like a choice of 10 really boring ones. And I don't even like the one I picked. Expect it to change soon.

Back to the blog:

I like that song a lot (the one from which I stole). I drive. And I go down back roads that no one ever uses. I lived in a one stop-light town for awhile, so back roads were pretty much the norm. So I kind of got to liking the road less traveled. So I do it sometimes (less so than I use to) and it's really nice. It's where I think and listen to music and this is what the blog will be about. Roads to travel, music to listen to, and the musings about the universe and life that occur on such trips. Now you're really stoked. I can tell.

So, let the blogging begin.