Pre-Christmas Update

After a two year absence, in which I wrote two issues of a quarterly print zine (you can try to do the math, but you won't come away with anything coherent unless you also take into consideration that I've been doing this other project called "law school," and it's taken a fair bit of my time over the past two years) about music and other things, and I still find print to be a vastly superior format to blogging, not least among the reasons being that the term "blogging" leads me down the dark path to dystopian hate for an echo chamber of . And print keeps me honest. And allows me to say and do things that blogging could sit around being jealous of.

But, technology being the easy, convenient thing that it is, I figure I'll at least supplement the zine (which by the way is called Coins! and you can get yourself a copy if you email coinsquarterly at gmail dot com) with random and passing thoughts on music that aren't permanent enough for print, thoughts like, "man that new John K. Samson solo seven inch is great, and the first song sounds like the sequel to One Great City."

So to recap:

1. I'm back on the blog because fuck you, you know?

2. Still doing the zine, although this semester has been incredibly busy, but that ain't nothing because I take the bar next summer.

3. Email me if you want a copy of Coins! Two issues are out, and a third is nearly complete and will hopefully be out by Christmas.

4. John K. Samson's solo record is great. Seriously.

5. The Lawrence Arms seven inch, which is called Buttsweat and Tears, is much better than the unfortunate title would suggest.

6. Barring a fourth quarter miracle, Dear Landlord's "Dream Homes" is my favorite record of the year.

5. Half the stuff in the recap was actually new information not found in the pre-recap text. Precap?