Anecdote - Ambulance LTD - LP - 2004

In some ways it's ridiculous to think that 2004 was all that long ago...but on the other hand, when I think of the things that have occurred since then: Most of one presidential term, yet another election build up, yet another olympics, yet another leap year...I'm two apartments and two women further down the road (and let's not count the birthdays)...and perhaps more tellingly, we are closer to 2010 now than we are the 90's.

I suppose the irony is that I have no Anecdote to tell about Anecdote...mostly just that it made me think of sitting in my room in my apartment back in Greenpoint in 2004. The song just sounds like that year.

Almost Crimes (Radio Kills Remix) - Broken Social Scene - You Forget It In People - 2002

They say that music, along with scents, is one of the biggest triggers for memory...which is certainly one of the reasons I love music. But I can distinctly remember the first time I heard this song. Nothing extraodrinary happened, and it's not like the hearing of this song was a life changing experience. I mean, I like this song but...it's not like it "changed my life" or anything.

I was sitting in what was then my new apartment in Greenpoint in 2003. It was before I would come to realize what a total clusterfuck that place would be, so I was still excited about my new pad. My friend who is also named Josh came over and put this album on the stereo. The first couple of songs are mellow atmospheric pieces but this song comes along with it's 30 second tune up...and then that drum beat kicks in.

I find this album very hit and miss, but when it hits...it hits just right.